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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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First Lady to refund GH¢899,097 allowances paid her, rejects salary payment
Posted on | CommentMrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo has decided to refund all the allowances that have been paid to her since she became the First Lady of the Republic of Ghana in 2017. That means, she will be refunding an amount of GhS899,097.84 to … Read more →
Takoradi: Whindo gods demand for red cow before traders can move into new market
Posted on | CommentThe newly built market in Whindo, in the Effia Kwesimintsim Municipality of the Western Region has been abandoned by traders who were supposedly to occupy the market. However, speaking to the assemblyman in the area on Skyy Power 93.5FM on … Read more →
I don’t like the school – Student who allegedly caused Accra Academy fire confesses
Posted on | CommentA 15-year-old student of Accra Academy Senior High School at Bubuashie, Accra, has been arrested for allegedly being behind recent fire outbreaks in the school. He is said to have confessed to setting fire to dormitory blocks, including a new … Read more →
How Tema tollbooth accident chopped off cleaner’s legs, arm
Posted on | CommentDETAILED INFORMATION have emerged on how a Howo Sino Truck crashed into a tollbooth on the Accra- Tema motorway, injuring 7 persons. The injured persons including a pregnant woman are battling for their lives at the Tema General Hospital. Information … Read more →
You are normal if you can cross 6 minutes in bed – Urologist
Posted on | Comment“We don’t have a culture of asking questions’, host of Joy FM’s Home Affairs, Edem Knight-Tay would remark to her guest, Dr Matthew Yamoah Kyei, a consultant urologist at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital. But under the relative anonymity of radio, … Read more →
Refund any salary paid to spouses of President and Veep – TUC
Posted on | CommentThe Trades Union Congress (TUC) has demanded an immediate refund of any salary that may have been paid to the spouses of the President and Vice President. The country’s biggest workers’ union has sternly rejected the recommendations of the Ntiamoa-Baidu … Read more →
Lions Club donate academic materials to Nzulezo MA Basic School
Posted on | CommentAs part of their aim to take an active interest in the civic, cultural, social and moral welfare of the community, the Lions Club Ghana District 418 has donated some academic aid materials to the Nzulezo MA Basic School in … Read more →
South Africa’s President extends Covid lockdown
Posted on | CommentPresident Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa has extended the Covid-19 lockdown by another two weeks as cases increase in the country. The president said schools would remain closed and night curfew would remain. The sale of alcohol remains prohibited and … Read more →
3 Suspected robbers arrested in Upper East Region
Posted on | CommentThe Upper East Regional Police Command has arrested three suspected armed robbers at their hideouts in Pelungu and Dakota. The suspects, Maxwell Ziaba, alias Strongman, Bodozina Awudu, alias Network Absorber, and Yidaana Shamshudeen, were picked up for their alleged involvement in … Read more →
Queen Elizabeth to honour Ghanaian Mayor for service during COVID-19
Posted on | CommentA Ghanaian and Mayor of Luton, Maria Ampah Lovell, will receive a Member of the Order of the British Empire award as part of Queen Elizabeth’s birthday honours. This is to recognize Miss Lovell for her services to the African … Read more →
2021 Census enumeration ends: Mop up likely in large areas
Posted on | CommentField officers of the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) ended enumeration phase of 2021 Population and Housing Census on Sunday, July 11. However, like any Census activity, additional days are likely to be given for mop up in large enumeration areas … Read more →
UK economic growth slows in May
Posted on | CommentThe UK’s economy grew by 0.8% in May as coronavirus restrictions eased to allow pubs and restaurants to serve indoors. This marked the fourth consecutive month of growth, but it was a slower rate than analysts had expected. It was … Read more →
Toyota halts donations to Republican election objectors
Posted on | CommentToyota has said it will halt donations to members of the US Congress who voted against certification of President Biden’s election victory. The Japanese company faced criticism over the contributions after the 6 January attack on the US Capitol. Toyota … Read more →
Jovenel Moïse: Foreign hit squad killed Haiti’s president – Police
Posted on | CommentA hit squad composed mostly of retired Colombian soldiers assassinated Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse earlier this week, police say. The group included 26 Colombians and two Americans of Haitian origin, police chief Léon Charles told reporters. Eight of the suspects … Read more →
Ejura killing: Kaaka’s Family won’t testify
Posted on | CommentThe family of the late Mohammed Kaaka who was killed in Ejura has said they will not testify in the ongoing public hearing into the causes of the disturbances in that part of the country. Although the family said they … Read more →
Takoradi: Over 300 women who gave birth in Kansawrodo couldn’t afford clothing for babies
Posted on | CommentNational President of Coalition of NGOs for Women and Children (CONWAC), Mrs. Abundant Hayford Aggrey has revealed that over 300 women who gave birth in Kansawrodo, a suburb of Sekondi-Takoradi in the Western could not afford clothing for their babies. … Read more →
Jovenel Moïse: Police kill 4 after Haiti’s president assassinated
Posted on | CommentA deadly gun battle between police and the men suspected of assassinating Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse has been raging in Port-au-Prince. Police chief Léon Charles said four suspects had been killed and two detained but some remained at large and … Read more →
Achimota School locked down
Posted on | CommentThe Ghana Health Service has ordered the restriction of movement to and from the Achimota School. The school authorities have since been directed neither to allow anyone to visit the premises nor allow anyone to go out for the next two weeks. … Read more →
South Africa’s former president Zuma turns himself in for 15-month prison term
Posted on | CommentSouth African former President Jacob Zuma turned himself in to police on Wednesday to begin 15 months in jail for contempt of court, the culmination of a long legal drama seen as a test of the post-apartheid state’s ability to … Read more →
Used condoms, sanitary towels blocking Law Court complex sewage lines
Posted on | CommentThe Judicial Service has been left with no choice but to issue a circular expressing concern about how poor disposal of waste is affecting the sewage lines at Ghana’s Law Court complex. Of particular mention in the circular are used … Read more →
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