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Woman jailed 5 years over GH¢139,000 recruitment scam

The Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a hairstyl­ist, Adwoa Nyarko, to five years in prison for engaging in GH¢139,000 recruitment scam. She was found guilty...

Five Mpraeso SHS students remanded for gang rape

Five students who allegedly raped a female student at Mpraeso Senior High School(SHS) have been remanded for 10 days into Police custody. On Friday, the...

JUSAG condemns assault on journalist in court

The Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG) has condemned an attack on Murtala Inusah, a Legal Affairs Correspondent for EIB Network. The journalist was...

Galamsey: Weak mining regulations fuel illegal mining menace – CSOs

Civil Society Organizations, including the Wassa Association of Communities Affected by Mining (WACAM), the Centre for Public Interest Law (CEPIL), and the Centre for...

East Legon accident: Arrest and prosecute attackers of journalist – GJA to Police

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has strongly condemned the assault on Murtala Inusah, a court correspondent for EIB Network, by sympathizers of Bishop Elisha...

East Legon accident: All white candlelight vigil to be held for victims

A candlelight vigil is set to be held in honour ofthe victims of the ghastly accident at East Legon accident on Saturday, October 12,...

Okudzeto Ablakwa exposes $38.2m visa processing scandal at Foreign Affairs Ministry

The Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has raised concerns about a purported visa processing scandal involving Ghana's Ministry of Foreign...

Global rollout of Ghana Card begins in Denmark on Tuesday

All is set for the full global rollout of registration and Ghana Card issuance to Ghanaians abroad on Tuesday, October 22, 2024 in Denmark...

GES releases 2024/25 academic calendar for Basic and Senior High Schools 

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has released the 2024/25 academic calendar for basic schools and Senior High Schools (SHS). The academic year begins on Wednesday,...

‘We will not stand idly by as foundations of our democracy are undermined’ – NPP MPs

Members of Parliament from the New Patriotic Party (NPP) side have said they are remaining steadfast in the commitment to upholding the constitution and...

Unemployed man jailed five years for attacking scrap dealer with cutlass in La

A 34-year-old unemployed man has been sentenced to five years in prison for inflicting multiple cutlass wounds on a scrap dealer’s left arm in...

NDC, Joana Gyan Cudjoe sue EC over Amenfi Central parliamentary election disqualification

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) and its parliamentary nominee for Amenfi Central Constituency in the Western North Region, Joana Gyan Cudjoe have sued the...

Police intercept robbery plot in Kumasi, arrest four with arms and ammunition

The Anti-Robbery Unit of the Ghana Police Service in Kumasi has thwarted a robbery attempt involving four individuals who have been arrested. Shadrack Anartey, Emmanuel...

We want immediate prosecution of persons arrested for engaging in galamsey – UTAG

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has called on government to immediately prosecute individuals arrested for engaging in illegal mining (galamsey) activities. In a...

Prof. Gyampo criticises vacating of MP seats due to cross-carpeting

Prof. Ransford Gyampo, a senior lecturer at the Political Science Department of the University of Ghana, has raised concerns about the interpretation and enforcement...

Floods trap residents in Darkuman and Amomole; Fire Service launches rescue operations

Residents of Darkuman Official Town are currently facing a dire situation as heavy rains have left many trapped in their homes. The Ghana National Fire...

Fire Service gives emergency contacts for those stranded during rains

Heavy rains have hit various parts of the country, leaving some residents stranded in affected areas. The downpour has resulted in flooding and difficult conditions...

Speaker’s declaration of 4 seats vacant can’t be challenged in court – MPs told

Former Director of the Ghana School of Law, Kwaku Ansa-Asare, has said that the decision by the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin to declare...

I was once a farm worker, a taxi driver and a cleaner – Bawumia

The Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has recounted the hard times he went through in the past during...

Speaker Bagbin setting Parliament on fire – Afenyo-Markin says

Member of Parliament for Effutu, Alexander Afenyo-Markin has asserted that Speaker Alban Bagbin is setting the House on fire. This follows Speaker Alban Bagbin's declaration...

