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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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PHOTOS: Dangote’s 64th birthday cake that has got Nigerians talking
Posted on | CommentThe wealthiest black man, Aliko Dangote, turned 64 Saturday, April 10 and his celebration has stirred reactions online. Though the celebration was held privately, some vendors contacted to make some edibles publicised their products. One of such that is making … Read more →
Is Russia going to war with Ukraine and other questions
Posted on | CommentSabre-rattling or preparations for war? Since mid-March, there have been many warnings from Ukraine and Western governments that Russia is massing troops in Russian-annexed Crimea and around the eastern Ukraine conflict zone. Russia’s intentions are far from clear, but here’s … Read more →
Daunte Wright shooting: Officer who shot black man ‘mistook gun for Taser’
Posted on | CommentThe fatal shooting of a black man by a police officer in the US city of Brooklyn Center in Minnesota was an accident, the police chief has said. Daunte Wright, 20, was shot after the officer meant to use a … Read more →
7.5m houses, properties to be embossed with address plates
Posted on | CommentAbout 7.5 million houses and properties across the country are to be embossed with special address plates as part of the effort by the government to leverage the digital property address system to build a national database. The exercise, which … Read more →
Low oxygen concentration caused fish death
Posted on | CommentLow oxygen concentration is the cause of the recent fish mortality in the country, preliminary scientific investigations by the Marine and Fisheries Sciences Department of the University of Ghana, has revealed. The Department said results from water quality analysis showed … Read more →
Muslims start Ramadan fast today
Posted on | CommentMuslims in Ghana today join the rest of the world to commence the month-long period of fasting, one of the five canons of the Islamic faith. During the Ramadan fasting period, the faithful will abstain from food, water and other … Read more →
Takoradi: Armed robbers kill man at Market Circle
Posted on | CommentInformation gathered by www.233times.net is that there has been a robbery attack by two armed men on a husband and wife at Amanful, around the Market Circle area in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis on Monday afternoon, April 12, 2021. The two … Read more →
Takoradi: Mobile Money merchant shot by armed robbers (DISTURBING PHOTOS)
Posted on | CommentArmed robbers have shot a mobile money merchant on Friday, April 9, 2021 in Ahenkofi, a suburb of the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis at about 7 pm. Two young men who appeared in the shop of the merchant (Joseph Amoah) demanded for … Read more →
Sekondi: Naval Officer stabs Airforce Officer for having chopping his wife
Posted on | CommentA naval officer with the Eastern Naval Command, Leading Seaman Umar Sahid Abubakar has been detained at Naval Base Sekondi for inflicting knife wounds on the left upper cheek and back waist of one Bernard Ababio, who is an Airforce … Read more →
Police allegedly whips assemblyman mercilessly in Tarkwa
Posted on | CommentThe assemblyman for Efanta Tamso in the Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipality in the Western Region, Ibrahim Diallo claims he was allegedly beaten by policemen in Tarkwa on Saturday, April 10, 2021 after a verbal confrontation with them. Ibrahim Diallo in an … Read more →
Prince Philip: William and Harry pay tribute to grandfather
Posted on | CommentThe Dukes of Cambridge and Sussex have paid tribute to their grandfather, the Duke of Edinburgh. In separate statements, Prince William described him as an “extraordinary man”, while Prince Harry said he was “a man of service” and the “legend … Read more →
Kasoa tollbooth to be relocated – Roads Minister
Posted on | CommentRoads Minister, Kwesi Amoako Atta has indicated of his ministry’s determination to improve the traffic situation in the western part of the region, with the possible relocation and expansion of the Kasoa tollbooth. In an interview with the press on … Read more →
IMF revises Ghana’s growth rate to 4.6%
Posted on | CommentThe International Monetary Fund has revised Ghana’s growth rate for this year, from 4.2 per cent to 4.6 per cent this year. In its latest updated World Economic Outlook Report the Fund also projected an impressive Gross Domestic Product (GDP) … Read more →
2 Arrested for possessing human bones and skull
Posted on | CommentTwo suspects, David Awatey Okra, a driver, 22 and Nicholas Amenuvor, 20, have been arrested by the Coaltar Police for possessing bones and a skull suspected to be human remains. According to Police Sergeant Francis Gomado, Public Relations Officer of … Read more →
Alibaba accepts record fine and vows to change
Posted on | CommentChinese tech giant Alibaba said on Monday that it accepted a record penalty imposed by the country’s anti-monopoly regulator. Regulators slapped a $2.8bn fine after a probe determined that it had abused its market position for years. The fine amounts to … Read more →
Western Region’s Bonsa Tyre Factory defunct
Posted on | CommentIn the Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipality is a giant sleeping industry, Bonsa Tyre Company Limited (BTCL), once vibrant but sadly non-functional for a number of decades. With well-known brands of rubber products, from various sizes of tyres to tubes, the factory, … Read more →
Ghanaians willing to pay taxes – Afrobarometer
Posted on | CommentGhanaians endorse taxation and are willing to pay higher taxes to support the country’s development, a new Afrobarometer study has shown. The study said majority of the citizens, however, said it was difficult to find out what taxes and fees … Read more →
5 die in accident on Accra-Kumasi Highway
Posted on | CommentFive persons have died in an accident which occurred at Obretema, a town in the Suhum Municipality on the Accra-Kumasi Highway on Sunday. The deceased were on board a Mercedes Benz Sprinter bus with registration number GW 7444 – 21 … Read more →
138 dolphins in possession of Axim locals – MCE
Posted on | CommentIt has been reported by the MCE in the Nzema East Municipality, Frank Okpenyen that there are about 138 dolphins still in possession of the Axim locals. Speaking on Skyy Power FM’s afternoon news, the MCE made it known about … Read more →
Prince Philip has died aged 99 – Buckingham Palace announces
Posted on | CommentPrince Philip, Queen Elizabeth II’s husband, has died aged 99, Buckingham Palace has announced. In a statement shortly after midday, the palace said: “His Royal Highness passed away peacefully this morning at Windsor Castle.” The Duke of Edinburgh, who was … Read more →
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