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Ghana receives €44.7m grant for irrigation infrastructure

Ghana’s quest to build robust irrigation infrastructure in the northern part of the country has received a boost with the receipt of a grant...

Fire guts church, mechanic shop, and chop bar at Awoshie Mangoase

Fire has gutted a mechanic shop at Awoshie Mangoase in Accra. The fire, which caught the community’s attention around 5:15 am on Friday, spread...

Ghana Armed Forces clears air on alleged recruitment

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has dismissed reports of recruitment and enlistment exercise. The outfit in a public notice on its Twitter page indicated...

Sea to swallow Osu Castle, Nkrumah Mausoleum, Independence Square ‘soon’ – Researcher

A new study conducted by the Director, Institute for Environment and Sanitation Studies of the University of Ghana, Prof Kwasi Appeaning Addo, reveals that...

Sachet water to sell at ¢0.40, a bag goes for ¢8 effective today

Sachet water price is expected to increase from today, April 1. According to the National Association of Sachet and Packaged Water Producers, the new price...

Documents were forged to implicate me in Capital Bank collapse – Witness tells court

Businessman Dr Tetteh Nettey has made serious allegations about how he got involved in the Capital Bank case. He alleges that officials of the collapsed...

How my father impregnated me, aborted pregnancy – Survivor

A 20-year-old girl (name withheld) on Thursday told a Court how her biological father, Akin Isaac, allegedly impregnated her and aborted the pregnancy. The News...

Free SHS: Institute for Transgenerational Leaders’ lecture honours Akufo-Addo [Photos]

The Institute for Transgenerational Leaders has held a public lecture in Accra to honour President Nana Akufo-Addo over the free Senior High School (SHS)...

GMWU reacts to EIGWU’s ‘mistreating of Newmont Ghana workers’ allegation

The Ghana Mineworkers Union (GMWU) has cleared the air on some allegations leveled against them by the Extractive Industry Workers Union of Ghana (EIWUG). Executives...

Dr Lawrence Tetteh receives Hungary’s highest award

The President of Hungary, H.E. János Áder, has decorated the Founder and Leader of World Miracle Outreach, Dr. Lawrence Tetteh, an International Evangelist, with...

Ato Essien dishonestly took ¢130m from Capital Bank to set up another Bank – Prosecutor

Chief State Attorney Evelyn Keelson has alleged that founder of defunct Capital Bank William Ato Essien and businessman Dr Tetteh Nettey dishonestly took ¢130...

E-levy: Speak truth to power – GRA, technical partners told over implementation

JoyNews/AdomNews · GRA must speak truth to authority over implementation of E-levy – Telecoms Chamber The Ghana Telecoms Chamber has urged the Ghana Revenue Authority...

Reduce the size of govt to protect public purse – Prof Agyeman-Duah to Akufo-Addo

A co-founder of the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Professor Baffour Agyemang-Duah, has called for an immediate reduction in the size of the...

GPRTU suspends planned 15% increase in transport fares [Audio]

A planned further 15% increase in transportation fare has been suspended by the Ghana Private Roads Transport Union (GPRTU). Speaking shortly after a meeting involving players...

Gabby Otchere-Darko’s post about Otto Addo causes stir

New Patriotic Party (NPP) Stalwart, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, has sparked a conversation on social media with a post about Ghana coach, Otto Addo. Mr Otchere-Darko...

Unemployed nurses, midwives to embark on massive demo

A group calling itself unemployed nurses have declared their intention to embark on a massive demonstration over their postings. According to them, the demo...

Akufo-Addo to commission Nissan Vehicle Assembly Plant

President Nana Akufo-Addo will today, March 31, 2022, commission a Nissan Vehicle Assembly Plant in the Tema Industrial Area. This comes on the back...

Driver jailed 20 years for impregnating his 16-year-old daughter

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a taxi driver, Francis Fynn Aikins, to 20 years imprisonment for having sex with his own daughter. Fynn told...

E-levy to make a significant contribution to revenue mobilisation – Akufo-Addo

President Akufo-Addo says the Electronic Transaction Levy would make a significant contribution to revenue mobilisation and the management of the national economy. The Majority on...

