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2021 NSMQ Ketasco star dead

James Lutterodt, a notable participant in the 2021 National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ), has sadly passed away. James, along with his teammates Francisca Lamini...

Former Power Minister sends important message to ECG boss

Dr. Kwabena Donkor, a former Power Minister, is offering advice to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) on the importance of improving efficiency to...

Wendy Shay concerned about excessive import duties; urges Akufo-Addo to take action

Rufftown singer Wendy Shay has passionately reached out to President Nana Akufo-Addo, expressing her worry over the steep import duties imposed on vehicles and...

Are we not Ghanaians? Assembly member asks govt over Amansie Central roads

The  Assembly member for Oseikrom Electoral Area in the Amansie Central District of the Ashanti Region, Stephen Sekyere, has appealed to the government to...

ECG, IPPs agree on payment plan

JoyNews is learning of an agreement reached between the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and the Chamber of Independent Power Producers (IPPs) for a...

Poatnation donates to Obuasi Governmental Hospital

Poatnation, a popular social group at Obuasi, has donated to the maternity ward of the Obuasi Government Hospital in the Ashanti Region. The donation,...

We haven’t given IPPs any money; we’ve only reached an agreement – ECG

The Managing Director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), has disclosed that monies have not yet been paid to the Independent Power Producers...

Ghana Gas CEO wins top award at Think Energy SDG Awards

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ghana National Gas Limited Company, Dr Ben Asante, has been adjudged the Transformational Leader of the Year at...

NDC member killed, another injured in gory accident

A Deputy Youth Organizer aspirant of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Amenfi East Constituency of the Western Region, Maclean Jacob Asaah, has...

GapBuster Ghana resources Effiduase library

The Effiduase Library, located in the New Juaben North Municipality of the Eastern region, has received valuable support from GapBuster Ghana. This support includes the...

One injured, teargas fired during massive demo over bad roads at Shama

A demonstration, led by the Shama traditional council in the Western region over bad roads, has turned chaotic as one person has sustained an...

Your comments might affect your promotion – Majority Leader on Dormaahene’s call for discontinuance of Gyakye Quayson’s case

The Majority Leader in Parliament, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has advised the Dormaahene, Osagyefo Oseadeeyo Agyemang Badu II, who is also a High Court judge to...

Dormaahene may have a ‘soft spot’ for NDC – Obiri Boahen

A former General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Obiri Boahen, has asserted that the Dormaahene, Osagyefo Oseadeeyo Agyemang Badu II, could...

AG rejects Dormaahene’s ‘unhealthy’ comment on Gyakye Quayson’s case

The Attorney General, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has expressed concern regarding comments made by individuals in high positions that could potentially impact the ongoing criminal...

New twist to Opuni trial as case will no longer start afresh

The trial of former Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) CEO, Dr Stephen Opuni, will no longer start afresh. This is because the Court of Appeal has...

Judges should cause arrest of lawyers who bribe them – GBA PRO

Judges have been urged to report lawyers who try to bribe them to rule in favour of their clients to the police. According to the...

GNAT donates life jackets to teachers; urges govt to improve access to education

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has called on the government to remove all barriers preventing equal access to education in the country. The...

2023 fishing season closed

This season’s closed season for fishing has begun following the symbolic locking of the sea at Elmina by the Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture...

Ghana presents containers of cocoa products to Türkiye

The Ministry of Finance has presented 11 20-footer containers of cocoa products as emergency relief items to victims of last February’s earthquake disaster in...

Parliament likely to debate anti-LGBTQ+ bill this week

Parliament is expected to debate the bill on the Promotion of Proper Sexual Human Rights and Ghanaian Family Values also known as the anti-LGBT...

President Akufo-Addo to commission redeveloped Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park on Tuesday

The redeveloped Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park, with a cost of $3.5 million, is set to be commissioned on July 4, 2023, by the President...

