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Okuapemman Association of USA and Canada celebrate annual Odwira/Ohum festival

The U.S. Labor Day holiday is here with us once again, and as has been their practice for the past three-plus decades, the sons...

PHOTOS:1 killed, two seriously injured in robbery operation at Kasoa

One person is reportedly killed and two others injured during a robbery operation at Kasoa in the Central region. According to reports, the robbers wielding...

The unblemished friendship of the Dagaabas and Frafra of northern Ghana

Unless the rains that give life to every living creature, including the dog, stops wetting the earth, nothing can tear the cordial relations that...

More names pop up in SSNIT scandal

Some of the faces behind the $72 million Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) scandal that has set tongues wagging are beginning to...

Minority’s loud silence on SSNIT scandal surprising – Majority leader

Majority Leader, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu has expressed shock at the loud silence of the Minority in Parliament about the scandal that has rocked...

VIDEO: Kwabenya Chief gives land for 1 district, 1 factory project

The chief of the Kwabenya Traditional Council, Nii Abey Okonfrah III has promised to gift President Akufo-Addo acres of land for the ‘One district...

Corruption allegations: Police CID demands evidence from A-Plus, Agyapong

The Criminal Investigations Department of the Ghana Police has asked two NPP fire brands- musician Kwame Asare Obeng, popularly known as A Plus and Assin...

Labour Union reps on SSNIT Board incompetent – Abraham Koomson

The competence of representatives of Labour Unions on the board of Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has been called into question. According to...

SSNIT scandal: Guilty officials to face 5-year jail term – PPA boss

The Chief Executive Officer of the Public Procurement Authority, Agyenim Boateng Agyei has said that persons found culpable in SSNIT’s OBS project scandal after...

SSNIT scandal: EOCO raids PBS

he office of Perfect Business Systems, the IT firm that was contracted by SSNIT to install the now controversial $72 million OBS software has...

Reopening of 'new' Kintampo waterfalls postponed

The Kintampo waterfalls in the Brong Ahafo Region, which is under renovation, will not be opened to tourists in September as was stated by...

Public procurements exceeding GH¢50m to be vetted by Presidency

Minister of State in charge of Public Procurement, Sarah Adwoa Safo, has revealed public procurements that exceed GH¢50m will now have to be approved...

Include us in the creation of new regions – Surveyors to Gov’t

The Ghana Institute of Surveyors (GIS) has appealed to government to collaborate with them in the creation of the additional regions to avoid any...

Nyinahini chiefs appeal to gov't to resolve Exton Cubic bauxite issue

The Chief of Nkawie, Mpasasohene and other Chiefs of the Nyinahini area have appealed to government and the relevant authorities to resolve the standoff...

SSNIT to retrieve salaries paid interdicted IT Boss

Interdicted SSNIT IT boss, Dr Caleb Afaglo may have to return all salaries paid him by the Trust following revelations that he presented fake...

SSNIT to retrieve salaries paid interdicted IT boss

Interdicted SSNIT IT boss, Dr Caleb Afaglo may have to return all salaries paid him by the Trust following revelations that he presented fake...

Audio: SSNIT is a corrupt institution – Ken Agyapong

The Member of Parliament for the Assin Central Constituency, Kennedy Agyapong has said  controversial OBS software procured by Social Security and National Insurance Trust...

Audio: Oshieyie clash scaring away tourists – Chief

The Chief of Kokrobite, Nii Ofei III says the chieftaincy dispute at Oshiye in the Ga-South municipality of the Greater Accra region which left...

Photos: Akua Donkor robbers jailed 60 years

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced three persons accused of robbing founder of the Ghana Freedom Party (GFP), Madame Akua Donkor, to a total...

I’m never attracted to pay SSNIT contribution – Allotey Jacobs

The Central Regional Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has vowed never to pay SSNIT contribution. According to him, he sees it as...

‘We thought SSNIT was poor’ – Persol

One of the companies that bid for the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) Operating Business Suite (OBS) deal, Persol Company, is shocked...

HOT VIDEO: How Roads Minister was attacked during inspection tour

An inspection tour of the construction site of the tunnel linking East Legon to the Spintex Road by Minister of Roads and Highways, Mr...

No arrests hours after 'gunmen' set Okpoegonno church auditorium on fire

Police are yet to apprehend assailants who set the auditorium of the Believers House of Worship ablaze following a land dispute between the church and...

I was not beaten – Roads Minister

The Minister for Roads and Highways has dismissed media reports he was beaten to pulp during a site inspection ahead of the construction of...

38 police officers promoted to COPs, DCOPs

The President, upon the recommendation of the Police Council has promoted seven Deputy Commissioners of Police to Commissioners and 31 Assistant Commissioners of Police...

Interdicted SSNIT IT boss defends academic credentials

Embattled Head of SSNIT’s Management Information Systems, Caleb Afaglo, has reportedly defended his academic credentials, insisting that he obtained his PhD certificate genuinely. The Economic and Organised...

Police invites Edward Mahama…

The Kotobabi police is investigating a case of unlawful damage reported by the People’s National Convention (PNC) General Secretary, Atik Mohammed. A letter sighted by...

Ashanti Regional Police Commander, others promoted

Seven Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCOP) have been promoted to the rank of commissioners. This brings the number of Commissioners of Police to 14. In...

Assin South MP slams Ghanaian gays in Canada

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Assin South in the Central Region, Rev John Ntim Fordjour, has lashed out at some...

PHOTOS: Over 400 Jehovah's Witnesses pass out at Convention after toxic gas attack

Over 400 witnesses passed out Friday at a Jehovah’s Witness convention in Angola after they were attacked with toxic gas. About 7,000 worshippers were at...

Intercourse isn't everything for most women – study

Many of us equate "sex" with "intercourse" and use those words interchangeably. Yet highly satisfying sex doesn't have to be limited to penetration --...

Head of SSNIT’s IT department interdicted

The Economic and Organised Crimes Office (EOCO) has interdicted head of SSNIT’s Management Information Systems, Dr Caleb Afaglo for presenting fake documents for the...

US Embassy warns citizens against going to Nima, Avenor, Agbogbloshie

The US Embassy in Accra has warned its nationals to avoid some communities in Accra that have recorded violence recently. A security message posted on...

SSNIT saga: Lawyer's advise against backdating payment for software ignored

Joy News has intercepted a letter that reveals management of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) was counseled against backdating payment for...

Ken Agyapong’s Flagstaff House bribery allegation damming – GII

Ghana Integrity Initiative is calling for immediate investigations into the bribery allegations being leveled against presidential staffers at the Flagstaff House. According to the Executive...

Gambia beats Ghana, Nigeria in jollof rice competition

Gambia has been adjudged the winner of the Jollof Rice Competition organised by the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) as part of activities marking the...

How does it feel to live with a swollen head for 10yrs? – The story of 12-yr-old Suleman

This is little Suleman, a 12 year old boy who was diagnosed with a tumor known as neurofibromatosis. He has been living with this...

Photos: Nurse grabs policeman’s testes

Three police officers who reportedly went firing bullets and beating residents after a drinking tour of the Upper East regional capital, Bolgatanga, have had...

Ghana to enjoy reliable and cheap electricity

Ghana will enjoy uninterrupted and reliable electricity due to the arrival of the world’s largest Powership, the 470 MV Karadeniz Powership Osman Khan ,says...

Fallen cattle, cause of near-fatal crash at Gomoa Dabenyin

While police are yet to establish the cause of the weekend’s road crash at Gomoa Dabenyin in the Central Region, residents blamed it on...