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Dwaso Nsem Excellence Awards: Nominations out; see who made the list

Producers of Adom FM flagship programme, Dwaso Nsem have announced nominations for the maiden edition of its excellence awards. The awards scheme seeks to recognise...

Fitch to downgrade Ghana to very deeper junk status; Ghana’s Issuer Default Rating now ‘C’

Rating agency, Fitch, has given an indication of a further downgrade of Ghana’s credit rating to very deeper junk status. This is coming after it...

2022 Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen Excellence Awards: Check out full list of winners

Member of Parliament (MP) for Effutu Constituency, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has been adjudged the best-performing lawmaker. This was in a rating done by your...

E-levy rate reviewed to 1%; GH¢100 daily threshold maintained

The Minority in Parliament has succeeded in ensuring that government maintains the GH¢100 Mobile Money threshold. Parliament also approved the reduction of the Electronic Transfer...

Debt Exchange Programme: TUC suspends intended strike

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has rescinded its plan to embark on an indefinite nationwide industrial action to demonstrate their opposition to earlier plans...

Victory at last: Pension Funds exempted from Debt Exchange Programme

Government has announced an exemption of all pension funds from the Debt Exchange Programme. This follows a meeting between Organised Labour, Ministry of Employment and...

Organised Labour to embark on indefinite strike on this date…

Organised Labour has declared its intention to embark on an indefinite strike from December 27, 2022. This was made known by the Secretary General of...

NDC elections: Asiedu Nketia secures landslide victory

General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, alias General Mosquito, has been elected National Chairman of the party. He beat...

NDC elections: Otokunor concedes defeat

Even before the Electoral Commission (EC) announces the winner of the General Secretary position of the NDC, an aspirant, Peter Boamah Otokunor, has conceded...

NDC Congress: Voting underway [Photos]

Voting is underway at the National Delegates' Congress of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Accra. Some 9,200 delegates from the 276 constituencies are...

NDC Congress: I stand ready to work with any executive elected – Mahama

Former President John Mahama has expressed his willingness to work with any executive elected at the National Democratic Congress' (NDC) 10th Delegates Congress. Addressing...

Forgive me if I’ve offended you – Asiedu Nketia says as he bows out as General Secretary

The longest-serving General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has rendered an apology to party faithful as he bows out...

A mosquito you can see cannot bite – Ofosu-Ampofo shades Asiedu Nketia

The incumbent National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress, Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, has shaded the General Secretary, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, popularly known as General Mosquito. Delivering...

Mahama’s arrival at NDC’s 10th Congress [Photos]

Former President John Mahama has arrived at the Accra Sports Stadium to participate in the 10th National Delegates Congress of the National Democratic Congress (NDC)....

How two dead pigeons were thrown into my compound ahead of elections – Afriyie-Ankrah

Even before the ballot is cast at the 10th Delegates Conference of the National Democratic Congress, there already seems to be some signs of...

BoG give reasons for cedi’s stability against US dollar

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has attributed the cedis’ recent gains to new set of monetary measures instituted by the central bank. According to the...

Abossey Okai spare parts dealers reduce prices of their wares

As the cedi keeps racing fast behind the dollar, spare parts dealers have reduced prices of their wares by about 10% to 20%. The Chairman...

Special Prosecutor yet to receive salary 10 months in office

Exclusive documents available to JoyNews indicate that the Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng and his staff, are yet to receive their salaries, 16 months after...

Why Ghana Cedi is performing against the US Dollar in December – John Dumelo

Ghanaian farmer and politician, John Dumelo, has taken to Twitter to give out reasons why the Ghanaian Cedi is performing best against the US...

Full audio: Asiedu Nketia drops bombshell few days to NDC Congress

JoyNews/AdomNews · Asiedu Nketia drops bombshell Few days to the National Delegates Congress of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), the General Secretary of the...

