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Galamsey Expose’: Conversation Bawumia’s aide had with Tiger Eye PI [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · BAWUMIA AIDE ON BOAHEN ALLEGATION The spokesperson of the Vice President, Dr Gideon Boako, has revealed how Tiger Eye PI contacted him and...

Aisha Huang used forged marriage certificate to obtain residence permit – Witness tells court

A superintendent of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS), David Essien, has told an Accra High Court that Aisha Huang used a forged marriage certificate...

Fake drug seller arrested in Wa

A 45-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly selling fake and unwholesome drugs to unsuspecting patrons. The unregistered drug dealer, Emmanuel, who owns God’s Blessings Herbal,...

Check out which countries sent the most delegates to COP27

Over 33,000 delegates have registered for COP27, potentially making it the second-largest COP summit in history. This is according to preliminary figures released by the...

Man drowns while reportedly swimming in abandoned mining pit

A 24-year-old man who decided to swim in an abandoned mining pit that has been filled with water has lost his life. Kofi Buabeng reportedly...

Eight on ₵100k bail each over illegal forex trading

Eight persons, including a woman, have been granted a GH₵100,000.00 bail with two sureties each by an Accra Circuit Court over illegal money-changing business....

Retired Justice Honyenuga to continue hearing Opuni’s case

Retired Justice of the Supreme Court, Clemence Honyenuga says he will continue to hear the trial of former COCOBOD CEO, Dr Stephen Opuni, despite...

FDA arrests illegal traditional medicine producer in Wa

 The Upper West Regional office of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), over the weekend, arrested one Emmanuel Bapuorador, in Wa, for engaging in...

Health alert: Public toilets submerged in Oti River at Dambai  

There is a looming public health danger for residents of Dambai and adjoining communities in the Krachi East Municipality of the Oti Region. This is...

My integrity, my most cherished asset in life – I won’t allow anyone to ruin it – Bawumia

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has served notice he won’t allow people to use his name for corrupt activities because his integrity is...

I influenced Adu Boahen’s ministerial appointment – Unnamed lawyer tells Anas

An unnamed private legal practitioner is said to have influenced the appointment of Charles Adu Boahen as a Minister of State at the Ministry...

Mulan Smart Educational Centre honoured [Photos]

The Ghana Communication Technology University (GCTU) has honoured child-centred facility, Mulan Smart Educational Centre. This was at 2022 top 100 Lifetime and Institution Excellence Awards...

Nana Aba Anamoah descends on embattled Charles Adu Boahen

Media personality Nana Aba Anamoah, who has been leading persons calling for the sacking of the minister implicated in an expose by investigative journalist...

Teachers return to classrooms

The teacher unions who were on a nationwide strike over the appointment of Dr Eric Nkansah as the Director-General (D-G) of the Ghana Education Service...

Mahama’s tribute 2 years after Rawlings’ death fills Ghanaians with tears

Former President John Mahama has left social media users in tears with his post to mark the second anniversary of late former President Rawlings' death. ...

MTN Ghana postpones data price increment

MTN Ghana has postponed the implementation of its new data prices which was to take effect today, November 14. The development, according to the telecommunication...

YEA trains 6,000 community health workers

Six thousand young Ghanaians trained under the Community Health Workers (CHWs) scheme of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) have started work. They will receive...

E-levy at 0.5% would have raked in ¢2.64bn revenue in 2022; many transactions avoiding levy – Report

A research by the Center for Economics Finance and Inequality Studies (CEIS) has indicated that if the rate of the Electronic Transaction Levy (e-levy)...

Govt to sell Saglemi Housing Project

The Minister for Works and Housing has disclosed that the government has decided to sell the controversial Saglemi Housing Project.  Mr Francis Asenso-Boakye says the...

Galamsey exposé: AICC makes U-turn; gives Anas greenlight for premiere

Management of the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC) has dismissed claims that it prevented Tiger Eye P.I from using the facility to screen its...

