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Armed robbers attack lotto agent, kills staff

Suspected armed robbers have raided the residence of Atsu Makafui Kumordzi, a popular lotto agent at Akatsi in the Volta Region. The gang of robbers...

Motorway bridge repair: Minister confident of meeting Friday deadline

It is about 24 hours more for Accra-Tema Motorway to resume normal operations. For nearly two weeks, it witnessed heavy vehicular traffic after a few...

Komenda sugar factory: Carlos Ahenkorah drops bombshell

The chairman of the Trade and Industry Committee of Parliament, Kingsley Carlos Ahenkorah, has said the Komenda Sugar Factory could not have produced raw...

2 police officers promoted for arresting colleague for drug possession

The Ghana Police Service has promoted two of its personnel for effecting the arrest of a fellow policeman carrying substances suspected to be Indian...

Work on National Cathedral reportedly stalls

Construction work on the National Cathedral has reportedly stalled for the past three months. JoyNews sources disclosed that there is currently no work ongoing at...

Hajj Board explains why 2022 Ghanaian pilgrims have to pay extra money

The National Hajj Board has explained why Ghanaian pilgrims have to pay an additional GH¢7,000 within one week for the 2022 annual pilgrimage. Speaking on...

NSS staff arrested for issuing fake GES appointments

A National Service person at the Yendi Senior High School (SHS) in the Northern Region, Ziblim Abdul Latif, is in the grips of the...

Ghana pays lowest salaries, sells petrol dearest and runs highest inflation in Africa

Ghana is about the most expensive country to live in in Africa. This is because, while inflation is zooming through the roofs, salaries are...

Konongo residents want urgent attention to put new hospital facility into operation

A 60-bed capacity hospital located at Konongo in the Asante Akim Central Municipality remains non-operational after completion in September 2021. This is because work on...

Akufo-Addo’s Minister caught in conflict? – Coming soon on JoyNews

A ¢12 million road contract assigned to a company owned by close associates of a Minister in the Akufo-Addo government. After 3 years, the road...

Drinking rainwater can be dangerous to your health – KNUST scientists warn

Children and adults are at risk of dangerous health effects from drinking roof runoffs. That is the conclusion of a research by the scientists at...

Paul Adom-Otchere declared an enemy of Asogli State

The Asogli State Council has described the host of Good Evening Ghana, Paul Adom-Otchere, as a ‘termite’ and ‘an enemy of the Council’. According to...

All 38 casualties in Islamic SHS incident discharged

All the 16 remaining students who were hospitalised after the Police brutality at the Islamic Senior High School on Monday, have been discharged. According to...

Abafour, Nkwaakwaa residents siphon fuel from overturned Burkinabe tanker [Photos]

Some residents of Abofour and Nkwaakwaa in Ashanti Region thronged the Kumasi-Techiman highway to siphon diesel after a Burkina Faso-registered tanker overturned, covering more...

Agric Minister charges banks to support farmers

The Ministry for Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has charged commercial banks in the country to contribute meaningfully to agriculture by making credit facilities available...

Police issues SOS message after parts of Accra gets submerged from hours of rainfall

The Ghana Police Service has cautioned commuters and motorists after hours of rainfall resulted in flooding in some parts of Accra. In a social...

Komenda sugar factory could not have produced raw sugar – Carlos Ahenkorah

The chairman of the Trade and Industry Committee of Parliament, Kingsley Carlos Ahenkorah has said the Komenda Sugar Factory could not have produced raw...

Internet Society to expand internet access in Africa

As the Internet Society (ISOC) celebrates its 30th anniversary as a global nonprofit advocating for an open, globally-connected Internet, the organisation is calling for...

Parliament’s Roads and Transport Committee to summon Transport Ministry, GACL over X’mas trees saga

The Roads and Transport Committee of Parliament is in the process of summoning the Transport Ministry and the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) over...

2 including 54-year-old man arrested for robbery; another on the run

The Sawla District Police Command has arrested two Fulani herdsmen for robbery at Naffa Gido, a farming community in the Sawla district of the...

