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Ransford Gyampo: Chiefs do not have the power to order shut down of radio stations

The relevance or otherwise of the institution of chieftaincy has been brought to the fore, following the impasse between Oyerepa FM and some chiefs. It...

Akufo-Addo tightens up security at borders with ‘standby force’ [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Akufo-Addo tops up security at borders with ‘standby force President Nana Akufo-Addo has announced the deployment of additional resources to Ghana’s border with...

No coffee, biscuits in meetings for civil servants helped UK govt to cut down expenditure – High Commissioner

The British High Commissioner to Ghana, Harriet Thompson, has cited the cost of refreshments as something that the Government of Ghana may want to...

HIV is a spiritual disease; sex with women who wear waist beads can prevent it – Kumasi resident

https://youtu.be/CBz8tyShvvI Earlier this week, it came to bare that a total of 23,495 people in Ghana tested positive for HIV in the first half of...

Oyerepa FM shutdown order amounts to abuse of power – H. Kwasi Prempeh

https://youtu.be/olt73gzvfgM The Executive Director of the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD), Professor Henry Kwasi Prempeh, says the directive by the Kumasi Traditional Council to the...

2 arrested for damaging AirtelTigo infrastructure [Photos]

Police at Nungua in Accra have arrested two persons believed to be employees of the Ghana Water Company for allegedly causing damage to some...

KNUST Council bans morale sessions, suspends hall elections

The Council of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has abolished all Junior Common Room (JCR) systems of hall management by...

Akyem Apedwahene sets records straight on ownership of Akyem Abuakwa lands

The chief of Apedwa, Osabarima Frimpong Manso, says at all material times the Apedwa stool has been a subject stool of Ofori Panin within...

World Bank explains why cedi keeps falling and US dollar keeps winning

The US dollar is on a tear, strengthening around 11% since the start of the year and – for the first time in two...

I knew I’ll fail – Obaapa Christy on why she abandoned BECE results

Ghanaian gospel musician Obaapa Christy has revealed that she did not go for her Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) results because she knew she...

Son of late heir apparent to Yaa Naa installed Mion Regent

Naa Alhassan Abdulai, the first son of the late Mion Lana Abdulai Mahamudu, has been traditionally installed as the regent of the Mion Traditional...

Police Night Patrol team arrests 5 suspected land guards, 3 on the run

Police Night Patrol team has arrested five suspected land guards. However, three of the suspects are said to have escaped arrest at Adjiriganno in...

Emotional scenes as Bawumia mourns with Hackman Owusu-Agyemang

It was an emotional scene when Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia visited Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Council of Elders, Hackman Owusu-Agyemang,...

Govt receives $750 million loan from Afrexim Bank

The $750 million African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) Loan has finally hit the Bank of Ghana’s (BoG) Account. Documents sighted by JOYBUSINESS showed that the...

ECG-Kroboland impasse: NDC demands withdrawal of military from area

The national leadership of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has paid a working visit to the Lower Manya and Yilo Krobo areas. The visit on...

SIM re-registration: NCA rolls out self-service app on play store

The National Communications Authority (NCA) has uploaded the Self-Service Application (App) for the SIM re-registration on Google Play Store. The NCA announced this...

GJA takes steps to rescue Oyerepa FM

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has dispatched a delegation to meet with the Kumasi Traditional Council over the temporary shutdown of Kumasi-based Oyerepa FM. GJA in...

Waiting times for UK visas are coming down – British High Commissioner

JoyNews/AdomNews · ‘Waiting times for UK visas are coming down’ – Harriet Thompson The British High Commissioner to Ghana, Harriet Thompson, says the waiting times...

4 dead, scores seriously injured in accident at Buduatta junction

Four persons have died with scores injured after a fatal accident at Buduatta junction on the Accra-Cape Coast highway. The collision was between a sprinter...

NHIS now covers childhood cancers, sickle cell drug – Bawumia

Treatment for childhood cancers and the cost of Hydroxyurea, a drug used for the treatment of sickle cell anaemia, are now covered by the...

Asesewa hospital staff demand removal of administrator

Staff of the Asesewa Government Hospital want their administrator removed over alleged corruption and incompetence. In a petition to the management, the medics and paramedics...

One of the key hindrances in fulfilling God’s purpose is corruption – Bawumia

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said one of the key hindrances in fulfilling God’s purpose is corruption. He emphasised that corruption inhibits economic growth...

Why Ghana went from hero to zero for investors

Ghana is learning the hard way why oil can be a blessing and a curse. The onset of commercial crude production helped turn the West...

Chiefs don’t have power to shut down radio stations – Media Foundation for West Africa

The Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Sulemana Braimah, says chiefs do not have any legal authority to close down...

71% of Ghanaians give their MP’s ‘failing grade’ for 2021 – Afrobarometer report

Under the current ‘hung’ parliament, Members of Parliament (MPs) have become “much more” effective when it comes to scrutinising government spending, a recent Afrobarometer...

Beautiful photos drop as Mercy Johnson and husband celebrate 11th wedding anniversary

Nigerian actress Mercy Johnson and her husband Prince Okojie have thanked God for seeing them through 11 years of marriage. As part of their anniversary...

ECG disconnects Boomerang nightclub from power grid

Boomerang nightclub has been disconnected from the national power grid and served notice to appear before the ECG Project office, where managers of the...

Bagbin elected President of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association

The Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, is the new President of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association International (CPA). He was unanimously...

Niger begins making artificial rain to curb drought

Niger has deployed rainmaking technology aimed at alleviating the effects of drought in the country, weather authorities said Thursday. The desert country has faced a...

Check out Ghanaian players to feature in the 2022/23 UEFA Champions League

The Champions League is back, with the draw for the group stages having taken place in Istanbul on Thursday. This year's draw has once again thrown...

Greater Accra tops noise making – EPA

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) received a total of 271 noise pollution complaints for the year 2021.Out of the number, Greater Accra had 176...

CHRAJ investigates Akufo-Addo’s Gender Ministry nominee

The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) is investigating allegations of conflict of interest against the Deputy Minister-designate for Gender, Children and Social Protection,...

CCTV captures lady stealing in an office [Video]

The issue of pilfering is fast becoming a nationwide concern as another suspect has been captured on footage. A female thief has been captured on...

KNUST SRC President ordered to step aside

The Students' Representative Council (SRC) President of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Michael Adofo Abuah, has been asked to step...

Mother of boy whose step mum beat to death cries uncontrollably as she breaks silence [Video]

"I am unable to pay the bills at the hospital, please help me so that I would be able to bury my son," these...

Annor Adjaye SHS gets Tullow’s 16-unit 570-bed capacity dormitory block

The lead operator of the Jubilee and TEN oil fields, Tullow Oil Ghana, has presented a fully furnished new 16-unit dormitory block to Annor...

Chief of Staff office spent ¢240m in 2020

It has emerged that the office of the Chief of Staff spent in excess of ¢240 million on goods and services for the year...

Fairtrade Africa holds General Assembly in Accra

Fairtrade Africa has organised its General Assembly (GA) last week in Accra, Ghana for Fairtrade certified producer organisations across the continent. The General Assembly...

I can’t help my starving Ethiopian family – WHO boss

The World Health Organization (WHO) boss, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, has lamented being unable to send money to his "starving" relatives in Ethiopia's war-torn Tigray...

Macron urges ties with Algeria beyond painful past

French President Emmanuel Macron has said during a visit to Algeria that the two countries should move beyond their painful shared history and look...