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Overturned truck on Motorway causes massive gridlock

A truck carrying cartons of Oba Spaghetti overturned on the Tema to Accra stretch of the Motorway near KICC, causing significant vehicular traffic. The Burkina...

Maiden Housing and Hydrology Conference opens in Accra

The maiden Built Environment National Conference on Housing and Hydrology (BENCHH 2024) has opened in Accra. The event held at the Labadi Beach Hotel in...

Kojo Oppong Nkrumah opens Housing Conference and launches Hydro Fund

Ghana has taken a significant step towards addressing its ongoing housing and flooding challenges with the inauguration of the Built Environment National Conference on...

CCTI students assault SHS student in retaliatory attack

Some students of the Cape Coast Technical Institute (CCTI) in the Central Region, allegedly assaulted another Senior High School (SHS) student in what appears...

Elements within Akufo-Addo’s administration forced me out of PURC – Nana Yaa Jantuah

The former Public Relations and External Affairs Director of the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC), Nana Yaa Jantuah, has detailed the circumstances that led...

Problem with Free SHS is practical implementation not legislation – Prof Adei

Educationist Professor Stephen Adei has voiced concerns over the practical implementation of the government’s flagship Free SHS Programme, rather than its legislative backing. The former...

KNUST honours Multimedia Group’s Neta Parsram and Clinton Yeboah for Media Excellence

Joy News medical stringer, Dr Neta Kris Abiana Parsram, and broadcast journalist Clinton Yeboah were named outstanding media personalities at the 2nd edition of...

Chef Smith saga: Military officer assaults Adom TV presenter

A journalist with the Multimedia Group Limited's Adom Brands was assaulted while covering the presser for Chef Smith to announce his latest culinary feat. At...

NSMQ2024: K Wey Gey, Ksi Girls fight for supremacy only to kowtow to Adanwomase SHS

It’s an unending rivalry between Kumasi Wesley Girls High School and Kumasi Girls SHS after the two schools clashed in the Ashanti regional qualifiers...

Ambulance trial won’t end anytime soon – Samson Lardy

Private legal practitioner, Samson Lardy Anyenini has said the ambulance procurement trial involving Minority Leader, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson and third accused, Richard Jakpa...

IAWL’s GELC addresses gender inequality in legal profession

The Institute for African Women in Law will on Friday, July 5 host a monumental high-level convening at the Movenpick Ambassador Hotel to climax its...

Ghanaian content creators to earn from Facebook

Ghanaians can now begin monetizing their content on Facebook after Meta officially announced the expansion of its features to Ghana. The new monetisation strategy will allow...

Akufo-Addo highlights Ghana’s progress and challenges in achieving SDGs

At the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Action Summit 2024, President Akufo-Addo highlighted the significant progress Ghana has made towards achieving the SDGs and associated...

NHIA saves GH¢9.5 million from fraudulent claims

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) says it was able to save GH¢9.5 million from fraudulent claims in 2023 following the deployment of artificial...

Not all prisoners are guilty – MP says as she rallies support for them

The Member of Parliament(MP) for Agona East Constituency in the Central Region, Queenstar Pokuah Sawyerr has called on Ghanaians to support prisoners since not...

Claim that ambulances arrived in 2015 false – AG to Jakpa

The Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, concluded his cross-examination of Richard Jakpa, the third accused in the ongoing ambulance trial, at...

Akufo-Addo’s four point agenda to accelerate SDGs implementation

President Nana Akufo-Addo unveiled a comprehensive Four-Point Agenda to accelerate the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) during his address at the SDGs...

CLOGSAG declares nationwide strike

The Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG) has declared a nationwide strike effective Wednesday, July 3, 2024. The industrial action according to...

GSS calls for swift intervention to avert overcrowded population in Accra

The Ghana Statistical Service is cautioning government to intervene in the exponential population growth in Accra covering smaller land spaces. Speaking to Joy Business after...

Why strike over an issue you’re part of? NLC boss asks CLOGSAG [Audio]

The Executive Secretary of the National Labour Commission (NLC) has expressed disappointment in the Civil and Local Government Staff Association, Ghana (CLOGSAG) over its...