Students injured as inter-schools competition ends in brutal fight

Scores of students have been left injured following a clash during an inter-school gala competition at Sehwi Kwasikrom. This year'scompetition in the Amoaya circuit in...

Panic withdrawals hit Mobile Money – MMAAG

A lot of people who have their money kept on their Mobile Money Wallet have begun withdrawing their money following the passage of the...

Nigeria await Fifa verdict on crowd trouble after Ghana game

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) could face sanctions from world governing body Fifa after crowd trouble marred the end of their 2022 World Cup...

SONA: Govt to construct 5 technical schools

Government is to begin construction of five new technical institutes in the country. The construction is to boost technical education and technical know-how in the...

Saudi Arabia donates 150.5 tons of food to the needy ahead of Ramadan

The Saudi Arabia government has, through its Markaz Aleawn Alyaqin Eta’am project, donated 150.5 tons of assorted food items to the needy in Ghana...

Agyapa deal: AG sends message to ECOWAS Court

The Attorney General (AG) is urging the ECOWAS Court of Justice to dismiss a case filed against the Agyapa Royalties agreement. Chief State Attorney, Dorothy...

Ghana did not import cassava from China in 2019 – Agric Ministry

The Ministry of Food and Agriculture has dismissed claims that Ghana imported raw cassava from China in 2019. This follows claims by the Member of...

SONA 2022: Creative Arts SHS 70% complete

President Nana Akufo-Addo has revealed that the construction of the Creative Arts Senior High School (SHS), at Kwadaso, in the Ashanti Region, is about...

Ban on imported 4×4 vehicles: Akufo-Addo’s important message to Kantanka, other local assembly plants

JoyNews/AdomNews · Ban on imported 4x4 vehicles: Akufo-Addo's important message to Kantanka The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has called on local assembly plants including...

SONA2022: Our democracy is worth fighting for – Akufo-Addo on coup statements

President Nana Akufo-Addo has called on Ghanaians to re-instill the spirit of patriotism and democracy the forefathers toiled for. While addressing recent coup statements during...

Judge cautions prosecution over Barker-Vormawor trial

The Judge hearing the treason felony charge brought against a Convener of the #FixTheCountry Movement, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, on Tuesday, March 29, 2022 asked state...

Beyi W’ano: Forestry Commission cautions Fulani herdsmen to stop destroying forest reserves

The Bono Regional Forestry Manager, Isaac Noble Eshun, has announced that measures have been put in place to halt the activities of Fulani herdsmen...

My timeline for Agenda 111 was overly ambitious – Akufo-Addo admits

Like all major construction projects, it's evident that the initial schedule we gave for the completion of Agenda 111 was overly ambitious, President Nana...

SONA22: Russia-Ukraine war: Bombs may be dropping on cities but hitting pockets in Ghana – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo has said that the Russia and Ukraine war has had a direct impact on the lives of Ghanaians as far as...

2 mourners die, 5 in critical condition in separate accidents at Gomoa

Two mourners have died instantly while five others are in critical condition in two separate accidents in the Gomoa East and West Districts of...

Births and Deaths registry go digital; no more football ages – Akufo-Addo declares

President Nana Akufo-Addo has revealed that operations of the Births and Deaths Registry have finally been digitised to make sure that documents issued from...

SONA 2022: 80 warehouses to store food completed – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo has announced the completion of some 80 warehouses across the country. According to him, there is no doubt this intervention has hugely...

Full speech: Akufo-Addo’s State of the Nation Address 2022

I hope you will forgive me if I begin by asking Members of the House to join me to salute the management, technical and...

SONA 2022: Ghana’s Covid-19 management has been exemplary – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo has touted the management of the Covid-19 pandemic situation in Ghana as exemplary. He has also acknowledged lives have been saved by the...

GH¢1bn fraud: Banks line up staff for prosecution

The Bank of Ghana has revealed that some of the persons involved in the GH¢1bn fraud that hit the banking sector in 2020 are...

Celebs react to approval of E-Levy bill

On Tuesday, March 29, Parliament approved the controversial E-Levy Bill. The Bill was adopted at a reduced rate of 1.5% from the initial 1.75% amid...