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Oyibi food poisoning: Yellow Sisi’s husband cries

The husband of a popular waakye joint at Oyibi, Yellow Sisi Special Waakye, has bemoaned the possibility of his wife bouncing back to her...

Adrobaa school bus accident: One more pupil dies 2 months on

Another pupil of the DS Elite Academy has been confirmed dead two months after they were involved in an accident. A old Benz school car...

Gay rights activist falls off palanquin during installation as chief [Video]

The popular gay rights activist, Davis Mac Iyalla, who has been installed Amankorehen of the Yamonransa Nkusukum Traditional Area in the Central Region fell...

Exclusive: The Fourth Estate uncovers fraud in computerised school placement

When the Ministry of Education set up a resolution centre at the Bediako Conference Room of the GNAT Hall in Accra, it was meant...

Suspected thieves involved in accident in front of police station

Some suspected thieves were involved in a crash while transporting farm animals they had stolen from Nkwawkaw. Information received indicates that the suspects had stolen...

Over 4,000 Burkinabes seek asylum in Bawku West District 

At least 4,000 Burkina Faso nationals are seeking refuge in some parts of the Bawku West District of the Upper East Region, following terrorists’...

Fire destroys 3 houses, five vehicles at Kwadaso

Fire has gutted three houses in the Kwadaso-Siloam community in the Ashanti Region. Residents say the fire started around 7am on Saturday. When personnel of the...

Be calm – Govt begs teachers over Tier-2 pension arrears

Deputy Minister for Employment and Labour Relations, Bright Wireko-Brobby, has appealed to teacher unions in the country to exercise restraint as government works around...

Teachers going on pension will suffer – GNAT Sec on Tier 2 arrears

The General Secretary of Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), Thomas Musah, says pensioners are having a hard time due to the unpaid tier...

Sad scenes as Policeman, family killed in house fire are buried

A burial ceremony has been held for Sergeant Owusu Asante Baafi who together with his wife Abena Akyaa and their four-month-old baby died in...

Loaded tipper truck drifts off, smashes into structures as driver bolts [Video]

Some residents swiftly missed death when a tipper truck driver veered off at Akroso off the Winneba-Akim-Oda road in the Eastern Region. The driver of...

Ayawaso West Wuogon MP supports basic schools

Member of Parliament (MP) for Ayawaso West Wuogon, Lydia Seyram Alhassan, has donated educational items for distribution to schools in the constituency. This was...

16-year-old boy arrested for stealing

A 16-year-old boy is in the grips of the Bole Police for stealing his grandmother's GHS60.000 at Jama, a farming and fishing community in...

Wa SHTS students call for a break over fire outbreaks

Students of the Wa Senior High Technical School (Wa SHTS) are agitating to be allowed to go home following three consecutive fire incidents. The...

Akufo-Addo appoints 13-member National Ambulance Service governing board

President Nana Akufo-Addo has appointed a 13-member governing board of the National Ambulance Service. The Board, to be chaired by Nana Wiafe Ababio, is...

Samira Bawumia donates over 200,000 books to basic schools

The Second Lady, Samira Bawumia, says the Samira Empowerment Humanitarian Project (SEHP), has through the library in a box project, donated over 200,000 books...

Schoolgirl discovers she’s 3 months pregnant while donating blood [Video]

Shika, (not her real name), is in Senior High School (SHS). She is currently in her first trimester of pregnancy. Her pregnancy was not planned....

WSA partners GTS WSA for water supply and sanitation infrastructure projects in Africa

Water & Sanitation for Africa (WSA) and Gulf Technology Systems (GTS) have entered into a full cooperation agreement to collaborate on water supply and...

I’m not against debt restructuring but…- Mahama [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · I’m Not Against Debt Restructuring - Mahama Former President John Mahama has said he is not against the government's debt restructuring programme since...

Oyibi food poisoning: Only 1 person died – FDA

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has disclosed that only one person died from suspected food poisoning at Oyibi Bush Canteen Junction, in Accra. This...

