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New Juaben Traditional Council bans some funeral activities

The New Juaben Traditional Council in the Eastern Region has banned some activities that come with funeral rites in the area. These include the conveyance...

Stolen cattle exposes drug dealer

A narcotics dealer in a remote cottage near Kwamang in the Ashanti Region, has been exposed and arrested after he stole eight cattle from...

Fire guts shops at Makola [Video]

Fire has destroyed some cosmetic shops near the White Chapel building at Makola in Accra. The cause of the incident, which occurred on Wednesday, is...

Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program celebrates decade of developing young leaders

The Mastercard Foundation celebrates the decennial anniversary of the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program. Launched in 2012, the program began as a $500 million initiative to...

Ghana’s 2nd Lady to speak at WHO’s energy meeting

Ghana's Second Lady, Her Excellency, Mrs Samira Bawumia, a champion of clean and safe cooking methods, is on the WHO list of eminent personalities...

Man confesses to using fiancé’s panties for love charm on live radio

 After an end to a 12-year sexual relationship, a 30-year-old lady says she has not been attractive to any other man, because of a...

Man arrested with bones at Assin Bereku

A man, Akwasi Broni, has been arrested by the Police at Assin Bereku in the Central Region after a quantity of yet-to-be-identified bones was...

Gary Nimako heads NPP Legal Directorate

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has on Thursday, October 6, set up a Directorate for Legal Affairs. The party has subsequently appointed Lawyer Gary Nimako...

Address challenges to sustain gains of ongoing clean-up operation

An Environmental Health Analyst at the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), Joseph A. Asitanga, has hinted that until some challenges were addressed, the gains made...

Martin Amidu writes: IMF a smokescreen to ram austerity budget down the throats of Ghanaians

There is a saying that: “to be forewarned is to be forearmed.” It is also said that: “history does not repeat itself but it...

Kaaka’s family unhappy with prosecution’s delays

JoyNews/AdomNews · ‘We’re nothing but a poor family’ – Kaaka’s family unhappy with prosecution’s delays The family of late social activist, Ibrahim Mohammed aka Kaaka,...

Akufo-Addo must resign for failing in galamsey fight – Martin Kpebu

Private legal practitioner, Martin Kpebu, says President Akufo-Addo must resign over his failure to end illegal mining, otherwise known as galamsey in the country. The...

NDC’s Rachel Appoh honoured

Former Member of Parliament for Gomoa Central constituency, Rachel Appoh, has been honoured by National Democratic Congress (NDC) Youth and Friends in Maryland, USA. This...

Assistant Headmaster of Mpatasia D/A drowns in galamsey pit

The Assistant Headmaster of Mpatasia D/A Junior High School in the Amansie South District of the Ashanti Region, Akwasi Anane, has died after falling...

Bosome Freho DCE hot over alleged involvement in galamsey

The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Bosome Freho in the Ashanti Region, Yaw Danso, is hot following allegations of illegal mining, commonly called 'galamsey'...

E-levy affecting govt’s digital agenda – Telecoms Chamber

The Chief Executive of the Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications, Ken Ashigbey, has disclosed that the Electronic Transaction Levy (E-Levy) is slowing government’s own digital...

Address poverty, rising inequalities – Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference to govt

Most Reverend Philip Naameh, the President of the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference, has called on the government to address the rising poverty levels and...

Only real action will help us win galamsey fight – Concern Small Scale Miners

The Concerned Small Scale Miners Association says the fight against illegal mining cannot be won with mere words. The Association insists only a concerted effort...

Rachel Appoh marks 40th birthday with breast cancer awareness

Former Deputy Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection in the erstwhile Mahama administration, Rachel Appoh, marked her 40th birthday with a breast cancer...

Galamsey: I will deal with govt officials found complicit – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo has vowed to deal with persons within his government who may be found complicit in illegal mining activities. The President said the...

CHRAJ probes 428 cases of non-declared assets

The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) says it is investigating some 428 public office holders for failing to declare their assets.   Mr...

Stella Gyimaah Larbi adjudged 2022 National Best Teacher

A teacher at the Adentan Community Junior High School (JHS), Stella Gyimaah Larbi, has emerged as the overall best teacher for 2022. She was awarded...

Police arrest man in viral video who whipped his toddler 21 times

The police have arrested a man seen in a viral video brutally assaulting his barely three-year-old son. The suspect, Richard Kofi, was picked up at...

Ga South Assembly feeds Ashalaja flood victims

The Ga South Municipal Assembly has supported flood victims rendered homeless at Ashalaja with cooked meals. Over two hundred of the residents of Ashalaja in...

Bag of cocoa now GH¢800 as price goes up by 21%

Government has pegged the producer price for cocoa at GH¢800 per bag of 64kg, depicting a 21% increase from GH¢10,560 per tonne to GH¢12,800...

Weija floods: Stranded residents appeal for food items [Video]

https://youtu.be/0Q01t30T8ms Scores of residents stranded in the Ga South Municipality following a heavy downpour have appealed to the government and well-meaning Ghanaians to donate food...

School and hospitals in Tetegu shutdown due to flooding

Schools and hospitals in the Tetegu community have been shut down as the flood that plagued communities in the Ga South municipality is yet...

My govt yet to win galamsey fight – Akufo-Addo

President Akufo-Addo says his government is yet to win the fight against illegal mining otherwise known as galamsey. The President said the battle is nowhere...

I can stop ‘galamsey’ within six months – Former NPP MP

Former New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Obuasi East constituency, Edward Enin, has said he has the magic wand to stop illegal...

Punish illegal miners – Chiefs to Akufo-Addo

The National House of Chiefs has declared its support for President Akufo-Addo to deal with persons engaged in illegal mining, commonly known galamsey in...

Even most stupid person in Akufo-Addo’s cabinet knows solution to ‘galamsey’ – Manasseh Azure

Journalist, Manasseh Azure Awuni has described the meeting between President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the National House of Chiefs over illegal mining (Galamsey)...

Ministers, presidential staffers, MMDCEs involved in ‘galamsey’ – NPP man reveals

Former New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Obuasi East constituency, Edward Enin says the government has lost the fight against illegal mining...

Illegal miners torture suspected thieves on site

Some illegal miners at Denkyira Nkotimso in the Central Region have allegedly tortured two suspected thieves on the site. According to reports, although the duo...

I sold my mansion for me not to get broke – Kofi Amoabeng

Co-founder of defunct UT Bank, Prince Kofi Amoabeng, has opened up on adjustments he made to survive the collapse of his bank. The businessman says...

Galamsey fight: Help take out partisanship – Akufo-Addo appeals to House of Chiefs

President Nana Akufo-Addo is seeking assistance from traditional authorities to take away partisanship in the fight against illegal mining also known as galamsey. The...

Operation Clean Your Frontage: Minister compels property owners to abide by sanitation by-laws

The Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey who is leading day two of a three-month Intensive "Operation Clean Your Frontage" exercise has compelled shop...

Child Rights places ¢10k bounty on head of man who flogged toddler in viral video

Child Rights International has placed a GH¢10,000 bounty on the head of a male adult captured in a viral video flogging a toddler. According to...

ECG reacts to PURC’s directive to compensate customers

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) says it has received the order of the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) to compensate customers following its...

PURC directs ECG to compensate customers over prepaid challenges

The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has directed the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to compensate all customers affected by the vending challenges which...

UTAG, 3 other university labour unions declare strike

Four labour unions in the Public Universities in Ghana have announced a strike action effective Thursday, October 14, 2022, if issues regarding their conditions of...