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Former Deputy EC boss passes on

David Adeenze Kangah, a former Deputy Commissioner of the Electoral Commission(EC), has passed on aged 78. Mr. Kangah retired as a Deputy Chairman in Charge...

Increased media spotlight on child labour in cocoa sector essential as production grows – ICI

As cocoa production increases in Ghana, child advocacy groups are intensifying calls and efforts to militate against child labour in the sector. Production of the...

Only strike can compel government to tackle galamsey – Ex-VC of Catholic University

A former Vice Chancellor of Catholic University, Ghana, Brigadier General Prof. Daniel Obeng Ofori, has called on the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG),...

Three dead after mining pit collapse at Manso Takorase

A tragic mining accident at Manso Takorase in the Amansie South District of the Ashanti Region has claimed the lives of three persons after...

Junior doctors’ strike: GMA urges gov’t to act swiftly

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has urged the government to urgently engage the leadership of the Junior Doctors’ Association of Ghana to avert an...

More troops needed to win galamsey fight – Mahama

President John Dramani Mahama has admitted that Ghana’s security forces are overstretched, making the fight against illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, more complex. Addressing...

Multimedia’s Clinton Yeboah becomes only Ghanaian finalist for WAMECA 2025

The Multimedia Group Limited's Clinton Yeboah has emerged as the only Ghanaian shortlisted for the 2025 West Africa Media Excellence Conference and Awards (WAMECA),...

National Security Council believes we can tackle galamsey without state of emergency – Mahama

President John Dramani Mahama says the National Security Council is confident that Ghana can overcome the illegal mining menace without declaring a state of...

We’re determined to win galamsey fight – Mahama

President John Dramani Mahama has restated his government’s determination to tackle illegal mining, assuring Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and the public that the NDC...

 Petition filed to probe “fraudulent” Ghanaian passport issued to Indian businesswoman

A Ghanaian citizen, Alex Bamfo, has formally petitioned the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, the Ministry of the Interior, and the Ghana...

26-year-old farmer sentenced to 30 years for robbery

The Assin Nsuaem-Kyekyewere Circuit Court in the Assin South District of the Central Region has sentenced a 26-year-old farmer, Frank Owusu, to 30 years’...

Root causes of galamsey must be tackled – Lands Minister

The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, says multiple factors are fueling the persistence of illegal mining in Ghana and must...

Declaring state of emergency is not solution to galamsey – GWL Boss

The Managing Director of the Ghana Water Limited (GWCL), Mutawakilu Adam, has downplayed calls for a state of emergency as a response to the...

 One dead, several injured in accident at New Somanya  

  A fatal accident at New Somanya in the Eastern Region on Thursday, October 2, 2025, has left one person dead and several others injured. The...

All Mpox patients in Ahafo region fully recover

The Ahafo Regional Health Directorate has confirmed that all three patients who contracted the Monkeypox (Mpox) virus in the region have fully recovered, easing...

Labour Ministry signs MoU with CG Technical Services to boost youth training and jobs

The Ministry of Labour, Jobs and Employment has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with UAE-based CG Technical Services FZ-LLC to launch the Ghana...

Galamsey: L.I. 2501 to be laid in Parliament to revoke L.I. 2462 – A-G

Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Dr. Dominic Ayine, has announced that a new Legislative Instrument (L.I.) 2501 will soon be laid before Parliament...

NHIA targets full coverage of every illnesses under NHIS by 2030

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has announced an ambitious plan to expand the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to cover every illness in...

Police arrest suspect, recover weapons after clash at Simpa

The Western Central Regional Police Command has arrested one person and recovered weapons following a violent clash between two rival groups at Simpa in...

Chairman Wontumi will be arrested on Monday if …

The Attorney-General, Dr Dominic Ayine, has announced that charges against the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly...

Some small-scale miners initiate reclamation as government pursues irresponsible miners

Some small-scale miners have started reclamation of their mine concession as the government initiates steps to pursue persons who have abandoned open pits. In the...

  Private citizen petitions IGP over construction of 14-storey building near CID headquarters

A citizen, Maxwell Okamafo Addo, has petitioned the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Christian Tetteh Yohuno, over what he describes as a looming threat...