Alban Bagbin enskinned chief at Nadowli Kaleo

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has been enskinned at Takpo as Naa Sunoyong Maalo Bagbin I, Tinmaali Naa of Takpo Traditional Council at...

Man found dead in river at Assin Bereku

A man in his early forties was allegedly killed and dumped in River Brupan at Assin Breku in the Assin North District of the...

BoG blamed for financial sector mess

A perception research conducted by think tank, Institute for Liberty And Policy Innovation (ILAPI), has blamed the Bank of Ghana (BoG) for the collapse...

I want to see Kumawu producing engineers, lawyers in next few years – MP

The newly-elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Kumawu, Ernest Yaw Anim, says his vision is to see the Kumawu Constituency producing engineers, lawyers and...

Always be battle ready against evil spirits – Agyinasare tells Christians

Founder and Presiding Bishop of Perez Chapel International, Archbishop Charles Agyinasare, has admonished Christians to always be prepared for spiritual warfare against evil spirits. He...

Gyakye Quayson is the Joseph of NDC – Apostle Amoako Attah

Founder and Leader of Parliament Chapel International, Apostle Francis Amoako Attah, has revealed a powerful revelation about the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of...

GBA urges judges not to be intimidated by attacks or threats

The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) has condemned pronouncements and commentaries that tend to intimidate, threaten, and attack the personality of judges over their judgements and rulings. It...

Address human rights abuses – Rev. Opuni Frimpong tells lawyers

The immediate past General Secretary of the Christian Council of Ghana, Rev. Dr Kwabena Opuni Frimpong, has called on the Ghana Bar Association (GBA)...

Stray bullet hits woman during coronation at Amosima

The Safohene of Amosima community in the Abura Asebe Kwamankese in the Central Region, Kweku Apagya, has been apprehended by the Amosima police over...

3 dead, 17 injured in accident on N1 highway

A tragic accident which occurred at Water Works on the N1 highway in the Greater Accra Region on Sunday has claimed the lives of...

Halt Gyakye Quayson’s trial – Dormaahene to Akufo-Addo

Dormaahene and President of the Bono Regional House of Chiefs, Osagyefo Oseadeeyo Agyemang Badu II, has appealed to the President, Nana Akufo-Addo to intervene...

NLC summons TUC over intended strike against Sunon Asogli

The National Labour Commission (NLC) has summoned the Ghana Trades Union Congress (TUC) to appear before it on Tuesday, July 4, for a hearing...

24-year-old Okada rider shot dead in robbery attack

A robbery gang has killed a 24-year-old Okada rider and bolted with his motorbike at Kwarfokurom near Nsawam in the Eastern Region. The 24-year-old deceased...

Drivers, passengers bemoan deplorable Seikwa-Sampa road

The Seikwa-Sampa road, spanning approximately 25 kilometers and located in the Jaman North District, has become a cause for concern among drivers and passengers. The...

Deputy NDC National Youth Organiser takes on Bawumia for ‘attacking’ Mahama

The Deputy National Youth Organiser of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Osman Ayariga Mahama, has taken a swipe at the Vice President, Dr...

Man who stole Meek Mill’s phone arrested again for phone theft

The 33-year-old scrap dealer, Nuhu Sulley, who was previously granted GH¢50,000 bail by an Accra Circuit Court for stealing an American rapper, Meek Mill’s iPhone, has...

National Peace Council meets Somey Traditional council over Nogokpo – Agyinsare impasse

A delegation from the National Peace Council (NPC), led by His Eminence Numo Blafo Akotia Omaetu III, has held a meeting with the chiefs...

GRA impounds 3 trucks with goods without tax stamp at Alajo

Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has seized three trucks loaded with soft drinks without tax stamps at Alajo in Accra. The authority said actions by the...

Over 400 pupils of Maase Atimatim Basic School forced to study under deplorable condition

Concerned residents of Maase-Atimatim in the Ashanti region are pleading with the government to rehabilitate the falling classroom structure of the Maase-Atimatim Basic School. The...