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Goldband data shows 98.8% of Ghana’s small scale gold exports went to Dubai and India in 2025
Posted on with No CommentData obtained by JoyNews Research from GoldBod through a Right to Information request shows that Ghana’s small scale gold exports in 2025 were overwhelmingly concentrated in just two markets. Of the 103,804 kilograms of small-scale gold exported through GoldBod in … Read more →
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UTAG takes steps to suspend strike
Posted on | CommentThe University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has taken steps to suspend its ongoing strike and return to the negotiation table. This follows a meeting the leadership held with the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations and the National Labour Commission … Read more →
University of Ghana’s GHS456,000 locked up in defunct financial firm
Posted on | CommentAn amount of GHS456,199.08 invested by the University of Ghana has been locked in a defunct Fund Management Company; Liberty Asset. This was contained in the 2020 Auditor-General’s report, which revealed that the University’s College of Health Sciences and School … Read more →
Exiled Taliban leaders return to take charge
Posted on | CommentThe Taliban is rushing to work out how to govern Afghanistan after the militant Islamist group’s exiled leaders came back to a country that has changed profoundly since it was driven from power 20 years ago. While the Taliban has … Read more →
Takoradi: Identity of Apremdo man who killed girlfriend’s mother revealed
Posted on | CommentEmmanuel Kwofie, Popularly known as Kilo, stabbed himself to death after shooting his girlfriend’s mother, Madam Elizabeth Nkrumah, to death in Apremdo on Sunday, August 15. According to a Daily Graphic report, Emmanuel who recently returned from Germany after a … Read more →
‘Holy kiss’: Anglican Priest sacked
Posted on | CommentThe Anglican Church has sacked its priest who was filmed kissing students of the St. Monica’s College of Education in Asante Mampong in the Ashanti Region. The priest has been identified as Father Balthazar Obeng. The decision as gathered was taken … Read more →
Anglican Church condemns priest ‘holy kissing’ at St Monica’s College of Education
Posted on | CommentThe Internal Province of Ghana Anglican Communion has condemned one of its priests who was captured on video kissing three female students at St Monica’s College of Education. Executive Director to the Metropolitan Archbishop of Ghana, Dr George Dawson-Ahmoah in … Read more →
What next for Afghanistan’s economy?
Posted on | CommentAfghanistan’s economy is “shaped by fragility and aid dependence”. That is the troubling overview set out by the World Bank several months before the Taliban takeover. Economic prospects look even more precarious now, as future financial assistance is under a cloud of … Read more →
Ekosisen Impact Project cuts sod for 3-bedroom apartment for road accident victim
Posted on | CommentSod has been cut for work to begin on a three-bedroom apartment for Moses Addai, a 13-year-old boy whose right leg has been amputated from above the knee. He is one of the characters and in fact the inspiration behind … Read more →
Facebook confirms banning all Taliban-related content
Posted on | CommentFacebook has confirmed it considers the Taliban a terrorist organisation, and so bans the group and all content supporting it from its platforms. The firm says it has a dedicated team of Afghan experts to monitor and remove content linked … Read more →
Tricks of highway robbers revealed
Posted on | CommentThe Upper East Regional Minister, Stephen Yakubu, has warned that armed robbers have devised an alternative way of unleashing attacks on road users. According to him, they now lie in wait inside a bushy border of a road and when … Read more →
Hassan Ayariga recovers from COVID-19
Posted on | CommentFounder and Leader of All People’s Congress (APC) Hassan Ayariga, has expressed graditude to God, and all health workers who took care of him when he got infected with COVID-19. A post on his Facebook wall showed that he was … Read more →
Zambia opposition leader wins presidential polls
Posted on | CommentBusiness tycoon Hakainde Hichilema on Sunday extended his lead in Zambia’s hotly-contested polls, partial results showed, after the incumbent president cried foul. Official results tallied by the Electoral Commission of Zambia on Saturday night from 62 out of 156 constituencies, … Read more →
Audit Report: District Assembly Common Fund Administrator paid Zoomlion GHC3.8m for no work done
Posted on | CommentThe 2020 Auditor-General’s Report has cited Administrator of the District Assembly Common Fund (DACF) for paying to Zoomlion Ghana Limited a total amount of GHC3,801,530 for no work done. According to the report, Zoomlion was supposed to fumigate and provide … Read more →
Nigeria’s president isolates after UK trip
Posted on | CommentNigeria’s President Mohammadu Buhari has gone into self-isolation on arrival from the UK. This comes after the country’s high commission in London was closed last week for 10 days after some staff tested positive for coronavirus. The president’s office said … Read more →
177,000 people to get Johnson & Johnson jab
Posted on | CommentThe Ghana Health Service is expected to vaccinate more than 177,000 people with the single dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines in two hotspot regions from today. All persons aged 18 years and above, with the exception of expectant mothers, … Read more →
‘Pragyia’ is not welcomed in Sekondi-Takoradi – MTTD Commander
Posted on | CommentThe Western Regional Commander for the Motor, Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD), Chief Supt. Isaac Kwesi Sorkpah, on Friday, August 6 stated that, commercial tricycle, popularly known as Pragyia is not welcomed in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis. According to the Commander, … Read more →
Takoradi: PTC roundabout closes to traffic from Sunday
Posted on | CommentThe PTC roundabout which is being redeveloped into a three tier interchange to ease traffic flow considerably and shorten travel time for commuters, will be closed to traffic with effect from Sunday, August 15. A traffic management plan layout has been … Read more →
GRIDCo gets new boss
Posted on | CommentThe Board of the Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) has confirmed Ing. Ebenezer Essienyi, as the new Chief Executive of the company. This follows the nomination of Ing. Essienyi by the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Ing. Essienyi, who is … Read more →
GHS to begin Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine administration
Posted on | CommentThe Ghana Health Service (GHS) is expected to begin the administration of Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine in the country’s infection hotspot, the Greater Accra Region, on Friday, August 13, 2021.The service will also administer doses of the vaccine in … Read more →
UK economy grows by 4.8% but misses forecasts
Posted on | CommentUK economic growth rose by 4.8% between April and June, according to official figures, falling short of Bank of England forecasts. Data from the Office for National Statistics showed that the expansion in gross domestic product (GDP)was uneven over the … Read more →
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