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Ghana targets 2 million tourists by end of 2022

Ghana expects two million tourists to help boost the economy, hence the move to bring tourism sites to a better standard. The Deputy Minister...

5 Chinese nationals arrested in connection with missing excavators at Ellembelle

As part of an ongoing investigation into the Ellembelle excavators, the Police have arrested five Chinese nationals for their alleged involvement. This was through...

Lordina Foundation’s Bole maternity and children’s ward receives first patients

The newly built Lordina Foundation Maternity and Children’s ward at the Bole District Hospital in the Savannah Region has started receiving patients. This follows...

Fisheries Ministry to receive funding for ‘Aquaculture for Food and Jobs Programme’

The Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development will soon receive funds from the Ministry of Finance to support the Aquaculture for Food and Jobs...

Aisha Huang likely to face 24 months imprisonment if…

En Huang, aka Aisha Huang, a deportee businesswoman, who managed to re-enter Ghana to allegedly embark on mining without a license, is likely to...

Aisha Huang’s businesses closed down

Businesses in Kumasi belonging to Aisha Huang have been closed down following her arrest for alleged illegal mining. The Chinese was deported sometime in...

Dr Addo-Kufuor appointed Chancellor of Kumasi Technical University

Former Defence Minister, Dr Kwame Addo-Kufuor, has been appointed as the Chancellor of the Kumasi Technical University (KTU). Dr Addo-Kufuor will be the first Chancellor...

Aisha Huang’s return is a leadership failure in the ‘galamsey fight’ – Ken Ashigbey

The former Convener for the Media Coalition Against Galamsey (MCAG), Dr Kenneth Ashigbey, has described the return of ‘galamsey kingpin’ Aisha Huang in the...

Missing excavator: Ellembelle DCE, 4 others to appear in court today

The District Chief Executive (DCE) of Ellembelle, Kwasi Bonzo, and three others are expected to appear before the Takoradi Circuit Court on Thursday, September...

Economic recovery depends on digitalisation – Osafo-Maafo

Senior Presidential Advisor Yaw Osafo-Maafo, says Ghana’s economic recovery and transformation agenda hugely depends on the extent of government’s digitalisation drive’s permeation into the...

Aisha Huang’s case will not trigger any diplomatic row – Vladimir Antwi-Danso

International Relations Expert, Prof. Vladimir Antwi-Danso, has ruled out any possible diplomatic row between Ghana and China due to the prosecution of the Chinese...

Ghana and Netherlands to deepen cooperation

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, on Tuesday, 6th September 2022, held a meeting in The Hague, with her...

Mahama holds discussions with US Ambassador

Former President John Dramani Mahama has held discussions with American Ambassador to Ghana, H.E. Virginia E. Palmer, on matters of mutual interest to Ghana...

SIM card registration: Don’t blame service providers if…Ursula Owusu-Ekuful

The Minister for Communications and Digitalisation, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, says mobile telephony subscribers should not blame their service providers for failure to register their...

Aisha Huang’s re-arrest: Heads must roll – STANEK Africa

Strategic think tank, STANEK Africa, is calling for the dismissal of some top security officials following the re-arrest of a Chinese national, Aisha Huang. The...

Angry Akyem Saamang residents clash with mining company

Angry residents of Akyem Saamang in the Fanteakwa South District of the Eastern Region on Wednesday blocked the main road that leads to Akyem...

Presidential jet in France for repairs – Okudzeto Ablakwa told

Director of Communications at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin, has revealed Ghana's presidential jet is in France to undergo repair works. According to him, these are...

Court revokes ‘Power Of Attorney’ to Mahmoud Razak over land at LaDMA

An Accra High Court has revoked a power of attorney given to one Mahmoud Abdul Razak which granted him the authority to play a supervisory...

Who is using Ghana’s presidential jet in France ? – Okudzeto-Ablakwa

Ranking member on Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee has questioned why Ghana’s presidential jet was flown non-stop to France for a flight time of over...

