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I wanted to jump from the 7th floor – Atsu’s team mate speaks

Kevin Olivier Soni was almost killed in the earthquake that rocked Turkey on Monday, February 6. The Indomitable Lions midfielder, terrified, detailed the catastrophe that...

Turkey Earthquake: Thermal camera confirms more people trapped near Atsu’s residence

Thermal cameras used at the residence of Ghanaian football player, Christian Atsu have confirmed that many people are alive under the rubble following an...

Alleged Coup Plot: Dr Mac-Palm, others to answer charges Feb 14

The 10 people accused of being part of a plot to overthrow the government will on February 14, 2023 answer the allegations raised by...

West Hills Mall death: Security Analyst proposes independent forensic autopsy

A Security Analyst with Global Intelligence, Samuel Nana Appiah, has proposed an independent forensic autopsy into the death of 32-year-old Shadrack Arloo at the...

Compete with the slay queens when it comes to appearance – Pastor tells wives

Men as God created them, are mostly enthused by what they see. Naturally, they are wired that way. However, most often, women get complacent after...

Let’s save Ghana – Former NDC MP begs Ghanaians over Debt Exchange [Video]

https://youtu.be/WAXpcwdSqro Former Member of Parliament for Adentan constituency, Kojo Adu Asare, has pleaded with the Individual Bondholders Forum to reach a consensus with government on...

Attempt to drag Education Minister into ‘School placement for sale’ scandal unfortunate – Kwasi Kwarteng

The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Education Ministry, Kwasi Kwarteng, has said that the attempt to associate the Minister with the fraudulent payment...

Trader, farmer remanded for kidnapping 37-year-old mason

The Circuit Court in Accra, presided over by His Honour Samuel Bright Acquah, has remanded three people for allegedly kidnapping a 37-year-old mason at...

DDEP: CPP’s Nana Yaa Jantuah weeps on live TV

Since its announcement on December 5 last year, government’s Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP) has been met with fierce opposition and widespread public resistance. Apart...

Family of man allegedly murdered at West Hills Mall to drag case to CHRAJ if…

The family of Shadrack Arloo whose death occurred at West Hills Mall has given the Ghana Police Service a seven-day ultimatum to reopen their...

Fire fighters commended for saving Sokoban-Ampayoo community from gas tanker explosion

Residents of Sokoban Ampayoo in the Atwima Kwanwoma District of the Ashanti Region have applauded personnel of the fire service for the swiftness in...

We are struggling to stay alive – Family who lives on ‘kenkey water’

Gagging on the stench of stale urine is inevitable around the home of Esther Tetteh and her family. The stench cannot be missed. The 42-year-old single...

Chief Imam orders prayers for Turkey

The National Chief Imam, Sheikh Osman Nuhu Sharubutu, has directed all imams across the country to allocate a portion of their Friday sermons for...

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...