JUSAG president decries lack progress on judiciary’s conditions of service

The President of the Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG), Samuel Afotey Otu, has expressed disappointment over the slow pace of progress in...

Gbinyiri conflict: Widows announce half-naked demo to Jubilee House

All is set for some female victims of the Gbinyiri conflict, who lost their husbands and suddenly became widows in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba and Bole...

‘You are future CEOs of your own enterprises’ – Dr. Apaak to NAP beneficiaries 

The Deputy Education Minister has urged beneficiaries of the National Apprenticeship Programme (NAP) to strive hard to become future Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) by...

GRIDCo to shut down Akosombo–Nkawkaw transmission line  

The Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) has announced that it will take the 161kV Akosombo–Nkawkaw transmission line out of service from Sunday, October 5,...

Galamsey: Meeting with Mahama should not be mere “talk shop” – Martin Kpebu tells CSOs

Private legal practitioner Martin Kpebu has urged Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) not to dismiss their engagement with President John Mahama on illegal mining, popularly...

Galamsey threatening Ghana’s energy security – Adomako-Mensah warns

The Deputy Ranking Member of Parliament’s Energy Committee, Collins Adomako-Mensah, has sounded the alarm that illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, is fast becoming...

Volta Education Directorate eyes top honours at 2025 National Teachers’ Day Awards

The Volta Regional Directorate of Education has expressed high optimism ahead of the 2025 National Teachers’ Day Awards, with expectations that teachers from the...

Immigration officer reported dead, another injured in attack at Gbintri checkpoint

A violent attack at the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) inland checkpoint at Gbintri in the East Mamprusi Municipality of the North East Region has...

NPP refers petition for suspension of former Lands Minister and Kwasi Kwarteng to NEC

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has acknowledged receipt of a petition seeking the suspension of former Lands and Natural Resources Minister, Kwaku Asomah-Cheremeh, and...

Police clarify claims half of seized suspected Indian hemp turned into sawdust

The Ghana Police Service has launched investigations into a Kia truck carrying 36 bags of substances suspected to be Indian hemp that was intercepted...

Junior Doctors declare nationwide strike over salary delays and stalled postings

The Junior Doctors’ Association of Ghana (JDA-GH) has declared a nationwide strike, beginning Tuesday, October 7, 2025, in protest against months of unpaid salaries,...

Galamsey is still with us, but going down now – Dormaahene [Video]

  Dormaahene, Osagyefo Oseadeeyo Agyeman Badu II, says illegal small-scale mining, popularly known as galamsey, has reduced since the beginning of President John Dramani Mahama’s...

Goaso Bishop urges Ola Girls’ SHS headmistress to uphold discipline

The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Goaso, Most Rev. Peter Kwaku Atuahene, has charged the newly inducted headmistress of Ola Girls’ Senior High...

Mahama swears in 21 Appeal Court Judges including Dormaahene 

  President John Dramani Mahama has officially sworn in 21 High Court Judges as Justices of the Court of Appeal. The ceremony, held at the Jubilee...

Nutrifoods resumes production and distribution of Tasty Tom after FDA’s evaluation

Nutrifoods Ghana Limited, a joint venture between Olam and Sanyo, has recommenced production and distribution of Tasty Tom Enriched Tomato Mix after a thorough...

TVET Service condemns KNUST SHS Assistant Headmaster’s misconduct

  The Ghana TVET Service has strongly denounced the conduct of Charles Akwasi Aidoo, Assistant Headmaster (Academic) of KNUST Senior High School(SHS), after a viral...

National Apprenticeship Programme to address demands of Ghana’s economy – Dr. Apaak

Deputy Minister of Education, Dr. Clement Abas Apaak, has underscored the significance of the newly launched National Apprenticeship Programme (NAP), describing it as a...

JoyNews uncovers Chinese-backed galamsey on River Bisi despite MCE’s denial

Evidence gathered by JoyNews has exposed extreme pollution of the Rivers Bisi and Subri, both tributaries of the Tano River, despite denials by the...