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School Feeding: Juliana Cudjoe blames Minister for her dismissal

President of the Greater Accra School Feeding Caterers Association, Juliana Cudjoe, has blamed the Greater Accra Regional Minister for the termination of her contract...

Cape Coast – Twifo Praso road to be closed for repair works on Jukwa bridge

The road linking Cape Coast to Twifo Praso in the Central Region, which collapsed on Sunday, June 19, will be closed to traffic today...

Fraudsters using Sammy Awuku’s name in recruitment scam arrested

A 73-year-old businessman, Emmanuel King Opare, a known member of the ruling New Patriotic Party and a 55-year-old teacher, Elizabeth Manukure, both residents of...

Akufo-Addo boarded train from France to Belgium – Presidency

Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo boarded train from Paris to Brussels, Belgium says the Presidency. This is contrary to claim by the National Democratic Congress Member...

Man jailed for defiling neighbour’s daughter

The Sogakofe Circuit Court has handed a seven-year prison term in hard labour to Richard Atim, a 25-year-old mechanic who defiled an 11-year-old girl. The...

27 teachers sacked over fake appointment letters

Twenty-seven teachers in some basic schools in the North East Region have been dismissed by the Ghana Education Service (GES) for allegedly joining the...

Police in court over Arise Ghana demo

The Police are seeking a court ruling on the time and location of an intended protest by a group, Arise Ghana. This, the Service said...

FDA destroys expired, unwholesome products worth over GH¢300,000

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has safely disposed of some expired and unwholesome products worth GH₵312,720.00 in the Upper East Region.The disposal was...

IMANI Africa’s 10 challenges with National Cathedral

In its most recent policy document, the IMANI Centre for Policy and Education has identified some challenges with the National Cathedral project. This document from...

Top GRA official dies as car plunges into Boti River

A man, identified as Richard Frimpong, has been confirmed dead after a car he was driving plunged into river Boti on the Akyem Oda-Nkwanta...

Lady sexually abused by fetish priest to end spiritual marriage shares experience

A Kumasi-based lady has given an uncomfortable confession of how she was sexually assaulted by a fetish priest in her quest to end a...

Ghanaian journalist buries wife amidst tears

CEO of Crime Check Foundation, a television channel dedicated to the fight against crime, as well as a staff of GBC, has buried his...

Fake police officer in court over fraud

An Accra Circuit Court has granted a GHS70,000 bail with two sureties to a fake police officer who allegedly defrauded his fiancée of GHS...

Man found dead in Palm farm after going missing

A man, believed to be in his 50s, has been found dead in a palm farm at Fumso in the Adansi Asokwa district of...

Fire guts 10-bedroom house at Dwase-Praso

Fire has razed down a 10 bedroom compound house at Dwase-Praso in the Asante Akyem central in the Asante Region. The incident is said to...

Over 1,000 Nigeriens repatriated – Gender Ministry

The Ghana Immigration Service, in collaboration with the Niger Embassy in Ghana, has repatriated a total of 1,320 Nigeriens to their home country. This was...

We’ll abandon WASSCE students and classrooms June ending – NAGRAT

The Eastern Region branch of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has joined calls for nationwide strike over failure on the part of...

EPA boss sends strong message to persons erecting structures at unauthorized places

Executive Director of Ghana's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Henry Kwabena Kokofu, has issued a stern warning to persons and companies erecting structures at unauthorised...

Residents live in fear as strange beast invades New-Dormaa enclave 

Residents at New Dormaa in the Sunyani Municipality are living in fear following alleged attacks by a strange beast invading the enclave.The Ghana News...

Bawumia, NPP, NDC bigwigs mourn with Jospong CEO

Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, Chief of Staff, Akosua Frema Osei Opare and other high ranking government officials graced the one week ceremony of...

Armed robbers shoot law student on eve of his graduation

On the eve of his expected call to the bar, 30-year-old Daniel Ledi was left battling for his life after armed robbers shot him...

Many in critical condition in accident on Accra-Kumasi Highway [photos]

Passengers on board a sprinter bus have sustained various degrees of injuries in an accident at Juaso- Atwedie on the Accra-Kumasi Highway. Reports indicate the...

I regret leaving behind my GH¢2,000 job for France, I sometimes cry – France-based Ghanaian

France-based Ghanaian, Frederick Adu Amankwah, has disclosed that he regrets leaving behind his crane operation job in Ghana that paid GH¢2,000 with allowances for...

NFL star Ezekiel Ansah donates to 14 health centres in Akropong

The Ezekiel Ansah Foundation (EAF) has donated to 14 health centres at Akropong in the Eastern Region. The donation forms part of the foundation’s annual...

I never said Akufo-Addo travelled in D-Alex – Ablakwa

JoyNews/AdomNews · I never said Akufo-Addo travelled in D-Alex – Ablakwa Member of Parliament for North Tongu consituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has refuted reports that...

GJA elects new President

Albert Kwabena Dwumfour has been elected as the new President of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA). The Group Head of Corporate Affairs at the Tobinco...

Man found dead in river at Gomoa Okyereko

A yet-to-be-identified man believed to be in his late 40s has been found dead at Gomoa Okyereko in the Gomoa East District of the...

National Cathedral: I dare you to sue me – Ablakwa tells Attorney General [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · I Dare You To Sue Me - Ablakwa Dares AG North Tongu Member of Parliament (MP), Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has called off the...

Covid-19: Ghanaian pharmaceutical companies to distribute vaccines produced in Africa

President Nana Akufo-Addo has announced Ghana has set up a consortium for Covid-19 vaccines to be produced by German manufacturing giant, BioNTech. This, he said...

Two arrested at Denu for stealing taxicab

Two men have been arrested by the police at Denu in the Volta Region last Tuesday for their alleged complicity in an attempt to...

Korle Bu Endoscopy Unit to be relocated

Management of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital has announced efforts are being made to relocate the Endoscopy Unit of the facility to a more...

CHRAJ orders GCB to compensate, re-instate defunct UT, Capital Bank staff

The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has ordered the Ghana Commercial Bank (GCB) to pay compensation and re-instate some 37 ex-staff...

NAGRAT threatens strike over unpaid allowance

The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) is threatening industrial action by the end of June if their cost-of-living allowance (COLA) is not addressed. The...

Two injured in renewed land dispute in Chereponi district

Two persons have sustained various degrees of injuries in a renewed land dispute between Junjung and Tumbong in the Chereponi district of the North...

Parliament orders withdrawal of soldiers used for installation of Krobo prepaid meters

Parliament has directed the Defence Minister to immediately withdraw the military personnel assisting the installation of prepaid meters at Lower Manya Krobo in the...

School feeding: Bagbin backs ¢3 feeding grant demand by caterers

Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin says the demand by school feeding caterers to increase school feeding grants is justified. The caterers want an upward review...

Tiger storms Sunyani; eats only intestines of its prey

Some residents of Sunyani are reportedly living in fear for some days now following a suspected wild animal roaming around some suburbs of the...

Passengers stranded at VIP station in Accra

Some travellers are stranded at the VIP bus terminal in Accra due to the lack of buses for their travel. The affected passengers are travelling...

GI-KACE signs MoU with UENR to conduct research in emerging technologies

The Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT (GI-KACE) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Department of Computer and Electricals...

New Kejetia market plunged into darkness again over GH¢5.4m debt

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) is demanding payment of at least 20 percent of debts owed it by the Kejetia market in Kumasi...