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Otumfuo restores land forcefully seized from owner by Amakomhene
The Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has bemoaned the bellicosity with which some traditional leaders in Kumasi are forcefully snatching lands from its owners...
JHS graduate battling for his life after alleged military brutality
A 19-year-old Junior High School (JHS) graduate, Kwame Aidooo, is battling for his life after alleged military brutality at Gomoa Mprumen in the Gomoa...
Illegal miners destroy 1,000 hectares of farmlands at Ofoase
Illegal miners have taken over close to 1,000 hectares of farmlands at Ofoase in the Asante Akyem South municipality, polluting the River Anuru, the...
ECG, NEDCo’s indebtedness impacting negatively on our operations – GRIDCo
The Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCO) is warning that constant power supply could be hampered if its cash flow challenges are not addressed immediately.
The...
Downsize govt to cut cost – Pentecostal and Charismatic Council to govt
The Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council (GPCC) has said there is an urgent need to downsize government machinery and cut down on expenditure to...
Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council meets Oppong Nkrumah
The leadership of the Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council has paid a courtesy call on Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah.
The visit to the...
Illegal miners block Birim River
Illegal miners have restricted the free flow of the Birim River on the outskirts of Akyem Aboabo to enable them to carry out their...
Ghana Baptist Convention launches 60th anniversary
The Executive President of the Ghana Baptist Convention (GBC), Reverend Enoch Nii Narh Thompson, has unveiled plans by the Church to embark on a...
Angama Tuagyan has no capacity to ban Okoben Mining Company – Elders of Griwa
Principal Kingmakers and accredited elders of Amankrapanyin family have called on the general public, particularly the citizens of the area to disregard the reports...
Akufo-Addo presents 175 vehicles, communications equipment to Armed Forces
President Akufo-Addo on Wednesday presented 175 vehicles to the Ghana Armed Forces.
At a ceremony at Gondar Barracks in Burma Camp, headquarters of the Armed...
Banker charged over investment fraud
A 28-year-old banker has been arraigned for allegedly defrauding a businessman to the tune of GH¢274,000.
The accused, Frederica Appiah, pleaded not guilty to the...
Tears in court as 4 get 20 years for stealing
Four persons involved in the syphoning of GHC1,262,496.66 from Best Point Savings and Loans Limited have been sentenced to a total jail term of...
Akufo-Addo’s colleague opens up about their working relationship
A colleague of President Nana Akufo-Addo, Yaw Nsarkoh, has opened up about his working relationship with Him.
To him, the recent economic challenges among other...
Delay’s response after Dr Likee professed love to her
Ghanaian comic actor and skit maker Dr Likee, born Ebenezer Akwasi Antwi, has jokingly proclaimed his desire to begin a romantic relationship with media...
One injured in violent youth clash at Obuasi [Video]
A 21-year-old galamseyer, Samed Ibrahim, has sustained injuries in a violent clash between youth groups at Obuasi Estate and Gausu in the Ashanti...
Charles Bissue makes special appeal to Special Prosecutor [Listen]
The former Secretary of the defunct Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM) has called on the Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng, to recuse himself from...
OSP to announce outcome of Charles Bissue’s investigation
The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has released a half-year report on its activities in 2022.
According to the OSP, the release of the...
Charles Adu Boahen, Sir John’s estate, Airbus, ‘wealthy-but-unnamed businessman’ all under investigation – Special...
The Office of the Special Prosecutor says it is investigating no less than 132 suspected corruption and corruption-related offences which are at various levels...
Ashanti Region records 27 tragic illegal mining cases
The Ashanti Region has recorded 27 tragic cases of residents in mining areas falling and dying in abandoned galamsey pits as of December 22,...
Charles Bissue wants court to stop Special Prosecutor from investigating him
The former Secretary of the defunct Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM) wants the court to prevent the Office of the Special Prosecutor from...
