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Decades of battling sickle cell disease; The story of Doris Benjamin and siblings

https://youtu.be/3D7z119EMJM As someone who has lived with sickle cell for the past three decades, she still lives each day in fear not knowing what to...

Manhyia District Hospital nurses call off strike

The leadership of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association has called off the strike by nurses at the Manhyia District Hospital as well...

Fire Service blames Kantamanto traders for extent of damage in fire outbreak

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has blamed traders at Kantamanto for the extent of damage caused them in a fire outbreak on Tuesday....

Kantamanto fire: We can’t be blamed; there was no water in hydrants – Fire Service

A Deputy Public Relations Officer of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has said firefighters had to travel to Farisco in search of water...

One of conjoined twins separated at Ridge Hospital dies

One of the conjoined twins whose surgery was done at the Greater Accra regional hospital at Ridge has died, Starr FM has reported. ...

Man, 22, allegedly beheads grandfather and stepmother at Okorase

A 22-year-old man, known as Alex Tengeh, has been arrested by the Police in Koforidua after beheading his grandfather and stepmother at Okorase, a...

Police on manhunt for robbers who attacked and killed woman at Aprawhem

The Police have embarked on a special operation to arrest a gang of armed robbers who shot and killed a woman at Aprawhem in...

981 parcels of suspected marijuana intercepted near Burkina Faso border

A joint team of Immigration Officers and Formed Police Unit have intercepted 981 sacks of compressed substances suspected to be marijuana at Liero around...

Western North Regional Best Farmer gets brand new Kia Hunter Pickup

Celebrating this year's Farmers' Day under the theme; 'Accelerating Agricultural Development Through Value Addition', some committed farmers were awarded for their enviable contribution towards...

55-year-old physically challenged wins best farmer in Krachi West

A 55-year-old physically challenged (blind) farmer, has been adjudged the 2022 best municipal farmer for the Krachi West District at this year’s National Farmers’...

Akufo-Addo calls for end to HIV stigma

President Nana Akufo-Addo has called on all Ghanaians to denounce HIV-related stigma and discrimination to pave the way for its eradication.  The President, in a...

Manhyia Hospital saga: Patients stranded as nurses embark on strike over NSS director’s abuse

Some patients at the Manhyia Government hospital are being discharged as nurses embark on indefinite strike demanding the sack of the Ashanti Regional Director...

Full text: Akufo-Addo’s address at 38th National Farmers’ Day celebration

I am happy to be back in Koforidua, capital of my home region, the Eastern Region. I am grateful to Almighty God for...

Residents siphon fuel from tanker involved in accident around Bimbila

A fuel tanker has been involved in an accident around Bimbila in the Nanumba North municipality of the Northern region spilling out its content. The...

45-year-old woman adjudged Best Farmer in Central Gonja District

A 45-year old woman, Hawa Mahama, from Buipe has been adjudged best female farmer in Central Gonja District. Madam Mahama is the only female among...

Cocoa farmers pension scheme ready to roll out – Akufo-Addo

Government has announced plans to roll out the cocoa farmers pension fund. The scheme, which was launched by President Akufo-Addo on December 2, 2020, is...

Let’s make agriculture attractive to the youth – 2022 National Best Farmer to govt

The newly adjudged 2022 National Best farmer, Nana Yaw Sarpong Siriboe, has pledged to offer utmost support to the government to make agriculture attractive...

Martin Kpebu commends judge for rejecting Ato Essien’s settlement with State

Private Legal Practitioner, Martin Kpebu, has commended Justice Eric Kyei Baffour, the presiding Judge for the case between the State and founder of Capital...

Farmer, 23, fined for assaulting nurse at Grupe

A 23-year-old farmer, Nuhu Seidu, who assaulted a male nurse at Grupe, a farming community in the West Gonja Municipality of the Savannah region...

38th Farmers’ Day: Meet the female farmer who rears tortoises

A 39-year-old woman from the Sehwi Juaboso district has taken agriculture to the next level with her production of tortoises and other reptiles. Lydia Eshun,...

