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Fair Wages to hold emergency meeting with TEWU

The Fair Wages and Salaries Commission has called for an emergency meeting with the Teachers’ and Educational Workers’ Union (TEWU) over their nationwide strike. TEWU effective...

Afriyie Akoto named caretaker minister of Agriculture Ministry

President Akufo-Addo has named Owusu Afriyie Akoto to supervise activities at the Ministry of Food and Agriculture. He is expected to oversee dealings at the...

Ministries running smoothly ahead of appointments

Government business is running smoothly ahead of the appointment of Ministers by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for his second term of government. The Ghana...

Two arrested for attempting to smuggle narcotics into Ankaful Prison

The Police in Elmina in the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA) Municipality have arrested two persons who attempted to convince a Prison officer to smuggle suspected narcotic...

Govt taskforce arrests 7 illegal Chinese miners; seizes 10 excavators [Video]

Government’s Environmental Sustainability taskforce has arrested seven Chinese nationals and seized 10 excavators as it moves to save forests invaded by illegal...

NPP MP involved in accident [Photos]

Member of Parliament (MP) for Sehwi Akontombra, Alex Djornuboah Tetteh has been involved in a car accident. The crash is said to have happened on...

Man shoots girlfriend to death at Akyem Nkronso

A young man, believed to be in his early 30s, has shot his girlfriend to death at Akyem Nkronso, a suburb of the Abuakwa...

Aggrieved Menzgold customers react to Bulldog’s arrest

Aggrieved customers of Menzgold have condemned the arrest of one of its members, Lawrence Nana Asiamah Hanson, popularly known as Bulldog. Bulldog, addressing a statement...

TEWU declares nationwide strike Wednesday

The Teachers’ and Educational Workers’ Union (TEWU) has declared its intention to embark on a nationwide strike beginning Wednesday, January 13, 2021. The action, according...

Resolve electoral issues amicably – Nana Fitz tells NPP, NDC

A leading sports administrator, Nana Fitzgerald Barkers Woode (Nana Fitz), has called on the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC),...

20-year-old girl murdered in Accra

Residents of Doryumu-Abeka in the Shai Osudoku District are in a state of shock as to what led to a gruesome murder of a...

Woman’s divorce gift to husband will shock you

A 38-year-old South African man has showed to the world the gift he got from his ex-wife after signing their divorce papers. The five-year marriage,...

Top govt official found dead in his room

Serbia’s Honorary Consul to Ghana, Steve Mawuenyega, has been found dead in a room in a house near the American Embassy in Accra. He was...

Fire guts warehouse at Suame Magazine in Kumasi

A fire outbreak at a warehouse at the Suame Magazine in Kumasi on Tuesday morning destroyed goods worth thousands of cedis. The cause of the fire,...

Tears as pretty bride-to-be dies 3 days to her wedding [Photos]

The family of a bride-to-be, Nji Petra, cannot control itself over her death barely three days to her wedding. Miss Nji is reported to have...

Two illegal miners remanded for stealing

The Nkawie Circuit Court has remanded two illegal miners into prison custody for assault and stealing at Asuowin, in the Amansie West District. Emmanuel Boakye...

Rawlings’ burial date finally announced

The final burial rites of late former President Jerry John Rawlings is set to come off on January 27, 2021. Preceding the burial, Mr Rawlings...

UCC adopts Nduom School of Business

The University of Cape Coast (UCC) has adopted the Nduom School of Business and Technology as its satellite campus to address its accommodation challenges. Director...

President Akufo-Addo fulfills promise to Anglican Church

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed gratitude to the electorate in the Ashanti Region for their massive support, resulting in his victory in...

Prof Oquaye’s defeat was my first test in Parliament – Annor Dompreh

New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Chief Whip, Annor Dompreh, has described the defeat of Prof Mike Oquaye as his first test in Parliament. According to the...

Coronavirus: Ghana records 1,261 active cases and 338 deaths – GHS

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says, in the fight against Covid-19, the country stands at 1,261 active cases and 338 reported deaths as of...

Two arrested in connection with Kumasi market fire

Two persons have been arrested by the Manhyia Divisional Police Command in connection with a fire that gutted the top floor of a market...

Chaos in Parliament: Soldiers should have punished misbehaving MPs – Prophet

Founder and Head Pastor of Kings Kingdom Charismatic Centre, Prophet Seth Kofi Adjei, says the soldiers' invasion of parliament during the election of Speaker...

Two visually impaired siblings narrate fate of regular sexual abuses

Two visually impaired female siblings from Sefwi Tikobo in the Bodi District of the Western North region have narrated their daily struggle and fate...

Ghana’s UK Visa Application Centre closed

The Accra UK Visa Application Centre has been closed, effective today January 11, 2021, until further notice. This is because the Movenpick Ambassador Hotel which...

Check out full list of 2020 10 best performing Ministers, Deputies

FAKS Investigative Services has released its annual survey on the performance of Ministers and Deputy Ministers. The survey, according to the Chief Executive Officer of...

Okada riders make fresh demand

Commercial motorbike riders have reminded the government of some juicy packages they listed in their campaign manifesto, just about a month after the election. With...

Kwaku Manu, another arrested for child trafficking in Tamale

A man identified as Kwaku Manu and one other accomplice has been arrested in Tamale for allegedly trafficking ten children from Mayado in the...

KNUST reacts to reports saying 17 persons died in fire incident

School authorities of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have dismissed claims that 17 lives were lost during a fire outbreak on...

Check out when Domelevo will resume work

The Auditor-General, Daniel Yaw Domelevo, says he will resume work in March following a directive from the Presidency in July 2020 to proceed on...

Akufo-Addo dissolves Inter-Ministerial committee on galamsey

President Nana Akufo-Addo has dissolved the Inter-ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining, Starr News has learnt. Sources with knowledge of the development say the President will...

Fire guts three-storey building at Kumasi Central Market [Photos]

Fire has gutted a three-storey building housing several businesses including the Asante Akim Rural Bank at Roman Hill near the Kumasi Central Market in Kumasi. The...

Shops around KNUST Republic Hall gutted by fire [Photos]

Fire has gutted part of a market sited behind the Republic Hall of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). According to reports, the...

Keta MP attacked again! [Photos]

The Member of Parliament (MP) for the Keta Constituency, Kwame Dzudzorli Gakpey, has been attacked once again. Suspected armed robbers, Sunday dawn, attacked the Rootsenaf...

COVID-19: JoyNews’ Raymond Acquah shares near-death experience

Multimedia journalist, Raymond Acquah, has shared his near-death experience after contracting Covid-19. Mr Acquah, after a full recovery, took to social media to give details...

Man, 40, allegedly commits suicide at Gbetsile

A 40-year-old commercial driver, identified as Ernest Kwabena Afrani, allegedly committed suicide in the early hours of January 7, 2021, at Gbetsile in the...

Christian Council reacts to MPs’ drama in electing Speaker

The Christian Council of Ghana has condemned the chaotic contention among Members of Parliament (MPs) over the election of a Speaker, describing the behaviour as “distasteful...

242 lives lost in Central Region 2020 road crashes

 A total of 242 lives were lost in road accidents in the Central Region in the year 2020 as against 183 recorded in 2019. In...

242 lives lost in Central Region due to road accidents

A total of 242 lives were lost in road accidents in the Central Region in 2020 as compared to 183 deaths in 2019. In all,...

Meet the first female Ghanaian pilot

Melody Millicent Danquah is Ghana’s 1st Female Pilot and Squadron Leader. She was the first to fly solo, and first to finish in her...