Assin Fosu: Pastor who stole spaghetti, rice, towel, et al from girlfriend convicted

The Assin Fosu District Court presided over by His Worship Abdul Majeed Illiasu, has convicted a pastor of Divine Favour Ministry Chuch at Asante...

IMF reaches $3bn Staff-Level agreement with Ghana

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reached a staff-level agreement with Ghana on economic policies and reforms to be supported by a new three-year...

My ‘dead goat’ comment was taken out context by NPP – Mahama [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Mahama explains the use of dead goat syndrome Former President John Mahama has explained why he said he had dead goat syndrome. According to...

Govt has not paid us salaries for 4 years – Workers who weed roadsides in the country

Single-Man Contractors, a group mandated to weed major roadsides of the country, is up in arms with the government over its unpaid monies. The...

Woman shot in daylight robbery at Caprice [Audio+Video]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Daylight Robbery At Caprice A yet-to-be-identified woman has reportedly been shot in a daylight robbery at Caprice on the Circle-Nsawam Highway. The incident, according...

Waterstone Realty Ltd sues govt over National Cathedral project

Waterstone Realty Limited has sued the Lands Commission over the demolition of a two-storey multipurpose building which was at the designated location for the...

Cutting govt’s ‘afro’ to match the people’s haircut: video analysis

Government has launched a debt exchange programme that will see institutional investors take a haircut on their interests. Pension funds, banks and insurance firms are...

I was diagnosed with cancer last year – KSM painfully reveals

Veteran Ghanaian comedian and satirist, Kwaku Sintim-Misa, known simply as KSM, has revealed he has been battling cancer since January 2021. KSM, who turned 66...

You are on your own – John Kumah tells bondholders who reject debt exchange programme

Deputy Finance Minister, Dr John Kumah, has advised bondholders to comply with the government’s debt exchange programme. Speaking in an interview on JoyNews’ PM Express on Monday,...

Investors may die of shock over Ofori-Atta’s debt exchange programme – Economist

Economist Menson Torkunoo has said local investors with bonds who will have to bear the brunt of the government’s domestic debt exchange programme may...

Check out full list of aspirants running for National Executive positions in NDC

The main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has released a full list of all aspirants who are qualified to contest for national executive positions...

Road tolls: We will no longer be paying 50 pesewas and ₵1 – Roads Minister

The Minister for Roads and Highways, Kwesi Amoako-Atta, has said that road tolls will no more be collected by human beings when the levy...

Govt might have over-borrowed – John Kumah admits

The Deputy Finance Minister, Dr John Kumah, has conceded that government might have over-borrowed in its quest to transform the economic fortunes of the...

Nurses and Midwives upset over govt’s Debt Exchange Programme

The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has expressed displeasure over the government’s debt exchange programme. The Association has described the programme as unfair...

Govt still peddling falsehoods in the middle of a crisis – Ato Forson on ‘haircut’

Ranking Member on Parliament’s Finance Committee has described as a hoax government’s suggestion that there will be no haircuts on investments. According to Dr...

Prospective teacher trainees to write entrance exams from 2023

Applicants seeking admissions into Colleges of Education in Ghana will from 2023 be expected to write an entrance exam. The exam will be based...

2022 WASSCE results prove Free SHS is working well – Akufo-Addo

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has described the results of the 2022 batch of students who wrote the West Africa...

HIV/AIDS in Zongo communities scary – Ahafo Region Advocate

Percy Korankye, an HIV/AIDS Advocate in the Ahafo Region, has revealed that prevalence of the virus is high and scary in Zongo communities, and...

11 in critical condition in gory accident at Assin Nyankomase

Eleven passengers on board a Hyundai Grace car are currently battling for their lives after they sustained varying degrees of injuries in a gory...

Govt responsible for unrest in labour sector, not workers – Kofi Bentil

Senior Vice President of IMANI Africa, Kofi Bentil, says the unrest in the labour sector is the doing of government. The lawyer, who was...