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Fuel tanker spills content on Cape Coast-Takoradi highway

A fuel tanker on the evening of Sunday, July 28, overturned on the Cape Coast -Takoradi highway about 100 meters before the UCC east...

Henry Quartey demands cleanliness from police in new housing facility

Interior Minister Henry Quartey has warned police officers to avoid bringing their untidy behaviour from their barracks to the new housing facility handed over...

Trump pledges to end birthright citizenship in USA

When Donald Trump took office in 2017, he immediately issued a provocative executive order banning travel from Muslim-majority countries that led to chaos, confusion and a...

Court denies bail to two accused of stealing cash and gadgets from John Kumah’s widow

The Accra Circuit Court Two on Friday refused bail to two persons who allegedly stole money, electrical gadgets and other items from Lillian Kumah,...

Actor Kwaku Manu criticizes Bawumia’s credit card proposal

Actor Kwaku Manu has expressed his discontent with Vice President Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia's campaign promise to implement a credit card system if elected President...

Broken streetlights, unemployment, poor sanitation to influence voting in some parts of Accra

Residents of sanitation-poor and poorly lit streets of Anyaa-Sowutuom want their next Member of Parliament (MP) to get them out of their predicament. They said...

How a man remained in prison for 6 years though the court had acquitted him

The Founder and Director of the POS Foundation, Jonathan Osei Owusu, has narrated the ordeal of a man who spent six years in Koforidua...

You’ll be punished for misconduct – Mahama warns potential appointees

The 2024 flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Mahama, has issued a warning to potential appointees of his next government, stating that...

Ola Girls SHS holds cultural week celebration to promote Ghanaian heritage

Ola Girls Senior High School (SHS) at Kenyasi No. 2 in the Ahafo Region has organized a cultural week celebration aimed at promoting the...

2nd Phase of Homowo Clean-up: Zoomlion donates safety equipment

In a lead-up to the second phase of the Homowo Clean-up Exercise, Zoomlion Ghana Limited has donated a large number of safety boots and...

Former AGI President calls for enhancement of ICT in curriculum

The former President of the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) and Executive Chairman of Celltel Networks, Dr. Prince Kofi Kludjeson, has called on the...

Ofori Panin fie was prominent before Akufo-Addo – Okyenhene rubbishes ‘Agyapadie’ fiction [Video]

The Okyenhene Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin has described a document in circulation covered with his image under the caption “Agyapadie” as a total fiction...

Asutifi North MP cuts sod for construction of staff bungalow for Ola Girls SHS

The Member of Parliament for Asutifi North in the Ahafo Region, Patrick Banor has cut sod the construction of a headmistress bungalow at Ola...

Wife, children inconsolable as Ghanaian man shot dead in Toronto is buried

The burial for the late Adu Boakye, the Ghanaian man tragically shot dead at a Toronto bus has been held on Saturday at 10...

Akontombra district organizes training for persons with disabilities

The Sehwi Akontombra District Assembly has taken significant steps to address the rise in teenage pregnancies and poor living standards by providing skilled training...

Sand truck crushes motor rider to death at Kasoa

A motorbike rider lost his life after colliding with a sand truck at Kaosa CP around Bible college in the Central Region. The yet-to-be-identified rider...

I don’t believe in the existence of Heaven and Hell – Osofo Kyiri Abosom [Watch]

The founder and leader of Life Assembly Worship Centre, Christian Kwabena Andrews, popularly known as Osofo Kyiri Abosom, has said the concept of heaven...

Ofosu-Ampofo bags doctorate degree from GIMPA

A former Chairman of the National Democratic Congress, Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, has bagged a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in Public Administration, Governance and Leadership...

Freezing salaries of CETAG members not the solution – CAPCOE

Convener for the Campaign Against Privatization and Commercialization of Education (CAPCOE), Mr. Richard Kovey, says the directive to block the salaries of members of...

Kofi Adams donates 300 desks to address furniture shortage in Buem-Jasikan schools

In a commendable effort to address the pressing furniture challenges faced by schools in the Buem-Jasikan municipality of the Oti Region, Member of Parliament,...

