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Syndicated loan drag, Ghana borrows up to $200 million from cocoa traders to plug...

Ghana's Cocobod is facing delays in securing its usual syndicated loans and has opted to borrow between $150 million to $200 million from cocoa...

NPA, police intercept 13 vehicles used for illegal petroleum transaction

Thirteen Bulk Road Ve­hicles (BVRs), which were illegally used to transport petroleum products, have so far been intercepted by the Ashanti Regional Police Command...

Kusuag Traditional Council demands apology, compensation over military attacks

The Traditional Council of the Kusaug area in the Upper East region has condemned the recent attack on Garu police station and the military...
late Major Maxwell Adam Mahama

Major Mahama died for nothing

Resignations from the highest office of the land, anywhere in the world, are rare and come usually after protracted internal power-play. When on August 8,...
Former Deputy Minister of Finance, Mr Charles Adu Boahen

Adu Boahen’s case not within my mandate — OSP

The suspected corruption and corruption-related offences involving a former Minister of State at the Ministry of Finance, Charles Adu Boahen, does not fall directly...
Former Deputy Minister of Finance, Mr Charles Adu Boahen

CHRAJ ready to reopen corruption, conflict of interest allegations against Charles Adu Boahen if…

The woes of former Minister of State at the Finance Ministry, Charles Adu Boahen are far from over as the Commission on Human Rights...
Kissi Agyebeng

Why OSP could not prosecute Adu Boahen – Lawyer explains

A Private Legal practitioner, Kwame Adofo, has downplayed the Office of the Special Prosecutor's (OSP) corruption report on Charles Adu Boahen. The OSP commenced an...

Bawumia was unaware of Adu Boahen’s ‘reckless deals’ – OSP

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has wrapped up its investigation into corruption allegations against Charles Adu Boahen, the former Minister of State...

OSP calls for passage of a Corruption Practices Act

The Office of the Special Prosecutor is urging government to pass a Corruption Practices Act to "comprehensively codify the prohibition of all forms of...

NDC salutes Multimedia’s Erastus Asare Donkor on GJA win

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has congratulated Multimedia’s Erastus Asare Donkor for emerging as the P.A.V Ansah Journalist of the Year at the 27th...
Former Deputy Minister of Finance, Mr Charles Adu Boahen

OSP issues corruption report on Charles Adu Boahen

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has closed its investigation into corruption allegations levelled against former Minister of State at the Finance Ministry,...

Full list: Winners at 27th Ghana Journalists Association Awards

The 27th edition of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) Awards came off on Sunday, October 29 at the Accra International Conference Centre.  This year's award,...

The Multimedia Group tops all at 27th GJA Awards

The Multimedia Group shined bright on Sunday, October 29, picking multiple awards including the overall journalist of the year at the 27th edition of the...

GJA Awards: MGL’s Erastus Asare Donkor crowned P.A.V Ansah 2022 Journalist of the Year

The Multimedia Group’s Erastus Asare Donkor has been crowned the P.A.V Ansah Journalist of the Year at the 27th Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) Awards. Mr...

Akufo-Addo testing the sanity of Ghanaians with Bawumia’s candidature – Edudzi Tamakloe

Legal and Communications Team Member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Godwin Edudzi Tameklo, says Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s candidature is possibly a test of...

Where Ghana stands now a cause for grave lamentation – Justice Atuguba

Former Justice of the Supreme Court, William Atuguba has bemoaned the current state of Ghana’s judicial sector. Speaking at a public lecture organized by Solidaire...

Justice Atuguba wades into appointment of judges

Retired Justice of the Supreme Court, William Atuguba, has waded into the appointment of judges which became a controversial subject of debate a few...

Full text: Justice Atuguba calls out Supreme Court over Gyakye Quayson ruling

Mr. Chairman, distinguished invited guests, media, ladies and gentlemen, let me appreciate the organizers for putting up this lecture. Introduction I feel highly honoured but...
Gabby Otchere-Darko

Gabby should be investigated for ‘deceit of public officer’ – Martin Kpebu

Private legal practitioner, Martin Kpebu has been disputing the Attorney-General’s legal advice to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service concerning...

