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NLC boss exposes UTAG’s weakness [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · UTAG Has Serious Leadership Crisi - NLC Boss The Executive Secretary of the National Labour Commission (NLC), Ofosu Asamoah, has stated the University...

Body of suspected thief discovered at Kasoa

The bruised body of a man suspected to be a thief has been discovered at Kasoa Methodist in the Awutu Senya East municipality of...

GetFund donates 150 vehicles to second cycle schools

In furtherance of the mandate to support quality education in Ghana, GETFund has facilitated the acquisition of 150 vehicles for presentation to senior high...

What Mahama said about Atta Mills at the launch of his Memorial Heritage

Former President John Dramani Mahama has said his former boss, John Evans Atta Mills was a good man. Mr Mahama said this during the launch...

NSS Digitalisation: Over 14,000 fraudsters exposed, Ghana saves Ghs112m

Executive Director of the National Service Scheme (NSS), Osei Asibey Antwi, says the Service saved government about ¢112 million it would have spent on...

Manfo: Somewhere in Ashanti region where residents trek in search of mobile network

Manfo is a community in the Ahafo-Ano North District of the Ashanti region where residents are still struggling with telecommunication services. Community members say network...

Tilapia sellers clash with Ga South taskforce during clean-up exercise [Video]

Tilapia sellers at Galilea, a suburb of Accra, clashed with officials from the Ga South Municipal Assembly on Monday. The agitation occurred when the municipality’s...

Don’t shun lepers – Bawumia appeals

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has urged the public not to stigmatise and ostracise cured lepers and people living with the sickness. Dr Bawumia said...

I will always choose my children over marriage – Mother of 2 [Video]

Single mother of two, Josephine Dansoa, has stated that no man will make her decide between marriage and her children because they are her...

Check out ECG’s new service connection charges

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has published its new service connection charges for the year 2022 in order to keep customers and potential...

UTAG Strike: Lecturers begin impeachment processes against leaders [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · GYAMPO ON IMPEACHMENT A Political Science lecturer at the University of Ghana, Professor Ransford Gyampo, has revealed that impeachment processes have started against...

E-levy: We don’t want it today or tomorrow – Walewale residents tell Bawumia

Some residents of Walewale in the North East Region have called on the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, to intervene and stop the passage...

Soldiers deployed to Kulungungu, others near Bawku over suspected Jihadist attack

Soldiers have been deployed to Sapeliga, Pulmakom and Kulungungu near the Ghana-Burkina Faso border, over suspected Jihadist attack. The situation has reportedly resulted in the...

How govt can raise revenue without E-levy – Okudzeto Ablakwa writes

The Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has given the government alternative revenue-generating avenue rather than introducing the "obnoxious and regressive...

I earned more as a student in the US than as a lecturer in Ghana so I had to leave – A lecturer’s experience

This week, universities in Ghana are on the brink of shutting down as a three-week strike by the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG)...

Asiedu Nketia proposes alternatives for E-levy [Video]

General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress has proposed some alternatives to the government in place of the levy on electronic transactions (E- Levy). Speaking...

Operation Clean Your Frontage: Finance Ministry gives clearance for 3,500 jobs

The Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey, has announced the Ministry of Finance has given clearance for the recruitment of about 3, 500 personnel. These...

UTAG Strike: We want to hear you speak – Prof Gyampo tells Akufo-Addo [Listen]

A Political Science lecturer at the University of Ghana, Professor Ransford Gyampo, has appealed to President Nana Akufo-Addo to intervene in addressing the concerns...

What to expect as ‘Operation Clean Your Frontage’ initiative takes effect

Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey, has said that the Operation Clean Your Frontage initiative will take full effect on 1st February 2022. According to...

Apiate community holds thanksgiving service after explosion

The local council of churches at Bogoso-Apiate has held a thanksgiving service to glorify God after an unfortunate explosion that razed the community to...

