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Declaring state of emergency is not solution to galamsey – GWL Boss

The Managing Director of the Ghana Water Limited (GWCL), Mutawakilu Adam, has downplayed calls for a state of emergency as a response to the...

 One dead, several injured in accident at New Somanya  

  A fatal accident at New Somanya in the Eastern Region on Thursday, October 2, 2025, has left one person dead and several others injured. The...

All Mpox patients in Ahafo region fully recover

The Ahafo Regional Health Directorate has confirmed that all three patients who contracted the Monkeypox (Mpox) virus in the region have fully recovered, easing...

Labour Ministry signs MoU with CG Technical Services to boost youth training and jobs

The Ministry of Labour, Jobs and Employment has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with UAE-based CG Technical Services FZ-LLC to launch the Ghana...

Galamsey: L.I. 2501 to be laid in Parliament to revoke L.I. 2462 – A-G

Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Dr. Dominic Ayine, has announced that a new Legislative Instrument (L.I.) 2501 will soon be laid before Parliament...

NHIA targets full coverage of every illnesses under NHIS by 2030

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has announced an ambitious plan to expand the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to cover every illness in...

Police arrest suspect, recover weapons after clash at Simpa

The Western Central Regional Police Command has arrested one person and recovered weapons following a violent clash between two rival groups at Simpa in...

Chairman Wontumi will be arrested on Monday if …

The Attorney-General, Dr Dominic Ayine, has announced that charges against the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly...

Some small-scale miners initiate reclamation as government pursues irresponsible miners

Some small-scale miners have started reclamation of their mine concession as the government initiates steps to pursue persons who have abandoned open pits. In the...

  Private citizen petitions IGP over construction of 14-storey building near CID headquarters

A citizen, Maxwell Okamafo Addo, has petitioned the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Christian Tetteh Yohuno, over what he describes as a looming threat...

JUSAG president decries lack progress on judiciary’s conditions of service

The President of the Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG), Samuel Afotey Otu, has expressed disappointment over the slow pace of progress in...

Gbinyiri conflict: Widows announce half-naked demo to Jubilee House

All is set for some female victims of the Gbinyiri conflict, who lost their husbands and suddenly became widows in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba and Bole...

‘You are future CEOs of your own enterprises’ – Dr. Apaak to NAP beneficiaries 

The Deputy Education Minister has urged beneficiaries of the National Apprenticeship Programme (NAP) to strive hard to become future Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) by...

GRIDCo to shut down Akosombo–Nkawkaw transmission line  

The Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) has announced that it will take the 161kV Akosombo–Nkawkaw transmission line out of service from Sunday, October 5,...

Galamsey: Meeting with Mahama should not be mere “talk shop” – Martin Kpebu tells CSOs

Private legal practitioner Martin Kpebu has urged Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) not to dismiss their engagement with President John Mahama on illegal mining, popularly...

Galamsey threatening Ghana’s energy security – Adomako-Mensah warns

The Deputy Ranking Member of Parliament’s Energy Committee, Collins Adomako-Mensah, has sounded the alarm that illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, is fast becoming...

Volta Education Directorate eyes top honours at 2025 National Teachers’ Day Awards

The Volta Regional Directorate of Education has expressed high optimism ahead of the 2025 National Teachers’ Day Awards, with expectations that teachers from the...

Immigration officer reported dead, another injured in attack at Gbintri checkpoint

A violent attack at the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) inland checkpoint at Gbintri in the East Mamprusi Municipality of the North East Region has...

NPP refers petition for suspension of former Lands Minister and Kwasi Kwarteng to NEC

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has acknowledged receipt of a petition seeking the suspension of former Lands and Natural Resources Minister, Kwaku Asomah-Cheremeh, and...

Police clarify claims half of seized suspected Indian hemp turned into sawdust

The Ghana Police Service has launched investigations into a Kia truck carrying 36 bags of substances suspected to be Indian hemp that was intercepted...

Junior Doctors declare nationwide strike over salary delays and stalled postings

The Junior Doctors’ Association of Ghana (JDA-GH) has declared a nationwide strike, beginning Tuesday, October 7, 2025, in protest against months of unpaid salaries,...

