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Five feared dead in renewed clashes at Bawku

Joy News has learned that at least five people have been killed in fresh shootings at Bawku in the Upper East Region. The shootings are...

Meet the lady who became a lawyer after 11 years

Studying to become a lawyer at the minimum takes three to six years. There is a Bachelor of Laws degree programme and two years...

Illegal miners encroaching section of Accra-Kumasi highway arrested

Two illegal miners have been arrested for engaging in illegitimate mining five meters away from the Accra- Kumasi highway at Anyinam in the Eastern...

Fraudulent payment for school placement traced to Education Minister’s access

A fraudulent payment made for the placement of a student into a category “A” school in 2022 was traced to the login access of...

Agric Ministry reacts to reports on agreement to import pork from USA

The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has denied publications that it has entered into an agreement with a third party for the importation...

Claims Opuni’s trial has delayed for six years false – Honyenuga

A Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Clemence Jackson Honyenuga, conducting the trial of Dr Stephen Kwabena Opuni has hit back at critics saying...

Anyinam youth clash with police over arrest of 2 ‘galamseyers’

There was pandemonium at the Anyinam police station in the Atiwa East District of the Eastern region after the arrest of two illegal miners...

Weapons banned in renewed Bawku curfew

The Minister for the Interior has, by executive instrument, renewed the curfew hours imposed on the Bawku Municipality and its environs in the Upper...

I regret being a Deputy Minister; I’ll never in my life accept it again – Appiah-Kubi

JoyNews/AdomNews · I Regret It; I'll Not In My Life Ever Accept An Appointment As A Deputy Minister - Appiah - Kubi Member of Parliament...

New twist to former MASLOC boss’ case

Moves by state prosecutors to have a former boss of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Sedina Tamakloe Attionu, tried in absentia have...

Airports Company ordered to release Frontiers Healthcare Service Ltd contract to Joy News

The Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) has been ordered by the Right to Information Commission to release its contract with Frontiers Health Services to...

All you need to know about the 2023 academic calendar for SHS, basic schools

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has released the 2023 academic calendar for all Senior High Schools (SHS), Senior High Technical Schools, Junior High...

Akufo-Addo swears in 21 new High Court judges

President Nana Akufo-Addo on Tuesday inducted into office 21 new High Court judges, reiterating his call on the Judiciary to apply the laws fairly,...

Withdraw Covid-19 expenditure report from your website – AG tells Auditor-General

The Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Godred Dame, has expressed reservations about the publication of the audit report on government’s expenditure on Covid-19. The Attorney-General...

Deal with perpetrators of Bawku conflict as pure criminals – Nitiwul to military

The Defence Minister, Dominic Nitiwul, has urged the personnel of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) to deal ruthlessly with perpetrators of the Bawku conflict.  The...

Brave driver crashes motor rider who snatched his iPhone to death

A fatal accident has taken place at the Kwabenya Musuku roundabout in the Dome-Kwabenya Constituency, Greater Accra Region, due to reported road rage. According...

Downsize govt to cut cost – Pentecostal and Charismatic Council to govt

The Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council (GPCC) has said there is an urgent need to downsize government machinery and cut down on expenditure to...

Debt Exchange: We are testing Ofori-Atta’s Christianity – Individual bondholders

Individual pensioner bondholders have been persistent in their call for the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, to exempt them from the debt exchange programme, with...

KNUST researchers develop transportable-container kiosk

Metal container kiosks are used for commercial and sometimes residential activities in Ghana. Most often they’re transported from one location to another. However, the materials used...

SIGA buses CEOs and Board Chairs to annual stakeholder conference

The CEOs and Board Chairs of Specified Entities are currently convening at Kwahu-Nkwatia in the Eastern Region for the 2023 Annual Stakeholder Engagement. Enroute...

Unpublish ‘premature’ COVID-19 report – AG to Auditor-General

The Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has protested what he says is a premature publication of the report of the special...

