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About 60 per cent of building materials imported from Ukraine – Majority Leader on economic hardships [Video]

The Majority Leader in Parliament and Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has reiterated that the war between Ukraine and Russia forms part of...

Teacher dies in accident involving school bus

A teacher of the Bekwai Victory International has died after the school bus was involved in an accident on Wednesday, July 13. The Hyundai bus...

Ashanti: Police declare 4 assemblymen wanted

The Police in the Ashanti Region have declared wanted four members of the Bosome Freho District Assembly in the Ashanti region in connection with...

JB’s murder: Blood in accused’s T-shirt was 100% positive after DNA – Investigator

The Investigator in the case in which Daniel Asiedu has been charged with murder, Chief Inspector Augustus Nkrumah, has told the Accra High Court...

Akufo-Addo thanks organised labour for agreeing to 15% COLA

President Nana Akufo-Addo has expressed gratitude to the organised labour unions for agreeing to the 15% Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) offered by the...

Let’s elect people who can hold us together to break the eight – Akufo-Addo [Video]

President Nana Akufo-Addo has urged the delegates of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to elect aspirants with the zeal to hold the party together...

NPP Delegates’ Conference: NPP will break the eight with executives to be elected – Minister

Western Regional Minister, Kwabena Okyere Darko –Mensah, has said the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has worked studiously, hence the need for Ghanaians to give...

Four remanded for illegal mining

A Circuit Court at Dormaa-Ahenkro in the Dormaa Central Municipality of Bono Region has remanded four persons into Police custody to reappear on July...

GH¢17.5m worth of ‘wee’ seized in Ho

A joint security operation has led to the interception of 17,522 slabs of cannabis with street value of GH¢17,522.000 in Ho in the Volta...

Asking me to resign is like telling a father to abandon his kids – Ofori-Atta

Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has hit back at critics calling for his head after government made a U-turn by resorting to the International Monetary...

NPP Delegates’ Conference: Delegates should vote for those with brains not money – Hassan Ayariga

Founder and Leader of All People's Congress (APC), Dr Hassan Ayariga, has advised delegates in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to vote for qualified...

NPP’s Delegate’s Conference has delayed because candidates are giving delegates money – Sam George alleges [Video]

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Ningo-Prampram, Sam George, has alleged that the New Patriotic Party's (NPP) Delegates' Conference taking place at the Accra...

Father imprisoned for raping daughter

A 43-year-old man has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in hard labour for raping and impregnating his 16-year daughter at Doba in the...

Court threatens to strike out bullion van robbery case

An Accra Circuit court hearing the case involving six policemen accused of involvement in a bullion van in Accra has threatened to strike out...

Over 50 houses, shops demolished at Sakaman

Over 50 container shops and houses have been destroyed at Sakaman Blue Lagoon, a suburb of Dansoman in the Greater Accra region. The demolishing...

Free SHS will not be cancelled – President Akufo-Addo 

President Akufo-Addo has stressed that the Free Senior High School policy would not be cancelled despite the current economic crisis in the country. He said...

Man accused of attempts to murder pregnant wife

A 32-year-old mother of three has accused her husband of attempted murder because she failed to abort their fourth child. Hamdala Musa, a street hawker,...

Vessel operations commence at Tema Port as workers call off demonstration

The Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) has announced that vessel operations have commenced at the Tema Port following a demonstration by its workers. “Management...

MCE assures Suame Interchange project will take off in September

The Suame Municipal Chief Executive, Maxwell Ofosu Boakye, has reiterated the construction of the Suame interchange in Kumasi will begin in September 2022. In February...

Bawumia trends for choosing Ghana card over 1,000 interchanges

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has been trending on Twitter after he declared his choice of the Ghana Card over road interchanges in the...

IMF speaks on how to revive Ghana’s economy

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has assured Ghana that it will move fast and do much as it can to support the country come...

49% of Ghanaians to stop using e-transactions due to E-Levy – Afrobarometer report

Majority of Ghanaians are not confident at all that government will use the 1.5 per cent currently being charged on Electronic Transactions (E-levy) to...

Some senior high schools in Ashanti Region receive food items from local suppliers

Some senior high schools in Ashanti Region have received at least 20 bags of maize and bags of cassava flakes as they look forward...

Multi-Pac Ltd awards winners in ‘Win Big Promo’ draw in Accra

Multi-Pac limited, one of Ghana's leading beverage manufacturer and producers of 5-star energy drink and Perla mineral water among other range of products, have...

NIA registers over 16.9 million Ghanaians

The Head of Operations at the National Identification Authority (NIA), Colonel Peter Kwame Ghansah (Rtd), has disclosed that 16,936,934 Ghanaians have been registered by...

‘Blood Contractor’ expose’ leads to discovery of blood sale syndicate at Ridge Hospital

Dr Emmanuel Srofenyo, the Medical Director of the Greater Accra Regional Hospital, popularly know as Ridge Hospital, has disclosed that he received additional information...

Food shortage in SHS: Students resorting to barter trading – GNECC

The Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition (GNECC) has revealed that following the shortage of food in Senior High Schools (SHS), students are now resorting...

High Court judge supports mother of two to return to school

A 26-year-old mother of two children in Cape Coast has been given a major support by a Cape Coast High Court judge to return...

High Court quashes Asanko Gold’s application against Ghana Mine Workers Union

The Amasaman High Court has shot down applications filed by Asanko Gold Ghana Limited against members of the Ghana Mine Workers Union (GMWU) who...

87% of public sector workers earn less than ¢3000 as basic salary – SSNIT

It is emerging that 87% of public sector workers earn less than ¢3000 as basic monthly salary. This was revealed at a stakeholder engagement forum...

Government agrees on 15% COLA with organised labour effective July 1

After a back and forth between striking labor unions and government the two parties have now agreed on a 15% Cost of Living Allowance...

Foreigner who chased, assaulted car park attendant at airport arrested

A female foreigner has been arrested for assaulting a car park attendant at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) on Wednesday. The suspect is said to...

Sit-down strike at GRA’s Customs Division over promotion

The Acting Commissioner General of the Customs Division of Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has held a crunch meeting with some senior officers to call...

Driver who crashed Bibiani MCE, driver to death charged

The articulated driver who crashed the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai and his driver to death last Tuesday has been charged. He was charged with...

Free SHS is a revolutionary policy – IMF resident rep

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has described the Akufo-Addo government’s major flagship programme, Free SHS as a revolutionary one. As such, the fund said it...

1,300 killed in road crashes this year

At least 1,300 people died in 7,687 reported road accidents between January and June this year, statistics from the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA)...

Food shortage: Some SHSs are yet to receive food supplies from Education Ministry

Reports reaching JoyNews are that there is an anxious wait for food supplies in senior high schools across the country as students are hungry and forced...

CIMG launches Ghana Customer Satisfaction Index 2021 Report 

The Chartered Institute of Marketing, Ghana (CIMG), last Friday, officially unveiled the Ghana Customer Satisfaction Index (CIMG-CSI Report, 2021), dubbed 'The Coffee-Table Publication.' The...

GES bans two SHSs at Jaman over inter-school competition riot

The Jaman North Education Directorate has slapped both Nafana Presby and Sumaman Senior High Schools (SHS) with an indefinite ban on all social gatherings...

IMF blames Covid-19, Russia-Ukraine war for Ghana’s economic woes

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has disclosed that Ghana’s debt situation has been worsened by the combined effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and the...