Krofrom gang violence: One suspect arrested

One suspect has been arrested in connection with the Krofrom reprisal gang attack. The attack resulted in the death of one person and a six-bedroom...

Gang burn down six-bedroom house in reprisal attack at Krofrom

A six-bedroom house has been burnt in the Krofrom suburb of Kumasi, Friday afternoon, in an alleged reprisal attack by a gang. The armed young men,...

Diasporan Investment key to Ghana’s economy – Alex Dadey

Executive Chairman of the KGL Group and Board Chairman of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre, Alex Dadey has called on government to focus on...

Let’s castrate men who impregnate school girls – Queen mother

The paramount queen mother of Abura Asiebu Kwamankese in the Central Region has cautioned men who impregnate teenagers and end up stalling their education...

Court restrains traditional council from installing new chief at Old Yaakasi

The Enchi District Court has placed an order to restrain the paramount chiefs of Enchi, Nana Beyeman Tano Kwaw Benbuin III, Nana Enoku Panyin...

Ablakwa writes to GRA over Rev. Kusi Boateng’s alleged double TIN

North Tongu Member of Parliament, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has filed a request at the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) under the Right to Information (RTI)...

FDA begins probe into alleged waakye poisoning at Oyibi

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has begun investigating the death of five persons at Oyibi in the Greater Accra Region after they reportedly...

Ghanaian students on govt scholarship stranded in UK over delayed stipends, fees

Some students on the Government of Ghana scholarship under the 'Ghana Scholarship Secretariat' are said to be stranded in the United Kingdom (UK) over...

GES commiserates with bereaved families of 8 drowned pupils

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has commiserated with the families of the eight pupils who drowned while crossing the Volta Lake from Atigagorme to...

Okudzeto Ablakwa reacts to ‘Ghana’s schools of shame’ documentary

Member of Parliament for North Tongu Constituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has also reacted to the Joy News’ Ghana’s Schools of Shame documentary. According to...

Govt set to fix Kumasi-Mampong bridge [Photos]

The Minister for Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako-Attah, has assured the Paramount Chief of Mampong Traditional Area, Dasebre Osei Bonsu II, of the government’s...

Court orders for pregnancy test of woman convicted in ¢50k theft before sentence

An Accra Circuit has deferred the sentencing of a 36-year-old woman who admitted to stealing GH¢50,000 belonging to her employer. The Court presided over by...

PHDC CEO leads community engagement ahead of the establishment of Africa’s first petroleum and petrochemical hub

The Chief Executive Officer of the Petroleum Hub Development Corporation (PHDC), Charles Owusu, has led his Operations and Technical Team to engage with the...

Suspected food poisoning: Waakye kills 5 including pregnant woman

Five people have reportedly died after eating a meal of rice and beans, popularly known as waakye, they bought from a food joint at...

Togbe Afede XIV backs individual bondholders’ call for exclusion from Domestic Debt Exchange

The Agbogbomefia of the Asogli State, Togbe Afede XIV, has supported the position of individual bondholders who are crying for an exclusion from the...

NaBCo beneficiaries petition Special Prosecutor over arrears

The Aggrieved Nations Builders Corps (NaBCo) Trainees Association wants Special Prosecutor (SP) Kissi Agyebeng’s intervention to enable them to claim their nine-month arrears from...

Nkwanta drivers unite to fix deathtrap road with boulders

After countless futile attempts to get the government to fix the terrible Nkwanta-Kpassa stretch of the Eastern Corridor road, drivers from Kpassa in the...

36-year-old woman convicted for stealing

The Accra Circuit Court has deferred the sentence of a 36-year-old woman who admitted to stealing GH¢50,000.00 belonging to her employer. The Court presided over...

Rat hunters set ablaze market [Photos]

Shop owners at Nyankomase Ahenkuro in the Assin South District of the Central Region are counting their loss after their shops were engulfed by...

Outdoor activities banned in Aowin over chieftaincy disputes

The Western North Regional Security Council (REGSEC) has announced a ban on all outdoor activities in the Aowin traditional area following chieftaincy disturbances. The...