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Court frees NCA suspect’s passport

An Accra High Court has ordered the registrar of the court to temporarily release the passport of Nana Owusu Ensaw, a former chairman of...

Why ‘Wise Vagina’, ‘Penis is a Fool’, ‘Testicles are Sad’ became village names

Last week, Members of Parliament in Ghana lost their composure in fits of giggles and horselaughs, when the Member for Abirem in the Eastern...

AUDIO: Man butchers wife for denying him sex, locks her up

A 38-year-old farmer Kofi Abraham has allegedly butchered his wife at Oboum in Assin Fosu of the Central Region.An eyewitness narrating the incident to...

Read my judgements, they prove I have no political bias – William Atuguba tells critics

Retired Supreme Court Justice, William Atuguba, has dismissed allegations that he favoured the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) when he led a nine-member panel...

VIDEO+PHOTOS: First ever Rottweiler and German Shepherd Dog specialty dog show held in Accra

More than 60 dogs of two breeds and different ages were present at the Ghana Trade Fair Centre on Saturday, July 28, 2018, to...

Police man kills 3 robbers, 4 escape with gunshot wounds

A police officer has allegedly killed three of seven armed robbers who attempted to rob some market women at Agosa, a town between Techiman...

Audio: Majority Leader warns police over assault

Majority Leader of Parliament, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu has charged the Police administration to be professionals in discharging its duties as a law enforcement...

AUDIO: MP to fix broken down street lights with his Common Fund 

Deputy Minister for Transport and Member of Parliament (MP) for Tema East, Daniel Titus-Glover has promised to fix broken down streets lights, especially in...

AUDIO: Sexually suggestive community names won’t be changed – Abirem MP

Member of Parliament for Abirem constituency, John Frimpong Osei, says sexually suggestive names of towns in the Abirem Constituency of the Eastern Region will...

VIDEO: Anas to release video on Illegal child beggars in August

Award-winning investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas will in the month of August release a 10-minute video on illegal child beggars on the streets of...

Two nomadic herdsmen arrested for robbery

Two nomadic herdsmen are in the grips of the Kwahu Mpraeso Police for allegedly engaging in a highway robbery.The two suspect Ibrahim Sambo and...

VIDEO+PHOTOS: Woman delivers strange baby with missing facial features

A strange birth has occurred at Ampiaw-Ajumako in the Ajumako Anyan Essiam District of the Central Region.A woman has given birth to a baby...

Ghana-US military deal in force, 800 troops here – US Ambassador

The outgoing US Ambassador to Ghana, Robert P. Jackson, has stated that nothing untoward has happened in Ghana nearly four months after the opposition...

Midland gives house, fortune to woman assaulted by police to avoid suit

The management of Midland Savings and Loans Company Limited has compensated Patience Osafo, the lady who was assaulted by a police officer, with a...

Her outburst was genuine – Lawrence Tetteh defends Amissah-Arthur’s widow

The Founder and President of the Worldwide Miracle Outreach, Dr. Lawrence Tetteh, has defended the outburst of the late Kwesi Amissah-Arthur’s widow, Matilda Amissah-Arthur...

Young woman perishes in Ashaiman gory accident

Pandemonium hit the Ashaiman Municipality when a KIA truck run through some traders and pedestrians, killing a young lady and injuring six others.The truck...

Payroll audit uncovers widespread use of fake certificates by public workers

The clean-up exercise of the country’s public payroll being conducted by the Auditor General’s Department has revealed widespread use of fake certificates by public...

Water shortage hits parts of Accra

An acute water shortage has hit parts of Accra, with residents bracing through thick shoving crowds, queues and sacrificing their sleep and comfort to...

Amissah-Arthur’s final journey in 100 PHOTOS

The mortal remains of late Vice President, Paa Kwesi Amissah Arthur has been lowered at the newly built Military Cemetery at Tse Addo in...

PHOTOS: Amissah-Arthur’s casket as it is paraded through the streets of Accra

The casket containing the mortal remains of late Vice President, Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur has been marched through some principal streets of Accra before making...

FULL TEXT: Matilda Amissah-Arthur’s tribute to her late husband

Matilda Amissah-Arthur, wife of late former Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, gave an emotional and unusual tribute to her late husband during a state funeral...

Our father was our ‘superhero’ – Amissah-Arthur’s children

Former Vice-President Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur’s children, Kwesi Nyan Amissah-Arthur and Araba Amissah-Arthur, have described their late father as the “superhero” they will miss forever.In...

VIDEO: Amissah Arthur’s final resting place

Watch a report from our correspondent at the burial site of the late Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur.

Amissah-Arthur’s funeral: Photos of all the dignitaries present

President Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and other dignitaries were at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC) to file past the remains of former Vice-President, Kwesi...

How Matilda met Amissah-Arthur and missed her lecture

Tribute book on the late Vice-President Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur, has revealed how he met his love of life, Matilda Borsah, beginning a lifelong journey of love...

LIVE-STREAMING: Final funeral rites for Amissah Arthur underway

The remains of late Vice President Paa Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur will finally be laid to rest today, Friday, at the Military Cemetery at Burma...

PHOTOS: Woyome also pays his last respect to Amissah-Arthur

Businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome joined a large segment of Ghanaians who bid farewell to late Vice President, Paa Kwesi Amissah Arthur at the Accra...

VIDEO+PHOTOS: Parliamentarians pay their last respect to Amissah-Arthur

Members of Ghana's parliament took their turn to pay their last respects to late Vice President, Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur who was laid in state...

PHOTOS: NDC supporters bid Amissah-Arthur farewell

A number of supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) thronged the forecourt of the Accra International Conference Centre to bid farewell to late...

VIDEO: Truck runs into traders along Ashaiman Market road

Information reaching Joy News indicates that a truck carrying cement blocks has run into traders along the Ashaiman Market road in Accra.A video cited...

PHOTOS: Ghana will miss unifier Amissah-Arthur – Prof Joshua Alabi

Flagbearer hopeful of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Prof Joshua Alabi, has described the demise of the late Vice President, Paa Kwesi Amissah Arthur...

SHS Double-Track System: Enough of the NDC, NPP politics – Opuni Frimpong

Former General Secretary of the Christian Council of Ghana, Rev Dr Kwabena Opuni-Frimpong, has advised the two main political parties, the New Patriotic Party...

I tried to prevent Amissah-Arthur from doing politics – Family member

A member of late former vice president, Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur's family has disclosed that she tried to prevent him from venturing into politics.Speaking to Joy...

PHOTOS: Akua Donkor mourns Amissah Arthur

Founder of the Ghana Freedom Party (GFC), Madam Akua Donkor was among a tall list of people who thronged the Accra International Conference Centre...

PHOTOS: NDC gurus who paid last respect to Amissah-Arthur on Thursday

Lots of National Democratic Congress (NDC) were part of the tall list of politicians who paid their last respect to the late Vice President,...

Amissah-Arthur refused special seat allocated him in church even as Veep – Methodist Bishop

Diocesan Bishop of Accra, Rt. Rev. Samuel K. Osabutey says the demise of late Vice  President, Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur is a big loss to...

PHOTOS: Asiedu Nketia weeps as he pays last respect to Amissah-Arthur

The soft side of tough-talking General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) party, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, came to bare when he couldn't hold...

ALL THE PHOTOS: Amissah-Arthur laid in state at AICC

The funeral rites for the late Vice President, Paa Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur has commenced today at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC).Family members, friends...

VIDEO: Moree residents request statue of Amissah Arthur

Residents of Moree in the Central Region, the hometown of Ghana's late former vice president, Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, has requested that a monument is...