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Chiana SHS students case: Koku Anyidoho commends Akufo-Addo

Former Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Koku Anyidoho, has said that the eight students who were sacked for insulting President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo should...

National Cathedral: Okudzeto Ablakwa’s latest exposè about secretary will blow your mind

Painstaking and diligent parliamentary oversight with the gracious guidance of the omniscient and omnipotent has led to what can only be akin to Tsar...

Debt Exchange programme a necessary evil – Gabby to bondholders

A member of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has described government’s debt exchange programme as a ‘necessary evil’. According to Gabby Otchere-Darko, though the...

Nduom cries for former employees

The Chairman of Groupe Nduom, Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, has alleged that the National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA) is treating his former employees unfairly. According...

Ghana is in a very difficult place – Gabby Otchere-Darko

A leading member of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Otchere-Darko, has asserted that Ghana is in a ‘very difficult place’ with regards...

Jamestown chieftaincy clashes: 10 suspects arrested

Some 10 persons have been arrested by the Police at Jamestown, Accra, after a violent clash that took place in the area on Sunday. A...

Man chops off father’s hand and leg at Assin Tomfokor

A 32-year-old man, identified as Kwaku Nyankomago, is in police grips for physically assaulting his biological father with a cutlass at Assin Tomfokor in...

2 Chinese, 4 Ghanaians arrested over galamsey at Enchi

Two Chinese and four Ghanaians have been arrested at Asemkrom in the Aowin Municipality of the Western North Region for their involvement in illegal...

477 sanitation offenders were prosecuted in 2022 – AMA

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) through its Public Health Department successfully prosecuted 477 environmental health and sanitation offenders last year. This represents 61% out of...

Scores rendered homeless as fire destroys homes at Sofoline in Kumasi

Scores have been rendered homeless after fire destroyed some homes at Sofoline in Kumasi, Ashanti Region. The incident happened late Friday night. A three bedroom house...

Akufo-Addo leaves for Abu Dhabi, London

President Nana Akufo-Addo left Ghana on Saturday, January 14, 2023, to lead Ghana’s delegation to the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, in Abu Dhabi, in...

2 arrested in connection with fuel tanker hijack on Accra-Kumasi highway

Two suspects have been arrested in connection with the fuel tanker hijacking incident on the Accra to Kumasi highway on Thursday. The suspects were arrested...

Read suicide note left by MoMo vendor before he died

A 29-year-old Mobile Money (MoMo) vendor, Richard Boadi Abunya, has allegedly committed suicide at Sehwi Bodi in the Western North Region. Mr Abunya, who was...

GRIDCo speaks on Saturday’s power outage

The Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) has blamed the widespread power outages (dumsor) experienced in most parts of the country on Saturday morning on “significant disturbance” in...

I will keep my money under the pillow than to buy GoG bond – IBF convener

Yaw Owusu Brefo, a convener of the Ghana Individual Bondholders' Forum (IBF), says he would rather keep his money hidden under his pillow than...

I cannot bear to watch the indignities being visited on my former employees – Nduom

The Chairman of Groupe Nduom, Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, has alleged that the National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA) is treating his former employees unfairly....

One injured in violent youth clash at Obuasi [Video]

A 21-year-old galamseyer, Samed Ibrahim, has sustained injuries in a violent clash between youth groups at Obuasi Estate and Gausu in the Ashanti...

Estate developer in court over alleged GH¢385k fraud

An estate developer has been charged with defrauding by false pretence for allegedly taking GH¢385,000 from his colleague after promising to secure him a...

Unemployed graduate develops technology to improve driver-mate communication

In most minibuses, often referred to as ‘trotro’ here in Ghana, the traditional method of communication between a bus conductor and a driver has...

Court sentences 40-year-old over death threat  

A Jasikan Circuit Court has sentenced a 40-year-old man, Sampson Kwame Asong, to five years imprisonment for threatening to kill a drinking spot owner...

