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I am around, but the committee never contacted me – Dubik Mahama on missing ECG containers [Video]

Former Managing Director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Samuel Dubik Mahama, has expressed frustration over not being contacted by the committee investigating...

A container can never get missing – Former ECG MD [Video]

The immediate past Managing Director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Samuel Dubik Mahama, has strongly refuted claims regarding missing containers at the...

Lawyer urges Parliament to constitute bipartisan committee to address crime and oversee investigations

Private legal practitioner and University of Media, Arts, and Communication lecturer, Kwaku Baah-Acheamfour Esq, has urged Parliament to establish a bipartisan committee to address...

Ghana, IMF begin fourth review mission amid economic reforms

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has commenced its fourth review mission in Ghana as part of the country’s Extended Credit Facility (ECF) programme for...

Concerned Kantamanto Traders demand resignation of leadership of 13 unions

Concerned members of the Kantamanto Secondhand Clothing Sellers are calling for the resignation of the leadership of 13 unions, accusing them of making decisions...

Immigration Service recalls 78 interdicted officers

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has recalled 78 personnel who were on interdiction for various alleged offences. The affected officers include 14 senior officers and...

GMA demands urgent meeting with Health Minister

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has requested an urgent meeting with the Minister of Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, over the suspension of the Vehicle...

Contractor to resume work on stalled Ofankor-Nsawam road following fruitful discussions – Roads Minister

Roads Minister, Kwame Governs Agbodza, has announced that Maripoma Limited, the contractor working on the stalled Ofankor-Nsawam highway project, will return to the site...

Mpasatia: Two bodies retrieved as search for trapped miners continues

The search for missing persons feared trapped in a collapsed illegal mining (galamsey) pit at Mpasatia in the Ashanti Region has entered its second...

Reconstruction of Sunyani-Techiman-Wenchi-Wa-Hamile road to begin under “Big Push” initiative

The reconstruction of the Sunyani-Techiman-Wenchi-Wa-Hamile road corridor is set to commence in the third quarter of this year as part of the government’s “Big...

PBC workers demand urgent gov’t intervention to revive operations 

Workers of the Produce Buying Company (PBC) are intensifying their calls for government intervention as the once-thriving cocoa-buying firm faces growing inefficiencies and financial...

Bricklayer reportedly absconds after wife delivers triplets

A bricklayer, Bayo Jeje, has reportedly gone missing after his wife, Mrs. Iyanu Ehuwa Jeje, gave birth to triplets in Ondo State, Nigeria. Iyanu delivered...

AirMed Flight N823AM indeed landed in Ghana for 5 days

JoyNews has confirmed that AirMed Flight N823AM landed in Ghana and stayed at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) for five days before departing for...

Volta Regional Minister appeals for swift confirmation of DCE nominee in Akatsi North

The Volta Regional Minister, James Gunu, has made an urgent appeal to the assembly members of Akatsi North to quickly approve Bless Kodzo Katamani...

Man sentenced for attacking journalists at Breman-Adumanya

The Asankragwa District Court has convicted Daniel Baidoo for attacking a group of journalists at Adumanya near Asankran Breman in the Western Region. Baidoo was...

CDD fellow defends AG’s public engagement on corruption cases

Dr. John Osae Kwapong, a Fellow at the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD), has defended the Attorney General’s (AG) public engagement on corruption cases,...

Goaso nurses raise concerns over lack of relatives’ lodge, NICU equipment

The Nurse Manager of Goaso Municipal Hospital in the Ahafo Region, Madam Andrina Kesse, has expressed concerns about the challenges faced by relatives of...

Anas Aremeyaw Anas’ investigative film, “Invisible Hands,” streams on Delta Airlines

Ghana’s renowned investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas has achieved a significant milestone as his groundbreaking documentary, Invisible Hands, is now available on Delta Airlines’...

Politicians involved in galamsey will face the law – EPA

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reiterated its commitment to tackling illegal mining activities and stressed that no individual, regardless of their status or...

Thunderstorms to continue in parts of Ghana tonight – Ghana Meteo warns

The Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMet) has issued a warning for ongoing thunderstorms and rainfall in parts of the country tonight. According to the latest forecast,...

