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People’s Forum: Yeji residents share frustration over bad roads, price hikes

Traders and drivers at Yeji, capital of Pru East District of the Bono East Region are lamenting over the recent exorbitant prices of goods...

I don’t support attacks against journalists

President Nana Akufo-Addo says he does not in any shape or form accept attacks against journalists, even the ones who abuse him. That, he said...

Missing palm wine tapper found dead in his farm

A man, believed to be in his 40s, who went missing for weeks, has been found dead in a bush at Asante Akyem Mamponteng...

NSMQ: Meet the man who has been setting chemistry questions since 1993

The cheers, applause and appreciation were just overwhelming in the KNUST Great Hall when the longest-serving National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) chemistry consultant...

Over 22% of Ghanaians can’t meet food needs – ISSER

Despite significant productivity growth in major staples in the last decade or so, the food security situation in Ghana continues to deteriorate. According to the...

PhD women likely not to find men to marry – Studies

Education has been identified as one of the major factors that affect the marital decisions of women. Most women are caught between acquiring higher...

4,000 basic schools lack JHSs – GNECC

Non-Governmental Organisation which focuses on education, Ghana Education Campaign Coalition (GNECC), has hinted that some 4,000 primary schools in the country lack Junior High...

Teacher Unions threaten strike on Nov. 4 over new GES DG

The controversy over embattled Director-General (DG) of Ghana Education Service (GES), Dr Eric Nkansah, continues to deepen as four teacher unions threaten to go...

Driver jailed for stealing 38 fowls

A Circuit Court at Dormaa-Ahenkro in the Dormaa Central Municipality of Bono Region has convicted and sentenced two accomplices to a fine of 120...

Black market cannot dictate forex prices – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo has described as unacceptable the role of the black market in determining forex prices. He has warned that government will not tolerate...

NSMQ 2022: Mother of PRESEC’s Alfred Ken-Nsiah shares touching story

Mother of one of the contestants for the 2022 NSMQ winners, Linda Lartieku-Nsiah, is overwhelmed by her son’s performance in the 2022 National Science...

Akufo-Addo to address the nation on Sunday

President Nana Akufo-Addo will on Sunday, October 30th address the nation. The address, which airs at 8:00 pm on all major news networks across the...

Some govt appointees, politicians involved in illegal mining – Asantehene

The Asantehene has accused some government officials and politicians of being complicit in the illegal mining menace, popularly known as galamsey. According to Otumfuo Osei Tutu...

Cabinet begins retreat on economy today

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and his Cabinet will today, Thursday, October 27, 2022 begin a three-day retreat to deliberate on the economy as...

Citizens Coalition joins calls for Ken Ofori-Atta’s sack

The Coalition for Democratic Accountability and Inclusive Governance, also known as Citizens Coalition, says it endorses the call by 80 Members of Parliament (MP)...

Bawumia proposes solution to Ghana’s economic crisis

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia says for Ghana to address its current economic crisis, it is imperative to restore fiscal and debt sustainability, limit...

Why Ofori-Atta’s dismissal will not solve our problem – Economist

A Development Economist, Dr George Domfeh, in an interesting twist to calls for Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta to be sacked says that will not...

Presec wins 2022 NSMQ

“We are still ‘seven’ a living God,” the students, old boys and other supporters of Presec chanted as the Legon-based school clinched a record-extending...

YEA partners Police Service to recruit 15,000 youth as Community Protection Assistants

The Youth Employment Agency (YEA) has kick-started a process for recruitment of some fifteen thousand (15,000) unemployed Ghanaian youth nationwide as Community Protection Assistants...

Putin watches first Russian nuclear drill since invasion of Ukraine

Vladimir Putin has overseen annual nuclear exercises by Russia's strategic nuclear forces at a time of heightened tensions with the West over his eight-month-long...

UAE visa ban mere rumours – Ghana’s Ambassador

UAE Ambassador to Ghana, Amer Al-alwi, has dismissed reports that Ghana has been slapped with a visa ban by the United Arab Emirates. A report...

Agradaa unable to meet bail conditions

Patricia Asieduaa Oduro, aka Nana Agradaa, the embattled self-styled evangelist charged for defrauding by false pretences is still in the custody of the Ghana...

Nigerian jailed 15 years for defilement

A Nigerian Signwriter who abducted a 14-year-old girl and defiled her has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment by the Gender Based Violence Court...

UTAG, other public university unions continue strike

Leaders of the four major Labour Unions in public universities in Ghana have announced their strike which began from Monday, October 17 is still...

Kukpum community converts NPP pavilion into school

Residents of Kukpum in the Gushegu Municipality of the Northern Region have been forced to convert the New Patriotic Party's (NPP) pavilion into a...

5 Chinese, 8 Ghanaians arrested for galamsey in Aowin district

Five Chinese Nationals and eight Ghanaians have been arrested in the Aowin and Suaman districts for engaging in illegal mining. The 13 suspects were nabbed...

#KenMustGo: You told Ghanaians we’ve the men; deploy them – NPP MP to Akufo-Addo

Subin Member of Parliament (MP), Eugene Boakye Antwi, has challenged President Nana Akufo-Addo to be a man of his word and sack Finance Minister,...

Qatar 2022: Let’s depoliticise Black Stars – Mahama advises Ghanaians

Former President John Dramani Mahama has stressed on the need for all to depoliticise the Black Stars to urge the team to give their...

GPRTU to increase transport fares by 19%

The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has disclosed that the Union will increase transport fares by 19% effective October 29. According to Godfred Abulbire,...

Man battling for his life after climbing ECG transformer

A 22-year-old man is battling for his life at the Twifo Praso District Hospital in the Twifo Atimorkwa District of the Central Region. This was...

NDK moves to settle GH¢1.2b locked-up funds

Finance house, NDK Financial Services, has said it is working to settle a GH¢1.2 billion indebtedness to depositors who have their funds locked up...

Our negotiations with IMF concluding soon – Akufo-Addo

President Akufo-Addo says the government is close to having a programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The President said negotiations are nearing completion.  According to...

Allow Ofori-Atta to finish IMF negotiations – Akufo-Addo to NPP MPs demanding his sack  

JoyNews is reporting President Nana Akufo-Addo has asked for more time for the embattled Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta to conclude negotiations with the International...

Education Minister ‘defends’ new GES boss; says he taught Geography in SHS

The Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has said the new acting Director General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Dr Eric Nkansah,...

First tranche of $1.13bn cocoa syndicated loan to hit BoG account today

All things being equal, the first tranche of the $1.13 billion cocoa syndicated loan will hit the account of the Bank of Ghana today...

Ofori-Atta still in office because of his surname – MP

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Tamale Central, Murtala Mohammed, says the only reason the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, is still at post has...

Finance Ministry reacts to Ofori-Atta’s alleged resignation

The Finance Ministry has denied reports that its Sector Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has resigned from his position. It follows reports from some traditional media and...

Abu Jinapor courts support of Christian Council to curb illegal mining

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has courted the support of the leadership of the Ghana Christian Council to help...

Galamsey fight: 100 river wardens to protect waterbodies

The first batch of 100 out of 300 River Wardens on Tuesday successfully completed a 4-week intensive pre-deployment training course at the Eastern Naval...

We’re running democracy not family dynasty; Ofori-Atta must go – Akufo-Addo told

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) doesn't belong to anybody or a group of persons. We have to protect it because we are running democracy...