Parents of embattled Chiana SHS girls express gratitude to Akufo-Addo

Parents and guardians of the embattled students of Chiana Senior High School (SHS) in the Kassena-Nankana West District of the Upper East Region have...

Three remanded for robbing “Afrochella” fan of her iPhone X

Three persons including an ex-convict who robbed a tourist of her mobile phone valued at GHS3,000 at El-Wak Sports Stadium in Accra have appeared...

Good news for dismissed Chiana SHS students

Management of the Ghana Education Service has referred the dismissal of the eight Chiana Senior High School (SHS) students to the School’s Disciplinary Committee. GES...

UG files motion to challenge injunction on new residence plan

The University of Ghana (UG) has urged the High Court to dismiss a case filed by students seeking to halt a residence re-allocation plan...

Abu Jinapor replaces Ofori-Atta as caretaker Trade Minister

President Nana Akufo-Addo has appointed Lands and Natural Resources Minister, Samuel Abu Jinapor, as Caretaker Minister for the Trade and Industry Ministry. Mr Jinapor...

Assemblies of God Ghana meets Akufo-Addo

The General Superintendent of Assemblies of God, Ghana Rev. Stephen Wengam, has commended President Nana Akufo-Addo for being able to steer the affairs of...

Two remanded over GH¢900K robbery

Two suspected robbers have been put before an Accra Circuit Court for conspiring with two others to rob a businessman of his GH¢ 900,000...

Deputy CEO of Northern Development Authority sacked

President Nana Akufo-Addo has terminated the appointment of Patrick Seidu as Deputy Chief Executive Officer (DCE) of the Northern Development Authority. His dismissal takes effect...

GES on why Chiana SHS girls were dismissed – Listen

JoyNews/AdomNews · Why Chiana SHS girls were dismissed The Ministry of Education (GES) has explained why some eight female students of the Chiana Senior High...

Pokuase to Ofankor Accra-Kumasi Dualisation Project to be ready March 2023

Barring any hitches, the Pokuase to Ofankor portion of the Accra-Kumasi Dualization Project will be completed by the 31st of March this year.The Minister...

Chiana SHS girls dismissal: Accra Human Rights Forum appeals to GES

The Accra Human Rights Forum International has appealed to the Ghana Education Service (GES) to reconsider its decision to dismiss eight final-year students of...

One injured, property vandalised as Gausu youth clash

Fear has gripped the entire Gausu community in the Obuasi Municipality of the Ashanti Region following violent attacks on some youth by a group...

Multimedia kick-starts 2023 with a Thanksgiving Service [Photos]

It was a moment of unending joy when management and staff of Ghana’s leading media brand, The Multimedia Group Limited, kick-started 2023 with a...

SSNIT increases monthly pension payment by 25%

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) in consultation with the National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA) has increased the monthly pension payment by...

Check out when 2022 BECE results will be released

The results of the 2022 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) will be made public on Thursday, January 19, 2023. This is according to the Ministry...

Fake cop, 3 others allegedly hijack, steal tanker transporting petrol

A man dressed in Police uniform, accompanied by two plain clothes men, have allegedly hijacked and stolen a tanker vehicle fully loaded with fuel...

Akufo-Addo eulogises late Cardinal Baawobr

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says the demise of His Eminence Cardinal Richard Kuuia Baawobr has created a big vacuum in the country.  He said...

Don’t drink tea, bread with eggs and salad if you earn less than GH¢2K – Economist

Economist Dr Evans Nunoo, says it doesn’t make economic sense for someone who earns between GH¢1,000 and GH¢2,000 to be taking tea, bread with eggs...

Chiana SHS girls dismissal: Akufo-Addo intervenes

The President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has intervened in the matter of eight Senior High School students dismissed for...

Child Rights Int’l’s position on dismissed Chiana SHS students

A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Child Rights International (CRI), has demanded the Ghana Education Service (GES) makes public, the probe that informed the dismissal of...