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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,...

We haven’t banned dollar account – BoG

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has dismissed reports that it has banned the opening of dollar accounts. In a public notice, the Central Bank said...

Ridge Hospital doctor cries out after his backpack was stolen while he was in operating room [Video]

A medical doctor at the Ridge Hospital has cried out on social media after his backpack was stolen while he was busy in the...

Cedi tagged the worst performing currency worldwide by Bloomberg

A recent currency performance ranking by Bloomberg has classified the Cedi as the worst-performing currency across the globe. Bloomberg tracked the performance of 150 currencies...

Minority reacts to utility tariff increment

The Minority in Parliament has lamented the increase in utility tariffs by the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC). This comes after the PURC announced new...

Sack Ofori-Atta, Agyemang Manu, Afriyie-Akoto – Kufuor Foundation CEO tells Akufo-Addo

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Kufuor Foundation, Prof Baffuor Agyemang-Duah, is the latest influential individual to join calls for a ministerial reshuffle in...

Parts of Tamale, Sagnarigu flooded after heavy downpour

A heavy downpour last Friday night submerged parts of the Tamale metropolis and the Sagnarigu municipality, displacing hundreds of households. However, there has not been...

Majority announces next line of action over Adwoa Safo

The Majority in Parliament has hinted that they will go to court if Speaker Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin takes any decision contrary to the...

NPP Secretary escapes robbery attack

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Secretary for Nhyiaeso in Kumasi, Micheal Essel-Mills, has reportedly escaped a robbery attack in his home at Santasi. The...

You talk too much – NDC Chairman fires EC

National Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has chastised the Electoral Commission (EC) for engaging in media banter with its stakeholders. Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo...

Hopeson Adorye replies critics over ‘ethnic comments’

A leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Hopeson Adorye, says the criticisms about his statement from a health walk in Kumasi are...

Ghana Card won’t be used for Election 2024 – Deputy EC Chairman

The Electoral Commission (EC) has assured Ghanaians that it has no intention to use the Ghana Card as a source of identification for the...

List of alleged corruption cases Special Prosecutor is probing

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has furnished the public with cases which have engaged its attention so far. This forms part of the...

Labianca case: GRA dissociates itself from Col. Damoah’s comments against Special Prosecutor

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has distanced itself from some comments made by the Commissioner of Customs concerning the findings of a case involving...

We use torchlights to learn at night – Krobo Girls SHS students [Video]

https://youtu.be/_OAcbZWd6js Just like townfolks in the Yilo and Manya Krobo municipalities, students of Krobo Girls Senior High School (SHS) at Odumase are suffering the brunt of...

Nobody wants Ofori-Atta’s job – Kwabena Agyepong tells Akufo-Addo over reshuffle

A former General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwabena Agyepong, has berated President Nana Akufo-Addo's reaction to calls for a ministerial reshuffle....

Krobo ‘dumsor’: Odumase residents charge phones in mortuary [Video]

https://youtu.be/HYTRyPzKuFw It has emerged that some residents of Odumase in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality now charge their phones in the mortuary due to the...

Accept your mistake and apologise – Martin Kpebu tells Customs boss

A Private Legal Practitioner, Martin Kpebu, has thrown his support behind the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) in the Labianca Company saga. The company...

Ambulance staff found hanging dead in his room [Video]

https://youtu.be/wqsxh_uVFwg A 38-year-old staff of the National Ambulance Service, Famous Afeku, has allegedly committed suicide at New Edubiase in the Adansi South District of the...

The People’s Forum: Krobo residents share frustration about ECG blackout

Residents of Lower Manya and Yilo Krobo Municipalities in the Eastern Region are peeved about the decision by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG)...

Prices of foodstuff will not go down despite harvest season – GSS

The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) doubts the country’s inflation will witness a decline anytime soon as figures peg the inflation rate at 31.7 per...

Koku Anyidoho backtracks on renaming of Atta Mills Institute

The founder of the Atta Mills Institute, Samuel Koku Anyidoho, has rescinded his decision to change the name of the Non-Governmental Organisation. In a post...

Adwoa Safo’s husband paid me a visit – Majority Leader

Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has revealed that Hanny Mouhtiseb, the husband of Dome-Kwabenya Member of Parliament (MP), Adwoa Safo, paid him a visit. This, according...

Akufo-Addo never said he won’t reshuffle…Abronye explains Prez’s comment [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · ABRONYE ON RESHUFFLE The Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe, has reacted to the President’s decision to downplay...

One shot dead, 5 injured as festival turns bloody

One person was shot dead during a festival celebration at Namasa in the Tain District of the Bono Region. Five others are also said to...

You don’t have the men – Asiedu Nketia on Akufo-Addo’s refusal to reshuffle

General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has taken a swipe at President Nana Akufo-Addo over his decision not to...

If every Ghanaian had Ghana Card it would have been the perfect system of identification – Asiedu Nketia

The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, says far from what some may believe, the NDC wholeheartedly supports the...

Mahama calls for national economic dialogue over CCC+C downgrade

Former President John Mahama has called for a national dialogue to help salvage Ghana's ailing economy. Mr Mahama believes the national platform will bring together...

‘Faeces in sachet water’ research finding inaccurate – FDA

Ghana’s Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has debunked claims that sachet water on the market is contaminated with faecal matter. The Authority said the outcome...

Cement prices set to hit ¢68 per 50 kilo

Cement prices are expected to be increased from next week. JOYBUSINESS is learning that the wholesale price of 50 Kilo Bag is expected to hit...

NPP footsoldiers react to Akufo-Addo’s ‘no reshuffle’ comment

Some members of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) are disappointed in President Nana Akufo-Addo’s decision not to reshuffle his ministers. The group under the...

Power crisis: Yilo Krobo District Hospital suspends admissions

JoyNews/AdomNews · Yilo Krobo District Hospital suspends admissions The Yilo Krobo District Hospital has suspended admissions due to the power crisis in the area. The decision...

Cedi depreciation getting out of hand – GUTA cries

The Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) has raised an alarm over plummeting cedi value and its effect on businesses. In a statement, GUTA stated...

I belong to NDC not Mahama’s cult – Koku Anyidoho

Former Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Koku Anyidoho, maintains he is still a member of the party. Rather, he explained that,...

Don’t use only Ghana card for continuous voter registration – Afar-Gyan tells EC

The Electoral Commission's (EC) decision to use the Ghana Card as the only source of document for continuous voter registration can disenfranchise millions of...

45% of SHS students brush their teeth for only 30 seconds – KNUST research

Dentists recommend two minutes as the average duration for brushing the teeth. However, findings from a research by the Kwame Nkrumah University School of Medicine...

Maame Dokono makes shocking revelation about Waakye’s death [Listen]

The Ghanaian movie industry was on Tuesday, August 2, 2022 hit with the sad news of the passing of veteran actor Prince Yawson, popularly...

COLA ‘war’: Good news for public sector workers

The Fair Wages and Salaries Commission says it has successfully completed drafting modalities for the payment of the Conditions of Living Allowance (COLA) to...

Just In: Ghanaian actor, Waakye passes on

Veteran Kumawood actor, Prince Yawson, popularly known as Waakye, has reportedly passed on. The 65-year-old actor passed on in the early hours of August 2,...