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Police nab five for manufacturing firearms in Central Region

The Central Regional Police Command has arrested five suspects for allegedly engaging in the manufacturing of firearms. The five are Pele Aziaku,...

President’s Encounter: MFWA grades Akufo-Addo, journalists

Over the past three years, the President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has hosted journalists at the Jubilee House, the seat of government, to respond...

Prez speaks about ‘Year of Return’ and implications for tourism

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says the 'Year of Return' initiative implemented by his administration has boosted tourism revenue generated across the country.He said...

Photos: Tears flow for late Cyril Acolatse

A pre-burial service has been organised in Accra in memory of veteran journalist, Cyril Harry Kwasi Acolatse who died in October at the Tema General...

Pastor jailed for stealing a goat and 9 turkeys

Solomon Opaalade, the pastor of a Cherubim and Seraphim Church located on the Baruwa Estate, Osogbo, Osun State, was Thursday jailed for stealing...

36-year-old donates one of his testicles to his twin brother born without one

A 36-year-old set of twins has experienced one of the rarest transplants known to man as one donated a testicle to the other.The...

Akufo-Addo reacts to ‘Family and Friends’ tag on him

President Akufo-Addo has said, his decision to appoint his cousin, Ken Ofori-Atta, as the Finance Minister wasn't influenced by his relation to him.The...

Woman finds 10-foot python in her Christmas tree

There are many ways to decorate a Christmas tree -- from monotone minimalism to old-school kitsch.But for one woman in Australia, the seasonal theme was very big...

Listen: What Akufo-Addo said about Special Prosecutor

President Nana Akufo-Addo seems satisfied with the work of the Special Prosecutor though a year in office some have criticised him for doing nothing....

Three others arrested over Mankessim shooting

The Central Regional Police Command says three other suspects have been arrested for their involvement in the Mankessim shooting last Saturday.This brings to nine,...

Event organisers to seek approval from FDA before using alcoholic beverages as sponsors

Event organisers and celebrities have been tasked to seek approval from the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) before requesting sponsorship from alcoholic beverage companies.In an interview with...

Nurses, midwives demand payment of delayed salaries

Rotation Nurses and Midwives have criticised the Akufo-Addo-led government over delays in payment of salaries nine months into service.According to the "angry and hungry"...

Decision not to distribute 96 ambulances mine – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has revealed why some 96 national ambulances to be distributed to the various constituencies across the country remain parked...

How E/R NDC communicator and wife escaped death from highway robbers at Potsin [Audio]

Eastern Regional Communications Officer for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Dallas Ampomah Williams, has narrated how he, together with his newly-wedded wife and cousin,...

Akufo-Addo reveals biggest regret in 2019 [Audio]

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says his biggest regret as president in 2019 is over the four girls who were kidnapped and subsequently killed...

Principal of Afia Kobi Nursing School granted bail over ‘exams’ fraud

Police in Kumasi have granted bail to principal of Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem Nursing Training College after she was detained over alleged examination fraud.Samuel Owusu...

Meet the American astronaut who schooled at University of Ghana

An American Astronaut, Christina Hammock Koch has described her learning experience at the University of Ghana some twenty years ago as “life-changing.”The Astronaut took...

Photo: Christian Atsu pays fine for visually impaired prisoner’s freedom

Peter Ennin, who has no sight in both eyes, gained his freedom from the Nsawam Prison after Black Stars player Christian Atsu paid his...

Indecent dressing not invitation to rape – DOVVSU

Chief Superintendent Mercy Wilson Brown, Volta Regional Coordinator, Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service has said a girl’s...

Thousands of penis-like sea worms wash up on California beach

A California beach is arousing attention for attracting thousands of phallic-looking sea worms to its shores.The fat innkeeper worms, commonly known as “penis fish,”...

Video: Over 100 passengers robbed by armed men at Potsin Junction

Over 100 commuters including market women have been robbed by armed men on the Accra-Cape-Coast highway.The unfortunate incident occurred around 6:30 pm on Wednesday...

Togbe Afede breaks silence on Farmers’ Day snub

The Agbogbomefia of Ho, Togbe Afede XIV, has broken his silence on his absence from the National Farmers' Day ceremony in the Volta Regional...

Ogyeahohor Yaw Gyebi II removed as chair of House of Chiefs committee

The National House of Chiefs has removed its Governance and Development Committee Chairman from office.Omanhene of the Sefwi Anhwianso Traditional Area, Ogyeahohor Yaw ...

Full video of JoyNews’ ‘Scars of the Revolution’ documentary

Ghanaians embarked on a traumatic and divisive journey into their troubled past starting 2002 when the National Reconciliation Commission began investigating the bloody secrets...

He is a good pick – Attorney General backs CJ nominee

Attorney-General Gloria Akuffo has backed Chief Justice nominee, Justice Anin-Yeboah.“I think he is a good pick,” she told JoyNews’ Kwesi Parker Wilson in an...

Listen: Woman ‘bonked’ by father in-law breaks silence

The woman at the centre of a sacrilegious act at Twifo Otuano Camp in the Twifo-Atti district in the Central region has finally spoken.RELATED...

First Lady supports consumption of local rice

First Lady of The Republic, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo, has supported local rice consumption and urged the public to patronise it.Apart from the opportunity to...

Audio: Man fined GH₵7,500 for bonking daughter in-law

A 40-year-old man has allegedly been fined GH₵7,500.00 for sleeping with his daughter in-law.Opanin Andoh was fined by the chief and elders of a...

Mentally challenged boy kills 7 relatives, 2 others

A mentally challenged boy, identified as Chigozie Orusa, has been subjected to jungle justice after killing nine people in Nempi, Imo state in...

GJA unveils statue to climax 70th anniversary

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) on Wednesday unveiled a statue of the association’s logo at the Press Centre in Accra.The Association held a thanksgiving...

NDC calls for forensic audit of KelniGVG

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) is calling for a forensic audit into the contract and operations of KelniGVG.READ THIS: Tema youth begs Traditional Council...

We need full disclosure – Kweku Baako on teachers’ strike

Editor-In-Chief of the New Crusading Guide, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako, has advised that a full disclosure be made by the government to the public...

Private schools send SOS message to govt

The Conference of Heads of Private Second Cycle Schools (CHOPPS) has called for the government to absorb more private second cycle schools into the...

Teacher unions call off industrial strike

The three teacher unions, following a High Court order against their strike, have called off the industrial action.According to the teacher unions, namely; Ghana...

Audio: GH¢49m for striking teachers a hoax, GNAT exposes govt

President of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has rubbished claims that GH¢ 49 million has been released by the Finance Ministry to...

Rats shatter man’s Christmas dream by chewing his savings

An engineer with Facebook handle, Great-Emma, has revealed what rats did to money he saved for Christmas.Christmas seems to be out of plans for...

Striking teachers to battle NLC in court [Audio]

President of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), Philipa Larsen, says the teacher unions will cut ties with the National Labour Commission (NLC)...

Just in: Anin-Yeboah nominated next Chief Justice

President Akufo-Addo has nominated Justice Anin-Yeboah as the next Chief Justice subject to Parliamentary approval.A report by JoyNews correspondent, Kwesi Parker-Wilson, indicates the First Deputy Speaker,...

Tema youth begs Traditional Council for forgiveness [Audio]

Some youth group of Tema who recently accused traditional authorities of the area for having a hand in the growing unemployment situation among indigenes...

Nigeria announces visa-free entry for Africans

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has announced a visa-free package for all nationals of African countries.President Buhari made the declaration at an Aswan forum, an...