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Minister orders closure of illegal mining pits in Talensi

The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu has ordered for the permanent closure of all illegal mining pits in Gbane mining...

Over 20% of pupils enter school at wrong ages

The Coordinator of the Communication for Development (C4D) of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Mr. Fakor Disu, has disclosed that there are over 20...

Trotro mate remanded for defiling 13-year-old girl

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded into Police custody one Atoquaye Quaye, a resident of Chorkor and a bus conductor for allegedly defiling a...

City council meeting interrupted by woman's purse explosion

A Nevada city council meeting was interrupted when a woman's purse abruptly burst into flames in a moment caught on camera. Video from the Boulder...

Two friends defy the gods to steal gold from shrine

Two friends dared the gods to steal gold ore worth GHC116, 000 from a shrine at Wiamoase in the Ashanti Region. 19-year-old Kwabena Mensah connived...

Stop competing for breasts with babies – Men told

Lagos State Commissioner for Information, Steve Ayorinde, ​has advised fathers ​to allow their babies ​enjoy the period of breastfeeding. ​He said this in a message...

Hot audio: Family of Alajo garage shooting victim invoke Anto Nyama on police

Family of victim shot and killed at Alajo in Accra have invoked the dreaded Ashanti deity, ‘Antoa Nyama’ on any police officer who will...

Hot audio: We will help you to flush out illegal miners if… – Galamseyer to gov’t  

The man whose earthmoving equipment was torched by some angry youth at Abekoase in the Atiwa district of the Eastern Region some months ago...

Kofi Annan led 'demo' over food at Mfantsipim

Soft-spoken and reserved to a fault, Kofi Annan's personality hides an interesting detail of his student days at Mfantsipim School in the Central Region. There...

VIDEO+PHOTOS: Drivers threaten strike over potholes on Eastern corridor road

Prior to the 2016 elections in December, the erstwhile President John Dramani Mahama highlighted his administration’s commitment to opening up the Eastern stretch of...

Afia Schwarzenegger arrested for alleged fraud

The Nima police has charged popular radio host, Valentina Agyeiwaa, also known as Afia Schwarzenegger for fraud.Nima District Police Commander, Superintendent Paul Bampo confirmed...

PHOTO: Police nab "serial confident trickster"

A man is in the grips of the police for allegedly defrauding several women under false pretences as a doctor. The Police say the suspect, Faith...

Hot Audio: Galamsey taskforce deny shooting illegal miner at Sefwi

The anti-galamsey task force known as Operation Vanguard (OV) has denied shooting a miner at Sefwi-Ankra in the Juaboso District of the Western Region...

PHOTOS: Victim of Alajo garage shooting dies

A hospitalised victim of a shooting incident at Alajo in Accra has died, a family source has confirmed to Joy News. The victim, Richard Yaw...

Hot Audio: American-based Ghanaian drowns at Boti Falls

An American-based Ghanaian has drowned at Boti Falls in the Eastern region. The victim, Jeremiad Bediako is believed to be in his 30s. Brother of the...

Man gets 20 years for robbery

Baba Musah, a two-year-old armed robber based at Awona Nkwana in the Western Region, has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment by the Tarkwa...

PHOTOS: Artisans at Alajo demonstrate over killing of colleague

A group of artisans in the Accra suburb of Alajo today besieged the frontage of the JoyFM building demanding justice following the fatal shooting...

Viral VIDEO: Galamsey operator weeps, curses gov't while watching excavators burn

The video of a galamsey operator crying out loud and cursing the government while watching his two excavators burn has gone viral on social...

Ghana tourism highlight – Cape Coast

Previously Ghana’s capital city, Cape Coast was once the center of all business in Ghana. From colonial days through slave trade to present day, this...

29 'born again' Christians return their certificates to WAEC for cheating

Twenty-nine born again Christians have returned their results slips to the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) after they had confessed of engaging in examination...

GNUTS directs members to pay last academic year’s fees

The Ghana National Union of Technical Students (GNUTS) has directed technical universities/polytechnics students still pursuing their programmes of study to pay the last academic...

Atuabo Gas Plant critical to Ghana’s transformation – Akufo-Addo

President Akufo-Addo, has described the Atuabo Gas Plant as a critical piece of infrastructure that will aid in the transformation of the Ghanaian economy,...

VIDEO: Men play tennis on the highway during traffic jam

Two men stranded by a traffic jam on a British highway were filmed making the best of the situation by playing a game of...

My mum sold my sight to buy witchcraft – Blind Man confesses

Nana Awuku, a sixty three (63) year-old man at Adweso in Koforidua has revealed that his mother, Abena Asantewaa exchanged his soul with blindness...

'I feel like chewing you up' – Dela Cofie writes to Valerie Sawyerr

A member of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Communications team, Dela Cofie, has taken a swipe at former Deputy Chief of Staff during...

Audio: Techiman chiefs bare teeth at ‘fake’ financial institutions

Chiefs and people of Techimantia in Tano South District of Brong Ahafo Region have vowed to deal ruthlessly with any financial institution whose aim...

Hot audio: Baby boy survives after mother buried him alive

A two-month-old baby escaped death after his mother buried him alive in an uncompleted building at Elmina-Bantuma in the KEEA municipality in the Central...

Girl, 4 dead after drinking mother’s akpeteshie

A four-year-old girl drank herself to death after she mistook her mother’s locally made liquor to water. The deceased who name was only given as...

Hot audio: Former DCE faces jail for assaulting George Andah

Former District Chief Executive (DCE) for Awutu Senya West in the Central region risked being jailed if he fails to sign a bond of...

Health training institutions over producing than required – NMC

The Nurses and Midwifery Council (NMC) has revealed that health institutions in the country are churning out products more than required for consumption by...

EOCO seizes expired drugs

The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has seized expired and unregistered confectionaries and some pharmaceutical products worth thousands of Ghana Cedis, from two...

HOT VIDEO: Man explains how a mechanic was shot at Alajo in ‘Patua’

A middle aged mechanic was shot in the stomach during an argument at Alajo in Accra. The incident occurred at an auto mechanic shop in...

Ghana Police to be number one in Africa – IGP

THE Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr David Asante-Apeatu, has started moves aimed at making the Ghana Police Service the best in Africa and...

Aviation Minister suggests airline partnerships to boost sector

Aviation Minister, Madam Cecilia Dapaah, on Tuesday, asked international carriers operating in Ghana to form partnerships with local and regional airlines towards expanding their...

Delta 13 case adjourned to Sept. 5

The KMA Circuit Court presided by Mary Nsenkyire has adjourned the case involving the 13 members of the Delta Force, a vigilante group within...

Schools close too early- Education Minister wants changes

Education Minister, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has tasked the National Council for Curriculum Assessment to revise the closing time for basic schools. "School closes too...

Man fined ¢1,000 for stripping woman

An Agona Swedru District Magistrate Court has slapped a 1,000 cedi fine on a man who manhandled another woman and stripped her naked in...

Restaurant offers women discounts based on their bra size

The larger the breasts, the bigger the discount ― that’s the controversial promotion a restaurant in Zhejiang province, China, offered this month. The eatery, called...