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GETFund completes over 3,000 projects

The Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) has completed 3,001 projects between 2017 and 2024. Out of the number, over 1,820, representing 61 per cent of...

World Photography Day: Photojournalists mentor Tema Tech students

Members of the Ghana Photojournalists Network (GPN) have commemorated the 2024 World Photography Day with a mentorship programme for Visual Communication Technology-Photography students at...

NPP to enforce mandatory school enrollment for children at age 4 – Dr. Prince Armah

The Education Manifesto Chair for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Prince Hamid Armah, has announced the party's intention to ensure mandatory enrolment of...

Ghanaians have the competence to lead multi-national corporations – Asantehene

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has expressed great confidence in the competence and potential of Ghanaians to lead and effectively manage large multi-national...

Mentally challenged man allegedly kills farmer at Dodi-Papase

Divine Torku, a 40-year-old mentally challenged man has allegedly killed Mr. Hope Kudzo Dentey, a 60-year old farmer at Dodi-Papase in the Kadjebi District...

How attackers could interfere in Ghana’s elections – Information Security expert

Data Privacy and Information Security specialist, Desmond Israel says even though voting in the upcoming general election will be done offline, the country is...

Assemblyman of Kyekyewere East allegedly kills two people for stealing cocoa bags

The Assemblyman for Denkyira Kyekyewere in the Upper Denkyira East Municipality, Kwabena Boateng, has reportedly shot and killed two individuals suspected of stealing from...

Persons who thwart efforts of anti-corruption agencies must be dealt with – GII

Dr The Executive Director of Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), Mary Awelana Addah, is calling for stiffer punishment for people who deliberately work against institutions...

Mensah Korsah threatens to terminate contracts of non-performing contractors

The Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Martin Adjei Mensah Korsah, has issued a stern warning to contractors failing to meet their obligations...

Power outage disrupts studies at Chereponi SHS, threatens WASSCE preparations

Final-year students at Chereponi Senior High School are facing significant challenges as a week-long power outage disrupts their preparations for the WASSCE exams. The blackout...

$134m judgment debt : Trafigura ‘seizes’ Ghana’s Regina House in London

Joy News can confirm that Oil conglomerate Trafigura’s Ghana Power Generation Company has taken over one of the country’s most important commercial properties, the...

1 dead, 2 injured in ghastly accident at Samreboi [Photos]

One person has died on the spot, and two others have been injured in a tragic accident in Wassa Amenfi West at Samreboi. The incident...

Ghanaian blogger jailed for 30 days over false news publication

Popular Ghanaian blogger, Jeffrey Epprim Nyame has been sentenced to a 30-day jail term for the publication of false news. The blogger, now a convict,...

GJA to open book of condolence for Godwin Avenorgbo

A book of Condolence, dedicated to the memory of Godwin Avenorgbo, a veteran journalist and broadcaster, will open on Monday, August 26, 2024, by...

Goat thief paraded through community

A 55-year-old man alleged to have stolen a goat at KpareKpare, a farming community near Dambai in the Krachi East Municipality of the Oti...

Curfew on Chereponi township renewed

The Ministry of Interior has by Executive Instrument renewed the curfew hours for Chereponi Township and its environs in the North East Region from...

Bono East Region commissions 89 DRIP machines to enhance road infrastructure

The Bono East Regional Minister, Adu Gyan, has commissioned its District Road Improvement Programme (DRIP) in a ceremony attended by Metropolitan, Municipal, and District...

DRIP to create 400 jobs in Upper East Region – Dr Hafiz

The Upper East Regional Minister, Dr. Hafiz Bin Salih, has announced that the District Road Improvement Project (DRIP) will generate 400 jobs in the...

Bernard Owusu elected as new chairman of TUC

Bernard Owusu has been elected as the new Chairman of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in Ghana. Before his election, Mr. Owusu served as the...

Overturned trailer on Motorway causes massive gridlock

A trailer truck on Wednesday overturned on the Accra-Tema stretch of the motorway, causing significant vehicular traffic. The trailer overturned near the Ashaiman Presby Junction...

Korle-Bu CEO clarifies breakdown of sole cancer machine

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital has refuted claims that their only cancer treatment machine has breakdown. Admitting there was a breakdown,...

