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Driver jailed 20 years for impregnating his 16-year-old daughter

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a taxi driver, Francis Fynn Aikins, to 20 years imprisonment for having sex with his own daughter. Fynn told...

E-levy to make a significant contribution to revenue mobilisation – Akufo-Addo

President Akufo-Addo says the Electronic Transaction Levy would make a significant contribution to revenue mobilisation and the management of the national economy. The Majority on...

Students injured as inter-schools competition ends in brutal fight

Scores of students have been left injured following a clash during an inter-school gala competition at Sehwi Kwasikrom. This year'scompetition in the Amoaya circuit in...

Panic withdrawals hit Mobile Money – MMAAG

A lot of people who have their money kept on their Mobile Money Wallet have begun withdrawing their money following the passage of the...

Nigeria await Fifa verdict on crowd trouble after Ghana game

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) could face sanctions from world governing body Fifa after crowd trouble marred the end of their 2022 World Cup...

SONA: Govt to construct 5 technical schools

Government is to begin construction of five new technical institutes in the country. The construction is to boost technical education and technical know-how in the...

Saudi Arabia donates 150.5 tons of food to the needy ahead of Ramadan

The Saudi Arabia government has, through its Markaz Aleawn Alyaqin Eta’am project, donated 150.5 tons of assorted food items to the needy in Ghana...

Agyapa deal: AG sends message to ECOWAS Court

The Attorney General (AG) is urging the ECOWAS Court of Justice to dismiss a case filed against the Agyapa Royalties agreement. Chief State Attorney, Dorothy...

Ghana did not import cassava from China in 2019 – Agric Ministry

The Ministry of Food and Agriculture has dismissed claims that Ghana imported raw cassava from China in 2019. This follows claims by the Member of...

SONA 2022: Creative Arts SHS 70% complete

President Nana Akufo-Addo has revealed that the construction of the Creative Arts Senior High School (SHS), at Kwadaso, in the Ashanti Region, is about...

Ban on imported 4×4 vehicles: Akufo-Addo’s important message to Kantanka, other local assembly plants

JoyNews/AdomNews · Ban on imported 4x4 vehicles: Akufo-Addo's important message to Kantanka The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has called on local assembly plants including...

SONA2022: Our democracy is worth fighting for – Akufo-Addo on coup statements

President Nana Akufo-Addo has called on Ghanaians to re-instill the spirit of patriotism and democracy the forefathers toiled for. While addressing recent coup statements during...

Judge cautions prosecution over Barker-Vormawor trial

The Judge hearing the treason felony charge brought against a Convener of the #FixTheCountry Movement, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, on Tuesday, March 29, 2022 asked state...

Beyi W’ano: Forestry Commission cautions Fulani herdsmen to stop destroying forest reserves

The Bono Regional Forestry Manager, Isaac Noble Eshun, has announced that measures have been put in place to halt the activities of Fulani herdsmen...

My timeline for Agenda 111 was overly ambitious – Akufo-Addo admits

Like all major construction projects, it's evident that the initial schedule we gave for the completion of Agenda 111 was overly ambitious, President Nana...

SONA22: Russia-Ukraine war: Bombs may be dropping on cities but hitting pockets in Ghana – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo has said that the Russia and Ukraine war has had a direct impact on the lives of Ghanaians as far as...

2 mourners die, 5 in critical condition in separate accidents at Gomoa

Two mourners have died instantly while five others are in critical condition in two separate accidents in the Gomoa East and West Districts of...

Births and Deaths registry go digital; no more football ages – Akufo-Addo declares

President Nana Akufo-Addo has revealed that operations of the Births and Deaths Registry have finally been digitised to make sure that documents issued from...

SONA 2022: 80 warehouses to store food completed – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo has announced the completion of some 80 warehouses across the country. According to him, there is no doubt this intervention has hugely...