Cape Coast, Moree, Abura flooded after downpour [Video]

Some major areas in the Central Region have been left flooded following Wednesday’s downpour. Areas including Cape Coast, Moree, and some towns in the  Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese...

Father’s Day: Adom FM, EndPoint Homeopathic Clinic to give fathers free prostate screening across Ghana

For the second year running, Adom 106.3 FM and the leading homeopathic clinic in Ghana, EndPoint Homeopathic Clinic, will treat a number of Ghanaian...

Kwame Nkrumah’s response about having his head on Ghana’s currency [Watch]

In the United Kingdom in 1957, not long after Ghana’s independence from its colonial masters, Kwame Nkrumah, the country’s first president, spoke about how...

6-year-old pupil burnt to death as fire guts Dream School at Sehwi

A 6-year-old pupil of the Dream School at Sehwi Domeabra has burnt beyond recognition during a fire incident which consumed the entire school dormitory. Phyllis...

Gridlock as Tema Station Junction floods; Parts of Osu nearly submerged

Some notable places in the Greater Accra Region have been flooded following today’s downpour. The affected places include the Tema Station Junction and Osu. At the...

GPRTU to increase transport fares again

The Ghana Private Roads Transport Union (GPRTU) says it will be adjusting transportation fares upwards. According to the Union, the move has become inevitable...

Angry school feeding caterers threaten to abrogate contract over arrears

Some caterers under the School Feeding programme are contemplating abrogating their contracts, following months of arrears owed by the government. The caterers are still on...

Ghana Card not recognised for foreign travels – Foreign Minister

Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, has clarified that the Ghana Card is not an E-passport. Answering a question by the...

Five citizens petition CHRAJ over public officers assets declaration

Five citizens have petitioned the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) for action to be taken against all public officers who have...

Muslim Conference of Ghana demands apology from India over insulting comments by two politicians

The National Muslim Conference of Ghana has joined Muslims across the world to call on the Indian government to render an unconditional apology for...

Bird Flu Alert: 13,000 birds culled at Kpone-Katamanso

Health officials have culled about 13,000 birds on Stardon Farms at Bethlehem, a community in the Kpone-Katamanso Municipality, due to the outbreak of bird...

Membership of National Cathedral Board of Trustees updated without Mensa Otabil

Membership of the Board of Trustees for the National Cathedral has been updated to reflect the exit of Dr Mensa Otabil, the Founder of...

Residents of Tamale kick against proposed tariff increase

Some residents in the Northern Region are kicking against the proposed increase in utility tariffs by the utility companies in Ghana.  According to the residents,...

I won’t criticise Akufo-Addo on my TV show, is the programme for you? – Adom-Otchere asks critics

Journalist Paul Adom-Otchere has said publicly on his TV programme Good Evening Ghana that he will never use his show to criticise President Nana...

Afoko Trial: State closes case after parading 16 witnesses

State Prosecutors have closed their case after parading 16 witnesses in the case in which Gregory Afoko and Asabke Alangde are standing trial for...

Irate Tamale residents pull down LGBTQI+ billboard

Some irate Tamale residents have removed a billboard in the area seeking to promote activities of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer  (LGBTQ+)...

One fire officer in Obuasi fire tender accident dead

The Obuasi Fire tender accident recorded on June 6, 2022, has resulted in the death of a young firefighter, the Ghana National Fire Service...

Prof Gyampo hit with sad news

A political science lecturer at the University of Ghana (UG), Prof Ransford Gyampo, has lost his father. His dad, Mr Sampson Bismark Gyampo passed...

Repair works ongoing on parts of Accra-Tema Motorway, alternative routes provided

Roads and Highways Ministry says it is undertaking emergency repair work on the Lakplakpa river bridge on the Accra-bound section of the Accra-Tema Motorway. This...

Angry Kejetia traders litter offices of market management over failure to repair burst pipe

Some traders at the Kejetia Market in Kumasi are up against the management of the facility over the failure to repair a burst pipe...