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JoyNews Impact Makers’ Awards comes off tonight

JoyNews Impact Makers’ Awards, the first of its kind in the Ghanaian media space, is set to go a notch higher by recognizing and...

Farmer arrested for allegedly killing his wife

A 50-year-old farmer has been arrested for allegedly killing his wife at Apla, a rural community in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality in the...

Ashanti Region: 4 bodies recovered from Wednesday’s flood waters

Four bodies have been recovered in parts of the Ashanti Region after drowning in separate incidents following Wednesday’s downpour. Three people drowned at Atafoa, Sepaase,...

School Feeding caterers officially call off nationwide strike

The leadership of the Ghana School Feeding Caterers’ Association has asked all members of the association to resume work effective Tuesday, when basic schools...

Police on manhunt for robbers who killed officer in Ablekuma daylight robbery

The Police are on a manhunt for a gang of four robbers who attacked a bullion van at Ablekuma Fanmilk, a suburb of Accra...

CCTV footage of how policeman was killed in bullion van attack at Ablekuma [Watch]

 A Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) footage capturing how some notorious criminals attacked a bullion van in broad daylight at the Ablekuma Star Oil filling station in Accra has...

Photo of police officer killed in daylight robbery attack at Ablekuma pops up

On Thursday, June 22, 2023, the police officially confirmed the tragic death of one of their officers in a harrowing attack on a bullion...

A/R: 4 people including a six-year-old boy drown in floods

Four people, including a six-year-old boy, have drowned in floods in the Ashanti Region after Wednesday's rains. The victims include two biological brothers, aged 47...

Police shot during broad daylight robbery at Ablekuma

In a daring act of robbery on Thursday afternoon, a police officer was attacked and shot by unidentified assailants at Ablekuma Fanmilk. According to witnesses...

MTN Ghana ends 21 Days of Y’ello Care with an a fair

Telecommunications giant, MTN Ghana has ended its 2023 21 Days of Y’ello Care with a fair. It engaged Micro, Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (MSMEs)...

Dumsor looms as IPPs threaten to cut power supply by July 1

Independent Power Producers (IPPs) have reminded Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, of their intention to cut power supply to the national grid from July 1,...

Bagbin calls for removal of taxes on sanitary pads

The Speaker of Parliament is demanding the immediate removal of taxes on sanitary pads. According to Alban Bagbin, menstrual cycle comes with its own complications,...

Anas judicial exposé: Judge secures victory; likely to be reinstated

One of the judges dismissed over the Anas Aremeyaw Anas exposé has had a judgment in his favour at the Court of Appeal against...

Move from flood-prone areas – Meteorologist urges

Deputy Director of Forecasting at the Meteorological Department, Dr Joseph Porturphy, has urged residents living in flood-prone areas to move to higher heights as...

Pensioners resume picketing at Finance Ministry over unpaid coupons

Members of the Pensioner Bondholders Forum have, for the fifth time, resumed picketing at the Finance Ministry over six new coupon arrears. The arrears are...

36% of adolescents are sexually active – Study reveals

One in three adolescents (36 per cent) are sexually active, a study commissioned by the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) in collaboration with the...

Low quality and high cost of loaf of bread; retailers bemoan low sale

There are indications dramatic increases in the price of flour and baking products is reducing bread sales in some parts of Kumasi in what...

Burning Issues: Torentco Asset Management has no expertise to manage TOR – ACEP alleges

The Leasing of Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) has generated huge controversies in the public domain. There are some who believe the move is a step...

UG Medical School professor hits rare perfect score in America’s National Institutes of Health grant application

Professor Eric Sampane-Donkor of the University of Ghana Medical School (UGMS) has got the academic world talking after he scored a rare perfect score...

Mother in shock as 13-year-old daughter names her uncle and another man as father of her child [Watch]

Mother of 13-year-old girl is in shock after her daughter named her uncle as father of her child. Fati Garibah, who was on Nhyira FM's...

Scores of residents rendered homeless in Ga South after Wednesday’s downpour

https://youtu.be/r4LO-fhFiY8 Over 100 residents at Nurses Quarters and Amanfrom Peace Town in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra Region have been displaced after...

People’s Forum: Glefe Lagoon turns dumping site; residents protest

Residents of Glefe near Dansoman in the Ablekuma West Municipality of the Greater Accra Region are protesting the decision by the Municipal Assembly to...

Minority challenges Bawumia over digitalisation agenda

The Minority in Parliament has criticised Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia for claiming to be the brain behind digitalisation in Ghana. The Caucus has claimed...

GNAT reacts to licensure exam failures

The General Secretary of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), Thomas Musah, says identifying the loopholes surrounding the mass failure in this year’s...

Anti-LGBTQ bill: No court can prevent Parliament from passing it – Sam George

Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram, Sam George, says the court does not have the power to prevent Parliament from passing the Anti-LGBTQ bill. The vocal...

Floodwater sweeps two away in Ashanti region

At least two people have been washed away by violent flood water in the Ashanti Region during Wednesday's downpour. All the victims are males who...

Ghana to reform Intestate Succession Law

Parliament has initiated the process of reforming the country’s Intestate Succession Law, which excludes polygamous spouses and dependent parents or children of the deceased...

Maintain free SHS at all costs – Child Rights International

The Executive Director of Child Rights International, Bright Appiah, has asked the government not to allow any external pressure to make Ghana abandon any...

97 Animals die from anthrax in Upper East

A total of 97 animals have died as a result of anthrax in the Upper East Region. Twelve out of the 15 districts in the...

Charles Bissue withdraws one of 3 cases against OSP

Secretary of the defunct Inter Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM), Charles Bissue, has withdrawn one of his three cases against the Office of...

My AU passport ineffective – Dangote

Some countries in Africa are still not granting easy entry and exit for holders of specialised passports issued by the African Union (AU). This is...

Parts of Ngleshie Amanfro cut off after torrential rains [Photos]

Wednesday’s downfall has badly affected parts of Ngleshie Amanfro in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra Region. One of the suburbs, Peace Town,...

Licensure exams candidate ‘blames’ examiners over mass failure

One of the prospective teachers who failed the licensure exams has explained that the majority of them should not be held responsible for the...

Navrongo: 2 children die in collapsed building

A tragic incident has occurred at Nyangua, a suburb of Navrongo in the Kassena-Nankana Municipality of the Upper East Region after a heavy downpour...

Govt needs to pull brakes on TOR-Torrentco partnership – Jinapor

Ranking Member on Mines and Energy Committee in Parliament, John Jinapor, has called on government to pull the brakes on the TOR-Torentco partnership. The...

Motor rider shot dead at Akatsi

Zanu Mandela, a popular motor rider in the Akatsi South Municipality, has been shot dead by unknown gunmen near Holy Childhood Academy at Akatsi. The deceased,...

Irate youth kill 11 dogs at Gomoa Dominase

A group of irate youth at Gomoa Dominase in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region have killed 11 dogs after a stray...

Bail is not for sale in court – Judge declares

Bail granted to accused persons in cases before the court are not for sale, a Circuit Court Judge has declared. Mrs Sedinam Awo Balokah said...

Mother, 2 children swept away by floodwater at Peace Town

A mother and her two children are feared drowned at Peace Town, a suburb of Ngleshie Amanfro in the Ga South Municipality of the...

I will discharge Nyantakyi if you don’t call your witness to testify – Judge warns

High Court Judge Justice Marie Louise Simmons has served notice of discharging former Ghana Football Association President Kwasi Nyantakyi if the state fails to...