Full speech: Akufo-Addo’s State of the Nation Address 2022

I hope you will forgive me if I begin by asking Members of the House to join me to salute the management, technical and...

SONA 2022: Ghana’s Covid-19 management has been exemplary – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo has touted the management of the Covid-19 pandemic situation in Ghana as exemplary. He has also acknowledged lives have been saved by the...

GH¢1bn fraud: Banks line up staff for prosecution

The Bank of Ghana has revealed that some of the persons involved in the GH¢1bn fraud that hit the banking sector in 2020 are...

Celebs react to approval of E-Levy bill

On Tuesday, March 29, Parliament approved the controversial E-Levy Bill. The Bill was adopted at a reduced rate of 1.5% from the initial 1.75% amid...

Replacement of NIA cards commences nationwide

All regional offices of the National Identification Authority (NIA) have begun card replacement and update services which, until now, could only be accessed at...

Oppong Nkrumah hands over school block to Akyem Ayirebi Presby JHS

Ofoase Ayirebi Member of Parliament (MP) Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has handed over an ultramodern three-unit classroom block he constructed for pupils of Akyem Ayirebi...

Book on Boakye Djan launched

A book detailing the life of Major Kojo Boakye Djan (retd), one of the key architects of the June 4, 1979 revolution, was launched in...

Get vaccinated, continue observing Covid-19 protocols despite easing of restrictions – UG Management

The University of Ghana (UG) management has charged students and staff of the School to continue observing all Covid-19 preventive protocols, despite the easing...

Beautiful photos drop as Akufo-Addo commissions Tamale Interchange

President Akufo-Addo, on Tuesday, commissioned the Tamale Interchange, the fourth interchange built by the government since 2017. The interchange forms part of the Government of...

Adwoa Safo trends after E-Levy passage

Member of Parliament (MP) for Dome Kwabenya, Sarah Adwoa Safo, who has been on leave in parliament for more than two months has been...

Ghanaians react to passage of E-levy Bill

Ghanaians on social media are astounded by the passage of the Electronic Transaction levy (E-levy) Bill in Parliament. The Majority-sided Parliament on Tuesday approved the...

E-levy: Checkout transactions to be affected and exempted

Parliament is now waiting on President Akufo-Addo to give his assent to the Electronic Transfer Levy (E-Levy) Bill. A Majority-sided House approved the E-Levy after...

Two ex-convicts arrested for serial burglary in Denu

The Denu police command has arrested two ex-convicts, Joseph Senahia, 22; and Wisdom Agorsu Atorsu, 23, for committing various crimes. A manhunt has also...

New Juaben Traditional Council bans noise-making, funerals

The New Juaben Traditional Council has placed a one-month ban on noise making and all other social and religious activities associated with noise making. The...

Military maps out strategy to tackle ‘galamsey’

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has mapped out new strategies, in collaboration with the Minerals Commission and the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources,...

Churches, houses demolished in Gomoa East

Authorities in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region have supervised a demolition exercise on Tuesday. Over 10 buildings including residential and church facilities...

Community police assistant jailed for fraud, impersonation

An Adentan Circuit Court has sentenced a 28-year-old Community Police Assistant (CPA) to four years imprisonment over charges of impersonation and defrauding by false...

Bid for Apiate redesign begins

The government has opened a design competition to allow registered building industry firms and individuals to come up with a redesigned plan for Apiate,...

GJA, NMC, RTI Commission to redevelop International Press Centre

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), National Media Commission (NMC) and the Right to Information Commission (RITC) have committed to redeveloping the International Press Centre...

Russia/Ukraine war affects fertilizer price – COCOBOD

The Russia and Ukraine war keeps impacting global food supply chains and Ghana’s major export earner, cocoa, is not left out. Chief Executive of Ghana...

Fire guts Akatsi Municipal Hospital

The main surgical theatre of the Akatsi Municipal Hospital in the Volta Region was on Saturday razed by fire. The fire, which started around 1100...