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Galamsey worsened because of you – Ashanti chiefs call out politicians over illegal mining

Some chiefs in the Ashanti Region have refuted claims that traditional leaders have a hand in illegal mining activities in the region. According to them,...

Cape Coast gears up for Fetu Afahye

Cape Coast is bubbling with excitement as the chiefs and the people prepare to celebrate this year’s Fetu Festival after a two-year break. Almost all...

Health Minister ‘hot’ over stalled La General Hospital project

Pressure is mounting on Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman Manu, over the lack of work at the site of the demolished La General Hospital. The health...

What harm have I caused Ghana? – Adutwum quizzes over controversial $1.2m Galop project [Listen]

Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has said the US$1.2million World Bank-funded Ghana Accelerated Learning Outcomes Project (GALOP) is still intact in the...

Real reason why there is food crisis in SHSs nationwide [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Education Minister opens up on cause of SHSs food crisis Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has revealed the cause of food challenges...

Ghana School of Law SRC President officially joins University of North Florida

The Students Representative Council (SRC) President of the Ghana School of Law, Wonder Victor Kutor, has announced his admission to the University of North...

600 GTP workers asked to proceed on leave

Some workers of the Ghana Textiles Printing Company Limited (GTP) in Tema have been asked to proceed on leave following shortage in the supply...

3 ‘ghost names’ at Finance Ministry get GH¢1.1m as salaries

The 2021 Auditor-General’s report on Ministries, Departments and Agencies has raised concerns over salary payments to the sum of GH¢1,112,896.00 made at the Finance...

We applied, got the price and paid – Judge defends colleagues over ‘unlawful’ purchase of cars

A former President of the Association of Magistrates and Judges, Justice Victor Ofoe, has jumped to the defence of his 16 colleagues cited by...

Child Rights International wades into ‘Adentan Missing Baby’ saga

Executive Director for Child Rights International, Bright Appiah, has urged the man (Kwesi Tetteh Zodah) at the centre of the Adentan missing baby case...

Pentecost elder killed in accident on Accra-Kumasi Highway [Photos]

A middle-aged man has lost his life in a fatal accident on the Accra-Kumasi Highway. The accident reportedly occurred on Tuesday at the Nsuapemso...

Man pounds mother, 3 sisters to death

Residents of Tampaala, a suburb of Jirapa in the Upper West Region, have been thrown into a state of mourning after a 20-year-old man...

Three private universities receive Presidential Charter

The Methodist, Catholic and Presbyterian University College Ghana have received a Presidential Charter making them full-fledged universities. The charters will now allow the...

I have nightmares and sleepless nights over my missing husband – Wife cries

Wife of 68-year-old private security man missing for the past nine days in the Wa municipality says she has been having nightmares and sleepless...

Bosomtwe chiefs honour Education Minister [Photos]

The chiefs and people of Bosomtwe in the Ashanti Region have honoured Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum. This was at a grand durbar...

SIM Card Re-registration: Some Ghanaians are like ‘vultures’ – Lecturer

Head of Linguistics at the University of Ghana, Professor Kofi Agyekum, popularly known as Opanyin Agyekum, is overwhelmed with shock over the behaviour of...

10 suspected land guards arrested near Nsawam [Photos]

About 10 suspected land guards have been arrested by the Okyeman Land Protection Force at Yaw K)k) near Nsawam in the Eastern Region. The...

Suspended Sekondi-Takoradi MCE reinstated

President Nana Akufo-Addo has reinstated the Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE) for the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly, Abdul Mumin Issah. This was contained in a statement signed...

Julius Debrah to bury brother on Saturday, September 3

Former Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah and family, are billed to bury their late brother, Isaac Kwabena Nkansah Debrah this Saturday, 3rd September 2022...

KNUST has accreditation for only 61 out of 360 programmes offered – Auditor-General’s report

The 2021 Auditor-General’s report has revealed that some academic programmes run by the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have no accreditation....

