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There’s room for post judgement negotiation on Trafigura seizing Regina House – Yamoah Paintsil

Private legal practitioner Kweku Yamoah Paintsil has indicated that there is still room for post-judgment negotiations between Trafigura's Ghana Power Generation Company (GPGC) and...

I am not yet 60 years – Korle-Bu CEO  [Listen]

The Chief Executive Officer of Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Dr. Opoku Ware Ampomah has clarified that he is not yet 60-years-old. He made this known in...

Sand mining threatening Prampram beach front housing project

Sand mining is threatening the Prampram beach front housing project where a developer is constructing the Atlantic Beachfront Resorts and Residential Master-Planned City. The project...

Two students arrested for lynching spiritualist

Two students of Twifo Praso Senior High School have been arrested for mobilising their colleagues to lynch a spiritualist who had accused one of...

Court remands Imam for allegedly threatening to kill wife

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded a self-proclaimed religious leader to police custody for allegedly threatening to kill his wife. Imam Mohammed Lanson Abubakar, 44,...

Cameroon President to contest again at age 93

President Paul Biya of Cameroon is set to contest the country's next presidential election at the age of 93. Biya, who is Africa's longest serving...

Uphold national obligation of paying taxes – Chief Imam to Muslims

Sheikh Osman Nuhu Sharubutu, the National Chief Imam, has advised the Muslim faithful to uphold the country’s civic responsibility of paying their taxes to...

Ghana’s assets at risk due to government’s mishandling of Trafigura judgment debt

The Vice President of IMANI Africa, Bright Simons, has in a critical opinion piece expressed deep disappointment in Ghana's High Commissioner in London. He accused...

Moment UK officers chased smugglers carrying cocaine worth £39million

This is the dramatic moment two drug smugglers leapt into the sea in a failed bid to escape the authorities after being caught with...

Man who threatened to kill Donald Trump caught after manhunt

Police have captured an Arizona man who allegedly threatened to kill Donald Trump following a manhunt that unfolded as the former president was visiting...

Check out CCTV footage of Dominase fuel station robbery

A CCTV footage has captured the moment four masked men robbed a fuel station at Gomoa Dominase Junction in the Gomoa East District of...

Ablakwa details how gov’t allegedly spent over GH₵160m in the name of African Games, months after the event

North Tongu MP, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has detailed how the government allegedly spent over 160 million Ghana cedis in the name of the 2023...

Armed robbers attack fuel station at Dominase junction

The Central East Regional Police Command is on the hunt for four armed robbers who targeted and robbed the Star Oil filling station at...

‘This Abled’: Friendship without bounds

Felicity Wedava Ajure, a 21-year-old first-year student of the University of Ghana. Usually repairs her bicycle by herself to safe cost and reduce the inconvenience...

Akufo-Addo inaugurates Silver Jubilee building at UDS, fulfilling a promise to advance education

In a significant ceremony at the University for Development Studies (UDS) in Tamale, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo inaugurated the newly constructed Silver Jubilee...

There were lots of leakages before I took over  – Korle Bu CEO [Listen]

Chief Executive Officer of Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Dr. Opoku Ware Ampomah, has said there has been significant changes and improvements under his leadership. In...

Crime Check Foundation launches project to enhance mental health support in Ghana’s Prisons

In a bid to address the often-overlooked mental health needs of prisoners, Crime Check Foundation (CCF) has launched a pioneering project to bring psychosocial...

Korle-Bu: CEO speaks on dialysis controversy [Listen]

Chief Executive Officer of Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Dr. Opoku Ware Ampomah, has clarified the circumstances surrounding the temporary shutdown of the hospital’s renal unit. He...

Marking of 2024 BECE postponed due to debt owed WAEC – Peter Nortsu-Kotoe

The Minority in Parliament has revealed that the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has postponed marking the 2024 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) scripts. In...

I’m not an armchair CEO – Dr. Opoku Ware [Audio]

Chief Executive Officer of Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Dr. Opoku Ware Ampomah, has revealed his active role in both leadership and medical practice. "I’m not...

