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Fire guts Sawla SHS girls’ dormitory

Fire has gutted the girls' dormitory of the Sawla Senior High School (SHS) in the Savannah Region. The incident reportedly occurred at about 11:00 am...

2023 Budget may delay – Majority Leader reveals

Ghana’s Budget Statement and the Economic Policy for 2023 may not be read on November 15, as scheduled. Majority Leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has revealed that...

HIV/AIDS Network appeals to Akufo-Addo

The Ghana HIV and AIDS Network (GHANET) has called on President Nana Akufo-Addo to, as a matter of urgency, give great attention to the...

Drivers park vehicles to protest high fuel prices [Video]

Drivers who ply the Goaso-Kumasi road in the Ahafo Region have boycotted work in protest of the continuous fuel price hikes. According to them, their...

Dr Addison among 10 best Central Bank Governors in Africa

The Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr Ernest Addison, has been named among Africa’s 10 best Central Bank Governors by Global Finance Magazine. It...

Qnet dissolved: A-G to go after other firms

The Commercial Division of the Accra High Court has ordered the dissolution of Quest Net Limited (QNET) for engaging in dishonest, illegal and fraudulent...

AMA arrests 9 persons for burning refuse in open space

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has arrested nine persons for dumping and burning solid waste in an open space causing smoke nuisance and posing...

Security officer killed at mining site

A security officer with Ark Mining company limited operating at Anum Apapam in the Ayensuano District in Eastern Region has been murdered. According to...

Anglogold Ashanti partners Otumfuo Foundation to distribute 17,000 textbooks at Obuasi

The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one. Education matters hence quality education cannot thrive without the provision...

Pwalugu Multipurpose dam project facing financial difficulties – Bawumia

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has disclosed that the Pwalugu Multipurpose dam project is facing financial challenges.  According to him, this is what has resulted...

Court sets date for Aisha Huang’s trial

The trial of Chinese illegal mining kingpin, En Huang, also known as Aisha Huang, is set to begin on November 9, 2022 following case...

Fuel hikes: Commercial drivers at Effiduase on sit-down strike

Commercial drivers at Effiduase in the Ashanti region have embarked on a two-day industrial action to protest high prices of fuel for their operations. All...

Coffin manufacturers to increase price next week

Coffin and casket manufacturers at Asafo in the Ashanti regional capital Kumasi are lamenting the high cost of raw materials. The producers say they are...

GJA launches Journalists Support Fund

The Ghana Journalists Association and its international partners on Wednesday launched a special fund to support journalists who may suffer attacks in the line...

There will be no fuel shortage – NPA assures

Communications Manager for the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Mohammed Abdul-Kudus, has dismissed rumours of an imminent fuel shortage in the country. According to him, the...

I was not paid $25m to paint Accra – Akufo-Addo’s daughter

One of the daughters of President Nana Akufo-Addo says she was not paid $25 million to paint parts of Accra. Ms. Gyankroma Akufo-Addo, who is...

Abesim murder suspect to undergo psychiatric evaluation

The Attorney-General has asked the Police to charge Richard Appiah, accused of killing two minors and storing some of their body parts in a...

New concrete batching plant to create jobs commissioned in Accra

A new concrete batching company, VPL concrete limited has commissioned a newly established plant aimed at supporting the construction sector and creating jobs. The firm,...

COP disguises as Mallam to arrest suspected baby thief [Photos]

A suspected baby thief has been arrested at her hideout at Babato Kumah, a community near Kintampo in the Bono East Region after almost...

Violence against media is an offence to God – Supreme Court judge

Supreme Court Judge, His Lordship Justice Yoni Kulendi, has lamented the violence and abuse against journalists in their line of duty. His Lordship Justice Yoni...

Fuel hikes: Minority pressures Akufo-Addo to cushion Ghanaians

The Minority in Parliament is mounting pressure on President Nana Akufo-Addo and the government to cushion Ghanaians in the face of escalating fuel prices. This...

