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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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2 TTU Students secure court order to stop exams
Posted on | CommentThe Management of Takoradi Technical University may not be able to undertake their second-semester examination following an injunction secured by two rusticated students. The Sekondi High Court suggests the two aggrieved students through their lawyers secured an interlocutory injunction to … Read more →
Ghana ranked No. 1 African country with fastest internet
Posted on | CommentGhana has been ranked the Number One country in Africa with the fastest internet speed. In a global index for fastest internet speed, Ghana’s internet was ranked the fastest on the African country, ahead of South Africa and Egypt. Ghana … Read more →
Tunisia’s PM sacked after violent Covid protests
Posted on | CommentTunisia’s president has sacked the prime minister and suspended parliament, after violent mass protests nationwide on Sunday. Anger over the government’s handling of a massive recent spike in Covid cases has added to general unrest over the nation’s economic and … Read more →
Pastor and wife found dead in their home at Ayitikope
Posted on | CommentPolice at Akatsi are yet to unravel the circumstances surrounding the death of a pastor and his wife at Ayitikope, a farming community near Akatsi in the Akatsi South Municipality of the Volta Region. The lifeless bodies of the two, … Read more →
Prez. Akufo-Addo bans wedding and funeral receptions
Posted on | CommentGovernment has reintroduced ban on wedding receptions and funerals. The move is to help curb the spread of coronavirus in Ghana. President Nana Akufo-Addo announced the reintroduction of the ban on Sunday night July 24, 2021, in his update number … Read more →
Man dies after attempting to stab Mali President
Posted on | CommentThe man who allegedly attempted to stab Mali’s President, has reportedly died . Reports by BBC and local media reports in Mali say the man died while under guard in a hospital. He had reportedly attempted to stab interim President … Read more →
Policewoman found dead in her car
Posted on | CommentA female police officer, Chief Inspector Victoria Ntowaah, has been found dead in her vehicle at Asokore Kobriso in the Ashanti Region. The car of the deceased, a Chevrolet with registration number 4037G, was found in a ditch. The deceased … Read more →
Las Palmas eatery shutdown over unsanitary conditions
Posted on | CommentEnvironmental Health Officers of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly have shut down the Las Palmas restaurant over sanitation breaches. This follows a visit to the Kwame Nkrumah Circle branch of the popular eatery, which receives hundreds of patrons every day. Director … Read more →
Covid-19: Ghana records 342 cases in two days
Posted on | CommentThe Ghana Health Service (GHS) says the country’s Covid-19 active cases have increased by 342 within two days. According to the Service in its latest update, active cases as of July 17, stands at 3,466. This is as against 3,124 … Read more →
Dampare heads Ghana Police, Egyir heads Prisons
Posted on | CommentPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has directed the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr James Oppong Boanuh, to embark on terminal leave effective Sunday, August 1, 2021, pending his retirement from the Police Service on Thursday, 7th October 2021. Until … Read more →
Prince Harry promises to share ‘highs and lows’ in memoir
Posted on | CommentThe Duke of Sussex will share “mistakes and lessons learned” during his life in a memoir to be published next year. Announcing the deal with publishers Penguin Random House, Prince Harry said he would reflect “the highs and lows” and … Read more →
Juvenile imprisonment is gradually increasing – Prison PRO
Posted on | CommentThe number of juveniles in prison is gradually increasing in the Bono, Bono East and Ahafo regions Command of the Ghana Prisons Service (GPS), a Deputy Superintendent of Prisons (DSP) Johann Nii Narh Nartey, has said. He expressed worry about … Read more →
UK gov’t borrowing falls in June as economy reopens
Posted on | CommentGovernment borrowing fell in June compared with the same month last year, with the economy in recovery mode after lockdown measures eased. Borrowing – the difference between spending and tax income – was £22.8bn, official figures show, which was £5.5bn … Read more →
Netflix to include mobile games for subscribers
Posted on | CommentNetflix has confirmed that it will include video games as part of subscription packages at no extra cost. In a letter to investors, it said it was in the early stages of expanding into games and those for mobile would … Read more →
China floods: 12 dead and thousands evacuated
Posted on | CommentMassive floods in central China caused by record-breaking rainfall have left 12 people dead and more than 100,000 evacuated from their homes. More than a dozen cities in Henan province, including its provincial capital Zhengzhou, are affected. Footage circulating online … Read more →
France’s ‘Better World Fund Cannes Film Festival’ honours Western Regional Minister
Posted on | CommentThe Western Regional Minister, Dr. Kwabena Okyere Darko Mensah was on 12th July recognised at the Better World Fund Cannes Film Festival in France. The honorary of the Member of Parliament (MP) for Takoradi Constituency was in recognition of his … Read more →
Finance Minister to account for Akufo-Addo’s recent foreign trips today
Posted on | CommentThe Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, is expected to brief Parliament on the cost of President Akufo-Addo’s recent trips to Europe and South Africa later today, Wednesday, July 21, 2021. This comes after the North Tongu MP, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, filed … Read more →
Kumasi Girls’ High School students allegedly assaulted by joint police, military during riots
Posted on | CommentSome students of the Kumasi Girls’ High School have been allegedly assaulted by joint police and military team deployed to the school to restore calm during riots. This comes after the students were said to have gone on a rampage … Read more →
How construction of National Mosque was completed
Posted on | CommentThe completion cost of the newly commissioned National Mosque at Nima in Accra has been revealed. Alhaji Baba Sherif Abdullahi, who played a key role in the construction, said a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) from Turkey invested $20, 000 to complete the edifice. … Read more →
3 Armed robbers jailed 75 years
Posted on | CommentTHE NKAWIE Circuit Court in the Ashanti Region presided over by Micheal Johnson Abbey has sentenced three armed robbers to a total of 75 years in hard labour. Akwasi John, aka Sergeant, 25; John Fordjour, aka Meadow Shadrack, 23, and … Read more →
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