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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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3 illegal miners jailed 15 years
Posted on | CommentThree illegal miners have been jailed five years each by a Circuit Court in Koforidua for engaging in illegal mining at Tentenku No.8 near Kofi Pare in the Kraboa Coaltar district of the Eastern Region. The convicts, Alhassan Abass, 28, … Read more →
Virologist warns of third wave of Covid-19 in Ghana
Posted on | CommentA virologist at the Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research (KCCR) is warning of a third wave of Covid-19 in the country if Ghanaians failed to adhere to safety protocols. Dr Michael Owusu has observed that many have relaxed in observing the … Read more →
PHOTOS: Prof. Naana Jane celebrates Mother’s Day with orphans in Takoradi
Posted on | CommentThe 2020 running mate of the opposition National Democratic Congress, Professor Naana Jane Opoku Agyemang has visited the Father’s Home Care Ministries In Takoradi to celebrate the 2021 mother’s day with orphans. Professor Naana Jane Opoku Agyemang was at the … Read more →
Regional Minister hands over Market Circle project to Contractor for works to begin (PHOTOS)
Posted on | CommentThe Western Regional Minister, Hon. Dr. Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah today 10th May, handed over the Takoradi Market Circle oroject to the Contractor responsible for the redevelopment project, Mr. Andril Medeiros to begin works. The Takoradi Market Circle will be redeveloped … Read more →
Western North: More babies born without eyes, nose, ears due to galamsey
Posted on | CommentMedical staff in Sewum Health Centre in the Aowin District of the Western North Region are recording a high number of newborn babies without some vital body parts due to the activities of illegal mining popularly known as galamsey. According … Read more →
Covid-19: GHS announces date for second doses roll-out
Posted on | CommentGhana will on Wednesday, May 19 begin administering the second doses of Covishield, the Oxford AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, to the segmented groups who received their first doses in March. The exercise, which would be undertaken in 43 selected districts across the … Read more →
Mere speeches won’t cut it, we want something substantive – #FixTheCountry Protestors to Finance Minister
Posted on | CommentOne of the #FixTheCountry protest conveners says they are unconvinced by government’s response to their activism. Oliver Barker-Vormawor said claims by Ken Ofori-Atta, the Finance Minister, on Sunday regarding efforts made by government to alleviate the citizens’ plight are mere … Read more →
GPRTU hopeful of completing negotiations with gov’t over new fares
Posted on | CommentThe leadership of the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) will, this week, resume dialogue with the Transport Ministry and other stakeholders on a possible transport fares increment. The union says the previous dialogue ended inconclusively because of the unstable … Read more →
A/R: 2 Reported dead after taxi crashed into drinking spot
Posted on | CommentTwo persons have been confirmed dead after a taxi cab ran into a drinking spot at Kyirapatre in the Asokwa municipality of the Ashanti Region. The driver, who was learning how to drive, allegedly lost control of the steering wheel … Read more →
Over 20,000 teenage pregnancies recorded in Western, Western North & Central Regions in 2020
Posted on | CommentThe Western, Western North and Central regions have recorded a total 22,584 teenage pregnancies in the year 2020 only which is very alarming. According to reports by Joy news, Western North recorded a total of 3,750 pregnancies followed by the … Read more →
We will use spiritual means – Market Circle Traders warn as they’re denied market space
Posted on | CommentSome Traders who had stalls at the Takoradi Market Circle who qualified to be allocated market space at the temporal market near Ahenfie Hotel as a result of the demolishing of Market Circle are in tears that they have not … Read more →
COVID-19 second doses arrive in Accra Friday
Posted on | CommentAfter weeks of apprehension over the fate of Ghana’s COVID-19 vaccination programme, the exercise looks set to resume soon. According to the Ghana Health Service (GHS), 350,000 doses of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccines would arrive in Ghana Friday, May 7, … Read more →
Kasoa teen ‘killers’ 19 & 16 years
Posted on | CommentThe police have been able to ascertain the ages of the two teenagers involved in the gruesome murder of an 11-year-old boy at Kasoa in the Central Region, ostensibly for money ritual. Schools Search When the case was called at … Read more →
I didn’t sack Domelevo, he retired – Prez- Akufo-Addo
Posted on | CommentPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has dismissed claims that his government axed the former Auditor General, Daniel Yao Domelevo. The President said Mr. Domelevo left office by “the operation of the law,” and nobody can accuse him of forcing the … Read more →
Gov’t reduces fuel margins
Posted on | CommentGovernment has announced a reduction in the fuel margins. The announcement was made in a communique following a meeting between the Energy Minister, National Petroleum Authority, the Association of Oil Marketing Companies, Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited, the … Read more →
There’s still Covid-19 ban on public gatherings – Police to #FixTheCountry protesters
Posted on | CommentThe police has reminded organisers of the #FixTheCountry protest that there is still a ban on public gatherings as part of the coronavirus pandemic protocols. The organisers of the protest had written to the police informing them of their intention to hit … Read more →
Office opened for journalists to file complaints of attacks
Posted on | CommentThe government has commissioned the office for the Coordinated Mechanism on the safety of Journalists. The office operated by the National Media Commission (NMC) was opened by Minister of Information, Mr Kojo Oppong Nkrumah in commemoration of the 2021 World … Read more →
Fake currency gang busted with over $5m at Airport
Posted on | CommentThe National Security has busted a 13-member gang involved in the printing and distribution of fake currency notes to unsuspecting victims, mostly foreign nationals. A statement issued by the National Security Secretariat, copied to the Ghana News Agency, said the gang, led … Read more →
Man jailed 15yrs for defiling ex-lover’s daughter
Posted on | CommentA trader, Frank Kwaku Anokye, who defiled his ex-girlfriend’s 10 year-old daughter at Timber Market in Accra, has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment by an Accra Circuit Court. Anokye, aka, Nyamekye, whiles in a relationship with the victim’s mother, … Read more →
India passes 20 million cases amid oxygen shortage
Posted on | CommentIndia has recorded more than 20 million Covid infections, but the government says that cases are “slowing down”. The country added more than 355,000 cases on Tuesday, down from more than 400,000 daily cases on 30 April. But testing numbers … Read more →
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