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GJA blacklist Yendi MP for assault on journalist 

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), has ordered all media houses to blacklist the Member of Parliament for Yendi, Farouk Aliu Mahama for allegedly assaulting...

Mahama criticises gov’t for ‘oppressing’ teachers

Former President John Mahama has criticised the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) government for what he perceives as the oppression of teachers. He argued...

Finance Ministry reacts to ¢77m Contingency Vault media reports

The Ministry of Finance has described as inaccurate and unfounded a report by some media outlets suggesting that the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, took...

PRINPAG backs GJA’s decision to blacklist Yendi MP

The Private Newspapers and Online News Publishers Association of Ghana (PRINPAG) has backed the Ghana Journalists Association's (GJA) decision to blacklist the Member of...

Herdsman inflicts cutlass wounds on farmer

A farmer has been left with severe cutlass wounds following an altercation with a herdsman at Seripe, a farming community in the Bole district...

Two organizations support education at Ekurabadze

Two non-governmental organizations; Charity Trust Africa and Cyber1Defense Communications have teamed up to support education delivery at Ekurabadze in the Mfantsiman Municipality in the...

Fire burns 7 bedrooms, leaves several displaced at Mpatasie

Over twenty people have been displaced after fire destroys a seven-bedroom house at Mpatasie near Berekum in the Bono Region. Several properties have been damaged...

DVLA resolves online registration challenges – Registers 25,101 vehicles

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) has resolved the initial challenges that affected the online registration of vehicles at the beginning of the...

Common core curriculum: Science students to skip Core Maths, Integrated Science

All Senior High School (SHS) Science students will no longer be required to study Core and Elective Mathematics as separate examinable subjects from the...

Cecilia Dapaah’s stolen money: Case adjourned to March 8 after lawyers arrived late to court

An Accra High Court has adjourned the trial involving seven individuals, including Patience Botwe, two former house helps of former Sanitation Minister Cecilia Abena...

Organised Labour meet in Kumasi ahead of TUC’s protest

Organised Labour in the Ashanti Region has met in Kumasi to plan ahead of the February 13 demonstration against the government's imposition of Value...

Kwahu Bepong chaos: Male residents flee town

Joy News has learnt that majority of male residents in Kwahu Bepong, a town in the Kwahu South municipality of the Eastern region have...

Is that how you’re training your children? – PAC chairman scolds NSA boss [Video]

Tempers flared up at the Public Accounts Committee sitting as its Chairman, James Klutse Avedzi, got angry at the Director General of the National...

Hope for unplaced BECE graduates: Education Directors to embark on enrolment drive

Qualified Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) graduates who have not been placed in senior high schools (SHS) are to visit the nearest education office...

Fear as man is found dead in bush at Ntoaso

A man believed to be in his early 40s was found dead in a bush at Ntoaso Chinese in the Nsawam Adoagyiri Municipality of...

Kenkey price hit GH¢4 in Nov. 2022, Teshie was last resort for GH¢2 ball – Researcher

The GH¢2 price of a ball of the local Ghanaian meal made from fermented white corn, called kenkey, was phased out in Accra as...

Bepong: Mpraeso MP condemns Police’s use of live ammunition

Member of Parliament for Mpraeso, Davis Ansah Opoku has criticised the Police for resorting to the use of live ammunition during an attempt to...

Brace yourself for the worst in coming days as Harmattan bites hard

If you abandoned your masks, it’s time to grab them as Accra earns the unenviable title of one of the cities in the world...

Woman found dead with body parts missing on Odumase-Asesewa road

A yet-to-be identified woman has been found dead near the Otorkporlu Bridge, off the Odumase-Asesewa road in the Eastern Region. The deceased believed to...

One dead in accident involving GES Director

The Savanah Regional Director of the Ghana Education Service (GES) Mabel Judith Micah, is in critical condition after a ghastly accident on the Accra-Kumasi...