Economic woes: CEO of Dalex Finance kneels to beg Akufo-Addo

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Dalex Finance has begged President Nana Akufo-Addo to urgently take the decisive measures required to address the current...

Obuasi MCE leads massive decongestion exercise at Obuasi

The Municipal Chief Executive for Obuasi, Elijah Adansi-Bonah, is leading a week- long decongestion exercise at Obuasi. The rationale behind this massive decongestion exercise was...

Agric Ministry to transport food from farming communities to Accra

JoyNews/AdomNews · Government to transport produce from farms to Agriculture Ministry to sell to public The Ministry of Food and Agriculture will from next week...

Galamsey fight: Akufo-Addo commends religious leaders

President Nana Akufo-Addo says he appreciates concerns raised by leaders of religious bodies in the country on the devastating state of river bodies and...

Save Ghanaians now – Minority tells govt over fuel prices [Video]

https://youtu.be/5_cO4K6xa4Q The Minority in Parliament has called on the government and President Nana Akufo-Addo to save the suffering masses now from the fuel price hikes....

My husband has impregnated my best friend and I’m due to give birth in two months

Finding out that your partner cheated on you always hurts, but it hurts even more when the person they were having an affair with was...

Delayed collection of passport booklets leaves some patrons frustrated [Listen]

Passport applicants in parts of the country remain frustrated in their quest to understand the delayed dates for the collection of passport booklets. For months...

Police react to Shatta Wale’s allegation against Bulldog over Fennec Okyere’s death

The Ghana Police Service says it has taken notice of musician, Shatta Wale's allegations against his former manager, Bulldog over Fennec Okyere's death. In a...

Re-introduce road tolls – NPP MP begs govt

Nhyiaeso Member of Parliament (MP), Stephen Amoah aka Sticka, has appealed to the government to re-introduce road tolls. Sticka believes the reintroduction will help...

I agree with Akufo-Addo’s ‘sika mmpɛ dede’ statement but… – John Jinapor

A member of the Finance Committee in Parliament, John Jinapor, says he agrees with President Nana Akufo-Addo's recent statement about the local currency. But...

How a female passenger was used to rob and stab taxi driver at Kasoa Ofaakor [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · How a female passenger was used to rob and stab taxi driver at Kasoa Ofaakor A taxi driver at Kasoa Ofaakor has narrated...

No private emails for official use – MMDAs and SOEs told

From January next year, all workers in the public sector and state institutions will connect to a smart workplace common platform for all official...

Nkwatia police division takes delivery of new office, vehicle to fight crime

The Ghana Police service has inaugurated a new divisional police command to help in the fight against crime in the Eastern Region. Until its upgrade,...

Lawyer and orphanage proprietress jailed over adoption

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a lawyer and an orphanage proprietress to three years each in prison for deceiving a married couple to...

Asempa FM’s Nana Yaw Sarfoh touches lives with 2022 birthday celebration

https://youtu.be/ZOscyiHw5gc A number of Ghanaians benefitted from the kind gesture of Asempa FM's Y’asetenam host, Prophet Nana Yaw Sarfoh, when he marked his birthday on...

Akufo-Addo’s former appointee bags Masters Degree [Photos]

A former Upper West Regional Minister in President Nana Akufo-Addo's first term, Tangoba Abayage, has graduated from the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA)....

Former GNCCI President honoured [Photos]

The immediate past President of the Ghana National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GNCCI), Dr Nana Appiagyei Dankawoso I, has been honoured. ...

Taxi driver stabbed with car stolen after being hired by female passenger

A 29-year-old taxi driver, Andy Donkor, has escaped death after being stabbed multiple times when a female passenger hired his services. The incident occurred at...

VALCO workers reject 22% increment in salaries

Workers at the Volta Aluminium Company (VALCO) have rejected a 22% increment in salary from Management of the Company, describing it as insufficient. In what...