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Majority to challenge Speaker’s decision on Adwoa Safo

The Majority in Parliament has announced plans to challenge the ruling of Speaker Alban Bagbin on Dome-Kwabenya MP, Sarah Adwoa Safo's absenteeism case. The Majority...

‘Slay queen’ caught on camera stealing wig from store [Video]

Nemesis is steadily catching up with a female thief as her identity has been splashed on social media for shoplifting. The thief whose identity is...

5 Chinese, 8 Ghanaians arrested for galamsey in Aowin district

Five Chinese Nationals and eight Ghanaians have been arrested in the Aowin and Suaman districts for engaging in illegal mining. The 13 suspects were nabbed...

#KenMustGo: You told Ghanaians we’ve the men; deploy them – NPP MP to Akufo-Addo

Subin Member of Parliament (MP), Eugene Boakye Antwi, has challenged President Nana Akufo-Addo to be a man of his word and sack Finance Minister,...

Qatar 2022: Let’s depoliticise Black Stars – Mahama advises Ghanaians

Former President John Dramani Mahama has stressed on the need for all to depoliticise the Black Stars to urge the team to give their...

Akufo-Addo’s tenure an era of misery – NDC Man

Deputy National Youth Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Edem Agbana, says Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will go down as the worst President...

GPRTU to increase transport fares by 19%

The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has disclosed that the Union will increase transport fares by 19% effective October 29. According to Godfred Abulbire,...

Meghan Markle reveals she is 43% Nigerian

The Duchess of Sussex says genealogical testing has revealed that she is “43% Nigerian”. In the latest episode of her Spotify original podcast, Archetypes, Meghan...

Tyson Fury to release debut single for charity

Boxer Tyson Fury is to release his debut single to raise money for men's mental health charity Talk Club. The two-time world heavyweight champion has...

Woman arrested after allegedly stabbing one of her boyfriends to death

A lady simply identified as Gift has been arrested for stabbing her boyfriend, Eghosa, to death after he caught her with another man.It was...

NPP sends SoS message amid calls by its MPs for Ofori-Atta’s dismissal

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has urged calm amid demands by some of its Members of Parliament (MPs) for Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta and...

Man battling for his life after climbing ECG transformer

A 22-year-old man is battling for his life at the Twifo Praso District Hospital in the Twifo Atimorkwa District of the Central Region. This was...

NDK moves to settle GH¢1.2b locked-up funds

Finance house, NDK Financial Services, has said it is working to settle a GH¢1.2 billion indebtedness to depositors who have their funds locked up...

Our negotiations with IMF concluding soon – Akufo-Addo

President Akufo-Addo says the government is close to having a programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The President said negotiations are nearing completion.  According to...

Akufo-Addo congratulates new UK Prime Minister

President Nana Akufo-Addo has sent congratulatory messages to the new British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak. Mr Sunak was elected after Liz Truss' resignation last week after...

Allow Ofori-Atta to finish IMF negotiations – Akufo-Addo to NPP MPs demanding his sack  

JoyNews is reporting President Nana Akufo-Addo has asked for more time for the embattled Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta to conclude negotiations with the International...

Education Minister ‘defends’ new GES boss; says he taught Geography in SHS

The Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has said the new acting Director General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Dr Eric Nkansah,...

First tranche of $1.13bn cocoa syndicated loan to hit BoG account today

All things being equal, the first tranche of the $1.13 billion cocoa syndicated loan will hit the account of the Bank of Ghana today...

Ofori-Atta still in office because of his surname – MP

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Tamale Central, Murtala Mohammed, says the only reason the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, is still at post has...

Finance Ministry reacts to Ofori-Atta’s alleged resignation

The Finance Ministry has denied reports that its Sector Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has resigned from his position. It follows reports from some traditional media and...

Abu Jinapor courts support of Christian Council to curb illegal mining

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has courted the support of the leadership of the Ghana Christian Council to help...