Ntim Fordjour demands accountability on missing ECG containers 

The Ranking Member of Parliament’s Defence and Interior Committee, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, has called for full accountability regarding the missing Electricity Company of...

We’ll see a change in galamsey fight if… – Local Gov’t Minister

The Minister for Local Government, Chieftaincy, and Religious Affairs, Ahmed Ibrahim, has expressed confidence in traditional authorities' ability to help combat illegal mining, commonly...

Let’s be careful Chief Justice’s removal process doesn’t become a political tool – Dr. Kwapong

Centre for Democratic Development (CDD) Fellow, Dr. John Osae Kwapong, has cautioned against turning the process of removing the Chief Justice into a political...

Eid ul-Fitr: Bawumia supports Muslim community with over 3,000 bags of rice

Former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia over the weekend dispatched over 3,300 bags of rice across the country to support needy Muslims towards the...

Woman who allegedly abandoned baby at Zebilla market arrested

The Bawku West District Police have arrested a young lady for allegedly abandoning her four-day-old baby at the Zebilla market. The suspect and her accomplice,...

Roads Minister orders commencement of works on Ashaiman-Afienya and Tema Motorway-Dawhenya stretches

Roads Minister, Kwame Governs Agbodza, has directed two local contractors, First Sky and Ozwald Investments Limited, to mobilise immediately and commence road construction on...

Mahama orders probe into suspicious flights allegedly linked to illicit activities

President John Mahama has directed the National Security and relevant authorities to conduct a full-scale investigation into two aircraft suspected of smuggling cocaine and...

Fuel prices set to rise from today; but not all OMCs will follow suit

Prices of petroleum products are expected to see marginal increases at the pumps starting today, April 2.This is based on the latest Pricing Outlook...

Kyidomhene of Mampong-Brofoyedru murdered 

Unknown assailants have killed the Kyidomhene of Brofoyedru in the Mampong Municipality of the Ashanti region, Nana Osei Bonsu.The lifeless body of the chief...

11 arrested for illegal mining along Bonsa River in Western region

The Western Central Regional Police Command has arrested eleven individuals for engaging in illegal mining activities along the Bonsa River in the Western Region.The...

 Two dead, many trapped after galamsey pit collapses at Mpasatia

Two people have died following the collapse of an illegal mining pit at Mpasatia Yaw Nkwantah in the Atwima Mponua District of the Ashanti...

Minority calls for heightened maritime security after pirate attack

The Minority in Parliament has called on the government to strengthen the Ghana Navy’s capabilities following a suspected pirate attack on the Ghanaian-registered fishing...

Muslims in Volta region urged to support govt’s reset agenda

The Volta Regional Chief Imam, Alhaji Alfa Anas, has called on all Muslims to help the government's reset agenda to help bring development to...

Gov’t suspends fishing licenses of four industrial vessels

The Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development and the Fisheries Commission have suspended fishing licences for four industrial trawl vessels operating within Ghana’s Exclusive...

Minority raises concerns over suspicious flights linked to drug trafficking

The Minority caucus in Parliament has urged National Security to swiftly release details on two aircraft suspected of smuggling cocaine and cash into Ghana.The...

Local Gov’t Ministry postpones launch of National Sanitation Day

The Ministry of Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs has postponed the date for the launch of the National Sanitation Day.The exercise was initially...

Banda Boase chief condemns vandalism at NDC party office 

The chief of Banda-Boase in the Banda district of the Bono region, Odeɛfoɔ Dua Bata Buoɔ Ligbi Wullotei II, has condemned the recent vandalism...

Stay and fight the petition for your removal – MP urges Chief Justice

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Manhyia South, Baffour Awuah, has urged Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo to remain steadfast and fight the petition seeking...

Minority demands update from National Security on seized dollars, suspected gold bars

The Minority in Parliament is demanding full accountability from National Security, regarding the dollars and suspected gold bars that were seized earlier this year. Assin...

African Swine Fever outbreak in Damongo kills hundreds of pigs

An outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) has reportedly hit Damongo, the capital of the Savannah Region, leading to the deaths of hundreds of...