38th Farmers’ Day: Ahafo farmers commence day with fufu galore

Farmers in the Ahafo district have fostered unity in their special way to mark this year's Farmers' Day. As part of activities scheduled for the...

Nana Yaw Sarpong Siriboe is 2022 Best Farmer; gets GHS 1m, other prizes

A 43-year-old farmer from the Juaben district of the Ashanti Region has been adjudged the overall national Best Farmer for 2022. At the just ended...

WAEC orders over 8,000 ‘indebted’ students to pick WASSCE results from their schools

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has asked 8,486 candidates in the 2022 West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE), to pick their results...

Release 52 citizens arrested for alleged roles in secessionist attacks in Volta Region

The Chiefs and people of the Volta and Oti Regions are requesting the government to release some 52 youth arrested in connection with violent...

GRNMA directs members to proceed on strike if Ashanti Region NSS boss is not sacked

The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives  Association (GRNMA), has directed nurses and midwives at the Manhyia Government Hospital to proceed on a strike if the...

I didn’t have Gh¢2,000 in Ghana, but I make $250 as a house help – Iraq-based Ghanaian

Iraq-based Ghanaian Mercy Boakye has stated that she is happy with her house help job because she makes an amount she never owned while...

John Mahama fêtes children at orphanages to mark 64th birthday [Photos]

Former president John Dramani Mahama spent his 64th birthday in the bosom of some children in three separate children's home. Mr Mahama was with the...

Failed political censure against Ofori-Atta mere allegations – Afenyo-Markin

The Deputy Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has told the Minority that it will have no support from the Majority in the censure motion agenda...

First UG Female Finance Professor shares heartbreaking life story

The first female professor of finance at the University of Ghana has underscored the need for every nation to take pride in educating its...

Farmers’ Day: Mahama urges govt to prioritise agri-businesses

Former President John Mahama has urged the government to prioritise agri-businesses and support key players in the agricultural value chain as a means to...

The aftermath of Kantamanto market fire [Photos]

Traders at Kantamanto are in despair following the unfortunate occurrence at the Central Business District of Accra. Exactly two days after the incident, many who...

The People’s Forum: We should blame ourselves for the fires – Kantamanto trader to colleagues [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · We should blame ourselves for the fires - Kantamanto trader to colleagues Kwaku Antoh, a shoe dealer at the Kantamanto market in Accra,...

How a girl died because of a Christmas ‘sugar daddy’

The mood at the Robertson Villa was one of sorrow and grief. Amakye Dede’s Sansakroma was being played through the speakers; in addition to...

Dr Kojo Asante calls out Akufo-Addo, NPP MPs for abandoning 2023 Budget to watch football in Qatar

Director of Advocacy and Policy Engagement at the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Dr Kojo Pumpuni Asante, has slammed President Nana Akufo-Addo and other...

Tears flow at KNUST as associate professor passes on

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has been thrown into a state of mourning following the demise of one of the...

Body of drowned Black Volta victim found [Video]

https://youtu.be/eXUAsko5xds The body of a 29-year-old fisherman, who drowned in the Black Volta at Ebo Akura in the Krachi Nchumuru District of the Oti Region,...

Capital bank case: Court rejects terms of settlement between state and Ato Essien

The Commercial Division of the Accra High Court has rejected the terms of settlements reached between state prosecutors and the founder of Capital Bank,...

How to check 2022 WASSCE provisional results – Guidelines

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has published the provisional results for this year’s West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination. The Council, in an earlier...

Ghana suffers 7 downgrades from 3 credit ratings agencies in less than 11 months

The current Moody’s downgrade of Ghana’s long-term sovereign bonds to further junk territories brings the total number of downgrades and revisions to seven in...

I got my numbers wrong; I apologise – Joe Jackson on Agric Ministry, Council of State budget

Director of Business Operations at Dalex Finance, Joe Jackson, has apologised over his statements about budgetary allocations to the Agric Ministry and Council of...