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2022 Budget: Good news for entrepreneurs

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has announced an initiative to be rolled out by the government to support entrepreneurs in the country. According to him,...

Full text: 2022 Budget Statement presented by Ken Ofori-Atta

The Minister for Finance and Economic Planning, Ken Ofori-Atta, today November 17, delivered the 2022 Budget Statement and Economic Policy of government before Parliament. The...

Nigeria: Six killed as tyre burst causes crash

Six people have been killed in a fatal crash at Durum village on the Bauchi-Kano Road, Bachi State. PUNCH Metro learnt that the accident, which occurred...

Mahama donates GHS20K to families of Offinso-Aboffuor accident victims [Photos]

Former President John Mahama has donated GHS 20,000 to the families of victims in an accident at Offinso-Abofour in the Ashanti Region that claimed...

Commercial driver bites off, swallows taskforce member’s finger

A commercial driver, on Tuesday, bit off the finger of a taskforce member in Ebonyi State to escape arrest. The driver also swallowed the finger...

Beyi W’ano: Good news for residents whose houses were destroyed in Tema-Mpakadan Railway Project

It has emerged that processes have been initiated to compensate owners of over 90 houses destroyed by the blasting of rocks during the construction...

COVID-19: Not a single public sector worker was laid off – Finance Minister

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has disclosed that not a single public sector worker was laid off due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic...

Two drivers crashed to death on Accra-Kumasi Highway [Video]

https://youtu.be/dV54_KnXeLI Two drivers have been crashed to death in a fatal accident at Asankare in the Asante Akim South Municipality of the Ashanti Region. The...

‘2022 Budget a masterclass for wealth and jobs creation’

A member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Razak Kojo Opoku, says the 2022 Budget is aimed at empowering Ghanaians to be creative and...

Sosu hauls IGP to court

The Member of Parliament for Madina, Francis Xavier-Sosu, has filed a human rights action against the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare,...

‘Some Northern men’ accused of putting burden on ‘Kayayei’ [Audio]

It has emerged that the majority of head porters, popularly known as 'Kayayei', who migrate from northern Ghana to the south for greener pastures...

2022 Budget: Kojo Oppong Nkrumah drops hints

Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, is hinting at freebies ahead of the 2022 Budget presentation by the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta in Parliament. According to...

Man busted for stealing GHS18k worth of water from GWCL

A resident of Agormanya, a suburb of Odumase-Krobo in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality of the Eastern Region is in court for stealing GHS18,000 worth...

Kwaku Azar fills Ghanaians’ eyes with tears

Private legal practitioner, Kwaku Azar, has left social media users in tears with a tribute in memory of the District Chief Executive (DCE) for...

BECE: 9 teachers, headmaster arrested over exam malpractice

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has opened investigations into an alleged malpractice recorded in the Offinso South Municipality of the Ashanti Region during Monday’s...

Yellow Fever: 25 dead, 18 hospitalised in Savannah and Upper West Regions

Some 25 people have died after contracting the Yellow Fever disease in the Savannah and Upper West Regions. The infection was announced as an outbreak...

FDA authorises Pfizer vaccine for 15 to 17-year-olds

The Pfizer vaccine has been authorised for children ages 15 and up, widening the Ghana population that will be protected against the virus and bolstering...

Prophetess murdered in church

Residents of Akyempim in the Tarkwa Municipality of the Western Region were on Monday evening horrified following the murder of Prophetess Mrs Rose Boafo...

Use ‘Bolga Baskets’ to reduce plastic waste menace

General Manager of Upper East Environmental Waste Services Limited, a subsidiary of Zoomlion Ghana Limited, John Sackey has appealed to the people of the...

2021 BECE: 25 expectant and nursing mothers at Wenchi writing exam

A total of 14 pregnant candidates are writing this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in the Wenchi Municipality of the Bono Region. Another set...

Read: GWCL sends important message to public over revenue mobilisation

Management of Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) wishes to inform its cherished customers and the general public that the company will embark on a...

BECE 2021: 63-year-old woman writes at Obuasi [Video]

Rita Offin, a 63-year-old mother of five, is among hundreds of pupils who are writing the 2021 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in the...

Articular truck crashes Uber driver; One feared dead, another in critical condition [Video]

One person is feared dead with another in critical condition after a terrifying accident on the Accra-Cape Coast Highway. The accident occurred on Tuesday...

Tamale Mayor outlines plans to fight crime in the Metropolis

As crime rates are on the rise in the Tamale metropolis, the Mayor, Sule Salifu, has revealed the assembly has initiated stringent measures to...

Local Government Service sets records straight on employment

The Office of the Head of the Local Government Service (OHLGS) has dispelled information circulating on social media that the Service has published notice...

Aliu Mahama’s son speaks on mother’s health status [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Aliu Mahama's son speaks mother’s health status Member of Parliament (MP) for Yendi Constituency, Farouk Aliu Mahama, has said his mother, Hajia Ramatu...

GHS receives protocols for administration of covid-19 vaccine

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has revised protocols for the administration of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. The revision includes people between ages 15 and 18...

Husband of missing Lands Commission worker denied bail

New evidence is emerging linking a lecturer with the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) to his wife’s disappearance.  On Tuesday, the State Attorney told...

Mpohor kidnapping hoax: Court grants first accused GH¢50,000 bail

The Takoradi Habour Circuit Court A on Tuesday, 16 November 2021, granted GH¢50,000 bail to the first accused, Stephen Kumi, involved in the false...

Court denies accused female coup plotter bail

The Accra High Court trying the 10 persons accused of plotting to overthrow the government has rescinded the bail of Warrant Officer Class Two...

Doctor killed by her own van in freak accident

A British doctor was killed and her husband badly injured in a freak car accident on holiday. The pair were trapped under their van after...

Judiciary has no power to interfere with media freedom – CJ

Chief Justice Kwasi Anin Yeboah says the Judiciary has no power to interfere with media freedom.He said that, without the media, the work of...

GIJ student absconds, leaves suicide note after losing GH¢200k in online trading

A final year student of the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) has absconded and left a suicide note after she lost a total of...

Spintex Road slum demolished

A slum community located in a prime area along the Spintex Road in Accra has been pulled down in a landmark demolition exercise carried...

Coalition of Concerned Teachers’ SOS message to govt

The Coalition of Concerned Teachers (CCT) - Ghana has outlined six areas that need the urgent attention of the government regarding education in Ghana. According...

Rebecca Akufo-Addo announces inclusion of childhood cancers on NHIS benefits package

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has joined forces with the Rebecca Foundation to improve Childhood Cancer treatment in Ghana.  This was concluded on September...

Zoomlion to incorporate medical waste facilities into IRECOPs

Zoomlion Ghana Limited has announced plans to incorporate medical waste management facilities into its integrated recycling and compost plants (IRECoPs) currently being constructed in...

Kofi Amoabeng reveals why he has no regrets over UT Bank’s collapse

The Chief Executive Officer of defunct UT Bank, Prince Kofi Amoabeng, has revealed he has no regrets venturing into the banking sector. Despite the...

Two teenagers drown in Volta River

Two teenagers have drowned in the Volta River in the Eastern Region. The victims, Stephen Amponsah, 16, and Richard Nii Noi, 17, joined their families...

Sosu’s trial: Bagbin sends another message to court

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Bagbin, is said to have written to the Kaneshie District Court to say that Madina Member of Parliament...