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Pastor held over murder of student nurse at Mankessim makes another shocking revelation

A Chief and a self-acclaimed pastor who confessed to killing and burying a 25-year-old student nurse at Mankessim in the Central Region last year,...

Man slashes wife for asking for divorce

A 39-year-old teacher has been hospitalised after her husband allegedly assaulted her with a machete at Pankese in the Birim North District of the...

Savannah Region: Police arrest 3 persons in connection with communal conflict

The police have arrested three persons and are currently pursuing others in connection with violent attacks on Mempeasem and Lukula communities in the Savannah...

Gonja-Mamprusi clash: Security personnel deployed to restore calm

The Regional Security Councils of Savannah and North East Regions have dispatched military and police personnel to the North Gonja town of Lukula following...

We won’t stop picketing until we’re paid – Pension bondholders tell Finance Ministry

Convener of the Pension Bondholders Forum, Dr Adu Anane Antwi, says pensioners will not stop picketing at the Finance Ministry until their coupons are...

46-year-old man lynched at Adansi Asokwa over alleged property damage

A 46-year-old man, Abraham Kwadzo Goka, has been brutally lynched at Adansi Asokwa. Family members are now pleading for the intervention of the Inspector-General of...

Minerals Commission CEO clarifies facts regarding Obuasi mines incursion

Martin Kwaku Ayisi, the Chief Executive Officer of the Minerals Commission, has clarified that a group of eighty-nine (89) illegal miners, not three hundred...

Shop managers in Ashiaman, Tema, face arrest for failing to provide VAT receipts to customers

In a crackdown on VAT compliance, six shop managers in Ashiaman and Tema are now in police custody. The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has been...

Renewed Gonja-Mamprusi clash claims 7 lives, leaves numerous others injured

At least seven individuals have tragically lost their lives, while several others have sustained injuries during a relentless clash between the Gonja and Mamprusi...

Doctors provide update on 16-year-old girl’s severe injuries following stepfather’s assault

Medical officers at Mother and Child Hospital have recently provided an update on the distressing case of a 16-year-old girl who fell victim to...

Asante Akyem man wields cutlass against wife in dispute over funeral contributions

A 50-year-old man named Moses Yakubu has been apprehended by the police after causing severe machete injuries to his wife in Akyem Pankese, located...

Parents advised to support children’s career choices based on interests and strengths

Education Technical Programme Manager in the Krachi West Municipality of the Oti Region, Andrew Ofosu-Dankyi, has advised parents against imposing their career choices on...

Former DCE of Akatsi passes on

The death is reported of Nicolas Coffie Negble, a former District Chief Executive for Akatsi,  under the erstwhile Kufuor Administration.  The Akatsi District, is now...

Ben Ephson foresees tough contest between NDC and NPP in Assin-North Bye-Election

Benjamin Emmanuel Ephson, pollster and Chief Editor of the Dispatch newspaper, has emphasized that the upcoming bye-election in Assin-North will not result in an...

Bono GES Directorate to establish ‘sanitary bank’ for deprived school girls 

The Bono Regional Girl-Child Coordinator at the Regional Directorate of Education, Ms Josephine Yalley, has announced her office’s preparedness to establish a ‘sanitary bank’...

Barker-Vormawor slapped with fresh treason charges

FixTheCountry convener, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, has exercised his rights under Ghana’s laws to refuse to indicate whether he is guilty or not guilty in the...

87 illegal miners who invaded AngloGold Ashanti Obuasi Mine rescued

All 87 illegal miners who invaded an underground pit of AngloGold Ashanti Obuasi Mine have been rescued and handed over to the police. They include...

Alan has been ordained by God to lead Ghana – NPP MP

Member of Parliament (MP) for Mpraeso, Davis Opoku Ansah, has endorsed the candidature of former Trades Minister, Alan Kyerematen as the next New Patriotic...

Former regional minister slams businessman for burying father in Toyota Corolla [Video]

Former Upper East Regional Minister, Tangoba Abayage, has slammed businessman Norbert Atodio for burying his father in a Toyota Corolla at Navrongo.  Ms Abayage expressed...

Concerned UEW staff demand removal of Governing Council chairman

The troubles of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), are not going away anytime soon. An association calling itself the Concerned Staff of the...

