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Akwaboa Traditional Council calls for calm over alleged land sales in Mim

The Akwaboa Traditional Council in the Ashanti Region has urged residents of Ahafo Mim in the Ahafo Region to remain calm amid concerns over...

No tomato shortage despite Burkina Faso ban – Agric Minister assures public

Minister of Food and Agriculture, Eric Opoku, on Wednesday assured the public that Ghana will not face a tomato shortage despite an export ban...

111 IGP Special Operations Team deployed to combat crime in Kumasi

A deployment of 111 personnel from the IGP’s Special Operations Team has commenced operations within the Kumasi metropolis and surrounding areas as part of...

JoyNews storms Tamale for ‘Democracy Is Not For Sale’ town hall forum

The JoyNews team has officially touched down in Tamale ahead of the highly anticipated “Democracy Is Not For Sale” regional forum, marking the start...

Check out the nations that opposed Ghana-Led slavery vote at UN

The United States, Israel and Argentina have voted against a landmark United Nations General Assembly resolution recognising the transatlantic slave trade as “the gravest...

Amnesty International welcomes UN recognition of slavery as crime against humanity

Amnesty International has welcomed the adoption of a landmark resolution by the United Nations General Assembly recognising chattel enslavement of Africans as a crime...

Gbese Court rejects Abu Trica’s attempt to halt US extradition

The Gbese District Court has dismissed a preliminary objection filed by Frederick Kumi, popularly known as Abu Trica, against extradition proceedings initiated by the...

BoG Governor sees opportunity in Burkina Faso tomato export ban

The Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr Johnson Asiama, has suggested that Burkina Faso’s decision to halt tomato exports could present a strategic...

We’re under more pressure – KATH overwhelmed as ‘no bed syndrome’ persists

The Deputy Medical Director of Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Dr Yaw Opare Larbi, has raised concern over the growing pressure on the facility...

Minerals Commission mourns Blue Water Guard killed in line of duty

The Minerals Commission of Ghana has announced the death of one of its personnel, Abubakar Adda, who died in the line of duty. In a...

Police await autopsy on exhumed remains as fetish priest remanded over trader’s murder

Police have exhumed the body parts of a trader allegedly murdered by a fetish priest at Awutu Bentum, now deposited at the Police Hospital Morgue...

GNFS wins annual corporate games in Volta Region

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) Volta Regional Command emerged winners at the 2026 Volta Regional Corporate Games. The annual event, dubbed “Corporate Bites,” was...

11 injured in head-on collision on Accra-Kumasi Highway

A crash on the Umasi Highway on March 23, 2026, involved a Toyota Camry and a Toyota Voxy, the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS)...

Farmer arrested over murder of girlfriend’s mother

The Ghana Police Service has arrested a suspect in connection with the murder of an 80-year-old woman at Mangoase near Kadjebi in the Oti...

Police arrest two over Dzorwulu jewellery shop robbery

The Ghana Police Service has arrested two suspects in connection with a robbery at a jewellery shop near Nyaho Clinic at Dzorwulu in Accra. The...

Two more burnt to death, one injured in escalating Nkwanta South attack

Violence continues to escalate in the Nkwanta South Municipality, with two more people reportedly burnt to death and another sustaining severe cutlass wounds in...

Three killed, burnt beyond recognition in Nkwanta South conflict

Tensions have escalated in the Nkwanta South Municipality following the killing of three individuals linked to the ongoing local conflict. The victims, identified as 77-year-old...

Abusua Panin Kofi Owusu vs Akosua Serwaa Fosuh: Ekuona royal family orders discontinuation of court case

The Ekuona Royal Family of Parkoso has directed the discontinuation of an ongoing court case following a change in family leadership. In a formal notice...

Gold Reserves not being sold off, funds reinvested for returns – Sammy Gyamfi

The Chief Executive Officer of GoldBod, Sammy Gyamfi, has dismissed claims by the Minority that the Bank of Ghana is selling off the country’s...

GoldBod Jewellery sponsoring ‘Women of Valour’ London programme false – Sammy Gyamfi

The Chief Executive Officer of GoldBod, Sammy Gyamfi, has dismissed claims that GoldBod Jewellery funded a “Women of Valour” programme in London. Speaking on Asempa...

