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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...

List of worker unions on strike, others imminent

July seems to be an unending one for the government. The myriad of disturbances in the labour space has worsened as deliberations so far are...

Poverty can trigger mental illness – Dr Akwasi Osei

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Mental Health Authority (MHA), Dr Akwasi Osei, has scored the state of Mental Healthcare in Ghana five (5)...

Special Prosecutor probes GH¢73m GRA’s new office deal

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has opened preliminary investigation into the construction of head office building of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA)...

Suit challenging legality of SIM card registration in Ghana ‘thrown out’

The suit, which was challenging the legality of SIM card registration in Ghana, has been dismissed by the Accra High Court. The Human Rights Division...

Ghanaian adjudged Best Graduating student in UK University

A Ghanaian student, Chelsea Sarpong, has been awarded the best graduating student at the University of Portsmouth. Ms Sarpong, who completed her Master’s Programme (MSc)...

Medical Laboratory Professional Workers’ Union threatens to join COLA strike

The Medical Laboratory Professional Workers’ Union (MELPWU) has declared its support for Organised Labour’s call for the payment of a Cost of Living Allowance...

GPRTU reacts to purported increase in transportation fares

The Ghana Private Road and Transport Union (GPRTU) has urged the public to disregard any recent report about upward adjustments in transportation fares. According to...

PURC defers tariff announcement

The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has deferred its tariff announcement for the 2022 to 2027 Multi-Year Major Tariff.In a statement issued by the...

37-year-old woman gives birth to quintuplets at Agormanya

A 37-year-old woman has given birth to quintuplets at the St Martin De Porres Hospital at Agormanya in the Eastern Region. The quintuplets, who were...

CSOs blame Finance Ministry for SHS food shortage

The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has been pointed out by Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to be operating in the education sector as the causal...

This is how much govt owes Kate Gyamfua over burnt excavators [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · This is how much govt owes Kate Gyamfua over burnt excavators New Patriotic Party’s National Women’s organiser, Kate Gyamfua, says the government owes...

Bawumia pays tribute to Bibiani Anhwiaso MCE killed in accident

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia is saddened by the death of the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai assembly. Hours after Alfred Amoah...

Demolition exercise to protect transmission towers and lives of encroachers – GRIDCo

The Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) has explained that its ongoing demolition exercise is to get rid of encroachers occupying its Right of Way. GRIDCo...

Afrobarometer survey: Majority of Ghanaians believe the country is heading in wrong direction

The latest Afrobarometer survey on Economy, public services and taxation has revealed that majority of Ghanaians believe the country is heading in the wrong...