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NUGS cries over delay in students loan disbursement

The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) has called on the Student Loans Trust Fund (SLTF) to disburse outstanding loans due students across the...

Akufo-Addo eulogises late Gonja overloard

President Nana Akufo-Addo has paid glowing tribute to the late King of Gonja, Yagbonwura Sulemana Tuntumba Bore Essa I, describing him as a blessing...

Rainstorm destroys rice mill factory at Adaklu

A rainstorm and whirlwind have caused extensive damage to the mill and factory of HGL Limited, one of Ghana’s fastest-growing rice producers based in...

COVID-19 likely came from a lab leak in China – new US report says

The virus that drove the Covid-19 pandemic most likely emerged from a laboratory leak but not as part of a weapons program, according to...

Akufo-Addo makes massive donation towards Yagbonwura’s funeral

President Nana Akufo-Addo on Sunday, February 26, 2023, joined the Gonja kingdom at Damongo, the Savannah regional capital to mourn with Gonjas. This was on...

All you need to know about Lassa Fever as Ghana records 2 cases

The Ghana Health Service has confirmed two cases of Lassa Fever in the country and one death recorded. Meanwhile, the service has began contact tracing...

3.5m Ghana cards stuck in bonded warehouse – NIA boss

The Executive Secretary of the National Identification Authority (NIA) has explained why his outfit was not able to carry out the printing of the...

Missing Military officer found

The Police have found Lt. Col. Peter Amoah, the military officer who was reported missing on 25th February 2023. The officer was found by the...

2 cases of Lassa fever confirmed in Ghana, 1 dead

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has confirmed two cases of Lassa Fever in Ghana. The cases were detected by the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical...

Crocodiles stranded at Sissala as severe drought hits water habitats

Crocodiles are totems for some groups of people in Northern Ghana, particularly in the Sissala enclave of the Upper West Region. The people revere the...

29 illegal miners arrested at Kwaebibirim

The Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners taskforce has arrested 29 illegal miners operating in the Kwaebibirim Municipality of the Eastern Region. The illegal...

Aspiring Juaboso MP provides scholarship to brilliant but needy constituents

An aspiring Juaboso Parliamentary candidate for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has provided scholarships to brilliant but needy BECE graduates in the Juaboso District...

UG floors KNUST to win national rounds of JESSUP Moot Court competition

University of Ghana has emerged triumphant in the just ended National Rounds of the JESSUP International Moot Court Competition. The UG School of Law (UGSoL)...

You cannot ask for help but refuse to cut your budget – German Ambassador tells govt

Ghana has in the last two weeks been begging Germany to not only grant the country debt relief, but intercede on its behalf to...

Size of Ghana’s govt is bigger than my country’s – German Ambassador

https://www.youtube.com/embed/Tdu9LY873Qs The call for government to cut down its size appears not to be ending soon. Latest to add his voice to the call is the...

Alan Kyerematen supports Yagbonwura’s funeral with foodstuffs, GH₵ 5,000

The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer hopeful, Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, has donated food items and some cash towards the funeral of the late...

Nigeria election 2023: Pandemonium, bottles and sticks amid Lagos violence

There have been violent incidents at several polling stations in Lagos. At one visited by the BBC, in Channels Estate, in Ajah, a suburb of...

Mahama praises Nigeria’s INEC, questions Ghana’s EC’s ways

Former President John Dramani Mahama has expressed reservations over the administration of elections in Ghana compared to that of Nigeria. Mr Mahama, who is on...

Abandoned bridge collapse kills pregnant woman at Twifu Mirekukrom

A nine-month-old pregnant woman has met her untimely death after an abandoned bridge collapsed on her. The incident happened on the Twifu Mirekukrom to Twifu...

New research links climate change to mental health

A new study has found a link between climate-related events like extreme heat and humidity and people’s mental health. The study looked at the...

Nigeria election 2023: Millions vote in tightest-ever poll

Millions of Nigerians are due to vote in the most competitive presidential election since military rule ended. Since 1999, Africa’s most populous country has...

Sanitation Minister urges Jospong group, others to invest in recycling of used vehicles

The Jospong Group of Companies (JGC) and other interested private companies in Ghana’s waste management space have been urged to look at the possibility...

Private WASSCE results out

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has released provisional results of 43,742 candidates who sat for the West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE)...

Message of Agogo Presby Women’s College’s Principal ahead of homecoming 

Dear esteemed members of the press, distinguished stakeholders, ladies, and gentlemen, it is my great pleasure to be here today to talk about our...

Govt replaces Fraces Essiam as Ghana Cylinder MD

Government has appointed a new Managing Director of the Ghana Cylinder Manufacturing Company (GCMC). Genevieve Sackey will replace Frances Essiam who resigned on Thursday, February...

All is set for Agogo Presby Women’s College homecoming

The Agogo Presbyterian Women's College of Education has announced series of activities to mark its homecoming and maiden founders' day celebration. The celebration will take place...

Former MASLOC boss to be tried in absentia

The Accra High Court has ordered that a former CEO of Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Sedina Tamakloe Attionu, will be tried in...

NDC primaries: Women’s wing denies paying for Duffuor’s nomination forms

The Women's wing of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Ashanti Region has refuted claims that they paid for the forms of flagbearer...

He was like a father – Atsu’s adopted kids in tears as they react to his death

Orphaned kids at the Becky’s Foundation could not hold back their tears when they learned of Christian Atsu’s demise. The 31-year-old footballer was a benefactor...

Why I resigned from Ghana Cylinder Manufacturing Company- Frances Essiam (Listen)

JoyNews/AdomNews · Frances Essiam explains resignation The immediate past chief executive of the Ghana Cylinder Manufacturing Company Limited has explained the reason for her shocking...

Election 2020: I had no accreditation as Mahama’s rep in EC strong room – Mettle-Nunoo

"I had no accreditation when I represented Mahama in the EC strong room in 2020," a leading member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Robert...

5 persons seriously injured in accident at Gomoa Nyame-Bekyere

Five persons have sustained various degrees of injuries in a head-on collision at Gomoa Nyame-bekyere on the Kasoa Cape Coast Highway. The crash was between...

Sports Minister reveals cause of poor local leagues patronage

Deputy Minister for Youth and Sports, Evans Opoku Bobie, has said supporters fail to attend Ghana Premier League (GPL) games due to the low...

‘Dead end’ economic management orientation leading us nowhere – Alan Kyerematen

A presidential aspirant of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Alan Kyerematen, has described economic policies pursued over the years by several governments as a ‘cul...

 Nigeria election: IGP deploys 3 CPs to Imo on election duty

Ahead of tomorrow’s elections, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba, has deployed three Commissioners of Police (CPs) to Imo State. A statement issued by...

Refer Opuni’s trial to Chief Justice

Deputy Attorney General, Alfred Tuah-Yeboah, has urged Justice Clemence Honyenuga (rtd) to refer the case of former Chief Executive Officer of Ghana Cocoa Board...

Family of late Nuamah Donkor calls on Otumfuo

The family of the late former Minister of Health in the erstwhile National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration has officially informed the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei...

Boakye Agyako recounts being dumped in mortuary after shooting incident

New Patriotic Party (NPP) Presidential hopeful, Boakye Agyarko, has recounted what led him to flee the country in 1983. Aside from being a coordinator...

SONA date postponed

The State of the Nation Address (SONA) in Parliament has been postponed to March 8, 2023. The President was scheduled to appear on February 28...

My ex-girlfriend used ‘chop money’ to fund her building project on my blind side

A young man residing in Accra has recounted a situation which dramatically changed his approach towards potential partners in his dating life. According to David,...