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Man found dead near river in Kumasi

The Abuakwa Police in Kumasi of the Ashanti Region, are investigating the death of a man, in his middle 40s suspected to have been...

Anaesthetists call for separation from Medical and Dental Council

The Ghana Association of Certified Registered Anaesthetists (GACRA) has called on the Ministry of Health to create a separate regulatory Council for Certified Registered...

GUTA reacts to suspension of import restriction bill

The Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) has welcomed the government's decision to suspend the Export and Import Regulations 2023 Bill.The President of...

We will celebrate Christmas despite impact of Akosombo dam spillage – Mepe queen mother

The queen mother of the Mepe Traditional Area in the Volta Region, Mamaga Adzo Sreku IV, has said despite the impact of the Akosombo...

Heavy security at court as NAM1 pleads to fresh charges

Security at the entrance of the Financial and Economic Division of the High Court in Accra has been enhanced following court directives.This was...

Family of New Force spokesperson accuses government of kidnapping

The family of the spokesperson for the political movement, The New Force has accused Ghana's government of kidnapping their daughter.According to them, Shalimar Abbiusi...

Chinese national, 6 others arrested for mining in Oda forest reserve

A Chinese national and six Ghanaians have been apprehended by the Bekwai Forestry Commission for engaging in illegal mining known in local parlance as...

Opera Square traders storm Adom FM studios after clashing with AMA over eviction notice

Traders at Opera Square, an area within the Central Business District of Accra are up in arms with officials from the Accra Metropolitan Assembly...

Headteachers of O’Reilly and Ghana SHSs interdicted

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has interdicted the headteachers of O'Reilly Senior High School and Ghana Senior High School over alleged unauthorized activities.Separate letters,...

Miner in court over land fraud  

A 48-year-old Miner has been put before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly defrauding a school principal of GH₵286,500.  Hope Korbla Patamia collected the amount...

ECG to meet Sunon Asogli today over $60m debt

The management of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) is expected to meet with independent power producer Sunon Asogli Power (Ghana) Limited today, December...

3 dead, 9 injured in armed attack at Zuarungu

Three people have lost their lives, while nine others have sustained injuries in a random gunfire attack on a Yutong bus with registration number...

One feared dead as stationary truck runs into bystanders at Anloga Junction

One person is feared dead after a long truck run into a billboard at Anloga Junction in Kumasi.About three others sustained injuries after being...

Two jailed for robbery in Wa

A Wa circuit court has sentenced two persons accused of robbery to a combined prison sentence of 33 years.The accused, Ibrahim Kassim, 30, and...

Saglemi trial: Court accepts Speaker’s request to excuse Collins Dauda

A request from the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, to the Accra High Court (Financial and Economic Division), seeking an excused duty for Collins...

Dam Spillage: UPSA Vice Chancellor donates to North Tongu flood victims

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), Professor Abednego F.O Amartey, has donated relief items flood victims of North Tongu in...

Jospong Group to support dialysis patients at Korle Bu with over GH¢500,000

As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility activities in thanksgiving to God for his unconditional mercies to the group for the year 2023, the...

Housekeeper jailed for stealing $16,000 from employer

The Accra Circuit Court One has sentenced a 27-year-old housekeeper to two and half years imprisonment in hard labour for stealing $16,000 from his...

We will not export lithium in raw state – Lands Minister

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor has assured Ghanaians that government will not allow the export of lithium in its...

Man jailed for ‘mistakenly’ robbing lover at gunpoint

The Wa Circuit Court has sentenced two persons accused of robbery to a combined prison sentence of 33 years.Ibrahim Kassim, 30 and Salifu Dauda,...

Upper East: Agric Director clears air on contract between Farmerline, rice farmers

The Builsa South Agriculture Director in the Upper East region, has admitted there was no written contract between rice farmers and Farmerline company for...

Starlink operations illegal in Ghana – NCA warns

The National Communications Authority (NCA) has announced that the operation of Starlink in Ghana is illegal.In a press release issued on December 7, 2023,...

Jinapor slams Sophia Akuffo over Lithium deal comment

The Lands and Natural Resources Minister, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has described as most unfortunate comments by the former Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo on Ghana’s...

Construction work begins on deplorable Sehwi Bibiani roads after years of neglect

Construction has commenced on the long-neglected roads in Merewa, Manse, Abooso, and Nkronua, farming communities within the Bibiani Anhweaso Bekwai Municipality of the Western...

NSS announces payment of arrears from January to May

The Management of the National Service Scheme (NSS) has announced government has released funds for the payment of arrears on the allowances of NSS...

School placement: We have resolved over 60% of challenges – Free SHS Secretariat

The Free Senior High School (SHS) Secretariat says it has resolved 60 to 70 per cent of placement issues for first-year students across the...

Establishment of Ghana Lithium Mining Company not feasible – Lands Minister

Lands and Natural Resources Minister, Samuel Abu Jinapor says the establishment of a Ghana Lithium Mining Company is not feasible.Speaking at a press conference...

Man, 26, allegedly confesses to killing, burying mother

26-year-old Gideon Kojo Asomani Addo, initially arrested for iron rod theft at Koforidua-Kyekyewere near Nyamekrom in Eastern Region, has confessed to killing and burial...

Lithium mining lease to be laid in Parliament – Lands Minister

The Minister for Lands and Naatural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has assured that the mining lease agreement between Ghana and Barari DV Ghana Limited...

Kikibee CEO’s murder: Girlfriend granted GH₵200K bail 

An Accra High Court has granted GH₵200,000 bail with one surety to the alleged girlfriend of Benett Agyekum Adomah alias Kikibee.Mam Yandey Joof, a...

Traditional priest to serve a day in prison for harming unemployed woman

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a traditional priest to one-day imprisonment for causing harm to an unemployed woman at Teshie in Accra.  Michael...

Gov’t suspends controversial import restriction L.I

JoyNews can confirm that Government of Ghana is suspending the laying of the controversial Legislative Instrument seeking to restrict the importation of at least...

Historic Okomfo Anokye cola tree grows anew

The tree stump of the historic Okomfo Anokye Cola Tree at Feyiase in the Ashanti region which was left in the soil has begun...

Farmers in Upper East decry low market for paddy rice

Farmers in the Upper East Region have decried the poor market for paddy rice after this year’s harvest and the challenges they are facing...

Armed robbers attack passengers in Wa

Six suspected armed robbers have attacked and robbed several passengers of their monies and other valuables when they were returning from the Funsi market...

Computer engineer fined GH¢840K for double sale of land at Tse Addo

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a comput­er engineer to a fine of GH¢840,000 for making a con­flicting grant of land at Tse Addo...

Bodies exposed as grave looters invade Takoradi cemetery

Residents of Takoradi and its environs in the Western Region, are living in fear following reports of grave looting in the area.Reports indicates several...

Mortuary workers’ meeting with NLC, govt ends inconclusively

The meeting between the Mortuary Workers Association of Ghana (MOWAG), the government and the National Labour Commission (NLC) on Wednesday, December 6, 2023, in...

PRINCOF bemoans inadequate lecture halls, residential facilities in 46 Colleges of Education

None of the 46 public Colleges of Education in Ghana currently has enough lecture halls and residential facilities to cater to the large numbers...

Anyimadu-Antwi justifies delay in the passage of anti-LGBTQ+ bill

Chairman of the Constitutional, Legal, and Parliamentary Affairs Committee of Parliament, Kwame Anyimadu-Antwi, has explained the delay in passing the anti LGBTQI+ bill.This...