E-levy will tackle youth unemployment and address Ghana’s debt –Godwin Nayaw Bamiah

  Aspiring Regional Youth Organiser of the ruling New Patriotic Party, Godwin Nayaw Bamiah Yombu, has reiterated the need for Ghanaians to rally behind the...

Taxi driver suffers life-changing injuries in crash that killed young couple

A horror crash that killed a young couple when their car collided with a taxi has left the driver of the other car with life-changing injuries. Paige Rice, 22,...

192 ‘fake and illegal’ electricity meters intercepted at Aflao

A military team stationed at the Ghana-Togo border has intercepted 192 fake meters at the Kumasi bus terminal, at the Aflao station, in the...

Bawumia hands over 150 vehicles to second cycle schools

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has presented 150 vehicles to a number of Senior High Schools in the continued fulfilment of a pledge...

Hunter kills brother-in-law he mistook for game

Suspect Gbati Kwami is in the custody of the Police in the Anyirawase District for shooting his brother-in-law. According to preliminary investigation by the Police,...

Coup: 1,238 Burkinabes in Ghana – Ghana Refugee Board confirms

The Ghana Refugee Board has confirmed that it has received reports indicating that 1,238 Burkinabe nationals have crossed Ghana’s border into the country. The migration...

J.B. Danquah-Adu’s postmortem report stolen – Pathologist

A pathologist who conducted the autopsy on murdered Abuakwa North Member of Parliament (MP), Joseph Boakye Danquah-Adu, has blamed the theft of his personal...

COVID-19: Ghana records 115 cases

Ghana has recorded 115 more cases of the novel COVID -19, shooting up the country’s case count to 156,920 as at last Wednesday. According to...

Over 20k people expected to participate in ‘Operation Clean Your Frontage’ today

The Greater Accra Regional Coordinating Council (RCC) says it expects more than 20,000 people to participate in the ‘Operation Clean Your Frontage’ campaign which...

Odawna traders chase govt for new market

JoyNews/AdomNews · Odawna traders chase govt for new market Traders at Odawna Market at Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra are up in alms with the...

Do not bow until govt meets your demands – IFES backs UTAG strike

The Institute for Education Studies (IFES) is backing the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) to proceed with their strike until the government provides...

KATH doctors suspend intended strike action

Members of the Komfo Anokye Doctors Association (KADA) have suspended their intended strike action over non-payment of car maintenance allowance and 13th Month Salary...

Hiker dies after falling 700 feet while trying to take a photo, authorities say

A hiker camping in an Arizona mountain range fell hundreds of feet to his death while trying to take a photo, authorities said. The hiker, identified as...

Former MP dragged to Special Prosecutor over bribery comment

Ghana Watch Alliance has petitioned the Office of the Special Prosecutor to investigate a bribery statement allegedly made by former Member of Parliament for...

Beyi W’ano: NIA drops worrying facts about Ghana Card, sim re-registration

It has emerged that about 90% of people who mass up at the National Identification Authority (NIA) are there to replace missing cards. This...

E-Levy: They are deceiving Ghanaians – Nhyiaeso MP criticises experts

Member of Parliament ( MP) for Nhyiaeso, Dr Stephen Amoah, has expressed his disappointment in the 'so- called' experts who share their opinions on...

Rent Control Department should be closed down – John Dumelo

Actor and politician, John Dumelo, has asked the government to shut down the Rent Control Department over their alleged inability to go according to...

UTAG strike: NLC confident of winning court case

The National Labour Commission (NLC) says it is confident it will win the legal battle against the striking University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG). The...

Railway workers send message to Akufo-Addo

Workers of the Ghana Railway Company Limited (GRCL) have called on President Nana Akufo-Addo to honour his promise of improving their working conditions and...

Video of IGP frying ‘kelewele’ causes stir

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare, is in the news again. This time, the police chief was spotted in town frying 'kelewele'...