No new judgment against Ghana – AG clarifies Trafigura debt

The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has clarified that the Trafigura judgment debt is not a new issue, stating that...

Police Constable who shot man over fare remanded

A Police Constable Smith Gyekyi, who shot 25-year-old Stanley Ahadzi after a disagreement over transport fare has been remanded two weeks into police custody. This...

Wyllbee’s lynching: Alleged lover granted 100k bail

Nana Yaa Nyarko, the primary suspect in Wyllbee’s murder case has been granted bail by the Adum High Court. This ruling follows previous unsuccessful attempts...

Trafigura judgement debt: No arbitration losses under my watch – Attorney General

Attorney General and Minister of Justice Godfred Dame has said that no arbitration awards have been issued against Ghana since he took office. Speaking on...

Moving car bursts into flames at Labone

A moving car was destroyed by fire in Labone yesterday after the driver fell asleep behind the wheel. The incident occurred when the vehicle, numbered...

After 30 years, one would’ve expected some sort of maturity in our politics – Prof Agyeman-Duah

A former UN Senior Governance Advisor, Prof Baffour Agyeman-Duah, has expressed concerns about the conduct of political parties during election years. According to him, given...

NPA engaged in ‘unfortunate and deliberate’ attempts to tarnish reputation of LPG refill stations – Industry Stakeholders

The LPG Marketers Association of Ghana and the Ghana LPG Operators Association (GLIPOA) have accused the National Petroleum Authority's (NPA) Communications Manager, Mohammed Abdul-Kudus,...

Fire destroys girls’ dormitory at Jacobu SHS days before WASSCE

A devastating fire has destroyed the girls' dormitory at Jacobu Senior High Technical School in the Amansie Central District of the Ashanti Region. The blaze,...

Agric Minister reveals massive destruction of farm crops in 8 regions due to dry spell

The Agriculture Minister, Bryan Acheampong, says its preliminary assessment reveals massive destruction of farm crops in eight regions following the onset of the dry...

Police reacts to alleged militia training in Bawku

The Ghana Police Service has vehemently dismissed claims of militia training in Bawku in the Upper East region. The Police said it thoroughly investigated the...

Two foreigners jailed for acquiring Ghana Card, birth certificate

The Police Headquarters District Court has sentenced a Cameroonian and Togolese to 36 months imprisonment each in hard labour for illegally acquiring Ghana Cards...

IEA calls for policy ensuring all gov’t appointees pay for electricity consumed

The Institute of Economic Affairs(IEA) is calling for a policy that will ensure that all government appointees pay for their domestic electricity usage. In a...

GIDA’s $40K irrigation cost estimate “unreasonably high” – Prof. Kanton

Professor Roger Kanton, a Research Scientist at the Savannah Agricultural Research Institute (SARI), has expressed surprise at the Ghana Irrigation Development Authority’s (GIDA) estimated...

Government sets up 35 PWDs in North Dayi District

The government through the disability fund has set up some thirty-five persons with disabilities (PWDS)in the North Dayi District of the Volta Region. The Fund...

NIB officer, wife tied up and robbed at gunpoint at Kasoa Chrispo City [Photos]

An officer of the National Investigation Bureau (NIB) and his wife have been tied up and robbed at gunpoint in Kasoa Chrispo City in...

Bono Minister hands over DRIP equipment to MDAs

The Bono Regional Minister has handed over 99 road construction equipment to 12 municipal and district assemblies (MDAs) under the District Road Improvement Program...

Teacher trainees want academic calendar extended after CETAG calls off strike

Some Teacher trainees are calling for an extension of the academic calendar after the Colleges of Education Teachers Association Ghana (CETAG) called off its...

Gov’t committed to resolving Asanko Gold Ltd and Tontokrom dispute – Mireku Duker

The Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources responsible for Mines, George Mireku Duker, has re-echoed government's commitment to resolving the dispute between the...

Free SHS has alleviated financial burden on chiefs – Domeabra Omanhene tells Napo

The Omanhene of the Domeabra Traditional Area, Nana Bafour Owusu, has disclosed that the governing New Patriotic Party's(NPP) Free Senior High School (SHS) policy...