Galamsey fight: 100 river wardens to protect waterbodies

The first batch of 100 out of 300 River Wardens on Tuesday successfully completed a 4-week intensive pre-deployment training course at the Eastern Naval...

We’re running democracy not family dynasty; Ofori-Atta must go – Akufo-Addo told

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) doesn't belong to anybody or a group of persons. We have to protect it because we are running democracy...

Akufo-Addo to meet NPP MPs who want Ofori-Atta sacked

President Nana Akufo-Addo is scheduled to meet the New Patriotic Party Members of Parliament (MPs) demanding that Ken Ofori-Atta is sacked as Finance Minister. The...

Suspected smugglers allegedly kill Customs officer, injure 3 others

An officer of the Nigerian Customs Service was killed by suspected smugglers while on patrol on Sinau-Kenu Road in Baruteen Local Government Area of...

Strong moral, authoritative voices needed to win ‘galamsey’ fight – Abu Jinapor

The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, says Ghana needs ‘strong moral’ and ‘authoritative’ voices to win the fight against illegal...

VRA issues alert on controlled spillage of Akosombo, Kpong dams

The Volta River Authority (VRA) has alerted stakeholders of a possible controlled spillage from the Akosombo and Kpong dams following the consistent high rise...

Martin Kpebu to lead ‘Ku me Preko’ Reloaded demo against Akufo-Addo

Private Legal Practitioner, Martin Kpebu, has served notice to lead a massive demonstration against President Nana Akufo-Addo over the economic crisis. Dubbed Ku me preko reloaded,...

How will mothers buy milk? – Sam Korankye Ankrah bemoans Cedi depreciation

The founder of the Royalhouse Chapel International, Sam Korankye Ankrah, has sympathised with mothers in the face of the consistent depreciation of the local...

Akufo-Addo commissions Kwabeng-Abomosu-Asuom road and bridge

President Nana Akufo-Addo has commissioned the newly constructed 45-millimetre span bridge on the River Birim and the reconstructed 41-kilometre Kwabeng-Abomosu-Asuom highway. The commissioning was done...

Akufo-Addo holds crunch meeting with AGI executives

President Nana Akufo-Addo on Tuesday afternoon held a closed-door meeting with the Executive members of the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI). The meeting at the...

We will support Ken Ofori-Atta’s removal even if … – NPP MP

The MP for Okaikwei Central constituency, Patrick Yaw Boamah, has advocated for the removal of Ken Ofori-Atta as the Finance Minister. His call comes on...

Mark 4:38-39 is NPP MP’s message to Ofori-Atta over calls for his dismissal

Subin Member of Parliament (MP), Eugene Antwi, has gone biblical as he joins calls for Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta to be sacked. The former Deputy...

Dollar has broken jail – Sam Korankye-Ankrah

The Founder and General Overseer of the Royal House Chapel International, Most Rev Sam Korankye-Ankrah, has bemoaned the government’s failure to address the country’s...

Four fined over disturbances during NDC election

Four persons arrested in connection with the disturbances that occurred during the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Constituency elections at Adansi North have been convicted. They...

World dirtiest man dies shortly after taking first bath in decades

An Iranian hermit nicknamed the "dirtiest man in the world" died at the old age of 94, reported news agency AFP on Tuesday, citing...

2-month-old baby amputated after father assaulted him for disturbing his sleep

The Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), and the National Human Right Commission (NHRC) have called on Nigerian government and the Nigeria police to...

Tema residents to experience 5 hours blackout on Wednesday

Residents at Tema in the Greater Accra Region are to expect total darkness on Wednesday, October 26, 2022, ahead of the funeral of their...

I don’t regret my decision on Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election – Ofosu-Ampofo

National Chairman of the Opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu- Ampofo, has said that he still stands by his decision to pull the...

Revealed: How Africa’s richest man Dangote was blocked from investing in Hearts of Oak

Former Hearts of Oak National Chapters Committee Chairman, Mohammed Alhassan, has revealed that Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote, was prevented from investing in the...