The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has revealed detailed reasons behind the sharp decline in performance in the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), particularly in Core Mathematics and Social Studies. The explanations, provided by the Head of … Read more →
A Tuesday morning fire has ravaged a room in one of the boys’ dormitories at Kadjebi-Asato Senior High School in the Oti region, leaving several students collapsing from exhaustion as they attempted to salvage what they could, JoyNews’ Oti Regional … Read more →
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, is set to present the findings of his mediation effort in the Bawku conflict to President John Dramani Mahama after concluding a process intended to find a lasting solution to the decades-old dispute fuelled … Read more →
Two police officers have been handed a combined 13-year jail term by a Circuit Court in Tema after finding them guilty of unlawful possession and conspiracy to traffic narcotics. The court, presided over by Her Ladyship Aleanor Kakra Barnes Botchway, … Read more →
The Ghana cedi recorded a 32.2% appreciation against the US dollar in 11 months of 2025. This is compared with 34.4% appreciation in October 2025 and 18.4% in September 2025. According to the Bank of Ghana’s November 2025 Summary of … Read more →
The number of Ghanaian students pursuing higher education in the United States has reached a historic peak, marking the highest figure ever recorded, according to the United States Embassy in Ghana. New data from the Open Doors Report 2025 shows … Read more →
Sir Richard Branson has said he is “heartbroken” over the death of his wife Joan aged 80. The pair, who married in 1989, had three children and five grandchildren. In a post on Instagram, the Virgin Group founder said his … Read more →
The Controller and Accountant-General’s Department (CAGD) has announced that two major categories of allowances expected to be paid this month could not be processed. This follows what it described as a “technical hitch” during the final payroll run. In a … Read more →
Ghana’s ability to fight corruption is being “severely weakened” by chronic underfunding of its key accountability institutions, according to the 2025 IMF Governance Diagnostic Report that warns the country’s anti-corruption architecture is approaching a breaking point. The report conducted in … Read more →