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How the BBC reported Melania Trump’s visit to Ghana’s Cape Coast Castle

US First Lady Melania Trump has visited a...

Wife jailed for looking at husband’s phone

A court in the UAE jailed a woman for three months for looking through her husband's phone without him knowing. The woman's husband filed a...

Giant sandal hoisted to herald coming festival

A British city marked an upcoming festival featuring giant marionette puppets by hoisting a giant sandal sculpture over a dock. The massive footwear was raised...

7 foods to give you energy while you’re travelling

Some people can get off a trans-Atlantic red-eye flight and feel completely fine. And then there's the rest of us. If you've tried everything...

GES begins process to reduce subjects at primary, JHS levels

Basic schools in the country could study lesser number of subjects from the next academic year, the Ghana Education Service (GES) has hinted. It said...

Why producer price of cocoa remains unchanged – COCOBOD explains

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has revealed why it had maintained the producer price for cocoa contrary to the expectations of the Ghanaian cocoa...

Father joins son in class five

A 41-year old father of seven, Moses Ahlidza, has gone back to school and joined his second child in class five. The fisherman told the...

Photos: Jackie Ankrah announced as host of Adom Nsromma

Fans' favourite, Jackie Ankrah, has been announced as the prime host of the biggest ever upcoming children's music reality show by Adom TV, Adom Nsromma. Jackie...

I wanted to teach them a lesson – Man arrested for sleeping with daughters

A 30-year-old father who has been arrested for sleeping with his daughters has claimed that he only wanted to teach them a lesson. According to...

Photos: Kakum elephants destroying cocoa farms at Assin Abodwesaso

Some Cocoa Farmers at Assin Abodwesaso in the Assin South District of the Central Region, are expressing concern about rampaging elephants destroying their cocoa...

Photos: When Pilot Capt Quainoo made his historic A380 landing at Terminal 3

Captain Solomon Quainoo has become the first pilot to successfully land the biggest passenger aircraft at the Kotoka International Airport in Ghana. Captain Quainoo taxied the...

Despite Group journalists pull out of RTP Awards; question organisers’ credibility

Okay FM’s morning show host, Kwame Nkrumah Tikese, says the Radio and Television Personality Award (RTP) is not credible. He has therefore called on all...

Photo: Angry youth attack police station, officer in critical condition

Some irate youth of Ekumfi Eyisam have invaded the Mankesim police station in the Central Region to free a suspect. The youth, according to our...

Open defecation soars in schools

Data released by the coalition of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Water and Sanitation (CONIWAS) has revealed that public schools in the two hundred and...

The baby who will not forget Melania Trump’s hug

The visiting American First Lady, Melania Trump on Tuesday had a historical moment with mothers and babies at the Greater Accra Regional (Ridge) Hospital...

AUCC Appoints Director for new School of Creative Arts

The African University College of Communications (AUCC) has appointed Dr. Kwesi Owusu of Creative Storm fame as the Director of the Creative Arts School. Dr....

More pregnant girls write BECE in Brong-Ahafo Region in 2018

A total of 138 pregnant girls wrote this year's Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in the Brong-Ahafo Region, statistics from the Regional Girl Child...

Aged Expert calls on government to build special hospitals for the aged

A Pastoral Gerontologist at the Centre for Aging Studies at the University of Ghana, Legon, Rev. Dr Samuel Ayete-Nyampong, has called on the government...

Ronaldo rape allegation: Las Vegas police reopen case

Police in Las Vegas have reopened a sexual assault investigation from 2009 at the request of a woman who has alleged she was raped...

Woman fakes pregnancy for nine months to stop partner from leaving her

A 37-year-old woman from Colombia recently shocked her entire country after managing to fake her pregnancy for nine months and then coming up with film-worthystory...

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A news portal styling itself as Joynewsroom.com is neither owned by nor even remotely connected to, The Multimedia Group. We have received calls from many...

Photo: Don’t blame NDC for KIA’s Terminal 3 flood – A Plus

Ghanaian musician cum politician, A Plus has urged supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to stop blaming former president John Dramani Mahama for...

Free SHS doesn’t cure hunger – NPP man to gov’t

A member of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has urged the government to up its game, given the worsening socio-economic conditions in the country. Bernard...

PHOTOS: GRA confiscates over 20 trucks of Pepsi products

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has seized over twenty (20) trucks of soft drinks they say are without excise tax stamps. The drinks which were...

What was wrong under Mahama can’t be right under Akufo-Addo – A Plus

Musician and political activists, Kwame A Plus, has written a long piece on why he thinks Ghana's development has stalled. The piece also details his...

Photos: Mrs Trump arrives in Ghana for solo mission

US First Lady, Melania Trump, has arrived in Ghana as part of her extended solo international mission to Ghana. Mrs Trump was met on arrival...

Fake News: No flooding at KIA’s Terminal 3

The Ghana Airport Company Limited which manages the Kotoka International Airport has rubbished reports circulating on social media that the KIA’s newly-built Terminal 3...

What is China doing in Africa?

Chinese corporations are all over Africa.  In June 2017 a McKinsey & Company report estimated that there are more than 10,000 Chinese-owned firms operating in Africa. What are Chinese...

Tema Police shoots two suspected robbers dead

The Tema Police Command on Monday gunned down two suspected armed robbers and arrested two others after the suspects engaged them in a shootout. Deputy...

Book order takes 20 years for delivery

A Florida woman who ordered a set of Dr. Seuss books for her granddaughter said the package finally arrived -- 20 years later. Vera Walker...

Man jailed seven years for defiling his wife’s niece in a toilet

A farmer, who failed to control his libido and sneaked into a pit latrine, where his wife’s niece, aged 14, was attending to nature’s...

Kojo Oppong Nkrumah replies Duncan Williams’s “crisis” statement

Information Minister-designate, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, says Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams’s declaration of a 72-hour fasting and prayer for Ghana won’t affect the incumbent government. Speaking on...

Photos: Disturbing photos of flooding at Circle, Adabraka following 20-minute downpour

A downpour of rain that lasted for barely 30 minutes in Accra, specifically at Adabraka, has caused a monumental and disproportionate flooding in the area. The...

We were promised 1 District 1 Dam, not 1 House 1 Dam – Circle residents cry after Monday’s downpour [Video]

Some residents of Adabraka in Accra have taken a swipe at the government for failing to take steps to prevent flooding in the area...

Hweehwee RC teachers, students engage in open defecation

Both teachers and students of Wheewhee Roman Catholic Junior High School (JHS) in the Kwahu East District of the Eastern Region engage in open...

Agogo State College shut down ; 22 students arrested over protest

Some 22 students of the Agogo State College in the Asante Akim North District of the Ashanti region, have been arrested by police. The number,...

Video: Fabewoso demo gets results; EOCO retrieves $200m

The Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) is said to have retrieved about 200 million dollars from individuals and institutions said to have misappropriated...

Plane crash: Titus Glover recounts near-death experience [Audio]

The Member of Parliament for Tema East and Deputy Transport Minister, Nii Kwartei Titus-Glover has recounted his near-death experience when an Antrak airline he...

Govt urges failed BECE candidates to be re-admitted to JHS

Following government’s recent payment of resit examinations for failed students, the government has urged the 31,196 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) candidates who failed...

Audio: Martin Amidu’s complaints are a sign of failure – NPP MP

Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu, has been urged to stop the plethora of complaints and use the little resource available to run his office. Deputy Minister...