PTA donates 300 mono desks and 100 pantry bowls to Kadjebi SHS

The Parents Teacher Association (PTA) of Kadjebi Asato Senior High School (SHS) in the Oti Region has made a generous contribution of 300 mono...

Man, 30, nearly lynched for siphoning diesel in Shama District [Video]

A young man believed to be in his 30s was nearly lynched for siphoning fuel at Old Daboase Junction in the Shama District of...

U.S. border agents seize $5M worth of drugs disguised as watermelons

United States border agents have intercepted a truck carrying more than $5m-worth of methamphetamine at the US-Mexico border hidden inside a shipment of watermelons. The...

GETFund completes over 3,000 projects

The Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) has completed 3,001 projects between 2017 and 2024. Out of the number, over 1,820, representing 61 per cent of...

World Photography Day: Photojournalists mentor Tema Tech students

Members of the Ghana Photojournalists Network (GPN) have commemorated the 2024 World Photography Day with a mentorship programme for Visual Communication Technology-Photography students at...

NPP to enforce mandatory school enrollment for children at age 4 – Dr. Prince Armah

The Education Manifesto Chair for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Prince Hamid Armah, has announced the party's intention to ensure mandatory enrolment of...

Ghanaians have the competence to lead multi-national corporations – Asantehene

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has expressed great confidence in the competence and potential of Ghanaians to lead and effectively manage large multi-national...

Mentally challenged man allegedly kills farmer at Dodi-Papase

Divine Torku, a 40-year-old mentally challenged man has allegedly killed Mr. Hope Kudzo Dentey, a 60-year old farmer at Dodi-Papase in the Kadjebi District...

How attackers could interfere in Ghana’s elections – Information Security expert

Data Privacy and Information Security specialist, Desmond Israel says even though voting in the upcoming general election will be done offline, the country is...

Water for All: Asante Gold Chirano upholds water as a fundamental right in catchment communities

Asante Gold Chirano Limited (AGCL) has reaffirmed its commitment to human rights by ensuring that access to clean, potable water is not just a...

Assemblyman of Kyekyewere East allegedly kills two people for stealing cocoa bags

The Assemblyman for Denkyira Kyekyewere in the Upper Denkyira East Municipality, Kwabena Boateng, has reportedly shot and killed two individuals suspected of stealing from...

Persons who thwart efforts of anti-corruption agencies must be dealt with – GII

Dr The Executive Director of Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), Mary Awelana Addah, is calling for stiffer punishment for people who deliberately work against institutions...

If Atta Mills had a ghost, you would be in jail by now – Napo to Mahama [Audio]

The running mate of the New Patriotic Party(NPP) Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has taken a swipe at the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress...

Mensah Korsah threatens to terminate contracts of non-performing contractors

The Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Martin Adjei Mensah Korsah, has issued a stern warning to contractors failing to meet their obligations...

Power outage disrupts studies at Chereponi SHS, threatens WASSCE preparations

Final-year students at Chereponi Senior High School are facing significant challenges as a week-long power outage disrupts their preparations for the WASSCE exams. The blackout...

$134m judgment debt : Trafigura ‘seizes’ Ghana’s Regina House in London

Joy News can confirm that Oil conglomerate Trafigura’s Ghana Power Generation Company has taken over one of the country’s most important commercial properties, the...

1 dead, 2 injured in ghastly accident at Samreboi [Photos]

One person has died on the spot, and two others have been injured in a tragic accident in Wassa Amenfi West at Samreboi. The incident...

Ghanaian blogger jailed for 30 days over false news publication

Popular Ghanaian blogger, Jeffrey Epprim Nyame has been sentenced to a 30-day jail term for the publication of false news. The blogger, now a convict,...

GJA to open book of condolence for Godwin Avenorgbo

A book of Condolence, dedicated to the memory of Godwin Avenorgbo, a veteran journalist and broadcaster, will open on Monday, August 26, 2024, by...

Goat thief paraded through community

A 55-year-old man alleged to have stolen a goat at KpareKpare, a farming community near Dambai in the Krachi East Municipality of the Oti...