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Agyapa Royalties deal increases risks of Anti-Money Laundering blacklisting by EU – Seth Terkper

Former Finance Minister, Seth Emmanuel Terkper, has warned the government of the elevated risks the registration and establishment of its Special Purpose Vehicle Agyapa...

Govt excluded Agyapa Royalties from 2020 and Mid-Year Budgets Review – Seth Terkper

Finance Minister under the erstwhile John Mahama administration, Seth Terkper, has questioned the reason behind the exclusion of a major policy such as the...

Group petitions govt over $150 Covid-19 testing fee

An advocacy group is demanding that the government absorbs the Covid-19 testing cost at the airport for Ghanaian students returning home. Research Centre for Policy...

Accra to lose nation’s capital city status if…

The presidential candidate of the Liberal Party of Ghana, Kofi Percival Akpaloo, has promised to relocate the nation's capital city from Accra. Mr Akpaloo said...

‘Welcome to Western Togoland’ billboard causes stir at Somanya, Akuse

A billboard, believed to have come from the Volta Separatist Group, has been sighted at Somanya in the Eastern region, Thursday. For travellers heading towards Somanya...

This is how much govt has generated in 2 days from Covid-19 testing at KIA

Government has generated a total of $37,050 from Covid-19 testing of travellers coming into Ghana since reopening the Kotoka International Airport on September 1. According...

Coronavirus: Ghana’s active cases now 856 with 280 deaths

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says the country’s active Covid-19 cases have significantly dropped to 856. According to the GHS, Ghana has also recorded some...

Chairman Wontumi flaunts gold bars during live interview [Video]

Ashanti Regional New Patriotic Party Chairman, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as ‘Chairman Wontumi’, has flaunted his wealth.  Chairman Wontumi has, over the years,...

Three police officers narrowly escape death in robbery chase

Three police officers on the Kasoa Oklu Nkwanta checkpoint in the Awutu Senya East Municipality of the Central region narrowly escaped death after an...

Killer of SDA caretaker arrested!

Police in the Ashanti region have arrested two ex-convicts, believed to have robbed and killed two people in separate robbery incidents in Kumasi and...

A prayer warrior has revealed to me that I am Ghana’s next president – Kofi Akpaloo

Flagbearer of the Liberal Party Ghana (LPG), Kofi Akpaloo, has asserted that he will be Ghana's next president. His optimism of being Ghana's next...

‘No performance, no pay for Ministers’

The presidential candidate of the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG), Kofi Percival Akpaloo, has promised to remunerate ministers of his government on the basis...

This story of 130-year-old woman who died after chasing her GHc 34 will break your heart [video]

Obaapanin Mary, a 130-year-old woman in Ghana, has passed on days after she fell during an attempt to retrieve GH¢34 that was owed her...

45-year-old farmer shot dead at Abrikasu-Ntaabeni

A 45-year-old farmer, Kwabena Ntarban, has been shot dead at Abrikasu Ntaabeni in the Jaman South Municipality of the Bono region. According to the deceased's...

Poverty made my wife bury our baby alive – Man weeps

A man, whose wife buried their newborn baby at Ajumako Ebowkurase of the Central region, has recounted how the incident happened. According to him, the...

All-knowing CSOs: Prof Gyampo replies Elizabeth Ohene

Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Ghana and Head of the Youth Bridge Research Institute, Professor Ransford Gyampo, has responded to...

Rawlings to speak at wife’s party’s national conference

Former President Jerry John Rawlings is set to speak at the national delegates conference of the National Democratic Party (NDP). The conference of the party,...

Kill me but don’t destroy my cannabis farm – Suspect to police

A 42-year-old cannabis farmer, Clement Akor, has begged the Nigerian National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to take his life instead of destroying his...

Barbados Embassy in Ghana to open in October

Minister of Health and Wellness, Lt. Col. Jeffrey Bostic, announced on Monday that Barbados has established an embassy in Ghana and the opening is...

GRIDCo explains intermittent outages

The main operator of the electricity grid, Ghana Grid Company, has attributed recent intermittent power outages to challenges with some of its key transmission...