GES reacts to viral video of SHS students’ misconduct

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has condemned a viral video of some Senior High School (SHS) students insulting President Nana Akufo-Addo. The students in the...

Corruption Watch’s Francisca Enchill is first female to be adjudged GJA Investigative Journalist of the Year

The curtains of the 2021 Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) awards have been drawn with Francisca Enchill emerging as the Investigative Journalist of the Year. Francisca...

Energy Minister reiterates Ghana’s strong support for clean cooking at COP27

Energy Minister, Dr Matthew Opoku-Prempeh, has reaffirmed Ghana’s strong commitment to promoting clean cooking anchored on its 2030 agenda of 50% of its population...

CDD-Ghana survey shows citizens prefer electing MMDCEs on non-partisan basis

The Centre for Democratic Development Ghana (CDD-Ghana) has conducted a survey on citizens’ preference for the election of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives...

Kpandai DCE cuts sod for construction of new fire station

The DCE for Kpandai, Attah Kofi Emmanuel Tatabilata, has cut sod for the construction of a district Fire Service office complex at Kpandai, the...

Galamsey exposé: Adu Boahen reacts after his dismissal

Sacked Minister of State at the Finance Ministry, Charles Adu Boahen, has denied allegations of influence peddling and using Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia's...

Bawumia reacts to alleged $200K appearance fee in Anas’ latest exposé

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia says his attention has been drawn to a video in which Minister of State for Finance, Charles Adu Boahen,...

Adrobaa school bus accident: Driver, 2 more pupils dead

A driver as well as two more pupils have been confirmed dead days after the school bus transporting the pupils were involved in an...

The Multimedia Group grabs 7 awards at 2021 GJA Awards

The Multimedia Group Limited (MGL) has bagged numerous awards at the just ended 26th Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) Awards. Out of a total of eight nominations...

Woman, 80, killed, body parts chopped off at Assin Bereku

Residents of Bereku in the Assin North District of the Central Region have been thrown into a state of shock and mourning following the...

GYEM founder stages one-man protest on galamsey at COP27

Founder of the Ghana Youth Environmental Movement, Gideon Commey, has staged a one-man protest at the ongoing COP27 in Egypt. In a video posted on...

Man jailed for biting off friend’s ear released

A fisherman, Kweku Blessing, who was jailed for biting off the left ear of his friend has been released from prison.Crime Check Foundation (CCF)...

Chief’s appeal as Krachi East MCE is buried leaves mourners in tears [Video]

It was a sad day for residents in the Krachi East Municipality as their Chief Executive, Francis Kofi Okesu was laid in state. Scores of...

I can’t leave Ghana; this country is sweet – Lebanese engineer reveals

Lebanese engineer born in Ghana, Christopher Mensah, has stated that he would readily decline an offer to work abroad because “Ghana is sweet.” In a...

Teacher unions call off strike

The three teacher unions who have been protesting against the appointment of the Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Dr Eric Nkansah, have...

Police officer jailed 12 years for assisting ex-convict escape jail term in a swap for trip abroad

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a police officer to 12 years imprisonment for assisting an ex-convict, Harold Davies Johnson, to travel abroad without...

3 Chinese arrested for murder of ‘galamseyer’

Three Chinese nationals have been arrested for the alleged murder of a male in a forest at Dompim close to the Bonsa River in...

Ukrainian man arrested in alleged fake currency trafficking

A Ukrainian national, Mazen Farakh, who has been on the wanted list of the police for alleged fake currency trafficking, has been arrested.  The...

Armed robbers shoot 3 persons at Teacherkrom, one in critical condition

Armed robbers have attacked and shot three residents of Teacherkrom, a suburb of Ejura in the Ejura Sekyedumase Municipality of the Ashanti Region leaving...

22-year-old lady shot and killed in fiancée’s house  [Photos]

An unknown gunman has shot and killed a 22-year-old lady, Abubakari Mansura, at Gumbihini in the Tamale Metropolis of the Northern Region. The shooting...