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60 Minutes Prayer Ministry supports Akropong School for the Blind

60 Minutes, a prayer ministry of the New Life Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Lapaz, as part of its annual camp dubbed, 'Jesus Camp', has...

Parliament to probe death of woman over ‘negligence’ by Ambulance Service

Parliament has constituted a six-member bi-partisan committee to probe the death of Augustina Awortwe, who died in an ambulance while being transported from the...

Barbara Incoom awarded Marketing Director of the Year at National FMCG Summit

Barbara Incoom, Marketing Director of Delta Paper Mill, producers of Flora Tissues, has been awarded as the Marketing Director of the Year at the...

NDC’s Dela Coffie arrested

National Democratic Congress (NDC)’s communicator, Dela Edem Coffie, has been arrested today, Monday, June 6. His arrest was announced by the Office of the Special...

NSS owed no personnel, demonstration irrelevant – NASPA tells group

Coordinating Secretary of the National Service Personnel Association (NASPA), Andrew Akuffo has described as unfortunate and bizarre a decision by some seven people calling...

Teenager feared dead after being trapped in drain during downpour

An 18-year-old girl is feared dead after she was trapped in a drain at Tesano, a suburb of Accra, following a downpour on Sunday...

Four injured in land clashes at Ablekuma

Four persons have sustained gunshot wounds in a clash involving a youth group at Zabarama line at Ablekuma in Accra and some men in...

Fire tender involved in fatal accident; 6 personnel in critical condition [Photos]

An accident involving a fire tender at Bogobire, a suburb of Obuasi in the Ashanti Region, has left six personnel critically injured. The personnel with...

Man remanded for bathing 19-year-old baby mama with acid

The Bibiani Circuit Court in the Western North Region has remanded 25-year-old Francis Ennin aka Fiifi two weeks into police custody for allegedly bathing...

Man, 45, found dead at Awutu Mampong [Video]

A 45-year-old man, Kofi Kyekyebi, has been found dead at Awutu Mampong in the Awutu Senya West Municipality of the Central Region. Reports indicate the...

Ghana Arbitration Centre to hear Nduom, Bank of Ghana case

The Court of Appeal has, by a unanimous decision, upheld the Bank of Ghana’s application that the challenge by Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom and...

Former aide to late Sir John ordained pastor [Video]

A former aide to the late Chief Executive Officer of the Forestry Commission, Sir John, has been ordained as a man of God. Charles Owusu...

Student allegedly dies while writing exams

A Level 200 Student of the Akenten Appiah Minka University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development in the Ashanti Region collapsed and died while...

Passengers escape unhurt in accident on motorway [Photos]

A truck carrying a container loaded with goods overturned on its side following an accident on the Accra- Tema bound motorway on Saturday. JoyNews sources...

Akufo-Addo chairs Heads of State summit to find solutions to coup d’états

President Akufo-Addo is chairing an extraordinary summit of Heads of State in the West African sub-region to find a lasting solution to the recent...

Flooding: NADMO issues public alert

The National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) has urged the public to pay close attention to weather forecasts. The Communications Director of the Organisation, George Ayisi...

Zoomlion celebrates World Environment Day

Zoomlion Ghana Limited has organised a massive clean up exercise at Madina in the La Nkwantanang Municipality in Accra to create public awareness on...

How my boyfriend beat me over fufu – Lady pastor shares story [Video]

Founder of Young Minister’s Ministries and Don’t give up foundation, Rev. Dr. Jennifer Donkor, has recounted chilling accounts of how she was brutalized by...

Wa flogging victims break silence

The two lovers, who were flogged at the Wa Naa’s palace over their leaked sex tape, have opened up about their ordeal and current...

Continued vigilance in border communities key — Kan Dapaah to security forces in the Upper East region

A delegation of key actors within the country’s security architecture, led by Albert Kan-Dapaah,  Minister for National Security, on 2nd June 2022, embarked on...

Our men are on the grounds – GIS on terrorism alert in Nankpanduri

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) says it has deployed more men as it intensifies vigilance at the borders. Speaking in an interview with JoyNews, Sector...

We are struggling to survive – ECG, GWCL

The Managements of the Electricity Company of Ghana and the Ghana Water Company Limited have indicated that they are overburdened with operational costs, therefore,...

Electricity tariff for commercial, industry too expensive – Energy Minister

The Minister of Energy, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has suggested a change in Ghana’s current tariff structure to boost industrialisation in the country. According to...

Checkout the number of workers at Office of the President

Staff of the Office of the President number up to nine hundred and ninety-five (995) as at 31st December, 2021. This is contained in the...

ECG cautions public against power theft

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has cautioned the public against illegal activities which disrupt electricity supply across the country. The state power distributor said...

God will not inhabit a cathedral built on lies, fraud and insensitivity – Manasseh Azure

Award-winning investigative journalist, Manasseh Azure Awuni, has added his voice to the raging public debate on the relevance of the National Cathedral and the...

31-year-old allegedly kills wife in Ada

The Ada Police Command in the Greater Accra Region has arrested David Ayornu, 31, popularly known as Rapper Bee for slashing the belly of...

No teacher trainee has impregnated 24 students, 4 teachers, headmistress -GES

Authorities of the Ghana Education Service in Asokore Mampong in the Ashanti Region have rejected claims by a news portal that a teacher-trainee, posted...

NADMO boss elected NALAG President

The Director-General of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), Eric Nana Agyemang-Prempeh, has been elected as the President of the National Association of Local...

8 things we learnt from Newsfile

In Saturday’s edition of Newsfile, host Samson Lardy Anyenini, together with his panellists discussed some issues that made headlines during the week. They came, discussed...

State funeral for late Hajia Ramatu Aliu Mahama [Photos]

A state funeral has been held in memory of Hajia Ramatu, the wife of late former Vice President, Alhaji Aliu Mahama. The solemn ceremony also...

FixTheCountry Movement should not spoil their case – Okudzeto Ablakwa

Member of Parliament for the North Tongu Constituency, Samuel Okudzeto-Ablakwa, has advised the Convener of the FixTheCountry Movement, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, to be circumspect in...

Kissi Agyebeng will take corruption fight to another level – Former Attorney General

Former Attorney-General under President Akufo-Addo’s first term in office, Joseph Dindiok Kpemka, has expressed confidence in the Special Prosecutor to fight corruption in the...

Energy Minister calls for change in Ghana’s tariff structure

The Minister of Energy, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has suggested a change in Ghana’s current tariff structure to boost industrialisation in the country. He made...

Prof Lydia Aziato appointed Vice Chancellor of UHAS

Professor Lydia Aziato, the first full professor within the nursing profession in Ghana has been appointed as the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Health and...

National Security Ministry issues alert over suspicious activities in North East Region

The Ministry of National Security has announced the movement of suspicious persons on the hills of Bunkprungu-Nankpanduri District in the North-East Region. Though the Ministry...

We can’t tolerate dust anymore – South Tongu residents ask govt to fix deplorable roads

Residents of Tefle, a community in the South Tongu District of the Volta Region have served notice they would be marching to Accra to...

June 3 disaster: Govt invests $200M to mitigate flood risk 

The government in collaboration with World Bank would be investing $200 million into a new project aimed at addressing the flood situation in Ghana....

NHIA is blessed to have Dr Okoe Boye as CEO – Kufuor

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has lauded President Akufo- Addo for appointing Dr Okoe Boye as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National...

Why the Ahwoi brothers were suspended from Prempeh College

A former Minister of Food and Agriculture, Kwesi Ahwoi, has opened up on how he and his elder brother, Ato Ahwoi were suspended from...