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Ashanti region leads HIV/AIDS prevalence

Over 4,000 out of the 23,495 persons who tested positive for the Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome for the first half of this year...

JUSAG replies Mahama for criticising Chief Justice 

The Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG) says former President John Mahama’s constant criticisms of the Chief Justice is unfair.  The Association said Chief...

I will not allow Asiedu Nketia to be NDC Chairman – Koku vows

Former Deputy General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has vowed never to allow his former boss, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, popularly known...

Ejura: Woman jumps from speeding motorbike to flee from kidnapper

An Ejura-based woman risked her life by jumping from a speeding motorbike to stop her suspected kidnapper from taking her to an unknown destination. Diana...

Forestry Commission reacts to reports that a lion has escaped from Accra Zoo

The Forestry Commission has rejected claims that one of the lions at the Accra Zoo has escaped. The Commission said the allegation is untrue and should...

Sammy Awuku takes on UK High Commissioner

The Director-General of the National Lottery Authority (NLA) has questioned the rationale behind recent utterances by the UK High Commissioner to Ghana, Harriet Thompson. Sammy...

Speeding driver kills father and son on Obuasi-Dunkwa road [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Speeding driver kills father and son on Obuasi-Dunkwa road A speeding sprinter bus has crashed to death a father and his son on...

I’m not getting job, people I helped pass by to give me money – Nii Amasah Namoale [Video]

Being a Member of Parliament (MP) in Ghana comes with a lot of prestige and popularity. However, the low side is when these...

Man killed at Accra Zoo; The inside story

JoyNews/AdomNews · Forestry Commission givesm ore details on death at Accra Zoo The Forestry Commission has given more details about the death of the middle-aged-man...

Oyerepa FM shuts down in compliance with Kumasi Traditional Council’s order

A radio station in Kumasi, Oyerepa FM, has halted broadcast today, Friday. This is in compliance with an order from the Kumasi Traditional Council that...

Banks also going through tough times – John Awuah

The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Association of Bankers (GAB), John Awuah, says the Banks are having a fair share of the pressures of...

NPP’s ‘Breaking the 8’ annoys Ashanti voters – Amoako Baah

A leading member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Amoako Baah, has said the electorate in the Ashanti Region are irritated by...

NPP’s Hackman Owusu-Agyemang hit with sad news

Chairman of the New Patriotic Party's (NPP) Council of Elders, Hackman Owusu-Agyemang, has lost his wife. The wife, Mrs Comfort Owusu-Agyemang, is said to...

Kumasi Traditional Council orders Oyerepa FM to halt broadcast over Odike [Listen]

The Kumasi Traditional Council has requested that Oyerepa FM, a radio station situated in Kumasi, stops broadcasting on Friday, August 26, until further notice. When...

Inusah Fuseini’s son speaks on fraud charges

Abdul Inusah, son of former Tamale Central Member of Parliament (MP), Inusah Fuseini, has broken his silence on fraud and money laundering charges against...

E-levy: Govt rakes in less than 7% of target

Fresh data from the Finance Ministry has shown a significant shortfall in revenue from the controversial electronic transfer levy. The data released in the last...

U20 WWC: Nigeria’s Falconets sleep on Turkish airport floor after elimination

Nigeria’s U-20 women’s team members were photographed sleeping on airport chairs and floors on their way back home after being knocked out of the...

One shot dead, another injured as unknown men attack market at Bawku [Photos]

Unknown assailants have shot a man dead only identified as Gaito at the timber market at Bawku in the Upper East Region. Another person...

Irate residents chase NPP MP with machetes, sticks over bad roads

 Atwimah Nwabiagya South Constituents have been reacting angrily to the visit of their Member of Parliament (MP), Emmanuel Adjei Ahwire, over delays in fixing...

Beyi W’ano: We sleep to skip meals; we’re traumatised – Ghanaian students on govt scholarship in Morocco [Audio]

Some Ghanaian students on government scholarships in Morocco have said they cannot afford three square meals. According to them, they mostly skip breakfast and eat...

They will kill you – KKD’s father over son’s recent outburst

Broadcaster Kwasi Kyei Darkwah, popularly known as KKD, says his father has cautioned him for speaking the truth about the economy. According to him, following...

23,495 test positive for HIV in 6 months

A total of 23,495 people tested positive for HIV in the first half of this year (January to June). The figure is two per...

Bawumia’s economic prowess only book-based not practical – Nana Yaa Jantuah

The General Secretary of the Convention People's Party has belittled the economic prowess of Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia. According to Nana Yaa Jantuah, Dr...

Asiedu Nketia’s spiritualists at IPAC meeting claim false – EC

The Electoral Commission (EC) has rejected allegations that its Chairperson, Mrs Jean Mensa, brought spiritualists to an Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting. The supposed spiritualists...

WAEC beefs up security as WASSCE starts

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) says it has tightened up its security apparatus as this year’s West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE)...

1 person allegedly shot in Lower Manya Krobo over prepaid meter installation

One person has allegedly sustained a gunshot wound at Nuaso in the Lower Manya Krobo municipality during a tussle between some residents who have...

My life is in danger – Odike cries as armed thugs ransack his office

The Founder and Leader of the United Progressive Party, Akwasi Addai aka Odike, says his life is threatened following an attack on him by...

US economist jabs Bawumia over Ghana’s economic woes

A professor of applied economics at Johns Hopkins University has accused the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, of playing blame games with Ghana’s economic...

We can’t prosecute NAM 1 – EOCO boss

Executive Director of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), COP Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah, says there is “insufficient evidence” to prosecute Nana Appiah...

Faceless NPP members seeking my downfall – Education Minister

Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has indicated that certain faceless New Patriotic Party (NPP) members are seeking his downfall at the Ministry...

Beyi W’ano: 250 Ghanaian students on govt scholarships stranded in Morocco share ordeal

Some 250 Ghanaian students on government scholarships in Morocco have been rendered homeless over delay in the release of their stipend. The stipend between $250...

KNUST to revoke certificates of alumni involved in riot

The management of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) says it is taking steps to revoke the certificates of alumni who...

BoG cautions public against 19 entities engaged in loan services without license

The Bank of Ghana is cautioning the public against unlicensed entities engaged in the provision of loans to consumers, in contravention of the Banks...

Cedi hits ¢10 to a dollar; BoG measures may halt depreciation in short-term

The Ghana cedi has hit the ¢10 mark as it traded at ¢10.01 in the retail market yesterday August 15th, 2022. At the same time,...

I pity you – Allotey Jacobs tells Akufo-Addo

Social commentator, Bernard Allotey Jacobs, says he pities President Nana Akufo-Addo over the recent economic woes. According to the former National Democratic Congress Central Regional...

Kumawood in mourning as another actor passes on

The Kumawood industry has been thrown into a state of mourning again as another member has been confirmed dead. Haruna Asamoah, known in the acting...

Heir apparent to Yaa Naa passes on

Dagbon has been plunged into mourning following the announcement of the untimely death of the heir apparent to the Dagbon Skin, the Mion-Lana, Naa...

National Security sends important message to Krobo residents

The National Security Ministry has urged residents of the Lower Manya Krobo and Yilo Krobo municipalities to cooperate with security agencies and the Electricity...

GRA queries Customs Staff Association Secretary for participating in JoyNews discussion ‘without approval’

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has queried the National Secretary of the Customs Staff Association, Gift Emmanuel Kofi Tsamah, for participating in a media...

Opoku Ware management confirms its students were involved in Kumasi robbery

Authorities of Opoku Ware Senior High School (SHS) in Kumasi have confirmed three students arrested for alleged robbery are students of the school. The students,...