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Samira Bawumia donates over 200,000 books to basic schools

The Second Lady, Samira Bawumia, says the Samira Empowerment Humanitarian Project (SEHP), has through the library in a box project, donated over 200,000 books...

Schoolgirl discovers she’s 3 months pregnant while donating blood [Video]

Shika, (not her real name), is in Senior High School (SHS). She is currently in her first trimester of pregnancy. Her pregnancy was not planned....

WSA partners GTS WSA for water supply and sanitation infrastructure projects in Africa

Water & Sanitation for Africa (WSA) and Gulf Technology Systems (GTS) have entered into a full cooperation agreement to collaborate on water supply and...

I’m not against debt restructuring but…- Mahama [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · I’m Not Against Debt Restructuring - Mahama Former President John Mahama has said he is not against the government's debt restructuring programme since...

Oyibi food poisoning: Only 1 person died – FDA

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has disclosed that only one person died from suspected food poisoning at Oyibi Bush Canteen Junction, in Accra. This...

Krofrom gang violence: One suspect arrested

One suspect has been arrested in connection with the Krofrom reprisal gang attack. The attack resulted in the death of one person and a six-bedroom...

Gang burn down six-bedroom house in reprisal attack at Krofrom

A six-bedroom house has been burnt in the Krofrom suburb of Kumasi, Friday afternoon, in an alleged reprisal attack by a gang. The armed young men,...

Diasporan Investment key to Ghana’s economy – Alex Dadey

Executive Chairman of the KGL Group and Board Chairman of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre, Alex Dadey has called on government to focus on...

Let’s castrate men who impregnate school girls – Queen mother

The paramount queen mother of Abura Asiebu Kwamankese in the Central Region has cautioned men who impregnate teenagers and end up stalling their education...

Court restrains traditional council from installing new chief at Old Yaakasi

The Enchi District Court has placed an order to restrain the paramount chiefs of Enchi, Nana Beyeman Tano Kwaw Benbuin III, Nana Enoku Panyin...

Ablakwa writes to GRA over Rev. Kusi Boateng’s alleged double TIN

North Tongu Member of Parliament, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has filed a request at the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) under the Right to Information (RTI)...

FDA begins probe into alleged waakye poisoning at Oyibi

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has begun investigating the death of five persons at Oyibi in the Greater Accra Region after they reportedly...

Ghanaian students on govt scholarship stranded in UK over delayed stipends, fees

Some students on the Government of Ghana scholarship under the 'Ghana Scholarship Secretariat' are said to be stranded in the United Kingdom (UK) over...

GES commiserates with bereaved families of 8 drowned pupils

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has commiserated with the families of the eight pupils who drowned while crossing the Volta Lake from Atigagorme to...

Okudzeto Ablakwa reacts to ‘Ghana’s schools of shame’ documentary

Member of Parliament for North Tongu Constituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has also reacted to the Joy News’ Ghana’s Schools of Shame documentary. According to...

Govt set to fix Kumasi-Mampong bridge [Photos]

The Minister for Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako-Attah, has assured the Paramount Chief of Mampong Traditional Area, Dasebre Osei Bonsu II, of the government’s...

Court orders for pregnancy test of woman convicted in ¢50k theft before sentence

An Accra Circuit has deferred the sentencing of a 36-year-old woman who admitted to stealing GH¢50,000 belonging to her employer. The Court presided over by...

PHDC CEO leads community engagement ahead of the establishment of Africa’s first petroleum and petrochemical hub

The Chief Executive Officer of the Petroleum Hub Development Corporation (PHDC), Charles Owusu, has led his Operations and Technical Team to engage with the...

Suspected food poisoning: Waakye kills 5 including pregnant woman

Five people have reportedly died after eating a meal of rice and beans, popularly known as waakye, they bought from a food joint at...

Togbe Afede XIV backs individual bondholders’ call for exclusion from Domestic Debt Exchange

The Agbogbomefia of the Asogli State, Togbe Afede XIV, has supported the position of individual bondholders who are crying for an exclusion from the...

