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GES reviews education in Eastern Region

The Eastern Regional Directorate of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has concluded the regional education review forum in Koforidua for 2022, with recommendations to overcome future...

‘Side chick’ sues top bank official over breach of contract; demands cash, car as compensation

Former National Service Person for First Atlantic Bank, Deborah Seyram Adablah, has sued the Bank and her former boss, Chief Finance Officer, Ernest Kwasi...

Parliament yet to approve sale of Vodafone Ghana to Telecel – Sam George

Minority spokesperson on Parliament’s Communications Committee, Sam George, is demanding that the government submits the agreement covering the proposed sale of Vodafone Ghana to...

I was so confused – Hilla Limann’s daughter recounts his death 25 years on

Dr Zilla Limann, daughter of Dr Hilla Limann, a Ghanaian diplomat and politician who served as the President of Ghana from 24 September 1979...

Education Ministry supplies food to SHSs

The Education Ministry is supplying foodstuff to the various Senior High Schools (SHSs) across the country. This comes on the back of reports of food...

Fake UG student arrested

Security personnel at the University of Ghana (Legon) has arrested a young man who posed as a student with a fake ID card. The...

Special Prosecutor recommends 4 prosecutions

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has recommended the prosecution of four persons for respective breaches of the Public Procurement Act, 2003 (Act...

Debt exchange: Pensioner Bond­holder Forum engages former Presidents

The Pensioner Bond­holder Forum has begun the process of engagements with Former Presi­dent John Agyekum Kufuor and Former President John Dramani Mahama to seek...

Krobea Chaos: Student leadership to be declared wanted if… – Minister

The Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah, has asked the police to declare the school prefect and other student leaders of Krobea Asante Technical...

Take good care of our children – Last words of man to wife before he was found dead

A 45-year-old man has been found dead in River Tano at Sehwi Nsawora in the Akontombra District of the Western North Region. The victim has...

Nigerian nabbed for carrying fake currency

A 56-year-old Nigerian has been arrested for allegedly transporting millions of CFA and Naira currencies suspected to be counterfeit. The suspect, Aremu Timothy Adegboyega, was apprehended by...

Family demands justice for missing man found in morgue

The body of the late Bugbil Roger Adaboo Toure, the 22-year-old missing man from Zanlerigu in the Nabdam district who was identified in the...

National Cathedral: Duncan Williams, Eastwood Anaba calls for suspension of project

Two eminent clergymen and members of the Board of Trustees of the controversial National Cathedral project have called for its immediate suspension and audit.  The...

Lathe operator charged for allegedly manufacturing short guns granted ₵50k bail

A man said to be a Lathe Turner has been arrested and charged for allegedly manufacturing short guns in his machine shop in Accra. Nicholas...

Banker arrested over fraud

A 28-year-old banker, who allegedly took GHS274,000.00 from a business consultant under the pretext of investing it for him at TF Finance Service but...

COVID-19: Domelevo calls for surcharge of persons cited in Auditor-General’s report

Former Auditor-General, Yao Domelevo, has suggested that persons responsible for various infractions in the Covid-19 expenditure report by the Auditor-General must be surcharged. The A-G...

ECG’s 33kV transformer gutted by fire

A 33kV transformer belonging to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) at the Achimota Bulk Supply Point (BSP) at Abelemkpe in Accra was Monday...

CID boss in court over alleged contempt

The new Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Faustina Agyeiwaa Kodua Andoh-Kwofie has...

Tension at Damongo as REGSEC readies to announce verdict on chieftaincy dispute

Tension is mounting in the Savannah Regional capital, Damongo, following Yakubu Imoro’s invitation by the Gonja Traditional Council to its emergency council meeting. Mr Imoro...

Students of Krobea Asante Technical Vocational Institute to be surcharged for damaged property before school reopens

Students of Krobea Asante Technical and Vocational Institute in the Ashanti Region will be surcharged for damage caused to property before they return to...

Newborn baby found dead on refuse dump at Sehwi Bekwai

A newborn baby girl, believed to be a week or two-weeks-old, has been found dead at a refuse dump at Sehwi Bekwai in the...

Minority to summon ECG MD over new AKSA contract

The Minority in Parliament is alleging the government through the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has signed a new power purchase agreement with AKSA....

Food shortage in SHS: Education Ministry sends message to parents [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · EDUCATION ON FOOD SHORTAGE The Education Ministry has assured parents that in as much as there are challenges associated with food shortage they...

Ashanti region recorded 98 fire cases and 3 deaths in less than a month

The Ashanti Region has recorded three deaths in 98 fire incidents in January 2023. The latest incident of a police officer, wife and a child...

We’ll replace old fire tenders by June – Fire Service PRO

The management of Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has given assurance that by June this year, all obsolete fire tenders in possession of the...

Decision to include bondholders in Debt Exchange Programme autocratic – Afaglo

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Marrer Ghana Limited and Susagtad Boat Building, Novihoho Afaglo, has described government's inclusion of individual bondholders in the...

Information Ministry paid itself ¢151k as Covid-19 allowance for working during lockdown – Auditor-General

The Auditor-General, Johnson Akuamoah Asiedu, has directed that the Information Ministry refunds some ¢151,500 to its own management and staff without approval. This was revealed...

COVID-19: 26 ambulances bought for $4m yet to be supplied – Auditor-General’s Report

The Auditor-General’s report on Covid-19 has disclosed that the Ministry of Health agreed to buy 26 Toyota Hiace Deluxe ambulances for US$4,049,460.12 in December...

Two SHS students on motorbike involved in ghastly accident

Two students of Takoradi Senior High Technical School are in critical condition following a ghastly accident. The accident occurred on Monday morning while the two...

Fire guts 8 Wa SHS girls dormitory, 8 students hospitalised

Eight female students of the Wa Senior High Technical School (SHTS), who were traumatised after a fire gutted the girl’s dormitory block last Sunday...

Next NDC govt will put National Cathedral project on hold – Sammy Gyamfi [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Whether or not NDC next govt will complete National Cathedral National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, has said...

74-year-old woman declared best female farmer 2022

Her decision to practise the principles of integrated farming, where she combines crops and animal production, easily projects her as high and above her...

Man attacked over missing plantain

The life of a 32-year-old man at Nkawie Panin in the Ashanti Region is now hanging on a thread after he was attacked over...

Ghana gets first-ever Tax Appeals Board

Ghana’s first-ever Independent Tax Appeals Board has been inaugurated. The board is responsible for the resolution of tax disputes. The 11-member board is chaired by Justice...

Dry season: Ghana Water Company issues alert

The Management of the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has admonished water consumers to use water in moderation following the onset of the dry...

COVID-19: Over 1 million doses expired – Auditor-General

Over a million doses of vaccines received at the National Cold Room and issued to user facilities had expired at the various Districts and...

Hunter mistakenly shoots man and son while chasing grasscutter

A father and his son are receiving treatment at Gomoa Dawurampong Polyclinic after a hunter shot at them in broad daylight. The two were...

Man guns down ‘stubborn’ son

The Ahanta West District Police Command in the Western Region has launched investigations to unravel the circumstances under which a father gunned down his...

Over 200 students stranded as fire destroys Wa SHTS dormitory

Over 200 girls of the Wa Senior High Technical School (SHTS) have been left stranded following a fire outbreak that razed portions of the...

Govt paid GH¢450k to Paramount chiefs – Auditor-General

The Auditor-General’s audit of Covid-19 expenditure has revealed that a sum of GH¢605,962 has been unaccounted for at the height of the pandemic. Breaking it...