Full text: A-G protests Auditor-General’s COVID-19 expenditure report

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL AND MINISTRY OF JUSTICEP. O. Box MB 60, Ministries, AccraDigital Address: GA-110-05877th February, 2023 THE AUDITOR-GENERALACCRA,GHANA.Attn: Mr. Johnson Akuamoah-Asiedu. Dear Sir, RE:...

We will hold you responsible if Ablakwa is harmed – Ras Mubarak to Akufo-Addo

Former Member of Parliament (MP) for Kumbungu, Ras Mubarak, has called on Ghanaians to hold President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the National Security...

Govt must help in finding him – Atsu’s twin appeals

Following contradictory news about the safety of Ghanaian footballer, Christian Atsu Twasam, in Turkey, his twin sister has asked the Government of Ghana to...

MTN “Save a Life Campaign” back after 2-year break

MTN Ghana Foundation has announced the comeback of its annual blood donation exercise dubbed “Save a Life” after a two-year break due to the...

Agradaa charged over nude pictures

Embattled founder of the Heaven Way Champion International Ministry, Patricia Asiedua, also known as Nana Agradaa, has been arraigned again and charged for sharing...

Police on manhunt for grave robber after corpse stolen

Police in South Africa have launched an investigation and appealed for witnesses following the theft of a corpse from a grave in the northern...

VRA, NEDCo staff begin ‘Ayuba must go’ strike

Staff of the Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDco) have begun a sit down strike to demand the removal of Osmani Ayuba as Managing Director of NEDCo. As...

AMA taskforce arrests sanitation offenders at Agbogbloshie

Environmental Health Officers from the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) have effected several arrests of sanitation offenders in the Agbogbloshie market. Over 20 traders were whisked...

Exclude pension funds from Debt Exchange – Titus-Glover appeals to Akufo-Addo

Former Member of Parliament for Tema East, Daniel Nii Kwartei Titus-Glover, has appealed to President Nana Akufo-Addo to intervene for the exclusion of Pension...

MTN Ghana marks ‘Safer Internet Day’ at Osu Presec

Telecommunication giant, MTN Ghana, has joined the world to mark the 20th edition of the ‘Safer Internet Day’ celebration with students of the Osu...

Hunter reports himself to police after shooting brother dead

A 42-year-old hunter, John Ackah, who mistook his elder brother for an animal and shot him to death, has reported himself to the police....

Truck kills mother, daughter in accident at Bolga

A mother and her daughter have been killed in an accident in Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region. The accident involved a DAF truck, which...

Cocoa export to hit $4.1bn in 2025 – Oppong Nkrumah

The export of cocoa beans will rake in $4.1 billion for the country in 2025, Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has disclosed. According...

Why Akufo-Addo got ministerial reshuffle wrong – Lecturer

A Cooperate Governance lecturer, Dr Benjamin Otchere Ankrah, has expressed his disappointment in the recent ministerial reshuffle by President Nana Akufo-Addo. “This reshuffle by the...

NACOC destroys cannabis worth GHS 50 million

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has destroyed cannabis, locally referred to as wee or marijuana, worth GHS 50 million at the Bundase Military camp...

Jomoro MP berates Police statement on West Hills incident

Jomoro Member of Parliament, Dorcas Affo-Toffey, has stated that bad policing led to the death of Shadrack Arloo at the West Hills Mall. ...

West Hills Mall incident: Sister of deceased curses police over narcotics claim [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · PERTEUAL DIDIER ON WESTHILL MALL INCIDENT Popular gospel musician, Perpetual Didier, has cursed the Ghana Police over their latest statement on the death...

Three robbers attack gold dealer; bolt with GH¢500K

Three armed robbers have attacked a gold-buying agent, Stephen Jay Gold Buying Company, with a pistol and a pump-action gun at Sehwi Juaboso in...

Why majority leader has stopped taking fuel allocation

Majority Leader Osei Kyei Mensa Bonsu says he has stopped taking his fuel coupon allocation as a cabinet minister in response to the country’s...