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Veteran journalist passes on

A former Editor of The Mirror, Emmanuel Nii Okai Provencal has passed away, aged 79. He passed away on January 10, after a short...

Plot to remove IGP: Committee will not serve anyone’s interest – Atta Akyea

The Chairman of the Ad hoc Committee of Parliament investigating has the alleged clandestine plot to remove the Inspector General of Police(IGP) Dr George...

NIB officials stripped me naked – Agordzo

A former Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Benjamin Agordzo, who has been acquitted and discharged over an alleged coup plot has shared more harrowing experiences...

NGO raises concerns over Emissions Levy Act

A non-governmental organisation (NGO), Penplusbytes has express worry the taxation framework for vehicles outlined in the Emissions Levy Act. The organisation has said the...

Withdraw Public University Bill – UTAG to government

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) is calling for the immediate withdrawal of the Public University Bill, 2020. UTAG has described the Bill...

Amasaman accident: Truck driver arrested

The driver of the truck involved in a crash on Monday with a Sprinter bus around the China Mall stretch of the Amasaman-Nsawam road,...

Otumfuo Sir Osei Agyeman Prempeh II’s book on Asanteman History launched

After more than five decades after his death, a book on the History of Asanteman authored by Otumfuo Sir Osei Agyeman Prempeh II, has...

GNAT joins demo against electricity VAT

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has announced plans to participate in the demonstration against the 15% Value Added Tax (VAT) on electricity...

Another police officer interdicted

The Ghana Police Service has interdicted a Police Chief Inspector, Benjamin Doe Kuwornu for unprofessional conduct. Chief Kuwornu, stationed at Assin Fosu in the...

Bawku conflict: We’re no longer safe – Upper East Regional House of Chiefs

The Upper East Regional House of Chiefs says residents are now living in fear following the recent surge in violence in the Bawku municipality...

NCA, security officers shut down Salt FM

The National Communications Authority (NCA) accompanied by security officers has shut down Agogo-based Salt 95.9 FM in the Ashanti region. The radio station was shut...

Six illegal miners arrested for mining in river Tain

A task force against illegal mining at Wenchi in the Bono Region has arrested six persons who were reportedly mining in the river Tain. The...

GJA blacklist Yendi MP for assault on journalist 

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), has ordered all media houses to blacklist the Member of Parliament for Yendi, Farouk Aliu Mahama for allegedly assaulting...

Mahama criticises gov’t for ‘oppressing’ teachers

Former President John Mahama has criticised the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) government for what he perceives as the oppression of teachers. He argued...

Finance Ministry reacts to ¢77m Contingency Vault media reports

The Ministry of Finance has described as inaccurate and unfounded a report by some media outlets suggesting that the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, took...

PRINPAG backs GJA’s decision to blacklist Yendi MP

The Private Newspapers and Online News Publishers Association of Ghana (PRINPAG) has backed the Ghana Journalists Association's (GJA) decision to blacklist the Member of...

Herdsman inflicts cutlass wounds on farmer

A farmer has been left with severe cutlass wounds following an altercation with a herdsman at Seripe, a farming community in the Bole district...

Two organizations support education at Ekurabadze

Two non-governmental organizations; Charity Trust Africa and Cyber1Defense Communications have teamed up to support education delivery at Ekurabadze in the Mfantsiman Municipality in the...

Fire burns 7 bedrooms, leaves several displaced at Mpatasie

Over twenty people have been displaced after fire destroys a seven-bedroom house at Mpatasie near Berekum in the Bono Region. Several properties have been damaged...

DVLA resolves online registration challenges – Registers 25,101 vehicles

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) has resolved the initial challenges that affected the online registration of vehicles at the beginning of the...

Common core curriculum: Science students to skip Core Maths, Integrated Science

All Senior High School (SHS) Science students will no longer be required to study Core and Elective Mathematics as separate examinable subjects from the...

Cecilia Dapaah’s stolen money: Case adjourned to March 8 after lawyers arrived late to court

An Accra High Court has adjourned the trial involving seven individuals, including Patience Botwe, two former house helps of former Sanitation Minister Cecilia Abena...

Organised Labour meet in Kumasi ahead of TUC’s protest

Organised Labour in the Ashanti Region has met in Kumasi to plan ahead of the February 13 demonstration against the government's imposition of Value...

Kwahu Bepong chaos: Male residents flee town

Joy News has learnt that majority of male residents in Kwahu Bepong, a town in the Kwahu South municipality of the Eastern region have...

Is that how you’re training your children? – PAC chairman scolds NSA boss [Video]

Tempers flared up at the Public Accounts Committee sitting as its Chairman, James Klutse Avedzi, got angry at the Director General of the National...

Hope for unplaced BECE graduates: Education Directors to embark on enrolment drive

Qualified Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) graduates who have not been placed in senior high schools (SHS) are to visit the nearest education office...

Fear as man is found dead in bush at Ntoaso

A man believed to be in his early 40s was found dead in a bush at Ntoaso Chinese in the Nsawam Adoagyiri Municipality of...

Kenkey price hit GH¢4 in Nov. 2022, Teshie was last resort for GH¢2 ball – Researcher

The GH¢2 price of a ball of the local Ghanaian meal made from fermented white corn, called kenkey, was phased out in Accra as...

Bepong: Mpraeso MP condemns Police’s use of live ammunition

Member of Parliament for Mpraeso, Davis Ansah Opoku has criticised the Police for resorting to the use of live ammunition during an attempt to...

Brace yourself for the worst in coming days as Harmattan bites hard

If you abandoned your masks, it’s time to grab them as Accra earns the unenviable title of one of the cities in the world...

Woman found dead with body parts missing on Odumase-Asesewa road

A yet-to-be identified woman has been found dead near the Otorkporlu Bridge, off the Odumase-Asesewa road in the Eastern Region. The deceased believed to...

One dead in accident involving GES Director

The Savanah Regional Director of the Ghana Education Service (GES) Mabel Judith Micah, is in critical condition after a ghastly accident on the Accra-Kumasi...

‘Kofi Brokeman’, roast yams, kokonte join league of expensive foods

‘Kofi Brokeman’, Ghana’s most popular delicacy, is no longer food for the poor even though plantain is in season, the price is being manipulated...

Man found unconscious in his car at Lapaz

A yet-to-identified man was on Monday morning found unconscious in his still-running car in traffic on the Lapaz Highway. The middle-aged man who was driving a...

‘I no longer attend public events’ because… – ECG MD

The Managing Director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Samuel Dubik Mahama has revealed he has stop attending public events including weddings and...

NDLEA intercepts over 14kg of cannabis from Ghana

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Nigeria has intercepted of a large consignment of Ghanaian Loud, a potent strain of cannabis sativa,...

Forgive them; they know not the power of love – Court tells former Minister after son, nephew challenge his marriage

The High Court at Cape Coast has asked a former Education Minister under the Kufuor government, Professor Dominic Fobih, to forgive his son and...

US Museum returns royal objects to Asante Kingdom [Photos]

Seven royal artefacts, including a necklace, an ornamental chair, and an elephant tail whisk, have been permanently and voluntarily returned to the Asante kingdom...

PAC calls for special audit of National Sports Authority

The Chairperson of Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC), James Klutse Avedzi, has called for a special audit of the National Sports Authority (NSA) by...

Motor rider, pillion sentenced for failing to wear crash helmet

A motorbike rider and his pillion who failed to wear crash helmets have been sentenced by the Kaneshie District Court. Joshua Kumessa, the rider, in...