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Mahama arrives in Jamaica for state visit

President John Dramani Mahama has arrived in Kingston to begin a four-day state visit aimed at strengthening Ghana's longstanding relationship with Jamaica, deepening Africa-Caribbean...

Transparency International Ghana sensitizes journalist on defence reporting

Transparency International Ghana has sensitized media practitioners in Kumasi on defense integrity reporting, while encouraging standard elevation in journalism. The organization observed that defence integrity...

WAEC explains how dissatisfied BECE candidates can apply for remarking

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has assured candidates and parents who are dissatisfied with their Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) results that they...

Don’t push us to the last resort – TUC Chairman warns over alleged VALCO sale [Listen]

The Chairman of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Bernard Owusu, has called for a halt to ongoing processes surrounding the future of the Volta...

VALCO deal will not serve Ghana’s interest – TUC Chairman [Audio]

The Chairman of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Bernard Owusu, has raised concerns over what he describes as attempts to privatise the Volta Aluminium...

Mahama has done exactly what Ghanaians wanted – TUC commends gov’t over TOR refurbishment

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has commended the government’s decision to refurbish the Crude Distillation Unit (CDU) of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR), describing...

Church leaders urge steadfastness, accountability at Apemso Methodist Nazareth Society’s 10th anniversary

The Nazareth Society of the Methodist Church Ghana at Emena-Apemso in the Ashanti Region has marked its 10th anniversary of church planting with a...

GTEC demands proof of ‘Dr’ title from Spio-Garbrah

The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) has directed Ghana’s Presidential Envoy for Reparations, Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, to provide evidence supporting his use of the academic...

Mahama urges Ghanaians to have faith in Ghana’s future

President John Dramani Mahama has urged Ghanaians to desist from speaking negatively about the country, warning that persistent pessimism could undermine national development and...

Delegate system skews power in favour of financially resourced people – Prof. Prempeh

Executive Director of the Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Prof. H. Kwasi Prempeh, has criticised the delegate system used by Ghana’s major political...

T-bills auction: Gov’t exceeds target by 79%, but one-year bill yield increases

T-bills auction: Government exceeds target by 79%, but one-year bill yield increases The government continued to attract high investor interest for its treasury bills, as...

There was a ‘mountain of evidence’, but… – Former Deputy A-G on Sedina Tamakloe’s acquittal

Former Deputy Attorney-General Alfred Tuah-Yeboah has criticised the Court of Appeal’s decision to acquit former Chief Executive Officer of the Microfinance and Small Loans...

Galamsey: Alleged kingpin, 14 others arrested at site near school in Obuasi

Fifteen suspected illegal miners, including an alleged kingpin, have been arrested, while three excavators have been seized during a joint security operation at an...

ECOWAS approves US$250,000 donation for Ghana flood victims

Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has announced that the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has approved a donation of US$250,000, equivalent...

GNFS contains Teshie house fire, prevents major property loss

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has successfully contained a domestic fire at Teshie Penny in the Greater Accra Region, preventing the blaze from...

Education Ministry clarifies language of instruction policy for basic schools

The Ministry of Education has clarified the government's proposed language of instruction policy for basic schools, dismissing claims that foreign languages have been made...

Samson Lardy Anyenini explains why Court of Appeal overturned Sedina Tamakloe’s conviction in MASLOC case

Legal analyst and host of JoyNews’ Newsfile and The Law, Samson Lardy Anyenini, has explained the reasoning behind the Court of Appeal’s decision to overturn the conviction...

You can’t win an argument with a woman – Mahama shares humorous marriage experience with Lordina [Watch]

President John Dramani Mahama has shared humorous anecdotes from his marriage to First Lady Lordina Mahama, advising men to avoid unnecessary arguments with their...

AMA fines Rawlings Park food vendors GH¢1,000 each for defying sanitation exercise

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has imposed on-the-spot fines of GH¢1,000 each on several food vendors operating at Rawlings Park for failing to suspend...

Unemployed graduates with disabilities give government one-week ultimatum over GES recruitment

The Coalition of Unemployed Graduates with Disabilities has given the government a one-week ultimatum to recruit its qualified members who applied for teaching positions...

