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Late KETASCO NSMQ star, James Lutterodt to be buried on this date…

The late James Edem Lutterodt, who came to prominence after competing in the 2021 finals of the National Science and Maths Quiz for the...

Driver was reckless in accident that killed 8 people near Central Univ last week – Eyewitnesses

Some eyewitnesses have said the driver of a Ford Transit mini bus which was involved in a road accident that resulted in the death...

Joy News responds to Cecilia Dapaah; Our reportage is based on facts

Joy News has responded to former Sanitation Minister, Cecilia Dapaah, making it clear that there was no ethical or professional misconduct in reporting on the...

Akufo-Addo attends 15th BRICS summit in South Africa

President Akufo-Addo at the invitation of the President of the Republic of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, left Ghana on Tuesday, August 22, to attend...

Canadian Murder Case: Safina Diamond to stand trial at High Court on September 18

Safina Mohammed Adizatu, a student, has been committed by an Adentan District Court to stand trial for murder at the High Court in Accra...

Herdsman allegedly shot in attempted kidnapping

A nomadic herdsman is currently recovering at the Zabzugu District Hospital after he tried to escape from possible kidnappers at Larabanga near Nakpali in...

Dormaahene: Don’t interpret my comments as indulgence in partisan politics

After leading a clean-up exercise at Dormaa Ahenkro in the Bono Region on Tuesday morning, the Omanhene of the Dormaa Traditional Area, Osagyefo Oseadeeyo Agyemang...

Water, electricity tariffs to go up again on September 1

The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has announced an increase in electricity and water tariffs by 4.22 % and 1.18% respectively, effective September 1,...

Our staff not directly involved in bribe-taking – Lands Commission

The Lands Commission is taking on the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime to provide details on its recent survey that named the...

Dansoman Apostles’ Continuation Church Int’l elects new leaders [Photos]

The Dansoman branch of the Apostles’ Continuation Church International has elected new Women’s Fellowship leaders. At the helm of this dynamic team is...

No work, no pay – Education ministry justifies directive to CETAG

The Ministry of Education has offered an explanation regarding the directive from the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) to withhold August salaries for lecturers...

Why is he refusing to resign? – Ablakwa on BoG governor

Member of Parliament (MP) for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has reiterated that the Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr Ernest Addison,...

Govt to settle ¢2.4bn coupon payments on DDEP bonds

The Government of Ghana is expected to settle ¢2.4 billion of the first coupon payment on bonds occasioned by the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme...

My house is run like a Presby Mission House – Osafo-Maafo

New Patriotic Party (NPP) stalwart, Yaw Osaafo Marfo, has opened up on how the Presbyterian Church of Ghana (PCG) has shaped his life. According...

Youth groups petition CHRAJ over alleged discrimination at Berekum College of Education

Three youth groups based in Sunyani in the Bono Region have petitioned the regional office of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice...

NDC lost 2020 election because… – Akoto Afriyie

Aspiring flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Afriyie Akoto, has stated that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) lost the 2020 elections because...

Cecilia Dapaah’s stolen cash case: One more person granted bail

One more person allegedly involved in the stealing of Cecilia Dapaah’s money at her residence has been granted bail. This brings to three the...

Holding funfairs at Nkrumah Mausoleum disrespectful — CPP

A member of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Wayoe Ghanamannti, has called on the government to immediately desist from using the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial...

12 SHSs to offer aviation, aerospace courses next academic year

Beginning next academic year, 12 Senior High Schools (SHSs) will offer courses in aviation and aerospace, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, Minister for Education, has...

Don’t compare Menzgold to DKM – NAM 1

The Chief Executive of the defunct Menzgold Gold Dealership, Nana Appiah Mensah, has expressed his objection to the comparison of his company with another...

Negotiations ongoing with Atlantic Lithium on development of Ewoyaa Lithium deposits – Minerals Commission

The Minerals Commission says negotiations are ongoing with Atlantic Lithium Limited on the development of the Ewoyaa Lithium deposits in the Mfantseman Municipality of...

Inhabitants in Ashanti Region laud Otumfuo for destooling ‘ill-behaved’ chiefs

Inhabitants in the Ashanti Region have lauded Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II for destooling chiefs found guilty of engaging in improper conduct. In the past...

Ghana Gas rejects Parliament’s Mines and Energy Committee’s report on GNPC-Genser deal

The Ghana Gas Senior Staff Association is rejecting a report from the Parliament's Committee on Mines and Energy on a gas supply agreement between...

Exciting scenes as 2023 Chale Wote festival takes off [Photos]

The 2023 edition of the Chale Wote Street Art Festival kicked off with a procession on Monday, August 21, 2023. After 12 years of hosting...

I don’t own anything in Ghana, not even a car – NAM1

In the ongoing Menzgold controversy, where victims are relentlessly seeking justice for their vanished investments, the Chief Executive Officer has portrayed himself as the...

What to know about new BoG Head Office [Full details]

The Bank of Ghana has defended its decision to move from its current location in the Central Business District of Accra to Ridge, citing...

Manasseh Azure Awuni: Six lessons

In 2001, I completed junior high school with the best result in the Krachi District (now Krachi West, Krachi East, and Krachi Nchumuru municipalities...

UCS Facility Management Ghana Ltd boss honoured

The Managing Director of UCS Facility Management Ghana Ltd, Yaa Dansowaa Ampofo, has been honoured by the National Business Honours at a colourful event...

Legon student charged over boyfriend’s murder

A University of Ghana (Legon) level 200 student, offering Biological Science, Nafisatu Mohammed, has been charged with the murder of her Canadian-based Ghanaian boyfriend,...

Car washer jailed 17 years for robbery

A 19-year-old car washer has been sentenced to 17 years imprisonment by the Circuit Court in Accra for robbery on Monday. The incident, according to...

I am not impressed with Ghana’s ‘winner takes all’ politics – Duncan-Williams

The General Overseer of the Action Chapel International Ministry, Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams, says governments must learn to identify and utilise the potential of persons...

Asantehene destools three chiefs in a fortnight; residents react

The recent spate of destoolment of chiefs by the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has got residents talking. The latest to lose his authority is...

Applaud gov’t for imposing 10% betting tax, gambling affecting education – NYA CEO

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Youth Authority (NYA), Pius Enam Hadzide, says gambling is affecting the education of Ghanaian children.  He said...

12 West African nationals rescued, 15 laptops seized at Kpone

Residents of the Sebrepor community in the Kpone Katamanso Municipality of the Greater Accra Region were left in shock after the Tema Regional Police...

Lands Commission boss bows out of service

After 30 years of outstanding service, the Executive Secretary of the Lands Commission, Surveyor James Ebo Dadson, has officially stepped down. Mr Dadson has...

I don’t own anything in Ghana, not even a car – Nam 1

In the ongoing Menzgold controversy, where victims are relentlessly seeking justice for their vanished investments, the Chief Executive Officer has portrayed himself as the...

Education Ministry freezes August salaries of CETAG members

The Education Ministry has asked the Controller and Accountant General not to pay members of the Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG)...

Education Minister cannot freeze our salaries – CETAG reacts to salary freeze by Education Ministry

The Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) has reacted to the decision by the Education Ministry not to pay them for the...

Father sentenced for neglecting his children

The Awutu Bereku Magis­trate’s Court in the Central Region has sentenced a 46-year-old mason, Nicholas Kofi Owusu, to two weeks impris­onment, and imposed a...

Man injured after being knocked down by bus at Caprice

A man, believed to be in his late twenties, has been struck by an intercity bus at Caprice, a neighborhood within the Accra Metropolitan...