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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...

Dismissed judge sues Judicial Service, Chief Justice and Attorney General

The Jasikan Circuit Court judge, Alfred Kwabena Asiedu, dismissed for alleged misconduct in a divorce case, has filed a lawsuit against the Judicial Service...

Herdsman allegedly abducted in West Gonja while asleep

The family of a 33-year-old man allegedly whisked away while in bed by some unknown well-built men at Sori Number One, a farming community...

Fourth Ghana Giving Summit held in Accra [Photos]

The fourth Ghana Giving Summit has been held in Accra where leaders of civil society organizations (CSOs) and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have underscored the...

Roads Minister refutes claims of mistreating former tollbooth workers

The Minister for Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako Atta, has refuted claims that his outfit has mistreated persons with disability who were formerly employed...

Health workers express concern over abuse of ‘laughing gas’

The Ghana Anaesthetists Society (GAS) and the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) have expressed concern over the abuse of Nitrous Oxide, a party drug popularly...

Sam George threatens to expose MPs stalling progress of anti-LGBT Bill

Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram, Sam George, has taken great exception to what he believes are calculated attempts by some members of the...

Minerals Dev’t Fund constructs ultra-modern police station for Manso Nkran

The Minerals Development Fund (MDF) has handed over an ultra-modern police station to Manso Nkran, a mining community in the Amansie South District and...

Import restriction bill: Akufo-Addo, Bawumia want to bring back ‘kalabule’ – NDC

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) is accusing President Akufo-Addo and his Vice, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, of attempting to bring back 'kalabule' (cleaver bully, conditional...

Charles Bissue case: OSP incurs wrath of judge

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has incurred the wrath of the presiding judge, Justice Nicholas Mensah Abodakpi of the High Court in...

Speak up against import restriction bill – NDC to clergy, CSOs

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called on the clergy, Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), and other relevant stakeholders to speak up against the proposed...

Near chaos in Parliament over anti LGBTQI+ Bill [Video]

https://youtu.be/1T-n5i3Vu2o Sponsors of the controversial anti-LGBTQ bill are furious over the lack of action on their Bill. The Private Members' Bill, sponsored by Member of Parliament...

Sam George goes berserk over LGBTQ+ bribery allegation

The Member of Parliament(MP) for the Ningo-Prampram, Sam George, flared up at the precincts on Wednesday over allegations made against him by Ablekuma North...

Four NDC executives arrested after accompanying protesters to court

Four Effutu constituency executives of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Central Region have been arrested. They were accosted by personnel from the Winneba...

Nkwanta South conflict: National Peace Council urged to restore peace

The Oti Regional Chapter of the Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition (GNECC) has appealed to the National Peace Council, Christian and Islamic Councils, Civil...

Import Restriction Bill breaches IMF agreement – NDC

The Minority in Parliament has reiterated its opposition to the Import Restriction Legislative Instrument (L.I), stating it breaches the terms of the International Monetary...

Fomena MP donates to 30 dressmakers at Dadwen

The 2nd Deputy Speaker of Parliament and Member of Parliament for Fomena Constituency, Andrew Amoako Asiamah, has made a donation to dressmakers in Dawden...

Adams Mahama murder: Convicted Asabke to stand trial again with Afoko

Asabke Alangdi, the man convicted and sentenced to death for conspiring with Gregory Afoko to murder former New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Upper East Regional...

Speaker forms ad-hoc committee to investigate delayed funds disbursement to aggrieved Gold Coast Fund customers

Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has formed a special committee to probe the non-payment of customers of the defunct Gold Coast Fund, despite budgetary...

Latest on bribery case against Juaben MCE nominee

The criminal case against the Municipal Chief Executive aspirant for Juaben, Alexander Kwabena Sarfo-Kantanka, has been adjourned to January 23, 2024. The Office of...

Telecoms Infrastructure Stakeholders forum held in Accra

The Ghana Chamber Telecommunications has held the first Infrastructure Stakeholder forum in Accra. The event held on the theme: Fostering Partnerships for Growth in the...

15 children at Tamale Teaching Hospital die over lack of pediatric dialysis machines

The lack of paediatric dialysis machines and consumables at the Tamale Teaching Hospital has led to the tragic loss of 15 children in the...

How the police intervened to avert a possible violent clash at CPP meeting

It took police intervention to avert what could have been a violent clash among some national executives of the Convention People's Party (CPP) at...