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Black market cannot dictate forex prices – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo has described as unacceptable the role of the black market in determining forex prices. He has warned that government will not tolerate...

Fuel price up by 10 percent

Fuel prices have shot up significantly by about 10 percent even before the fortnight review of petroleum products on Sunday, October 30, 2022 by...

Speaker Bagbin rules on Adwoa Safo’s case [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Speaker Bagbin rules on Adwoa Safo’s case The Speaker of Ghana’s Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has ruled that the report from the...

GPRTU to increase transport fares by 19%

The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has disclosed that the Union will increase transport fares by 19% effective October 29. According to Godfred Abulbire,...

First tranche of $1.13bn cocoa syndicated loan to hit BoG account today

All things being equal, the first tranche of the $1.13 billion cocoa syndicated loan will hit the account of the Bank of Ghana today...

Finance Ministry reacts to Ofori-Atta’s alleged resignation

The Finance Ministry has denied reports that its Sector Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has resigned from his position. It follows reports from some traditional media and...

How Ken Ofori-Atta is delaying IMF bailout – NPP MP reveals

The New Patriotic Party (NPP)’s Member of Parliament for Mpraeso says Ken Ofori-Atta’s continuous stay in office as Ghana’s Finance Minister is delaying the...

Aluminium glaziers to lock up shops over price hikes in raw materials

The Professional Glaziers Association of Ghana has served notice to lockup shops over what they described as continuous outrageous price hikes of raw materials. They...

Just In: Sack Ken Ofori-Atta – NPP MPs to Akufo-Addo

Some New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentarians are demanding the sacking of Ken Ofori-Atta as Finance Minister. The MPs held a press conference on Tuesday to...

Man petitions Supreme Court to allow him marry another wife

A Ghanaian, Samuel Ampomah, on October 18, 2022, prayed a seven-member panel of the Supreme Court, presided over by Justice Baffoe-Bonnie, to order the...

Railway workers cry over no money to buy fuel

Workers at the Ghana Railway Company Limited are crying foul over challenges which may lead to a total shutdown, if not checked. Already, a passenger...

My life is under threat – Man who was used for NABCO billboard cries

A young man whose image was used for a billboard to promote the Nations Builders Corps (NABCO) has said his life is in danger. Nicholas...

Residents in Ga West Municipality angry over bad roads

Residents in the Ga West Municipality of the Greater Accra Region have protested against the appalling condition of their roads. The protesting communities included Achiaman,...

VIP JEOUN transport increases fares

Patrons of VIP JEOUN Transport Service will, from Monday, October 24, 2022, pay more for services provided by the transport company. The upward adjustment in...

77% of Ghanaians say country is headed in the wrong direction – Survey

A survey by Global Info Analytics has found that 77 per cent of Ghanaians believe the country is heading in the wrong direction as...

Akufo-Addo didn’t hear anything – Eugene Arhin on Ashanti booing

The Director of Communications at the Presidency has refuted reports that President Nana -Addo was booed during his tour in the Ashanti Region. Eugene...

Scramble for dollar at forex bureaus increases; panic, speculation worsen cedi depreciation

Joy Business report indicates large corporates that depend largely on dollars for transactions, particularly transfers overseas are scrambling for the US dollars, a situation,...

Cash and carry for medicines could cause collapse of NHIS – GMA

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has described as worrying, the decision by the Ghana National Chamber of Pharmacy (GNCoP) to sell drugs only on...

NDC elections: Suame supporters vandalise party office [Photos]

Some members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Suame constituency of the Ashanti Region have vandalised the party office over alleged ghost...

Signs of 1948 riots are looming – Nana Oye

Former Gender Minister, Nana Oye Bampoe Addo (Previously Nana Oye Lithur), says the circumstances that led to the 1948 riots in Accra are currently...

Supreme Court judge nominee admits failure to declare assets

A judge nominated to the Supreme Court has admitted he failed to comply with the Asset Declaration Law when he took office as a...

We are on course to go past ¢15 to a dollar – Prof Bokpin

An economist, Professor Godfred Alufar Bokpin, says the Ghanaian cedi is on course to exchange 15 cedis to a dollar before the end of...

Ivorian witness bounces Jomoro MP

An Ivorian lawyer, Obeng-Kofi Fian, who is a witness in the eligibility trial of the Member of Parliament (MP) for Jomoro, Dorcas Affo-Toffey, has...

People’s Forum: High cost of living destroying our homes – Ellembelle drivers lament

The recent high cost of living in Ghana is affecting traders and commercial drivers at Ellembelle district in the Western Region. The drivers said the...

Sachet, bottle water producers to increase price, shut down distribution if…

The National Executive Committee of the National Association of Sachet and Packed Water Producers (NASPAWAP) has threatened to seize production and distribution if government...

Liz Truss resigns as UK Prime Minister after just 45 days

Liz Truss has dramatically resigned as prime minister after just 45 days in the job. The PM said her successor will be elected in a...

Let’s stop hooting at Akufo-Addo – NDC man appeals to Ghanaians

https://youtu.be/VvqZCIfg82g Theophilus Tetteh Chaie, the Greater Accra Regional Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has appealed to Ghanaians to desist from hooting at President...

30 trapped in ‘galamsey’ pit at Obuasi

About 30 people, believed to be illegal miners or ‘galamseyers’, have been trapped in a pit belonging to the AngloGold Ashanti Company in Obuasi. The...

NAGRAT reacts to GES boss’ dismissal

The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) says it is worried about President Nana Akufo-Addo’s dismissal of the Director-General of the Ghana Education Service...

SHS student ‘flogged’ by teacher on verge of losing sight amid battle with stroke

A 21-year-old student of Assin Manso Senior High School (SHS), popularly known as Great AMASS, Janet Halm, is on the verge of losing her...

Adom Praiz 2022 officially launched; Travis Greene, Celestine Donkor, others to shake Perez Dome [Photos]

A year after the most thrilling annual gospel concert was held virtually, Adom Praiz is back with a mega ministration that will see all...

Accra: GUTA members close down shops

Members of the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) in Accra have today closed down their shops in a nationwide protest. According to the aggrieved...

Akufo-Addo’s convoy booed in Kumasi

The hardship many Ghanaians are going through in the wake of economic downturn is getting more apparent than ever. The citizens appear not to be...

2022 BECE: Candidate goes into labour in examination room

A candidate, who was writing the ongoing Basic Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) at Kechiebi R/C Centre in the Nkwanta South Municipality of the...

Seeking IMF bailout was a difficult decision – Akufo-Addo

JoyNews/AdomNews · Seeking IMF bailout was a difficult decision to make – Akufo-Addo President Nana Akufo-Addo says the decision to go to the International Monetary...

We didn’t go to ‘galamsey’ sites to pray – Clergy

The Christian Ecumenical Bodies of Ghana is angered about the public uproar over their visit to illegal mining sites in the Eastern Region. According them,...

Diesel price up to ¢15.99 per liter, petrol sells at ¢13.10

Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) have begun increasing prices of petroleum products at the pumps. This is due to the fortnight review of petroleum prices that...

Assin Fosu: Corpse buried by wrong family exhumed after a month

The remains of Linda Obri Akufu, 57, which got missing weeks ago at the St. Francis Xavier Hospital at Assin Fosu has finally been...

2022 BECE: 552,276 candidates begin examination today

The 2022 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) commences today, Monday, October 17. The examinations will take place at 2,038 centres across the country. A total of...

UTAG, TEWU-GH, other unions embark on strike beginning today

Leaders of the four major Labour Unions in public universities in Ghana have announced their intended strike slated for Monday, October 17. The unions, University...