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Coronavirus: Calls for evacuation step in the right direction – Ablakwa

Member of Parliament for the North Tongu Constituency on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress says calls to evacuate Ghanaian students in China...

Over 2,000 candidates write 2020 private BECE

Some 2,154 candidates are sitting for the 2020 private Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) across the country. The exam, which is being taken in 17...

Barclays Bank officially rebrands as ABSA Ghana

Barclays Bank has now rebranded as Absa Ghana following a decision by its parent Absa Group to change all of its operations in Africa. The...

Find out what gov’t is doing to get you into the tax net by end of 2020

Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has announced government’s plans to increase the number of taxpayers to, at least, 16 million by end of 2020. The...

MP makes interesting revelations about galamsey operations [Video]

National Democratic Congress Member of Parliament (MP) for Juaboso constituency has made some interesting revelations about galamsey operations in Ghana. The MP, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh,...

Africa Education Watch opposes expulsion of seven Ejisuman SHS female students

Africa Education Watch, a non-governmental organisation, has kicked against the decision by management of Ejisuman Senior High School (SHS) to expel seven female final...

Murdered nurse’s husband bought her car she never sat in [Audio]

Kwadwo Arhin, husband to late Ruth Eshun has revealed that a vehicle he bought for his wife was never used by her. A grief-stricken...

Ruth Arhin’s murder sparks fear among nurses [Audio]

The Association of Community Health Nurses has appealed to authorities to protect its members following the rape and murder of Ruth Eshun, a nurse...

Amidu warns public against ‘speculation’, ‘politicisation’ of Airbus scandal

The Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu, has cautioned Ghanaians to refrain from ‘speculating’ and ‘politicising’ bribery allegations against public officials in the Airbus scandal.    The...

Martin Amidu breaks silence on Airbus bribery scandal

The Special Prosecutor (SP), Martin Amidu, has served notice of his decision to treat the trending bribery allegations against some former public officials in...

Two children die in fire at Donaso in Ashanti Region

A 23-year-old mother of two is grieving over the death of her children who perished in a fire outbreak in a residential building at...

We don’t pray for people to die – Wreath makers

Wreath makers in the Tema Metropolis are not the favourite artisans of the public as many locals believe that they wish and pray for...

Cyber Security Law to be passed by June – Communications Minister

Minister of Communications, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has said that measures have been put in place for the enactment of a new cybersecurity law...

Be fearless like Jesus Christ…Stand for the truth – Rawlings urges

The Former President, Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings (Retired), on Sunday, advised Christians to back their prayer of thoughts and words with actions to...

Murder of nurse in Sewua: Police arrest one suspect

The social media campaign being embarked on by friends of a nurse, Ruth Arhin, who was allegedly raped and murdered appears to be yielding...

Land guards making our lives ‘living hell’ – Okanta residents

Chiefs and people of Okanta, a suburb of Adoagyiri in the Nsawam-Adoagyiri Municipality of the Eastern Region have complained of terrorism they experience daily...

Ofoase-Ayirebi constituents pick forms for Oppong Nkrumah

New Patriotic Party(NPP) Polling Station Executives in the Ofoase-Ayirebi Constituency in the Eastern Region stormed the party office to pick Parliamentary Primaries forms for...

Missing Excavators: Arrested persons to be dealt with if found culpable – Information Minister

Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has assured of justice delivery in the over 500 missing excavators. According to the Minister, police investigations have already...

Finance Minister defends borrowing habit despite concerns raised by IMF and World Bank [Video]

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has mounted a defense for government’s incessant borrowing despite cautions from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank to...

Dep. Chief of Staff files to contest Bantama seat [photos]

The Deputy Chief of Staff, Francis Asenso-Boakye has filed his forms to contest as MP for Bantama on the ticket of the New Patriotic...

Woman, 21, mauled to death by lions

A young woman working at a game reserve has been mauled to death by lions. Swans van Wyke, 21, was performing her daily duties in...

Couple’s farm produce go waste after death of children

About 30,000 yam mounds belonging to a family that lost two children in a farm fire that claimed the lives of four children on...

US fund managers dominated Ghana’s Eurobond sale – Finance Ministry

Fund Managers from the United States of America dominated the recent sale of Ghana’s Eurobond.  This was based on information JoyBusiness picked from persons that...

Sarkodie apologises to Yemi Alade

Ghanaian rapper Sarkodie and Nigerian singer Yemi Alade seem to be patching things up after falling out two years ago. On Thursday, Sarkodie asked Alade...

Joyce Bawa writes on Airbus bribery scandal

Ghanaians are still scratching their heads over who Government Official 1 and Intermediary 5 are after the Airbus Scandal that dominated the headlines in...

MPs clash over mass failure

There was heated debate in Parliament yesterday, on the mass failure of students who wrote the entrance examinations into the Ghana School of Law...

Ameen Sangari Company workers demand payment of salary arrears

Dozens of workers of Ameen Sangari Company Limited, the only manufacturing company in Cape Coast, have staged a demonstration to press home their demand...

Missing excavators: Minister lodges money laundering charge against journalist, security chief and ex-NPP chair

Minister for Environment, Science and Technology Innovations (MESTI), Prof. Kwabena Frimpong Boateng, has requested the Police Service to probe three men allegedly engaged in...

Amendment of assets declaration law will help reduce corruption – Majority Leader

Parliament, through the amendment of the conduct of public officers law, seeks to enforce the assets declaration law binding public officials to publicly declare...

Koku Anyidoho reports fake Facebook account to police

The Founder and Chief Executive of the Atta Mills Foundation, Mr Koku Anyidoho, has filed a complaint at the Cyber Crime Unit...

Priestess narrates ordeal with abusive boyfriend [Video]

A fetish priestess with shrine name Asuo Kobi Komfo has narrated the physical and psychological torment she faces in her matrimonial home. Asuo Kobi Komfo...

Ghana risks being classified high debt distress country – World Bank, IMF

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank have cautioned Ghana against excessive borrowing amidst concerns the country risks being classified as a high...

Thieves raid police MTTD Commander’s office in Tema

Suspected thieves on Thursday allegedly broke into the office of the Commander of the Tema Regional Police Motor Traffic and Transport Department...

Tension at Buglana following chieftaincy dispute

There is tension at Yong in the Tamale Metropolis District of the Northern Region after a youth group visited the Buglana Palace to present a petition...

OMESS dormitory fire suspect escapes from police custody

A student, suspected to have masterminded the fire that gutted Oppong Memorial Senior High School (OMESS) dormitory, has escaped from police grips. ALSO READ: Napo reveals...

Techiman fake lawyer remanded in police custody

The Techiman Circuit Court has remanded the 34-year-old self-acclaimed lawyer, Iddriss Yahaya, into police custody to reappear on Thursday, February 13, 2020. State...

MP calls for parliamentary inquiry into Airbus scandal

Member of Parliament for Assin South Constituency, John Ntim Fordjour, has asked for a parliamentary inquiry into the Airbus bribery scandal said to involve...

Man miraculously escapes death at Achimota overhead [Photos]

A man in his early 50s, Mr James Awudi, surviving an accident off the N1 Highway at the Achimota overhead stretch on Friday, February...

Govt, UG split ownership of UG Medical Centre

The impasse between the leadership of the University of Ghana and the government over the ownership and management of the University of Ghana Medical...

Alajo coup plot: Court orders Police Hospital to submit medical report on Dr Mac-Palm

The Police Hospital has been ordered by an Accra High Court to submit to it a medical report on the condition of...