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Opening of Keta Lagoon floodgates begins

The opening of the lagoon floodgates and the sandbar at Azizadzi has commenced to allow the free flow of the lagoon into the sea,...

Akosombo Dam spillage: We’ve not halted humanitarian operations in Mepe – GAF

Following reports that its officers stationed at Mepe in the North Tongu District of the Volta Region to support victims of the Akosombo Dam...

Francisca Enchill wins bronze in African Investigative Journalists award PAJI-NZ 2023

Corruption Watch’s Francisca Enchill won bronze in the television category at the Norbert Zongo African Prize for Investigative Journalism  (PAJI-NZ) 2023, held in Burkina...

Breast cancer awareness month: Adenta residents receive health education and screening

In a dedicated effort to promote health awareness and early detection of breast cancer, Kozie Cares Medical Outreach, an initiative of Akosua Manu took...

Akosombo dam spillage: ‘Aren’t we Ghanaians too?’ – Ablakwa questions military withdrawal from Mepe

Reports from Mepe, one of the towns affected by flooding in the Volta Region, indicate that the military, which was assisting in transporting relief...

One dead in Makango floods, hundreds displaced

One person has been reported dead in the Makango floods in the East Gonja Municipality of the Savannah Region, while two persons, who drowned...

Power supply from Sogakope BSP may delay for months – ECG

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced that restoration of power from the Sogakope Bulk Supply Point (BSP) may be delayed for months...

Police on manhunt for Small-Scale Miners Taskforce commander’s shooter

The Eastern Region Police are currently conducting a manhunt for an individual known as Danso, who serves as a youth leader and miner in...

Akosombo Dam spillage: I can’t even eat – Businessman who lost ¢200k cries

A businessman who lost about ¢200,000 worth of products due to the Akosombo Dam spillage said he urgently needs the state to come to...

NGOs join forces to support Central Tongu flood victims

In the wake of the devastating Akosombo Dam spillage, it seems communities in the Central Tongu District have been neglected. While relief efforts have been...

NDC Chairman donates relief items to Buipe flood victims

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Savannah Regional Chairman, Alhaji Imoro Seidu, has donated relief items to flood victims at Buipe. The items included 100...

Akosombo Dam spillage: What is happening is just as we predicted – VRA

The Deputy Chief Executive In charge of Engineering and Operation at the Volta River Authority (VRA) says the flooding incident along the lower basin...

Akosombo Dam spillage: Displaced single mother of 3 calls for help

Benedicta Atigodo, a single mother of three, has been displaced by floodwaters in Mepe, a town in the North Tongue District of the Volta...

Akosombo dam spillage to continue or not; VRA sets records straight

The Volta River Authority (VRA) has revealed that the Akosombo Dam has not increased any further in the last 48 hours, weeks after rising...

Akosombo dam spillage: UTAG embarks on fact-finding mission to flood-stricken areas

The National President of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), Prof. Mamudu A. Akudugu, has led a delegation on a fact-finding mission to...

Obra show: Lady fights man for buying mentally ill dad’s 2-storey building for GH¢150K

The family of a 73-year-old retired headmaster who sold his two-story building for GH¢150,000 is fighting to have the transaction reversed. One of the...

Menzgold offers GH₵‎5m for payment of its customers

Gold dealership firm, Menzgold, has announced the first bulk batch payment of GH₵‎5 million to its customers. The move, according to Menzgold, follows a successful...

Over 200 shops destroyed in fire outbreak at Makola

Over 200 shops have been destroyed in a fire outbreak at the Makola Mall opposite the Ghana School of Law in Accra. The fire, whose...

VRA provides mobile toilets to flood-stricken communities

The Volta River Authority (VRA) has provided mobile toilets for the flood-stricken communities as a result of the Akosombod dam spillage. Mepe, which is the...

Offinso: I won’t allow vacant stool to be sold to illegitimate candidate – Asantehene

I am giving the assurance that I will not allow the Offinso Stool to be sold to anyone who is not the legitimate candidate...

We remain JoyNews, beware of imitations!

JoyNews, a brand of the Multimedia Group, has become aware of a website named joynewsroom.com.  We wish to state that the website is neither part...

Asantehene replies Dormaahene

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has replied the Dormaa chief, Oseadeayo Agyeman Badu II on his recent pronouncements about the powers of the...

NSMQ 2023: Profiles of the 3 schools in grand finale

The stage is set for the highly anticipated 2023 National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) grand finale, with the top three contenders now settled....

Prempeh College protests 2023 NSMQ exit

The management of Prempeh College is protesting its exit from the 2023 National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) competition. In a letter addressed to...

STEMNNOVATION 2023: Shaping tomorrow’s job creators

In a world where innovation and technology reign supreme, the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP) has set its sights on empowering the next...

UG-UTAG reacts to National Security Minister’s coup comments

The University of Ghana Branch of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UG-UTAG) has condemned National Security Minister, Albert Kan Dapaah for accusing the...

Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo’s daughter called to the Bar [Video]

Selasi Esi Tokornoo, the daughter of Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, has been called to the Bar. She was part of 1075 lawyers who were enrolled...

IET fulfills GH₵10,000 pledge to Akosombo dam spillage victims

The Institution of Engineering and Technology-Ghana (IET) has fulfilled its promise to the Akosombo dam spillage victims by presenting a cheque of GH₵10,000 to...

Akosombo dam spillage: VRA to deploy psychologists to counsel victims

The Volta River Authority (VRA) has announced plans to deploy psychologists to counsel the people affected by the Akosombo dam spillage. The Deputy Chief Executive Officer...

Accra Institute of Technology holds 19th graduation ceremony [Photos]

The Accra Institute of Technology (AIT), a leading technology-focused private university, has celebrated another milestone as it graduates a new cohort of PhD recipients....

Over 1,000 new lawyers called to the Bar

Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo has advised the newly inducted lawyers to uphold the ethical standards of the legal profession and carry themselves in a...

One dead, 2 injured in clash involving Pankrono, Adabraka Zongo youth

One person has died with two others injured in a clash between the youth of Pankrono and Adabraka Zongo in the Ashanti Region. ...

Police complete investigations into alleged killing of employer by house boy

The Ghana Police Service says it has completed investigations into the case of a house boy accused of murdering his madam at Sokoban-Apaaso in...

Notorious thief, 21, jailed for stealing

A 21-year-old tractor operator has been sentenced to 23 months imprisonment for stealing a 24-inch Television set, four laptops, Kente cloth, Tramadol tablets, a...

Nyaho-Tamakloe mourns Akoto Ampaw

Founding member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe has eulogised renowned lawyer Akoto Ampaw in a glowing tribute. Dr Nyaho-Tamakloe has...

Akosombo Dam spillage: Relocate victims to Saglemi Housing Project – Real Estate Developer

The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the Ghana Real Estate Developers Agency (GREDA), Frank Aboagye Danyansah has suggested to government to relocate victims of the...

NAGRAT’s take on Akosombo dam spillage

The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has called on the Education Ministry to put in place measures to alleviate the impact of the...

Kasoa residents block major highway to protest deplorable roads [Photos]

Scores of residents at Kasoa in the Central region hit the streets on Friday to protest the deplorable nature of their roads. The residents...

Farmers to receive 4.5 million day-old chicks

The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has started supplying 4.5 million day-old chicks to anchor farmers and their outgrowers. They will also receive vaccines...

Two women jailed for trafficking, forcing 4 girls into sex trade 

Two women alleged to be sex workers wept uncontrollably when the Tarkwa Circuit Court sentenced them to 17 years in prison in hard labour,...