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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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Nasa successfully flies small helicopter on Mars
Posted on | CommentThe American space agency has successfully flown a small helicopter on Mars. The drone, called Ingenuity, was airborne for less than a minute, but Nasa is celebrating what represents the first powered, controlled flight by an aircraft on another world. … Read more →
Police hold security sensitization for 220 Mobile Money Vendors in Sekondi-Takoradi
Posted on | CommentThe Western Regional Police Command on Friday 16th April 2021 met some two hundred and twenty (220) Mobile Money Vendors from MTN, Vodafone and Airtel-Tigo at SSNIT Coference Hall, Takoradi. The purpose of the meeting was to share basic and … Read more →
The extraordinary story of Oil and gas mogul Yaa Amoako-Adu
Posted on | CommentThe next generation of women leaders set the bar of excellence higher because of extraordinary women leaders this generation has gifted them as role models and Mentors. One of such women par excellence is Yaa Amoako-Adu of Integrity Logistics and … Read more →
Teen charged in killing of Ghanaian immigrant working in USA as Lyft driver
Posted on | CommentA 17-year-old American, Torian Wilson, has been charged with the murder of a Ghanaian Lyft driver, Elijah Newman, based in the United States. Wilson faces one count of first degree murder and one count of armed criminal action. Newman, 45, … Read more →
Ghana ranks 77th in world’s most powerful passports index
Posted on | CommentGhana has been ranked the 77th position out of 199 passports in the 2021 Henley Passport Index. The index was compiled by Henley and Partners which has been regularly monitoring the world’s most travel-friendly passports since 2006. Per the latest rankings and analysis, … Read more →
GHS extends second dose of COVID-19 vaccination by 4 weeks
Posted on | CommentThe Ghana Health Service (GHS) says its initial vaccination policy of having the second dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine administered within an eight-week window period has been extended to 12-weeks This, according to the GHS, is to allow more … Read more →
Student gets 10yrs for defiling 18 month-old twin sisters
Posted on | CommentA 22-year-old Senior High School (SHS) student, Patrick Nyarkoh who defiled 18-month-old twin-sisters at Nsuta in the Assin South District of the Central Region has been sentenced to o1d imprisonment in hard labour by a Cape Coast Circuit court. The … Read more →
Mark Okraku Mantey is Dep. Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture
Posted on | CommentA Manager at Hitz FM and a key stakeholder in the Showbiz Sector in Ghana, Mark Okraku Mantey is the Deputy Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, www.233times.net can authoritatively report. The Former TV3 Mentor Judge will assist Hon. Dr. … Read more →
Takoradi: What Police found at hideout of suspected robbers (PHOTOS)
Posted on | CommentThe Western Regional Police after gunning down a suspected armed robber after a shootout at Elmina, along the Cape Coast-Takoradi road, on Wednesday, April 14, 2021 found some strange items in his hideout. Two other suspects managed to escape on … Read more →
Takoradi: Robber shot dead after gun-battle with Police
Posted on | CommentWestern Regional Police Command with support from the police intelligence unit have gunned down one of the suspects believed to be behind the robbery that led to the killing of a man who was with his wife at Amanful on … Read more →
Prez. Akufo-Addo signs book of condolence in honour of Prince Philip
Posted on | CommentPresident Akufo-Addo on Wednesday signed the book of condolence opened for the late Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip at the British High Commission in Accra. The President said Prince Philip’s life “had a positive impact on us in Ghana”. “Prince … Read more →
Speeding vehicle kills UCC Level 100 student
Posted on | CommentA first year student of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) in the Central Region has died after a speeding vehicle knocked her down at Ayensudo near the UCC Satellite Campus of the Nduom School of Business and Technology. The … Read more →
Manager jailed 15 years for squandering company’s funds on betting
Posted on | CommentA mother broke into uncontrollable tears at the Hohoe Circuit Court last Wednesday when her son, a 31-year-old fuel station supervisor, was handed a 15-year jail term for stealing. Yussif Abubakar, a former worker of the Hohoe branch of Star … Read more →
800,000 Ghanaians vaccinated against Covid-19 – GHS
Posted on | CommentGhana Health Service (GHS) has vaccinated about 800,000 Ghanaians against Covid-19 since the roll out of the mass vaccination exercise across the country on March 2, 2021. Director-General of the Service, Dr Patrick Kuma Aboagye, who announced this in Kumasi, … Read more →
The world’s most powerful passports for 2021
Posted on | CommentThe gap in travel freedom is its biggest in decades and disparities in vaccination access between countries could make the situation even worse, says a new report. The Henley Passport Index, which has been regularly monitoring the world’s most travel-friendly passports … Read more →
Countries pause use of Johnson & Johnson vaccine
Posted on | CommentThe US, South Africa and European Union will temporarily stop the rollout of the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) Covid jab, after reports of rare blood clotting. Six cases were detected in more than 6.8 million doses of the vaccine, the … Read more →
Police intercept bus with over 250kg wee
Posted on | CommentThe Bono Regional Police Command has intercepted a bus at Techiman travelling from Kumasi to Niger carrying about 260 parcels of dry leaves suspected to be Indian hemp. Deputy Bono Regional Police commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Baba Saarid … Read more →
2020 Elections were efficiently organised – EU Observer Mission
Posted on | CommentThe European Union Election Observation Mission to Ghana 2020 (EU EOM) has disclosed that the December 2020 presidential and parliamentary elections were effectively organised with voters participating freely and in large numbers. The mission also found out that the process … Read more →
World largest rabbit stolen in UK
Posted on | CommentPolice in the United Kingdom (UK) are reportedly on a search the thief of Darius, the Guinness World Record-holding largest rabbit in the world. Reports say the Guinness World record holder, Darius was stolen from his home in Stoulton. Darius … Read more →
This the narration of Taxi driver who took Takoradi robbery victims to hospital
Posted on | CommentThe Anaji Taxi Station Driver who conveyed the Amanful armed robbery victims to the hospital, Mr. Lazarus gave an account of what happened on Skyy Power 93.5FM. Lazurus in his account made it known that the victims parked their car … Read more →
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