Krachi West records major infrastructure gains under MCE Prosper Addo

Krachi West Municipality in the Oti Region is witnessing significant infrastructure development under the leadership of Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) Prosper Addo, who has...

NYA organises clean-up exercise at Kenyasi No. 1 to promote sanitation

The Ahafo Regional Office of the National Youth Authority (NYA) has organised a clean-up exercise at Kenyasi No. 1 in the Asutifi North District...

Mahama raises concerns over unhygienic fish drying at Tema Newtown

President John Dramani Mahama has expressed concern over a video by the Buzstop Boys that showed fish being dried under what he described as...

Asunafo South MP donates six vehicles worth GH¢2.1 million to health directorate

The Member of Parliament for Asunafo South and Minister for Food and Agriculture, Eric Opoku, has donated six pickup vehicles valued at GH¢2.1 million...

Asiakwahemaa calls for collective effort to eradicate galamsey

The Queen Mother of Akyem Asiakwa in the Abuakwa South Municipality of the Eastern Region, Nana Yaa Fosua Boatemaa III, has urged Ghanaians to...

The Big Six: Meet the men who set Ghana on the road to independence

In 1948, six men were arrested for demanding self-government from the British colonial rulers, and this was when the name the 'Big Six' emerged. The...

ECG announces power outages for Airport area, Accra East

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced a temporary power outage in the Airport area of Accra and surrounding communities on Sunday, August...

GMet forecasts thunderstorms in northern Ghana, rain expected in parts of the country

Thunderstorms accompanied by rain are expected to continue across parts of northern Ghana this evening, while much of the country will experience mostly cloudy...

Police arrest two over viral video of 12-year-old driving articulated truck

The Ghana Police Service has arrested a 12-year-old boy and a 34-year-old man following a viral video showing the minor driving a DAF XF...

GRDA raises safety concerns over encroachment, vandalism on Tema-Mpakadan railway line

The Ghana Railway Development Authority (GRDA) has raised concerns over increasing safety threats along the Tema-Mpakadan Railway Line following a passenger train collision with...

If I have to choose between the court and public sentiment, I would side with the court – Manasseh Azure

Investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni says he would trust the Court of Appeal's judgment over public opinion in the Sedina Tamakloe case, saying that...

Ghana Prisons Service joins security operation for Dagbon Regent’s enskinment

The Ghana Prisons Service deployed officers to support security arrangements during the enskinment of the Regent of Dagbon at the Gbewaa Palace in Yendi...

Commercial tricycle rider jailed seven years for defiling minor

The Odumase-Krobo Circuit Court has sentenced Nicholas Adjarlolo, a 23-year-old commercial Pragia (tricycle) rider, to seven years’ imprisonment for defiling a 13-year-old Junior High...

Don’t pay anyone to facilitate your recruitment – Police

The Ghana Police Service has assured applicants in its ongoing 2025/2026 recruitment exercise that those who have not yet been invited to the next...

Commissioner General of Ghana Boundary Commission concludes five-day operational assessment in Oti region

The Commissioner General of the Ghana Boundary Commission (GhBC), Major General Anthony Ntem, has concluded a 5-day operational assessment and stakeholder engagements along sections...

Akyem Sokode Dwaso chief swears oath of allegiance to Okyenhene, appeals for support for education

The Chief of Akyem Sokode Dwaso, Barimah (Dr) Kwabena Awuah I, has officially sworn the Oath of Allegiance to the Okyenhene, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori...

NACOC arrests 10 over alleged cannabis distribution at KTU SRC Week

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has arrested 10 suspects for allegedly engaging in the distribution of cannabis and cannabis-infused drinks during the Koforidua Technical...

Used vehicle dealers urge gov’t to review October deadline for new import regulation

The Chamber of Autodata Ghana has appealed to the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) to reconsider the October 1, 2026 deadline for enforcing new conformity...

Eldest son of late Ya-Na enskinned as Dagbon Regent – Mahama urges calm in selection of new Overlord

The Dagbon Kingdom, on Friday, July 31, entered a new phase in its customary succession process with the enskinment of Kampakuya Naa Yakubu, the...

Coconut seller fined GH¢360 for dumping husks into drain at Bubuashie

A coconut seller, Prince Nyame, has been fined GH¢360 by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) Sanitation Court for dumping coconut husks into a public...