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Govt releases funds for feeding grants

Government has released an amount of GHc106, 697,628.80 for the payment of feeding grants in second cycle institutions across the country. The release comes at...

The Asian country that’s drowning

Rising sea levels threaten key coastal areas like the Mekong Delta, which produces the majority of Vietnam’s rice. The only thing standing between the...

Video: Teen shows up for prom in a coffin

New Jersey teenager Megan Flaherty knows how to make an entrance at her senior prom ― by pretending it’s her end. The 17-year-old Flaherty showed...

Salaga slave market turned into lorry station

One of the important tourism landmarks in the country, the Salaga Slave Market in the East Gonja District of the Northern Region, has been...

A good marriage takes work, but so does a good divorce

It would be easy to look back at the circumstances, or our age, or our lack of life experience and blame those reasons for...

Hot Audio: ‘Holy Bible full of lies’

A Ghanaian Traditionalist and Anthropologist, Osofo Ahadzi has described the norms and practices of the followers of Christianity as false. He indicated that, the Holy...

Hot audio: Frank Agyekum’s killer nabbed

The taxi driver who stabbed a popular prophet to death in a road rage at Sekondi-Takoradi in the Western region has been arrested. Police Public...

Mechanic charged for raping 7-year-old niece

A 23-year-old mechanic who is accused of defiling his brother’s seven-year-old daughter has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court. Rahim Salifu charged with defilement, pleaded...

FULL TEXT: Akufo-Addo’s speech at Kumasi City Mall opening ceremony

REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC, NANA ADDO DANKWA AKUFO-ADDO, AT THE FORMAL OPENING OF THE KUMASI CITY MALL, ON WEDNESDAY, 10TH MAY,...

VIDEOS+PICTURES: Ivor Greenstreet nearly mauled by sharks

Flag bearer of the Convention Peoples Party (CPP), Ivor Kwabena Greenstreet was nearly mauled by sharks while scuba diving in the Bahamas. The chilling video...

Ministry intensifies search for missing Ghanaian diplomat in SA

The Foreign Affairs Ministry has intensified efforts to find a missing Ghanaian diplomat in the South Africa. The diplomat, Charlotte Nana Yaa Nikoi was last seen...

Audio: We will strike again if… Bonded nurses threaten gov’t

The over 400 members of the Coalition of Bonded Unposted Allied Health Professionals have warned they will strike again if government fails to heed...

Supreme Court withholds Gitmo 2 Judgment; directs parties to file final submissions

The Supreme Court is withholding judgement on the controversial Gitmo 2 application until the two parties file final submissions on the matter. The court presided...

Ban on noise making, drumming before Homowo unnecessary – Pastor

General overseer of Glory Temple Charismatic Ministry (GTCM), Reverend Sam Korankye Gary has petitioned the Minister for Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Kofi Dwamesi, to...

Ghana needs $ 25 million to reclaim galamsey lands – Minister

The deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Benito Owusu Bio has said that Ghana needs an estimated twenty five (25) million dollars to...

‘Arrest JB Danquah’s widow now’

The family of the late Joseph Boakye Danquah-Adu is demanding the immediate arrest and interrogation of the widow of the Member of Parliament (MP). A...

Beach re-appears 33 years after being washed away

A beach that was washed away by storms more than 30 years ago has reappeared off the west coast of Ireland. The sands at Dooagh...

Audio: JB Danquah’s ghost haunts family

The family of the late Member of Parliament (MP) for Abuakwa North constituency, Joseph Boakye Danquah-Adu has made a passionate appeal to the government...

Dr. Nduom donates $64,000 to Catholic institutions

The Chairman of Ghana’s largest conglomerate, Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom has made a donation to some religious and educational institutions in the country as...

83% of Ghanaians without National ID

A report by the Committee on Communications of Parliament shows that the National Identification Authority (NIA) is yet to register and issue a national...

Fight against galamsey: Foreigners face 25 years jail term

The Government of Ghana, through a project management approach, shall be placing a moratorium on illegal mining for one year, in order to regain...

AMA declares war on ‘fly-dumpers’

We are galvanising a very strong public objection against undignified waste disposal in the Accra metropolis, the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has noted, adding...

Assin North records high teen pregnancies

The Assin North District has recorded 273 teenage pregnancies in the first quarter of 2017. This represented an increase of 27 as against the 248...

Government to pay teacher trainee allowance in September

The scrapped allowance for teacher trainees across the country is to be restored by September this year, government has announced. Minister in charge of Tertiary...

Six Fire Officers caught in twin explosion in Takoradi

Six Fire Officers were part of the many who were injured during a gas explosion at the premises of a utensil company, Ghana Household...

Okyenhene is not involved in galamsey – Lands Ministry

The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, has rubbished media reports suggesting that the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI), in its latest report accused...

Dr. Nduom donates $64,000 to Catholic institutions

The Chairman of Ghana’s largest conglomerate, Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom has made a donation to some religious and educational institutions in the country as...

Talk to your citizens to respect our laws – Hamid tells Chinese Ambassador

The Minister of information, Mustapha Hamid has told the Chinese Ambassador to Ghana that the country will not hesitate to apply the full force...

Photos: Taxi driver stabs popular prophet to death

A renowned prophet in the Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis of the Western Region, Odeefo Nkwantabisa, has been stabbed to death by a taxi driver over a...

Over 70 SHS in northern Ghana postpone reopening

Senior High Schools in the three northern regions have delayed reopening indefinitely, JoyNews has learnt. The three regions together have a total of 72 Senior...

Audio+Photos: Kwanyarko sub chiefs demonstrate against chief

Sub-chiefs and members of Asafo companies in the Agona Kwanyarko of the Central Region have demonstrated against the chief of the town, Dr. Nana...

VIDEO: Kintampo Assembly blows GHC 370, 000 on rice and sugar for Muslims

The Kintampo District Assembly in the Brong Ahafo Region is in the news for blowing an amount of GHC 370, 000 on the purchase...

Amewu backs Okyenhene in BNI galamsey report scandal

The Ministry of Lands of Forestry has jumped to the defence of the Okyenhene in a recent BNI report accusing the Okyehene and his...

Be vessels of hounour unto God – Women advised

The General Overseer of the Jesus is the Light Evangelistic Ministry (JELEM), has urged women in the country to explore their God given talents...

Governor jailed for blasphemy against Koran

An Indonesian court has sentenced the minority Christian governor of Jakarta to two years in prison for blaspheming the Koran following a trial that...

VIDEO: Soldier lashes driver, mate for wrongful parking

A driver and his mate endured some painful strokes of a cane on Friday morning from a man in military uniform at 37 for...

Photos: Tema residents besiege police station over deadly shooting

There was a running battle between some residents of Tema and the police as the family of a man shot and killed by the...

Asia Huang remanded into prison custody

Asia Huang, the Chinese lady accused of deep involvement in illegal mining (galamsey) in Ghana has been remanded into prison custody by Justice Charles...

Church Building collapses on 15 worshippers

At least 15 people sustained various degrees of injury when an uncompleted church building they were worshipping in caved in at Gbawe-Borla in the...

Scores injured in gas explosion in Takoradi

There has been a gas explosion in Takoradi in the Western Region. Twenty five to thirty persons are said to have sustained varied degrees of...