NaBCo beneficiaries petition Special Prosecutor over arrears

The Aggrieved Nations Builders Corps (NaBCo) Trainees Association wants Special Prosecutor (SP) Kissi Agyebeng’s intervention to enable them to claim their nine-month arrears from...

Nkwanta drivers unite to fix deathtrap road with boulders

After countless futile attempts to get the government to fix the terrible Nkwanta-Kpassa stretch of the Eastern Corridor road, drivers from Kpassa in the...

36-year-old woman convicted for stealing

The Accra Circuit Court has deferred the sentence of a 36-year-old woman who admitted to stealing GH¢50,000.00 belonging to her employer. The Court presided over...

Rat hunters set ablaze market [Photos]

Shop owners at Nyankomase Ahenkuro in the Assin South District of the Central Region are counting their loss after their shops were engulfed by...

Outdoor activities banned in Aowin over chieftaincy disputes

The Western North Regional Security Council (REGSEC) has announced a ban on all outdoor activities in the Aowin traditional area following chieftaincy disturbances. The...

Govt defaults payment of teachers Tier 2 for 9 months, pensioners in a big mess

Four teacher unions have accused the government of defaulting in the payment of their Occupational Pension Scheme (Tier 2) contributions to the Ghana Education...

AMA to roll out digital revenue collection system in March 2023

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has announced plans to introduce a new digitise revenue collection system in March this year to improve on and...

Pope Francis appoints Rev Fr Samuel Nkuah-Boateng as Bishop of Wiawso Diocese

His Holiness Pope Francis on Thursday appointed Reverend Father Samuel Nkuah-Boateng as the new Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Wiawso in the Western...

Beautiful snake causes ugly scare at Ngleshie Amanfro

In recent times, intensive awareness created by conservationists has significantly improved the relationship between humans and animals. This includes both wild species and domestic animals,...

Akufo-Addo appoints new Chief of Air Staff

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appointed Air Vice Marshal Frederick Asare Kwasi Bekoe as the new Chief of Air Staff. A statement issued by...

Financial crisis has affected my GH¢106k investment – Agyinasare

It is now dawning on many, the harsh nature of the current crisis. The phenomenon appears to be no respecter of persons as a spiritual...

Four cars involved in ghastly accident on Accra-Kumasi Highway [Photos]

Four persons including a Reverend Minister are currently receiving treatment at the Kibi Government Hospital in the Abuakwa South Municipality of the Eastern Region...

Murder of GPHA staff: 2 accused persons discharged and re-arrested

The two accused persons in the murder case of Mrs Josephine Asante, a former Marketing and Public Affairs Manager of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority...

Cost of Akufo-Addo’s private jet rentals can’t be made public – RTI Commission

The Right to Information (RTI) Commission has ruled that information on President Nana Akufo-Addo’s travels on both private and state-owned presidential jets, and the...

All you need to know as WAEC releases 2022 BECE results

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released the provisional results of candidates who sat for the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) for both...

EOCO hunts for Lebanese national jailed for fraud

The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has launched a manhunt for a Lebanese national who was sentenced to jail for five years over...

Ankaful-Saltpond gets first public basic school in 600 years

Ankaful-Saltpond, a fishing community in the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central Region, has received its first-ever public basic school after it was founded some...

1 dead, others injured as ‘trotro’ runs into traders

Some traders at Suame roundabout in the Ashanti Region have been crashed by a commercial vehicle, killing one in the process.  Two others, according to...

Encroachment of Trassacco lands

Empire Builders has observed with shock the defiance of management of Top Kings even when the Supreme Court of Ghana in its judgment ruled...

Court threatens to strike out Agradaa’s case

An Accra Circuit Court has threatened to strike out the criminal charges against founder of Heaven Way Champion International Ministry, Patricia Asiedua Koranteng, aka...