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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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Google may cut pay of staff who work from home
Posted on | CommentGoogle employees in the US who opt to work from home permanently may get a pay cut. The technology giant has developed a pay calculator that lets employees see the effects of working remotely or moving offices. Some remote employees, … Read more →
Year of roads: Asphalt overlay in progress – Accra roads, regional capitals beneficiaries
Posted on | CommentAsphalt overlay on deteriorating road surfaces has begun in some communities across the country. The project, which started in July this year, is being executed by a number of contractors, many of them local companies, to rehabilitate the roads to … Read more →
Balance on botched Sputnik V deal already refunded – Al Maktoum to MoH
Posted on | CommentThe Private Office of H.H. Sheikh Ahmed Dalmook Al Maktoum, the entity the Ministry of Health contracted with on the procurement of Sputnik V vaccines, has said the balance of payment for 300,000 doses of the vaccines due Ghana has … Read more →
Elizabeth Ohene appointed SSNIT board chair
Posted on | CommentJournalist, politician and former Minister of State in the John Kufuor administration Elizabeth Akua Ohene has been appointed the chairperson of the board of directors of the Social Security and national Insurance Trust (SSNIT). Ms Ohene, during the first term administration … Read more →
Armed robber shot dead in Bolgatanga
Posted on | CommentThe Police in Bolgatanga, the Upper East Regional capital have shot and killed 30 year- old Stephen Atia, a suspected armed robber. Regional Police Public Affairs Officer, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) David Fianko-Okyere, who disclosed this to the Ghana … Read more →
Married men purchase more condoms than single men – Pharmacist
Posted on | CommentA top pharmacist, heading one of the leading pharmaceutical stores with about three branches in the Western Region has disclosed that, married men are high purchasers of condoms than single men in the Region. This comes after it was reported … Read more →
Port of Tadi: Commercial operations commence at West Africa’s deepest terminal
Posted on | CommentCommercial operations have begun at the ultra-modern liquid bulk terminal (LBT) at the Port of Takoradi following the arrival of a 183.09-meter tanker vessel. The tanker vessel, GH Parks, has berthed at West Africa’s deepest liquid bulk terminal to discharge … Read more →
Ghana and UAE visa-free agreement not yet in force – Embassy
Posted on | CommentGhana’s visa waiver agreement with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is yet to take effect, Ghana’s Embassy in the UAE has said. Although Parliament on Thursday, August 5, approved the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Ghana and the UAE on … Read more →
Dubai Sheikh agrees to a refund in Sputnik V vaccine deal
Posted on | CommentSheikh Ahmed Dalmook Al Maktoum has accepted to refund the $2,850,00 paid into his account by the government of Ghana as 50 per cent payment for the supply of 300,000 doses of Sputnick V vaccine for Covid-19. However, the refund … Read more →
Police kill 3 armed robbers, arrest 2 others
Posted on | CommentPolice on Monday shot to death three suspected armed robbers in a shoot-out at Opeibea, near the Kotoka International Airport. The three were identified as Akika Christian Roberts, Alhassan and Alhaji. Earlier reports suggested four people were gunned down at … Read more →
Job scam hits Labour Ministry
Posted on | CommentAn ongoing recruitment scam, which began in January this year, has seen a number of desperate job seekers falling victim to it. The Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations puts the number of victims in their hundreds. “Since January, scores … Read more →
Rev. Obofour enstooled Chief in the Ga Traditional area
Posted on | CommentLeader of the Anointed Palace Chapel (APC), Rev. Obofour, also known as Prophet Asanteman Bofour, has been enstooled Chief in the Ga Traditional area. Now, Nii Adotey Gyata I, Obofour will become the Chief of Asantes in the Sempe traditional area. … Read more →
Govt receives 177,600 doses of Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine
Posted on | CommentThe government has taken delivery of 177,600 doses of the single-shot Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. That brings to 1,515,450 the total number of doses of the COVID-19 vaccine the country has received. Procurement of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine … Read more →
3 Caged for allegedly kidnapping 51yr old man
Posted on | CommentThree persons have appeared before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly kidnapping a 51-year-old man at Pobiman, near Amasaman in Accra. The accused persons were said to have demanded GHC300,000 before releasing the victim, who had travelled from Western Region … Read more →
Hushpuppi paid Deputy Police Commissioner over $20k to detain his ‘co-conspirator’ Chibuzo
Posted on | CommentThe Federal Bureau of Investigation has alleged that money laundering suspect, Abass Ramon, aka Hushpuppi, paid N8m ($20,600) to the embattled Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, to arrest and detain a “co-conspirator,” Chibuzo Kelly Vincent. A document, issued by … Read more →
Mexico sues US gun manufacturers over arms trafficking
Posted on | CommentThe Mexican government has sued some of the biggest US gun manufacturers, accusing them of fuelling bloodshed through reckless business practices. The lawsuit alleges that the companies knew they were contributing to illegal arms trafficking, which has been linked to … Read more →
304 Die from COVID-19 in Ashanti Region
Posted on | CommentThe Ashanti Region has as at July 31, this year, recorded a total of 304 COVID-19 deaths, the Regional Security Council (REGSEC) has disclosed. Eighty-eight of the cases were recorded in the last three months of this year, REGSEC Chairman … Read more →
US Court slaps University of Ghana with $165 million judgement debt
Posted on | CommentThe University of Ghana has been slapped by United States Federal Court with $165 million judgement debt for wrongly terminating the Africa Integras Contract in 2018. This was after Global insurer Chubb Ltd. asked a New York federal judge to … Read more →
Calvary Light Foundation supports Jomelos Save a life Home
Posted on | CommentA not-for-profit organization built on the premises of Christianity, Calvary Light Foundation in Takoradi on Saturday 31st July donated assorted items to a shelter home at Nyanokrom in the Shama District in the Western Region. The Founder of Calvary Light Foundation, … Read more →
Ghana, others to benefit from $650bn fund from IMF to fight Covid-19 pandemic impact
Posted on | CommentGhana and member countries of the International Monetary Fund will benefit from a $650 billion fund approved by the governing board of the Fund to fight the impact of Covid-19 on their economies. The 190-nation lending institution said its board … Read more →
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