Wreath-laying ceremony held to honour Pan-Africanists

A SOLEMN wreath-laying ceremony was on Thursday held as part of this year’s Emancipation Day celebration and the Pan-African Festival of Arts and Culture...

NPP’s Communications Director involved in an accident [Photos]

The National Communications Director for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Richard Ahiagbah has been involved in an accident. According to reports, the politician is currently...

Rare, extinct plants, animals found in Ho West District…Nature conservation project begins August

The Kpoeta enclave in the Ho West District has been identified as home to certain animals and plants considered extinct or endangered by the...

UPSA Law School honours Dr SKB Asante with lifetime achievement award

The University of Professional Studies (UPSA) Law School paid tribute to Dr. Nana S.K.B Asante, the Paramount Chief of Asante Asokore, at a ceremonial...

We will defend our properties until the last person dies – Dombeabra chiefs and residents

Chiefs and residents of Dombeabra have staged a demonstration against a developer named Asare over an unlawful eviction carried out on Thursday. As reported by...

Teachers urged to accept rural postings

The chief of Sokode Dwaso, a suburb of Akyem Kukurantumi in the Abuakwa North Municipality of the Eastern Region, Barimah (Dr) Kwabena Awuah I,...

Road Toll: Govt did not listen to wise counsel not to abolish – Gyampo

Professor Ransford Gyampo of the University of Ghana has stated that suspending road toll collection was a mistake by the government. According to him, the...

Ghanaian man seeks divorce after wife refuses to return to Canada post-marriage [Video]

A man is seeking a divorce from his Ghanaian-Canadian wife just one month after their marriage. The couple, who met through social media, fell in...

22 students, 3 teaching assistants affected in KNUST hostel fire

The fire outbreak which occurred at the Father's Hostel on the KNUST campus has affected 22 students and 3 Teaching Assistants. The fire, which is...

JoyNews exposé on Customs officials demanding bribes airs on July 29

JoyNews goes undercover to expose customs officials who take bribes to allow traders to transport smuggled goods from neighbouring countries to the country's local...

Motor snatcher beaten, set ablaze at Agona Asafo [Photos+Audio]

An unidentified man has been beaten to death and set ablaze after allegedly stealing a motorbike at Agona Asafo in the Agona East District...

Two suspects arrested in Awutu Bereku after tracing missing iPhone

Two suspects have been arrested by the Awutu Bereku Police Command after they attempted to trace a missing iPhone during an operation at Awutu...

Joint committee under fire over report on salt mining lease granted Electrochem

A joint committee of Parliament has come under fire over its report on the salt mining lease granted to Electrochem in Ada. The Energy and...

Court dismisses Ex-PPA boss’ request for passport for Summer Camp trip to USA

The Criminal Division of the High Court in Accra has dismissed an application by former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Public Procurement Authority...

MOH and partners to introduce hepatitis B birth dose – GHS discloses

In observance of World Hepatitis Day, commemorated on July 28 each year, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has called for action under the theme...

Fast foods increasing risks of non-communicable diseases – GHS

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has identified the consumption of fast food as a major contributor to the rising rates of non-communicable diseases (NCDs)...

Police file injunction to stop Gen-Z demonstration

The Ghana Police Service has filed an injunction to prevent the Gen-Z demonstration from taking place. The seven-day protest, scheduled from July 31 to August...

Samira Bawumia donates hospital equipment to Damanko health center

In a heartwarming gesture of support for healthcare in the region, Second Lady, Samira Bawumia has made a significant donation to the Damanko Health...

Ekosii Sen Impact Project hands over fully furnished 3-bedroom apartment to family of young amputee [Photos]

Asempa FM's Ekosii Sen Impact Project has celebrated a major milestone by handing over a fully furnished three-bedroom apartment to the family of Moses...

Over half of procurement irregularities recorded in 2023 came from Education Ministry

More than half of the procurement irregularities recorded in the 2023 Auditor General’s report on public accounts of Ghana came from the Education Ministry. Out...