Smugglers Paradise: JoyNews investigations expose customs officers aiding smugglers at borders

JoyNews is coming with yet another riveting exposé on how some senior customs officials connive with smugglers to transport thousands of gallons of vegetable...

Tricycle rider escapes death after being stabbed by female passenger

A commercial tricycle rider has escaped death after being stabbed by a female passenger at Bole, a district in the Savannah Region. The incident happened...

How 100 camels saved a murderer’s life

A last-minute agreement to pay 100 camels as compensation has spared a murderer’s life in Somaliland. The unnamed man was among five convicts set to...

3 killed in fire outbreak at Ohwin

A fire outbreak has claimed the lives of a mother and her two children while one person was able to escape unhurt. The unfortunate incident...

Ellembelle Police Commander interdicted

The Ellembelle Divisional Police Commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Dodzi Hlordzi, has been interdicted by the police administration. The Divisional Police Commander is...

KNUST student, policeman accused of gang rape granted bail

The High Court sitting in Kumasi has granted bail to an interdicted police officer and a final year student of KNUST, standing trial for...

Immigration Officer was transferred for trailing Aisha Huang – Small Scale miner claims

JoyNews/AdomNews · More details about Aisha Huang President of the Small Scale Miners Association, Michael Kwadwo Peprah, claims an Immigration Officer in the Ashanti Region...

How Ghanaian landlord blew Aisha Huang’s cover [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · How Ghanaian landlord blew Aisha Huang’s cover A Ghanaian landlord of Chinese 'galamsey queen', Aisah Huang, is said to have blown her cover...

NYA CEO calls for support for Women Football in Ghana

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Youth Authority (NYA), Pius Enam Hadzide, has called for increased support for women’s football in the...

Big Stone Mining Company ownership case: The inside story

The office of the Attorney General and Ministry of Justice has been petitioned to step in the matter of ownership of Big Stone Mining...

Another Apiate explosion victim dies

One of the victims of the explosion at Apiate back in January has died. Fifty-nine-year-old Ante Ama Nsowaa passed away on Wednesday dawn, according to...

Dumped baby found at Amasaman

A baby, supposedly dumped by the mother, has been found near the Kemet Hospital at Amasaman in the Greater Accra Region. The baby was...

Check out how much you will pay when you visit the National Museum

JoyNews/AdomNews · MUSEUM STATE Visitors who throng the National Museum would have to pay 10 cedis for the period of visiting, this is according to...

ECG apologises to prepaid customers

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has apologised for the inconveniences some customers have experienced since the implementation of the PURC-approved tariff. In a statement,...

Salaries in Ghana are bad – Labour Commission boss [Video]

https://youtu.be/VnOp4tsZncI The National Labour Commission (NLC) says the status of salaries and allowances in Ghana is bad. Speaking on Adom TV's Badwam, the Executive Secretary,...

Assemblies of God Church honours Dr Kwabena Duffuor

The Assemblies of God Church Ghana has given a special award of excellence to former Minister of Finance and Governor of the Bank of...

You owe us an apology – Covid-19 Private Sector Fund tells Auditor-General [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · SENYO HOSI ON AG FUNDS The Managing Director of the Covid-19 Private Sector Fund, Senyo Hosi, has described as mischievous, portions of the...

Man, 31, remanded in police custody over iPhone

A 31-year-old porter has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly robbing a student of his iPhone 11 pro max and GH¢800. He is...

Missing excavator retrieved at Ellembelle, DCE arrested

The Police, through days of intelligence operations, on Tuesday 6th September, 2022 retrieved one of the excavators that was reported missing at Ellembelle in...

Afia Amankwa Tamakloe rescues ‘dying’ 19-year-old SHS student [Photos]

The 19-year-old Elizabeth Kwartemaa, who suffered weakness and paralysis of her limbs in 2021 and has since been bedridden, did not expect to survive...

‘killers’ of JHS girls declared wanted

The Eastern Regional Police Command has declared wanted the boyfriends of the two Junior High School (JHS) pupils who were recently found dead at...