Ato Forson defends Mahama over ‘ethnocentric sentiments’

Member of Parliament for Ajumako-Enyan-Esiam in the Central region, Cassiel Ato Forson, has jumped to the defence of former President John Mahama after the...

Ato Forson draws ‘thin line’ between Agyapa Royalties and Ghana Gold Company

Deputy Finance Minister, Cassiel Ato Forson, has denied assertions by members of the ruling New Patriotic Party that seem to suggest that Ghana Gold...

Agyapa Royalties grossly undervalued, worth more than $1 billion – Ato Forson

Member of Parliament for Ajumako-Enyan-Esiam, Cassiel Ato Forson, has said the controversial Agyapa Royalties deal has been grossly undervalued by the government. According to him,...

Gender Ministry to empower alleged witches

JoyNews/AdomNews · Gender Ministry to empower ‘witches’ The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, has hinted it intends to re-brand witches camps in Northern...

Okada riders stage protest to demand legalisation [Video]

Some angry Okada riders at Kasoa in the Awutu Senya East Municipality of the Central region, have staged a protest on the legalisation of...

NCCE sensitises Ghanaians on lynching of aged women

The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has condemned the branding of elderly women as witches and lynching of women in the Savannah region. The...

Runaway father of triplets returns after mother receives financial help [Video]

A 'prodigal' husband, who took to his heels when his wife was delivered of triplets, has found his way back home after she received...

Why closing down witch camps is near impossible – Gender Minister explains

JoyNews/AdomNews · Gender Ministry to provide safe haven for alleged witches The Gender Minister says it will not be an easy task for her sector...

Minority to write to London Stock Exchange on Agyapa Royalties listing

The Minority Spokesperson on Finance, Cassiel Ato Forson has revealed the intention of the Minority Caucus to write to the United Kingdom Financial Conduct...

Cheating married woman glued to lover while having s3x (Watch)

A video, making rounds online, shows an unidentified married woman stuck to her lover while having s3x.   Witnesses said the incident happened in Ogun state....

Private school workers send SOS message to Akufo-Addo [Audio]

Some Ghanaian private school workers including teachers and headteachers have appealed to President Akufo-Addo to, as a matter of urgency, review the decision to...

Check how ‘strategic’ thief was nabbed inside supermarket

A young man suffered the disgrace of his life when he went viral on social media for alleged shoplifting. The well-dressed man, believed to be...

The Big Agenda: Ghanaians ‘wailing’ over Covid-19 fee need sensitisation – Yaw Afful

Deputy Aviation Minister, Yaw Afful, has attributed the disagreement of Ghanaians in the payment of the Covid-19 testing fee to lack of sensitisation. Comparing the...

Dome Faase Clash: Punish ‘Apedwa chief’ – Okyenhene urges IGP

Okyenhene, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin has called for the immediate prosecution of those behind the violent clashes that took place at Dome Faase in...

Ghana Tourism club undertakes new project to protect forest reserve

The Ghana Tourism Ladies Club,as part of efforts to aid, restore and conserve the forest cover of the Bunso Eco park located in the...

Woman dies during baptism after being grabbed by ‘mermaids’

A 26-year-old woman iidentified as Rutendo Nhemachena has reportedly died while undergoing baptism at Manyame river in Zimbabwe.  Nhemachena is believed to have been possessed by a...

Clients of collapsed fund managers arrested for picketing at Finance Ministry

The spokesperson of the Coalition of Aggrieved Customers of the 53 Collapsed Fund Management Companies, Charles Nyame and one other person have been arrested...

I won’t be surprised if Agyapa attracts more investors – Ato Forson

Minority Spokesperson on Finance, Cassiel Ato Forson, has revealed he will not be surprised at the number of investors the Agyapa Mineral Royalties deal...

Akufo-Addo cuts sod for Phase 3 of 5 districts’ water supply projects in Volta Region

The President, Nana Akufo-Addo has cut the sod for the commencement of construction Phase III of the Five Districts Water Supply Project in five...

Korle Bu CEO bows out of office

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Dr Daniel Asare, has ended his tenure of office. Effective September 3, 2020, the...