‘Kofi Brokeman’, roast yams, kokonte join league of expensive foods

‘Kofi Brokeman’, Ghana’s most popular delicacy, is no longer food for the poor even though plantain is in season, the price is being manipulated...

Man found unconscious in his car at Lapaz

A yet-to-identified man was on Monday morning found unconscious in his still-running car in traffic on the Lapaz Highway. The middle-aged man who was driving a...

‘I no longer attend public events’ because… – ECG MD

The Managing Director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Samuel Dubik Mahama has revealed he has stop attending public events including weddings and...

NDLEA intercepts over 14kg of cannabis from Ghana

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Nigeria has intercepted of a large consignment of Ghanaian Loud, a potent strain of cannabis sativa,...

Forgive them; they know not the power of love – Court tells former Minister after son, nephew challenge his marriage

The High Court at Cape Coast has asked a former Education Minister under the Kufuor government, Professor Dominic Fobih, to forgive his son and...

US Museum returns royal objects to Asante Kingdom [Photos]

Seven royal artefacts, including a necklace, an ornamental chair, and an elephant tail whisk, have been permanently and voluntarily returned to the Asante kingdom...

PAC calls for special audit of National Sports Authority

The Chairperson of Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC), James Klutse Avedzi, has called for a special audit of the National Sports Authority (NSA) by...

Motor rider, pillion sentenced for failing to wear crash helmet

A motorbike rider and his pillion who failed to wear crash helmets have been sentenced by the Kaneshie District Court. Joshua Kumessa, the rider, in...

Electricity VAT: TUC notifies Police on planned demo 

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has notified the Ghana Police Service of their planned nationwide demonstration against the proposed 15% VAT on domestic electricity consumption. Although, Cabinet...

Covid-19: Suppliers of free water chase gov’t for cash

The Chairman of the Oyibi Area Water and Sanitation Scheme in Accra has appealed to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament to impress...

Businessman charged with fraud and forgery of KMA letters remanded

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded into Police custody a businessman accused of defrauding two persons of $27,000 under the pretext of securing them...

Fatal accident on Amasaman-Nsawam road [Photos]

About seven passengers are feared dead in an accident near China Mall on the Amasaman-Nsawam road. The fatal accident reportedly occurred on Monday evening. It...

What you are likely to pay if 15% VAT on electricity is implemented

As part of the government's comprehensive COVID-19 recovery programme, a new fiscal measure was expected to be implemented on January 1, 2024. According to...

KNUST researchers hopeful of human milk banking adoption in Ghana

The World Health Organization recommends that infants should be exclusively breastfed for the first six months of their lives. However, infants without mothers or...

BoG to meet GRA, financial sector stakeholders over illegal MoMo deductions  

The Bank of Ghana will tomorrow February 6, 2024, meet officials of the Ghana Revenue Authority and stakeholders within the financial sector to address...

Fetish priest arrested over son’s murder, burial

Afealete Dzreke, a fetish priest believed to be in his 50s, has allegedly shot and killed his son at Dzuefe-Hamekpoe, a farming community within...

Exclusive: Antoa chief priest bares it all on Wontumi-Kokosohene saga [Video]

https://youtu.be/hHatBO_kbzc?si=5Ej38WIAo7iSS7AO The chief priest of Antoa Nyamaa shrine has set the records straight on the saga between the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic...

Urgent action needed to tackle sanitation crisis at Anloga fish market

Residents and authorities in the Anloga District of the Volta Region are facing a severe sanitation crisis that is causing serious health concerns, particularly...

Accra’s air quality tops global list, surpassing Delhi and Beijing

Ghana's capital Accra has claimed the unenviable title of having the world's worst air quality, outpacing cities notorious for pollution like Delhi and Beijing. Data...

Edem Agbana donates computers to schools in Ketu North

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate for Ketu North, Eric Edem Agbana has generously donated 50 computers to selected Junior High Schools...