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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...

NCA commissions frequency monitoring equipment

The National Communications Authority (NCA) has commissioned a national Broadcasting Monitoring Centre (BMC) in Accra. This is to help measure transmission parameters of frequency...

Telcos begin deactivation of unregistered SIMs

Telecommunications companies (Telcos) in Ghana have begun blocking SIMs of mobile subscribers yet to be registered. The exercise is in compliance with the Ministry of...

Agriculture sector grew from 7.4 per cent in 2020 to 8.4 per cent in 2021 – Minister

The Minister for Food and Agriculture, says the agric sector grew by 4.7 per cent in 2019, followed by 7.4 per cent in 2020...

Ashanti Regional NSS boss suspended

The Ashanti Regional Director of the National Service Scheme (NSS), Alex Opoku-Mensah, has, with immediate effect, been suspended. The suspension, according to management, was communicated...

WAEC releases 2022 WASSCE results; 3,845 cancelled, 117 withheld

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has released the provisional results of the 2022 West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). The Council, in a...

Ato Essien’s fate hangs as court rules on his case today

An Accra High Court is expected to give judgement in the criminal trial of founder and former Chief Executive Officer of defunct Capital Bank, William...

Supreme Court upholds tax law; Pay now, argue later

The Supreme Court has affirmed a legal provision which obliges people dissatisfied with a tax assessment by the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) to pay...

Single man contractors threaten demo over unpaid monies

Single Man Contractors, a group mandated to weed major roadsides of the country have threatened to lay down their tools. They say the government...

Pig farmers announce another increase in prices of pork

The Ashanti Regional Pig Famers Association of Ghana (PFAG) has again announced an upward price adjustment of its products (Pork) from GHS18 to GHC22...

Seven communities embark on demo against UCC [Video]

https://youtu.be/6TQhEix815M Traditional leaders of seven communities that share boundaries with the University of Cape Coast (UCC) and their subjects have embarked on a demonstration against...

Owusu Bempah, 6 others discharged but state pursues matter before High Court

An Accra Circuit Court has discharged Reverend Isaac Owusu Bempah, leader of Glorious Word Power Ministry and six others. Rev. Owusu Bempah and the...

Harmattan season: Wildfires destroy food crops in North-East Region

Wildfires have destroyed several hectares of food crops while houses and farmlands are under threat in many rural farming communities in the North-East Region....

Ofori-Atta has more integrity than 99% of politicians – Prof Stephen Adei

Former Board Chairman of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Professor Stephen Adei, has expressed his displeasure over the manner in which MPs demanded the...

Bawumia is ‘Economic Maguire’, he is scoring own goals – Adongo

Member of Parliament for Bolgatanga Central, Isaac Adongo, has criticised the Head of the Economic Management Team, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia for what he termed...

Supreme Court sets date to deliver judgment on first ladies’ emolument case

The Supreme Court will on January 25, 2023, deliver a judgment on the constitutionality of the payment of salaries and allowances to spouses of...

Latest news on IMF deal

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has indicated that it is premature to comment on the final form the financing programme for Ghana will take....

Organised Labour rejects 18% salary increment [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Organised Labour rejects 18% salary increment asks for 65% Organised Labour has rejected government’s proposal for 18% increment in the base pay of...

Minority welcomes govt’s decision to reintroduce road toll in 2023

The Minority in Parliament has welcomed the reintroduction of road tolls in 2023. The reintroduction of the levy is contained in the 2023 budget...

We are working to support SMEs to leverage AfCFTA – Gender Ministry

The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, says it has implemented various policies to scale up the operations of Small and Medium Enterprises...

Tamanja residents forced to drink from polluted Oti River

The Residents of Tamanja, a farming community in the Krachi West Municipality of the Oti Region, are appealing to corporate entities, and the government...

Police offer psycho-social support to Kantamanto fire victims [Photos]

The Ghana Police Service has offered psycho-social support to victims of Tuesday’s fire incident at Kantamanto market in Accra. This was after owners...

Suspected armed robber killed in fierce gun battle with police

A suspected armed robber has been killed in a gun battle with the Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU) of the Ghana Police Service. The deceased was...

Two lovers killed by unknown assailants at Brosankro/Aprakukrom

A 25-year-old farmer, Francis Kwame Awuah, and his 21-year-old girlfriend, Akosua Lydia, have allegedly been murdered by unknown assaillants at Brosankro/Aprakukrom, a farming community...

2023 Budget: TUC rejects govt’s ₵44.9m salary projection

After several attempts to reach an agreement over an increment in their base pay, the Trades Union Congress (TUC) is expected to meet government...

One killed in robbery attack on Bimbilla-Accra road

One person is reported dead following an armed robbery attack on a group of traders on a bus en route to Bimbilla in the...

‘Insulting’ Ashanti Regional NSS boss in fresh trouble

https://www.youtube.com/embed/_urDB87q4mE The Ashanti Regional Director of the National Service Scheme (NSS) is expected to appear before a Committee of Inquiry to be established by the...

Benkumhene demands refund of money to ‘Ofori Panin Fie’

The embattled Benkumhene of Asamang Tamfoe Traditional Area, Nana Boakye Darkwa, is demanding a refund of a total amount of Ghc115,000 mining proceeds given...

Good news for small-scale miners

The government and CalBank are close to sealing a $25 million deal to finance small-scale mining operations in the country. The deal is part of...

GPRTU introduces ride-hailing service ‘MYGHTaxi’ [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · GPRTU introduces ride-hailing service 'MYGHTAXI' The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has announced an upcoming ride-hailing service, MyGHTaxi for commercial taxis and...

IMF team returns in December for next round of negotiations

A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is expected in the country next week to continue negotiations with the government towards closing a...

Govt’s new VAT rate a lazy man approach – Prof Bokpin

Finance and Economics lecturer, Professor Godfred Bokpin, has advised the government to review its decision against the new Value Added Tax (VAT) regime in...

Sad as Nigerian man allegedly beheads his girlfriend at Spintex [Video]

https://youtu.be/fIFRy8jk-d8 A young Nigerian man has been picked up by the Ghana Police Service for allegedly beheading his girlfriend at Spintex. According to reports, the man...

We don’t want social media apology – Manhyia Hospital nurses tell Ashanti region NSS boss

Nurses at the Manhyia Government Hospital say they want an unqualified apology in person and in writing from the embattled NSS boss and not...