Galamsey is still with us, but going down now – Dormaahene [Video]

  Dormaahene, Osagyefo Oseadeeyo Agyeman Badu II, says illegal small-scale mining, popularly known as galamsey, has reduced since the beginning of President John Dramani Mahama’s...

Goaso Bishop urges Ola Girls’ SHS headmistress to uphold discipline

The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Goaso, Most Rev. Peter Kwaku Atuahene, has charged the newly inducted headmistress of Ola Girls’ Senior High...

Mahama swears in 21 Appeal Court Judges including Dormaahene 

  President John Dramani Mahama has officially sworn in 21 High Court Judges as Justices of the Court of Appeal. The ceremony, held at the Jubilee...

Nutrifoods resumes production and distribution of Tasty Tom after FDA’s evaluation

Nutrifoods Ghana Limited, a joint venture between Olam and Sanyo, has recommenced production and distribution of Tasty Tom Enriched Tomato Mix after a thorough...

TVET Service condemns KNUST SHS Assistant Headmaster’s misconduct

  The Ghana TVET Service has strongly denounced the conduct of Charles Akwasi Aidoo, Assistant Headmaster (Academic) of KNUST Senior High School(SHS), after a viral...

National Apprenticeship Programme to address demands of Ghana’s economy – Dr. Apaak

Deputy Minister of Education, Dr. Clement Abas Apaak, has underscored the significance of the newly launched National Apprenticeship Programme (NAP), describing it as a...

JoyNews uncovers Chinese-backed galamsey on River Bisi despite MCE’s denial

Evidence gathered by JoyNews has exposed extreme pollution of the Rivers Bisi and Subri, both tributaries of the Tano River, despite denials by the...

Prof. Vera Fiador makes history as UTAG’s first female national president

Senior Lecturer at the University of Ghana Business School, Prof Vera Fiador, has been elected as the new National President of the University Teachers...

 GAF reacts to arrest of two soldiers in botched mining site robbery  

  The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has confirmed the arrest of two of its personnel for their alleged involvement in an attempted extortion and robbery...

It was my darkest, painful episode – Akufo-Addo on debt restructuring  

Former President Nana Akufo-Addo has described Ghana’s debt restructuring under the G20 Common Framework as “one of the darkest and most painful episodes” of...

Some OMCs increase fuel prices with diesel selling at GH¢14.18 per litre

Some Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) have begun increasing fuel prices at the pumps in line with projections for the first pricing window of October...

Kasotie mine collapse: Death toll rises to 7

Rescue efforts for persons trapped in a collapsed mining pit at Kasotie in the Atwima Mponua District have ended with seven dead bodies retrieved...

 Mahama to meet CSOs today over galamsey fight

  President John Dramani Mahama today hosts key civil society organisations (CSOs) at Jubilee House for a high-level dialogue on tackling illegal mining, widely known...

Fire guts warehouse in Adabraka  

  A fierce blaze that tore through the Budget Deco warehouse near the Graphic Press area in Adabraka, Accra, has been successfully contained and extinguished...

Farmers applaud new cocoa price, urge action on galamsey

The President of the Concerned Farmers Association, Nana Oboadie Boateng Bonsu, has welcomed the government’s announcement of a new cocoa price, describing it as...

Mahama unveils judicial reforms under reset agenda

President John Dramani Mahama has announced sweeping reforms to strengthen Ghana’s judiciary, describing them as central to his government’s Reset Agenda. Speaking at the swearing-in...

NDC’s galamsey fight will not yield any results – Former Amansie South DCE

Former District Chief Executive for Amansie South, Clement Opoku Gyamfi, has cast doubt on the National Democratic Congress (NDC)’s commitment to ending illegal mining,...

Mahama urges newly appointed Appeal Court Judges to uphold justice 

President John Dramani Mahama has called on the newly sworn-in Justices of the Court of Appeal to uphold integrity and resist rising cynicism towards...

Gov’t secures ¥3 billion JICA grant to transform Kumasi’s inner ring road

The government of Ghana has signed a ¥3 billion (Japanese Yen) grant agreement with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to overhaul the Inner...