Death of 2 JHS girls: Families call for arrest of boyfriends over text message

Families of the two Junior High School (JHS) pupils found dead at the roadside have called on the police to question the supposed boyfriends...

Top judges cited for unlawful purchase of vehicles

At least 16 past and current judges of the Superior Court have been cited by the Auditor-General for the purchase of vehicles contrary to...

Tema Regional Police on manhunt for six armed robbers

The Tema Regional Police Command is on a manhunt for a gang of six armed robbers who shot a victim in Tema. Reports say the...

ECG’s important message to Ghanaians as new tariff takes effect from September 1

The Electricity Company Ghana (ECG) has assured customers and stakeholders of its commitment to ensure a smooth implementation of the new tariff effective September...

Articulator truck crashes into Tema motorway tollbooth [Video]

A Man Diesel articulator truck with registration number GS 5340-11 has crashed into one of the empty tollbooths at the Accra end of the...

Fear grips Yendi residents after dead body was discovered

Residents of Guntingli, a suburb of Yendi in the Northern Region, are living in fear following the alleged killing of a man believed to...

The Elmina King who was exiled to Sierra Leone for 21 years for standing up to British rule

He was exiled to Sierra Leone because he defied the colonial government and turned down an offer of a bribe from the Europeans. He...

Man jumps off Tamale Interchange

A yet-to-be-identified man has jumped off from the Tamale Interchange, in the Northern Region. It is believed the middle-aged man, who many say is mentally...

GIJ 2022 homecoming in photos

The boring evenings of the North Dzorwulu campus of the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) came alive last Friday when the Alumni trooped to...

Prof. Gyampo slams Oyerepa FM for yielding to Manhyia Palace’s directive to shut down

A senior lecturer at the University of Ghana, Professor Ransford Gyampo, says Kumasi-based Oyerepa FM is not fit to be part of the media...

2 young women found dead at Adukrom

Two young girls have been found dead at the Okrakwadwo stretch of Koforidua to Adukrom Highway in the Eastern Region. Residents woke up Tuesday morning...

Dampare sends important message to UPSA graduands

The Inspector-General of Police, Dr George Akuffo Dampare, has urged graduands of the 14th Congregation of the University of Professional Studies, Accra, (UPSA) to...

Manasseh’s take on why Togolese artisans may continue to dominate in Ghana

Award-winning investigative journalist, Manasseh Azure Awuni, has justified why Togolese artisans may continue to dominate in Ghanaian markets despite local competition. According to him, he...

Woman missing for three days found trapped in toilet at Ajumako Enyan

A 45-year-old woman, Yaa Prah, who went missing for three days, has been found trapped inside a public toilet facility at Enyan Asempanyim in...

Mourners, sympathisers pay last respects to late Nana Owusu Akyeaw Brempong

The pre-burial ceremony and funeral of the late Nana Owusu Akyeaw Brempong are currently ongoing with beautiful culture and traditions at Atebubu in the...

Work on National Cathedral project suspended

Work on the National Cathedral project has been suspended, this is according to the Executive Director of the project. Dr Paul Opoku-Mensah said the Secretariat...

Woman gives birth after acquiring insemination kit and sperm online

A 24-year-old Bailey Ennis birthed a bouncing baby boy in September 2021 with the help of a sperm donor. But what’s shocking about it is...

Farouk Aliu Mahama recognised among top 30 Achievers of Coventry University Alumini

Member of Parliament (MP) for Yendi, Alhaji Umar Farouk Aliu Mahama, has received an Honorary recognition which acknowledges him among the "Top 30 Achievers"...

Man kills mother, 2 sisters at Jirapa

Tampaala, a suburb of Jirapa in the Upper West Region, was thrown into a state of shock when a 20-year-old man, Anthony Yendor, went...

Bridget Otto recounts how her sales boy bought iPhone, home theatre with her stolen money

Media personality, Bridget Otoo, has opened up on her shocking experiences as an entrepreneur who has taken it upon herself to give livelihoods to...