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UG’s alumnus, Millicent Asare makes Ghana proud at Int’l Atomic Energy Agency conference

A Bachelor of Science (BSC) Chemistry graduate from the University of Ghana, Millicent Esi Asare, has won the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Young...

Cold store operator shot in daylight robbery at Asafo market

A 40-year-old cold store operator, Stephen Nyame, has sustained gunshot wounds in a daylight robbery at Asafo in Kumasi. Some unknown gunmen reportedly attacked the...

9 CHPS compounds, 2 hospitals at Nkwanta south receive medical equipment

Nine community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) Compounds including Nkwanta Municipal hospital and St. Joseph hospital in the Oti Region have been supported with...

MoH sends important message as it recruits medical and dental officers

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has announced it is recruiting medical and dental officers who have completed their House Job and have been verified...

Our certificates are still valid; accreditation issues being resolved – UG

The management of the University of Ghana (UG) has assured of the validity of certificates issued by the institution, despite recent revelations by the...

Beautiful bride murdered in cold blood a few days after marriage

A new bride, identified as Muniratu Moro, has allegedly been murdered in cold blood in her husband's house. The deceased is said to have been...

Mahama tackles IMF boss over comment on Ghana’s economic woes

Former President John Mahama has urged the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Ivanova Georgieva-Kinova, to be truthful about her assessment...

Meet the twin brothers listed among 2022 First-Class graduates at Legon Law School

Twin brothers namely; Peter and Paul were among some seven top students in this year’s batch of First-Class listed law school graduates from the...

More details on how Aisha Huang re-entered Ghana

'Galamsey queen' Aisha Huang re-entered Ghana with forged documents, government spokesperson on National Security, Palgrave Boakye Danquah, has said. Mr Danquah has indicated security agencies...

We mean business – NCA warns subscribers yet to register SIM cards

The National Communications Authority (NCA) has warned telephony subscribers who are yet to re-register their SIM cards not to sit on the fence. The...

We appreciate Ghanaians for support during Mion-Lana regent installation – Abudu family

The family and elders of the late Mion–Lana, Mahamadu Abdulai II has express their heartfelt gratitude to Ghanaians, especially the people of Dagbon for...

Attorney General petitioned to fix confusion at Big Stone Mining site

The Ghana Chinese Chamber of Commerce has petitioned the Attorney General and Minister for Justice to ensure Big Stone Mining – Company Limited is protected. The...

Rule of law must prevail in Big Stone Mining saga

The Ghana-China Friendship Association (GHACHIFA) has urged authorities handling issues concerning the Big Stone Mining Company Limited to be unbiased to all parties involved....

You had only one responsibility in US – Inusah Fuseini tells embattled son

Former Tamale Central Member of Parliament (MP), Inusah Fuseni, has revealed it is difficult for him to get over his disappointment following the fraud...

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...