Lordina Mahama supports Global Child Protection in digital age at Melania Trump Summit

First Lady of Ghana, Mrs Lordina Dramani Mahama, has urged international leaders to prioritise child safety, arguing that digital technology presents both unprecedented opportunities...

66 Artillery Regiment unveils line-up for 60th anniversary celebrations in Ho

The 66 Artillery Regiment of the Ghana Armed Forces, based at the Volta Barracks in Ho, has unveiled an exciting line-up of activities to...

GoldBod to declare surplus in 2025 audited report – CEO

The Chief Executive Officer of GoldBod, Sammy Gyamfi, has announced that the institution will publish its 2025 audited financial report in April, indicating it...

Motor rider dies in crash at Bibiani

A 32-year-old motor rider has been crushed to death at Bibiani WAPCO in the Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai Municipality of the Western North Region. The deceased,...

SSNIT to prosecute employers over unremitted contributions

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has announced plans to prosecute employers who fail to remit employee contributions after making deductions. Management disclosed...

Small-scale mining drives Ghana’s economy but… – Sammy Gyamfi

The Chief Executive Officer of GoldBod, Sammy Gyamfi, has stated that small-scale mining remains the backbone of Ghana’s gold sector, despite years of poor...

Fight against galamsey 75% successful — Lands Ministry PRO

The Media Relations Officer at the Lands Ministry, Paa Kwesi Schandorf, has rated the government’s fight against illegal mining (galamsey) at 75 percent. Speaking in...

GoldBod has achieved most milestones in gold trade reforms – Sammy Gyamfi

The Chief Executive Officer of GoldBod, Sammy Gyamfi, says the institution has achieved most of the milestones set to restructure Ghana’s gold trade sector. Speaking...

GALOP, Kpandai District Assembly hand over modern classroom block for Mfigmado School in Kpandai

A modern six-unit classroom block has been commissioned for the people of Mfigmado by amalgamated group in the Kpandai District of the Northern Region...

40 National Service Personnel complete military training at Michel Camp

Forty National Service Personnel posted to TDC Ghana Ltd for the 2025–2026 service year have completed a two-week Basic Military Orientation Programme at the...

Kumasi Street Art Project solely funded by private individuals – Ashantifest Coordinator

The Coordinator of the Ashanti Festival, Emmanuel Opoku Anane, has disclosed that the ongoing beautification of selected overpass and interchanges in Kumasi through street...

Mahama urges UN to declare slave trade ‘gravest crime against humanity’

President John Dramani Mahama has called on the United Nations General Assembly to adopt a landmark resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade the gravest...

Full text: Mahama’s speech at UN to commemorate International Day of Remembrance of victims of slavery

Madam President, Excellencies, Heads of State and Government, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen Progress is made in steps. It’s the forward motion toward something better,...

Heath Goldfields denies claims of non-performance amid Bogoso protests

The Managing Director of Heath Goldfields, Patrick Appiah Mensah, has dismissed allegations that the company has failed to meet its investment and operational commitments...

NDC painted a picture that sole sourcing was a crime, discredited NPP – Kpandai MP

Member of Parliament for Kpandai, Matthew Nyindam, has accused the National Democratic Congress (NDC) of previously using allegations around sole sourcing to discredit the...

Ibrahim Mahama, Police commander to meet IGP over alleged assault case

The Northern Regional Minister, Adolf John Ali, says diplomat and visual artist Ibrahim Mahama, along with the Regional Police Commander, are scheduled to meet...

Where do the V8s come in? — Sulemana Braimah slams gov’t over luxury spending on road contracts

The Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Sulemana Braimah, has raised concerns over the cost and nature of contracts awarded...

Galamsey: NAIMOS seizes 94 excavators, arrests 237

The National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) says it has made significant progress in its ongoing clampdown on illegal mining, with dozens of arrests...

We kept lights on without dumsor levy — NPP’s Awal Mohammed

A Communications Team Member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Awal Mohammed, has defended the previous administration’s energy record, stating that it maintained stable...

Controller and Accountant-General releases 2026 salary payment schedule

The Controller and Accountant-General’s Department has announced the official salary payment schedule for civil servants, Ghana Education Service staff, and other public sector workers...