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TECNO unveils scholarship scheme for STEM students in collaboration with University of Ghana

On a momentous occasion attended by over 500 students, TECNO, an innovative technology giant, proudly unveiled the "TECNO Future Star Initiative" on October 18,...

Akosombo, Kpong dams spillage: 2,000 People displaced in Pru East

More than 2,000 people have been rendered homeless in 15 communities along the Lower Volta Lake Basin in the Pru East District in the...

Ticking Time Bomb! Kusasis and Mamprusis deepen conflict on social media with animal labels

In 1992, Rwandan politician Leon Mugesera referred to Tutsis as “Inyenzi”, meaning cockroaches. This insulting, dehumanizing language triggered a genocide, which happened in 1994...

Fella Makafui supports Akosombo dam spillage victims [Videos+Photos]

Ghanaian actress and philanthropist, Fella Makafui has generously donated some relief items to victims of the Akosombo dam spillage over the weekend. In a post...

Man ‘murdered’ on his farm at Agona Nyakrom Abrokro

Residents of Abrokro, a suburb of Agona Nyakrom in the Central Region, are living in fear following the gruesome murder of a 45-year-old man...

Akosombo dam spillage: Sogakope Hospital overwhelmed

The Sogakope District Hospital in the South Tongu District of the Volta Region is overwhelmed with medical cases after inpatients were moved from the...

TMA seeks private sector support to renovate Tema Manhean Polyclinic

The Tema Metropolitan Assembly has commenced processes to renovate the Tema Manhean Polyclinic, a key public health facility in the fishing community of Tema.  The...

Implement low-cost drug policy – Medical and Dental Council tells govt

The Medical and Dental Council (MDC) has called on government to implement a policy that will help reduce the high cost of medicines in...

Meet the couple called to the Bar

In an unprecedented event that has captured the hearts and imaginations of many, we bring you the heartwarming story of a couple who were...

AMA holds clean-up towards Ga Manye funeral

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has organised a clean-up exercise in preparation towards the final funeral rites of the late Ga Manye, Naa Dedei...

Zanetor Rawlings supports flood victims in South Tongu

The Member of Parliament for Klottey Korle, Dr. Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, has donated a number of relief items and medical supplies to persons who have...

Galamsey fight: I was confident of Akufo-Addo’s support but I was wrong – Frimpong-Boateng

Former Environment Minister, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, has expressed his disillusionment with the lack of support from President Akufo-Addo in the battle against illegal small-scale...

Galamsey report: If you want evidence, go to the forest – Frimpong-Boateng to AG

Former Environment Minister, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, has responded to the Attorney General's Office’s statement for "hard evidence" in relation to the allegations in his...

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...