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Gunshot wound exposes runaway armed robber

Police in the Effiduase District of the Ashanti Region have arrested a 27-year-old armed robbery suspect who fled after being shot during an operation.Darlington...

Govt releases GH¢50 million to NHIS

The government has released an amount of GH¢50 million to the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Nsawam-Adoayiri Member of Parliament (MP), Frank Annoh-Dompreh, has...

Remove luxury tax component on sanitary pads – Govt told

The Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) Network, – a civil society organisation in the Upper East Region, has urged the government to...

Ghana Armed Forces personnel to get UN certification

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Major General Thomas Oppong-Peprah, has disclosed that personnel who undergo pre-deployment training and concentration at the Bundase Peace...

Three remanded for lynching suspected plantain thief

The Mankessim District Magistrate Court has remanded three persons into prison custody for a month for allegedly lynching a neighbour suspected to be a...

Tension as one is shot at Sekyikrom chief’s palace

One person has been shot in the leg at Sekyikrom in the Nsawam Adoagyri Municipality of the Eastern Region. This was after some persons...

Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park closed down

The Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture, has announced the temporal closure of the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park in Accra. The closure, according to...

Bawumia hails new Ghanaian Cardinal

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has extended his warmest congratulations to the Catholic Bishop of the Wa Diocese, Bishop Richard Kuuia Baawobr, following...

Subsidise sanitary pads to make them affordable

The Upper West Regional Coordinator of Global Communities, Martin Sumbo, has appealed to the government to subsidise or remove taxes on sanitary pads to...

Man in court for rearing dogs in Tema residential area without permit

The Tema District Community Centre Court has fined Essien Terry, a dog keeper GHS 5,000.00 for rearing dogs for commercial purposes in a residential...

OccupyGhana demands quick passage of 2022 Conduct of Public Officers Bill into law

Policy think tank, OccupyGhana, is demanding the immediate passage of the 2022 Conduct of Public Officers Bill into law. “This draft Bill proposes, among others,...

Yoo Naa gifts Buipewura Jinapor a horse

The Paramount Chief of Savelugu Traditional Area, Na Bakpeng Yoo Naa Abdulai Andani, continues to grow his relationship with the Paramount Chief of Buipe...

Police on manhunt for armed robbers who killed lawyer on Bole-Bamboi Highway

The Savannah Regional Police Command says it has mounted a manhunt for three suspected armed robbers responsible for the murder of an Accra-based lawyer...

Lands Commission begins tracing state lands captured in Sir John’s will

The Lands Commission has officially commenced processes to trace the lands captured in the final will of the late Chief Executive of the Forestry...

100,000 teachers from northern Ghana to be trained in digital literacy this year

The Deputy Minister for Education (MoE), John Ntim Fordjour, has hinted that the Education Ministry will begin the training of 100,000 public pre-tertiary teachers...

Pope Francis appoints Wa Bishop as Cardinal

Bishop Richard Kuuia Baawobr of the Wa Catholic Diocese has been appointed a Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He is among 21 other new cardinals...

Speeding car kills two siblings at Ejisu

Two siblings have been crashed to death by a speeding vehicle after the driver lost control at Ejisu-Besease on Sunday morning. The accident is said...

Plane with 22 passengers on board goes missing

A plane operated by Nepal's Tara Air carrying 22 people went missing on Sunday morning, an airline spokesperson confirmed to CNN. The plane was flying...

DNI Foundation donates sanitary pads to physically challenged women in Amasaman

A Non-governmental Organization, Disability Not Inability (DNI), has donated sanitary pads to women and children with disabilities in the Amasaman district. The outreach programme which...

Lawyer killed in robber attack on Bole-Bamboi highway

A private legal practitioner identified as Richard Badombia has been shot and killed in a robbery attack on Bole-Bamboi Highway According to the Police situational...

Man nearly lynched for stealing motorbike on UDS campus

A suspected motorcycle thief was nearly lynched on Friday 27th May 2022 at the Dungu campus of the University For Development Studies (UDS). The suspect...