Ghanaians react to Speaker’s declaration of 4 seats vacant

Ghanaians have flooded social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, with reactions to the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin's declaration of four seats...

Student who pushes himself 26km weekly to lectures receives electronic wheelchairs, scholarship after JoyNews report

A student with physical challenge at the University of Ghana, Isaiah Amada Awuku, who covers 26 kilometers weekly in a manual wheelchair to lectures,...

Galamsey: UTAG makes strong demands amidst strike action

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has called on the government to immediately start the prosecution of individuals arrested for illegal mining activities,...

VRA-BUI merger: Senior Staff storm Parliament to demand bill withdrawal

Senior staff of the Volta River Authority (VRA) on Thursday stormed Parliament, demanding the immediate withdrawal of bills on the proposed merger with the...

One dead, another injured after violent attack in Bole

A man believed to be in his 20s, Bushira Shaibu has been killed near Tuntumba, a farming community in the Bole District of the...

GES Head of Public Affairs touches lives of needy pupils on her birthday [Photos]

The Head of Public Affairs at the Ghana Education Service (GES), Cassandra Twum Ampofo has donated learning materials to needy pupils at Bethany Basic...

NRSA to launch app to help in reporting reckless driving

The National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) is rolling out a monitoring app to simplify the reporting of reckless driving incidents. In 2023, Ghana saw 14,135...

Galamsey: GNASSM taskforce arrest 5; destroys 40 changfans on River Birim

The Ghana National Association of Small-Scale Miners (GNASSM) taskforce has arrested five persons for mining in the Birim River at Mampong in the Atewa...

Man arrested at Twifo Praso for assaulting his 20-year-old daughter

The Ghana Police Service has arrested Nana Amo Abraham, for causing harm to his 20-year-old daughter at Twifo Praso in the Central Region. The suspect,...

Buduburam rock blast: 34 discharged, 13 still on admission

Thirty-four people who sustained injuries due to the blasting of rock at a road construction site at Gomoa Buduburam in the Central Region last...

Mpraeso SHS rape: Five suspects discharged and re-arrested

The five Mpraeso Senior High School (SHS) students who were arrested for gang-raping a 16-year-old female student have been discharged. They were discharged Thursday by...

Accra Girls SHS ends 10-Year NSMQ drought, outshines Aburi Girls and Notre Dame Girls

After a decade-long absence from the national stage of the National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ), Accra Girls’ Senior High School has made a...

Gov’t sets up 5-member committee to probe Buduburam disaster

The government has set up a five-member committee to probe the rocking blasting that claimed three lives and left scores injured at Buduburam. The Central...

Lands affected by galamsey will take 50-100 years to recover – Information Minister

Minister of Information, Fatimatu Abubakar has stated that lands impacted by illegal mining, commonly known as galamsey, may require 50 to 100 years to...

Saloon car overturns on Motorway; passengers escape death

Two women escaped death in an accident on the Ashaiman stretch of the Tema Motorway at around 5 a.m. on Thursday, October 17, 2024. A...

20-year-old allegedly confesses to beheading younger brother

A 20-year-old boy, Samuel Obeng has killed his 8-year-old brother, Messiah Akomeah in a bush near Kwamo in the Ejisu Municipality of the Ashanti...

Benlord pleads not guilty to charges before High Court

Nana Barima Ababio, also known as BenLord Ababio, a self-proclaimed traditional ruler, appeared in an Accra High Court alongside his accomplice, Nana Kofi Amo...

Bawumia announces launch of local streaming platform to revolutionize royalties for creatives

Vice President and NPP flagbearer, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has revealed that Ghana will launch its first local music streaming platform in November. Addressing stakeholders in...

Upper East Region: Military officer dead, five others injured in fatal accident

A tragic accident has claimed the life of one military officer from the 11 Mechanised Battalion in Bawku, while five others are in critical...

Shop attendant gave the keys to Salifu Amoako’s 16-year-old son to drive – Prosecution tells court

A sales assistant has been accused as the person who gave the key of the Jaguar vehicle to the 16-year-old son of Elisha Salifu...