Ga Mantse leads Clean Accra Campaign [Photos]

The Ga Mantse, His Royal Majesty King Tackie Teiko Tsuru II on Tuesday 2nd July 2024, led the first phase of the clean Accra...

Killers of 2 Kakpayili minors will face justice – Northern REGSEC

The Northern Regional Security Council has assured the public that those responsible for the deaths of the two children in Kpakpayili will face justice. This...

Ambulances were not defective when they arrived in Ghana – Jakpa clarifies

The third accused in the ongoing ambulance procurement trial, Richard Jakpa, has asserted that the ambulances brought into the country were not defective. According to...

GPCC President urges Ghanaians to avoid religious conflict ahead of elections

The President of the Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council (GPCC), Apostle Eric Nyamekye, has called on Ghanaians to avoid turning the elections into a...

New electricity and water tariffs take off

The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) approved 5.8% increment of electricity and water 5.1 percent on Monday, July 1 took effect for residential use. The...

Boy, 12, allegedly kidnapped by ‘okada’ rider found [Video]

https://youtu.be/ZzJ2vdEij2o A 12-year-old who was allegedly kidnapped by an okada rider at Awutu Botoku in the Awutu Senya West District has been found. The victim, Solomon...

Former Assistant Manager of Chicken Inn jailed for theft

The Achimota Circuit Court has sentenced a former Assistant Manager of Chicken Inn and Pizza Inn to five years imprisonment in hard labour. The 29-year-old...

I never went through JHS – Prof Gyampo

Political Science lecturer at the University of Ghana, Prof. Ransford Gyampo, has disclosed that he never attended Junior High School (JHS). According to the academic,...

I didn’t receive 50% of money paid under ambulance contract – Jakpa

Businessman, Richard Jakpa, the third accused in the ongoing ambulance procurement trial, has dismissed claims that he received 50 percent of the €2.3 million...

Prioritising urban mobility and accessibility for a sustainable future

As the world urbanizes at an unprecedented rate, cities face the daunting challenge of ensuring that their citizens can move around efficiently, safely, and...

Adamus Resources Pty ( Adamus Australia) denies transfer of Ghanaian shares, calls for fair investigation

Adamus Resources Pty (Adamus Australia) has said it never sold, and neither did it transfer its 90% shares in Adamus Ghana to Nguvu Mining...

Chief Justice proposes nomination of sitting judge in ambulance trial, 4 others to Supreme Court

The Chief Justice, Her Ladyship Gertrude Torkornoo has proposed the nomination of five judges to President Akufo-Addo for elevation onto the Supreme Court Bench. The nominees include the...

Ga Mantse, Greater Accra Regional Minister join forces to clean Accra

The Ga Mantse, His Royal Majesty King Tackie Teiko Tsuru II, is leading the Homowo Clean-up Exercise in Accra to rid the city of...

The container with the equipment for the ambulances emptied at Tema Port

The container carrying equipment for the ambulances involved in the ongoing prosecution has been emptied at the Tema Port. That's according to the third...

Kete Krachi business owners suffer losses due to persistent power cuts

Persistent power cuts are threatening the livelihoods of residents and business owners in Kete-Krachi, and its environs in the Oti Region. The town has been...

Cyprus President shares Ayorkor Botchwey’s Commonwealth vision

The President of Cyprus, Nikos Christodoulides, says he shares in the vision of Ghana’s Foreign Minister and candidate for the Commonwealth Secretary-General position, Shirley...

The ambulances are tailor-made to the specification of government – Jakpa

In the ongoing legal case concerning the procurement of ambulances, Richard Jakpa, the third accused person, has emphasised that the ambulances were specifically designed...

Cabinet and Parliament did due diligence before approving ambulances – Jakpa to court

The third accused person in the ongoing ambulance case, Richard Jakpa, has stated that the Cabinet and Parliament's approved process for the procurement of...

Judicial Service sues AG, 2 others over encroachment on ex-judges’ residences

The Judicial Service of Ghana has initiated legal action against the Attorney General, the Lands Commission, and an oil company concerning ongoing developments on...

Court issues bench warrant against man accused of defiling girl, 10

The Sogakope Circuit Court has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of a 25-year-old man, Setsoafia Kudzu, who allegedly defiled a 10-year-old girl. The...