Five robbers arrested for allegedly robbing gold dealer at Adukrom; weapons retrieved

The Police have arrested some five suspects who allegedly attacked a gold dealer at Adukrom near Kyebi in the Eastern region. A police intelligence report...

Major power outages caused by transient tripping – ECG

The Electricity Company of Ghana Limited (ECG) says the power outages experienced in some parts of the country on Wednesday were a result of...

National Security Minister pays courtesy call on National Chief Imam

The National Security Ministry led by Albert Kan-Dapaah, the sector Minister, paid a courtesy call on Sheikh Osman Nuhu Sharubutu, National Chief Imam. This follows...

My father betrayed me for a Canadian visa – Young man reveals

Ghanaian photographer based in Sunyani in the Bono region has disclosed that he visited a travel agent with his father in the hopes of...

Major shake-up hits ECG as new MD reshuffles top 14 officers

The new Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) Managing Director, Samuel Dubik Mahama, has undertaken his first major shake-up in the power distribution company after...

Man arrested with weapon during NPP’s Savannah Regional elections

The Police in the Savannah Region have arrested a man believed to be in his late twenties who was found with a weapon in...

Ghosts are chasing me – Actor who celebrated birthday in the cemetery cries

Kumawood actor, Samuel Nkansah's quest to celebrate his birthday in an unconventional way has landed him in trouble. The young actor marked his special day...

Certificates of old students destroyed as fire guts JHS

Fire has gutted the Bibiani Anglican Junior High School(JHS) in the Western Region. The inferno affected five classrooms including the teachers’ staff common room. The fire...

Two injured as truck crushes tollbooth at Tema [Photos]

A tipper truck on Friday morning crashed into two abandoned toll booths at the Tema end of the Tema-Accra Motorway. Two people were injured...

Empress Gifty appointed ambassador for anti-terrorism campaign

The National Security Ministry has appointed gospel musician, Empress Gifty as an ambassador for Ghana's anti-terrorism awareness campaign dubbed “see something, say something.” The musician...

One dead after armed men attack gold dealer’s shop at Enyinam on Accra-Kumasi highway

JoyNews has picked information about a robbery attack at Enyinam on the Accra-Kumasi highway. The attack allegedly took place at a gold dealer’s shop. Sources...

60 women benefit from AngloGold Ashanti Financial Literacy Awareness Program

AngloGold Ashanti Obuasi Mine is educating women in its operational areas in basic financial management under a Financial Literacy Awareness Program. Sixty women engaged in...

Obuasi MCE rallies support for govt’s YouStart programme

Ahead of the launch of the YouStart programme by government in July, the Municipal Chief Executive for Obuasi, Honorable Elijah Adansi-Bonah has thrown his...

Adhere to Security Ministry’s directives on terrorism – FOSDA urges Ghanaians

The Foundation for Security and Development in Africa (FOSDA) has urged Ghanaians to adhere to the Ministry of National Security’s directives on terrorism. A statement...

Fetish priest renovates Bosore M/A Primary School

After it was ripped off by a rainstorm two years ago, a fetish priest, Nana Kwadwo Boateng at Bosore, in the Kwabre East Municipality...

COCOBOD announces closure of main cocoa crop season

The Ghana COCOBOD has announced the closure of the main cocoa crop season. “It is hereby notified for general information that purchases of the 2021/2022...

Taxi driver arrested for driving stolen car [Video]

A taxi driver, Emmanuel Yeboah based at Assin Fosu in the Central Region has been arrested for driving a stolen car. Mr Yeboah was arrested...

No major buildings sited on water ways – AMA PRO

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly, (AMA) has given its backing to the directive by President Akufo-Addo for MMDAs to ensure the immediate removal of buildings...

Prank calls take over ‘campaign against terrorism’ two days after launch

The National Security Ministry has bemoaned the incessant prank calls a few days after the launch of an emergency number for the campaign against...