Missing excavators: Seth Mantey finally breaks silence

Seth Mantey, a former journalist with Accra-based Peace FM indicted in Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng's galamsey report, has denied any involvement in the sale of...

NDC demands govt’s urgent support for Akosombo Dam spillage victims

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called on the government to provide urgent and immediate support to the victims of the Akosombo Dam spillage....
Attorney General Godfred Dame

NDC demands immediate resignation of Attorney General

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) is demanding the immediate resignation of Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame. This comes on...

Joy News’ Erastus Asare Donkor wins PAV Ansah Communicator Award at 8th EMY Africa...

Joy News' Erastus Asare Donkor has been awarded the PAV Ansah Communication Award at the 2023 EMY Africa Awards. The PAV Ansah Communicator Award recognises...

Our broken Ghana

My fellow Ghanaians, my heart is heavy and so should yours. "Instead of virtues, we have luxury and avarice, public distress and private superfluity;...
Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI), Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng

Galmsey report: Prof Frimpong-Boateng is bitter – MP

Member of Parliament for Bortianor-Ngleshie Amanfro, Sylvester Tetteh has descended on the chairman of the erstwhile Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM), Prof. Kwabena...

Aisha Huang’s case: Court sets December 4 to deliver judgement

An Accra High Court has fixed December 4, 2023, to deliver its judgement in the case of En Huang, aka Aisha Huang, an alleged...

Every rational person knows the AG report is a lie – NDC man

Deputy Bono Regional Director of Communications for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Eric Adjei, has lashed out at the Attorney General (AG) over his...
Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI), Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng

Why is Frimpong-Boateng refusing to cooperate with the police? MP quizzes

Member of Parliament (MP) for the Akyem Oda Constituency, Alexander Acquah has questioned why the former Environment Minister, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng has refused to...

Court sets date to rule on Aisha Huang’s case

The fate of Chinese national and alleged kingpin of illegal mining, En Aisha Huang, is set to be decided on December 4, 2023. This was...

Shut up! – Allotey Jacobs fires Frimpong Boateng

The former Central Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Bernard Allotey Jacobs has fired a salvo at former Environment Minister, Professor Kwabena...
Former Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng

I’m not surprised, even Akufo-Addo downplayed my report – Frimpong Boateng replies AG

Former Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng says he is not surprised that the Office of the Attorney General said...

Make meters available to alleviate illegal meter sales – PURC to ECG

The Executive Secretary of the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC), Dr Ishmael Ackah, is entreating the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to fasten the...

My work as Attorney General not political – Godfred Dame

The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame has dismissed claims of being political in his line of work. Speaking in an...

Attorney General gives update on Aisha Huang’s case

The Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has said all is set for the fate of galamsey kingpin, Aisha Huang to...

We have commissioned 123 projects in Ashanti region – GNPC

The Executive Director of the GNPC Foundation, Dr Dominic Eduah, says the Ashanti region has received a fair share of 123 project executions since...

Esteemed Obuasi indigenes confer with Adansihene in the USA on development and youth welfare...

A distinguished group of Obuasi natives recently paid a respectful visit to Opagyakotwere Bonsra Afriyie II, the Paramount Chief of Adansi Traditional Area and...

Enforce regulations on mercury use – Researcher urges govt

It has emerged that 81 tonnes (81,000 kilogrammes) of mercury is released into the local system annually, out of which 80 percent is used...

Sand winners destroy farmlands in Obom – Police arrest five

The activities of illegal sand winners operating in Abazor, near Obom, and its surrounding communities in the Greater Accra region have led to the...

#OccupyJulorBiHouse protesters storm London [Photo+Video]

Some Ghanaians in the United Kingdom have besieged the High Commission to express concerns about the state of the economy. Dubbed the #OccupyJulorbiHouse London...

Man found dead in abandoned toilet facility at Bawjiase

A man believed to be in his late 20s has hanged himself in an abandoned government public toilet at Awutu Bawjiase Methodist School in...