Aisha Huang, 2 others slapped with 8 fresh charges
State prosecutors have preferred fresh charges against the son of galamsey kingpin Aisha Huang and two others for a total of eight counts including...
Okobeng Mining CEO rubbishes allegation of shooting to kill miners at Gwira-Ampasie
The Chief Executive Officer of Okobeng Mining Company, Nana Okobeng Amponsah, has debunked media reports that he has fired gunshots at two key small-scale...
Manhyia Palace to host ‘Ghana Responsible Gold Mining’ summit
The Asantehene, His Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, is taking steps to ensure that gold sourced from Ghana is responsibly mined and traded.
Within that...
Railways Ministry gets ₵618.2 million for 2023 fiscal year
Parliament has approved GH₵618.2 million for the Ministry of Railways Development to run its programmes and activities for the year 2023.
The Ministry’s budgetary allocation...
Executive Presbytery of Assemblies of God, Ghana pays courtesy call on Osagyefo Amoatia...
Rev Stephen Wengam, General Superintendent of Assemblies of God Ghana has led an eight member delegation of the Executive Presbytery of the church to...
Four arrested in connection with torture of boy, 16, granted bail
The Assin Fosu District Court, presided over by His Worship Abdul Majid Iliasu, has granted bail to four persons in connection with the torture...
Togbe Afede writes: Our Self-inflicted monumental economic crisis
About six weeks ago I was in New York, and for the first time in almost three decades, I struggled to sell the economic...
Chinese nationals release dogs on GRA tax officers at quarry site Â
Some Chinese nationals working at quarry sites at Kasoa in the Central region on Thursday, December 8, 2022, released dogs on officials of the...
Mampong residents fume over attempts to introduce mining in community
Indigenes of Asante Mampong have cautioned the Minerals Commission against granting prospecting licenses to mining companies without recourse to the interest of affected communities.
This...
GWCL to cut water supply to parts of Accra; check out affected areas
The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has announced a 48-hour interruption in the supply of water to certain parts of Accra.
The development, according...
Cocoa farmers pension scheme ready to roll out – Akufo-Addo
Government has announced plans to roll out the cocoa farmers pension fund.
The scheme, which was launched by President Akufo-Addo on December 2, 2020, is...
Agriculture sector grew from 7.4 per cent in 2020 to 8.4 per cent in...
The Minister for Food and Agriculture, says the agric sector grew by 4.7 per cent in 2019, followed by 7.4 per cent in 2020...
Good news for small-scale miners
The government and CalBank are close to sealing a $25 million deal to finance small-scale mining operations in the country.
The deal is part of...
Anas speaks on 2019 viral video over land at Tse Ado
Investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas has for the first time since 2019 addressed a viral video in which he was alleged to have been...
Why Okyenhene can’t destool me – Benkumhene [Audio]
JoyNews/AdomNews · Why Okyehene Can't Distool Me - Benkumhene
The Benkumhene of Asamang Tamfoe, Nana Kwame Darkwa, has dismissed reports about his destoolment by Okyenhene,...
How Benkumhene was destooled by Okyenhene [Photos]
The Okyenhene, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin, says he will not relent on his effort to crack the whip among any chief within the Akyem...
Bawumia launches employable skills programme to benefit young people at Ahafo Â
The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has launched a youth development employable skills programme that seeks to create jobs for more than 1,200 young...
CHRAJ begins probe into Anas’ petition against Ofori-Atta
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) says it has commenced looking into a conflict of interest petition brought before it by...
Akufo-Addo sacrificed Charles Adu Boahen for political expediency – Martin Amidu
Former Special Prosecutor has accused President Nana Akufo-Addo of sacrificing the dismissed Minister of State for the Finance Ministry, Charles Adu Boahen, for political...
Aisha Huang sacks Effah Dartey as her lawyer
Embattled 'galamsey' Kingpin, En Huang, popularly known as Aisha Huang, has fired her lawyers led by Captain Nkrabea Effah Dartey from representing her in...