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Eduwatch petitions Parliament over 2023 GETFund allocation

Eduwatch has petitioned Parliament to reject the allocation of ₵1.8 billion made to the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund). According to Eduwatch, the allocation of...

ESPA calls for urgent review of waste collection fees

The Environmental Service Providers Association (ESPA), has called for an urgent review of its waste collection and management fees with Metropolitan, Municipal, and District...

Group calls for passage of Anti-witchcraft Bill

Three youth groups have called on the government and other relevant stakeholders to facilitate the passage of the Anti-witchcraft Bill into law to criminalise...

GJA urges members to pay 2022 dues by January 2023

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has served notice to its members to pay their membership dues for 2022 by January 15, 2023. Payment of dues...

Owusu Bempah, three others discharged again

The Police have formally withdrawn the case in which Rev. Isaac Owusu Bempah, leader of Glorious Word Power Ministries and three others were accused...

Man who slapped Henry Quartey granted bail

A 61-year-old retired computer programmer, who slapped the Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey, in traffic, after threatening to kill him, has been granted...

Transport Minister to hold crunch meeting over transport fares today

The Minister of Transport will today, December 15, 2022, meet with private transport operators to push for a decrement in transport fares.  Sources close to...

IMF deal would be cancelled if … – Prof Ebo Turkson

Associate Professor of Development Economics at the University of Ghana, Professor Ebo Turkson, has said without successful implementation of the debt restructuring program, there will...

11 children killed in road crash at Ata-Ne-Ata in the Ahafo Region

A total of 10 people aged 11 to 17 years died on the spot at Ata-Ne-Ata in the Ahafo Region on Saturday when a...

Parents of nine babies return home after 19 months in hospital

Parents of a record-breaking nine babies are said to be ‘absolutely delighted’ to finally return home after 19 months spent living around an intensive care...

5 brave policemen in gun battle with robbers at Awutu Bereku, stolen car retrieved

https://youtu.be/uOkAJbQexlU Five policemen have narrowly escaped death in a gun battle with three armed robbers at Awutu Bereku in the Central Region. The Policemen, according to...

Boarding student delivers on campus, attempts to dump baby

A boarding student of Oyoko Methodist Senior High School (OMESS) in Koforidua has delivered a baby boy at a dormitory in the school. According to...

Energy Minister launches NEDCo Special Revenue Protection Taskforce in Yendi

The Minister of Energy, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has launched the Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCo) Special Revenue Protection Taskforce in Yendi, in the...

Latest on demolition of Buduburam camp [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · BUDUMBURAM DEMOLITION The Gomoa East District Chief Executive Officer (DCE), Solomon Quarm, has said he is sure the demolition of the Buduburam camp...

UTAG, others suspend strike

The strike action embarked upon by some four worker unions in the public universities over conditions of service, has been suspended.  The suspension is with...

Man burnt to death in house fire

A man, believed to be in his 70’s, has been burnt to death in an inferno that gutted a house at Akyem Asuboa community...

Man arrested for stealing 2 pregnant cows at Winneba

A 35-year-old man has been arrested by the police in Winneba in the Central Region for stealing two pregnant cows. Kasapa News reports that four...

Cedi appreciation only short term, dollar may will rise again – Economist

Economics lecturer at the University of Ghana, Dr Priscilla Twumasi Baffour, has stated the reasons behind the stabilisation of the Ghana cedi against the...

80% poultry ventures fold up — Association

The increasing importation of cheap frozen chicken for the local market, coupled with the lack of adequate support to the industry in the country,...

Executive Presbytery of Assemblies of God, Ghana pays courtesy call on Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panyin

Rev Stephen Wengam, General Superintendent of Assemblies of God Ghana has led an eight member delegation of the Executive Presbytery of the church to...

Mampong to Ejura road cut off by a ditch

Motorists and commuters in Asante Mampong and adjoining communities are at risk using a ditch-plagued road linking a part of the Ashanti region to...

Ahafo tricycle accident: Driver involved in death of 11 persons granted bail

Samuel Antwi, the driver of a Kia Bongo vehicle with registration number AS 2149-22 involved in the killing of 11 persons with seven others...

Ghana Gas CEO Dr Ben Asante elected onto Global Gas Centre board

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ghana National Gas Company, Dr Ben K.D. Asante, has been elected onto the board of Global Gas Centre (GGC)...

Caprice robbery: IGP promotes policeman shot during special operation

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Dr George Akuffo Dampare has promoted the policeman who was shot during a special operation to arrest suspects in...

EOCO doing excellent work in crime fight, I’m extremely satisfied- Kan Dapaah

National Security Minister, Albert Kan Dapaah, has expressed utmost satisfaction at the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) for its strives in fighting economic...

Married mother-of-two gambles herself away to landlord

Gambling addiction is a real thing, and in extreme cases, it can create some truly bizarre situations, like people running out of money and...

Capital Bank case: Two standing trial acquitted and discharged

An Accra High Court has acquitted and discharged the Second and Third accused persons in the Capital Bank case, Tetteh Nettey and Rev Fitzgerald...

Kwesi Botchwey’s family announces date for his burial

Family of the late former Finance Minister, Professor Kwesi Botchwey, is set to bury him on 22nd December, 2022. The burial service will take place...

Gary Nimako reacts to Asiedu Nketia’s damning revelation on 2020 polls results [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · NPP Vindicated - Gary Nimako On NDC's No Collation New Patriotic Party (NPP) Director for Legal Affairs says he is not surprised by...

Zebilla SHS makes passionate appeal to govt over no balance diet, infrastructure deficit

The Zebilla SHTS was established as a Community Day Secondary Technical School by the then Zebilla elders of the Kusaug Traditional Area in September...

To God be the glory – Ofori-Atta says as IMF announces deal [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · To God Be The Glory – Ofori - Atta Says As IMF Announces Deal Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has expressed excitement about a...

Court accepts Ato Essien’s GH¢90m repayment terms

An Accra High Court has accepted the GH¢90 million repayment terms on the founder of Defunct Capital Bank Ato Essien’s restitution deal. This comes...

COO of Nerasol Ghana honoured at NCA awards

The Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Nerasol Ghana, Samuel Ofori Gyampoh, is the proud recipient of the Top 30 Transformational Technology Award. The company,...

Woman impregnated in police custody appears in court for murder

A young woman, who got pregnant in police custody in Keta in the Volta Region earlier this year while awaiting trial for murder, Godsway...

Obetsebi Lamptey interchange: Part of Ring Road West to be closed for 13 days

The Ministry of Roads and Highways has announced the temporary closure of part of the Ring Road West from the Obetsei Lamptey roundabout as...

I buy fuel worth ¢7000 to travel to Tamale and back – MP [Audio]

Tamale Central MP, Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed has described as ridiculous the cost of fuel in the country. The Legislator in an interview with JoyNews said it...

Man found dead at Besease new site

The lifeless body of a man, believed to be in his early 30’s, has been found in a public place at Besease near Mamponteng...

One injured after clashes between SHS students

A teenager is battling for his life after students of Asanteman Senior High School (SHS) and Bantama Adventist Senior High School clashed over the...

Assin Fosu: Pastor who stole spaghetti, rice, towel, et al from girlfriend convicted

The Assin Fosu District Court presided over by His Worship Abdul Majeed Illiasu, has convicted a pastor of Divine Favour Ministry Chuch at Asante...

Major Mahama trial: Assemblyman closes case after calling 2 witnesses

The Assemblyman for Denkyira Obuasi, William Baah, who is standing trial for abetment in the killing of military officer Major Mahama has closed his...