Ghana Link Network Services Ltd donates GHC 500,000 to support Dialysis Centre construction

Executive Chairman of Ghana Link Network Services Ltd (Ghana Link), Nick Danso Adjei, has donated an amount of GHC 500,000 to support the construction...

Assin North bye-election: NDC’s Central Regional Chairman backs James Quayson’s candidature

Central Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) , Professor Richard Kofi Asiedu, has endorsed the candidature of James Gyakye Quayson. According to him,...

Bawumia urges collaboration for peace at Bawku

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has called on all factions involved in the Bawku conflict to join forces with the government and other...

Sim card disconnection: Affected persons throng telecom service centres to secure cards

Scores of mobile network subscribers have thronged some telecommunication services centres in Kumasi in a desperate attempt to restore their line. This follows the disconnection...

Land guards open fire on farmers at Gomoa Okyereko

Over 150 land guards have reportedly invaded parts of Gomoa Okyereko, firing live bullets and chasing farmers with guns, and grading their lands with...

2 villages burnt down in renewed violence between Mamprusi and Gonja tribal groups

There was violence at dawn in the villages of Lukula and Nyoagbini in the North Gonja District. Both communities have been burnt down amid reports...

People’s Forum: Residents at Nanakrom cry over perennial flooding

Ahead of the raining season, residents at Nanakrom in the Adentan Municipality of the Greater Accra region are at their wits end. For years, anytime...

Massive fire engulfs Asokwa’s mechanic shops in Kumasi

Late last night, a devastating fire wreaked havoc on a chain of mechanic shops located in Asokwa, Ashanti region. The fire resulted in the destruction...

Supreme Court throws out lawsuit challenging plant breeders’ regulation

In a unanimous ruling, the Supreme Court has rejected a lawsuit challenging the regulation of plant breeders. The case stemmed from the passage of the...

Domelevo declares: I won’t take legal action against the government

Daniel Yao Domelevo, the former Auditor General, has stated that he has no intention of pursuing legal action against the presidency following the recent...

NCA Enforces Blockade on 9 Million SIM Cards

Telecommunication firms in Ghana have taken action to deactivate approximately 9 million unregistered SIM cards, following a directive from the National Communications Authority (NCA). The...

Former Minister condemns businessman’s burial of father in Toyota Corolla

The burial of a man's father in a Toyota Corolla at Navrongo has drawn strong criticism from former Upper East Regional Minister, Tangoba Abayage. She...

Domelevo reacts to Supreme Court ruling

Former Auditor-General, Daniel Domelevo, expressed his satisfaction with the recent Supreme Court ruling that deemed it unconstitutional for the President to compel him to...

KATH takes action: Two doctors suspended for extortion

Two doctors at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi have faced suspension after being found guilty of extorting money from patients. Each doctor...

Tano River more polluted than it was a year ago – Erastus Asare Donkor

The condition of the Tano River is even worse than it was last year, says JoyNews’ Erastus Asare Donkor. Mr. Asare Donkor who has been...

Police hands over $9k, other items found in Gomoa Okyereko accident car to GPRTU

The Winneba Divisional Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Police Command has delivered a range of items and cash to the Buduburam...

AngloGold incident: 79 illegal miners out of underground mine

AngloGold Ashanti says 79 of the illegal miners who invaded their Obuasi Gold mine in the Ashanti Region have given themselves up for arrest. The...

Tiktok pastor ‘Godpapa The Greatest’ and wife ‘Empress Lupita’ remanded

The Ghanaian sensational TikTok couple, Daniel Chayah alias Godpapa The Greatest, and his wife Jocelyn Chayah alias Empress Lupita, have been remanded into police custody by the TDC Magistrate Court...

Matthew Opoku-Prempeh didn’t celebrate his birthday in Monaco – Spokesperson

The spokesperson for the Energy Minister, Dr Matthew Opoku-Prempeh, has denied claims that the minister celebrated his 55th birthday in Monaco, France.  Kofi Abrefa Afena...

Help extricate our young people from unemployment trap – Mahama to Korea

Former President John Dramani Mahama has asked Korea Republic to help create employment opportunities for Ghanaian youth.  Mr Mahama said Ghanaian youth are ready to...