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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 arrested over leaked BECE questions
Posted on | CommentTwo persons are the in grips of the Police for using rogue websites to leak exam questions during the 2015 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). This was confirmed by the Director General of the Ghana Education Service, Jacob Kor. According … Read more →
3 Sakawa boys dupe man $93,200
Posted on | CommentThree persons are before an Accra circuit court for allegedly defrauding one Poul Muller, a Danish consultant, in the sum of $93,200. They are Karim Yahaya, unemployed; Desmond Agyei Asamoah, security man and Vanessa Twumasi, student, all based in Kumasi … Read more →
Fuel imports drop to $1.9bn
Posted on | CommentA $1.1 billion drop in the petroleum products import bill in 2015 is a clear manifestation that the high prices Ghanaians are paying for petroleum products is not justified. Ghana imported over 3.7 million (3,708,904.815) metric tonnes of petroleum products … Read more →
USAID distributes over 4 million books to schools in all districts
Posted on | CommentThe United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Ministry of Education have launched the distribution of over four million books in English and local Ghanaian languages to public primary schools in all 216 districts. The aim is to … Read more →
Rawlings attacks ‘cowards’ in Ghana
Posted on | CommentFormer President Jerry John Rawlings has taken a swipe at persons he described as cowards who react insultingly to his observations about how corruption is affecting the progress of the country. Speaking at the 37th commemoration of the June 4 … Read more →
Software not cause of killer tariffs – ECG Staff
Posted on | CommentStaff of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) have made it clear that the operation of its new billing software is not the cause of the high electricity tariffs customers are grappling with. According to them, there is nothing wrong … Read more →
A love letter to the ‘consistently inconsistent’ Counsellor Lutterodt
Posted on | CommentHe has intelligently carved the niche ‘Professional love counsellor’ for himself. All the ladies I know in Ghana have a smattering of what this counsellor has once said or his popular mantras; social media don’t miss any of his interviews … Read more →
Stepmother puts nail polish remover in 17-month-old’s milk
Posted on | CommentA 36 year old woman in Carol Stream, Illinois, Andrea Vazquez-Hernandez, was accused of putting nail polish remover into her 17-month-old stepdaughter’s baby bottle and has been charged with one count of aggravated battery and one count of domestic battery, … Read more →
Journalists attacked as NDC supporters clash
Posted on | CommentAn unresolved conflict between two rival camps of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Bongo Constituency has burst into an open clash, leaving the area in a very tense atmosphere.The brawl, involving supporters of the party’s parliamentary candidate, Edward … Read more →
Dr. Bawumia made Youth Chief of Sakumono
Posted on | CommentThe chief, elders and youth of Sakumono, on Saturday, installed New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential running mate, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, as Youth Chief of the Sakumono Traditional Area when he paid a courtesy call on the Chief of Sakumono and … Read more →
CONFIRMED: Yellow fever hits B.A & Volta Regions
Posted on | CommentOver the past four weeks, the Ghana Health Service has received reports of confirmed Yellow Fever (YF) cases from the Brong-Ahafo and Volta regions. A total of four cases with no deaths have been reported. Three (3) are from Jaman … Read more →
Nigeria recovers $9.1 bn in stolen money and assets
Posted on | CommentNigeria’s government has recovered $9.1 billion in stolen money and assets, its information and culture minister said on Saturday, as its corruption crackdown continues against the backdrop of the country’s worst economic crisis in years. President Muhammadu Buhari, elected last … Read more →
More men taking refuge at witches camp
Posted on | CommentContrary to the fact that women are mostly branded as witches in society and, therefore, carry the burden of shame and often lynched or ostracised, there is a growing phenomenon in a witches’ camp at Gnani in the Yendi Municipality … Read more →
Ghana remembers June 3: Memorial service to be held today
Posted on | CommentA memorial service in honour of victims of the June 3 flood and fire disaster will be held today [Friday] as part of activities to mark the one year anniversary of the tragedy. The service will be held at the … Read more →
J.J. Rawlings to address June 4 anniversary Saturday
Posted on | CommentFormer President Jerry John Rawlings would on Saturday, June 4, address the 37th anniversary of the June 4, 1979 uprising at the Revolution Square in Accra. The occasion which would be held on the theme: “Revolution, The Hard Road to … Read more →
Woyome stops officials from getting access to his residence
Posted on | CommentAlfred Agbesi Woyome on Thursday prevented officials from getting access to his Kpehe residence for valuation as the state attempts to retrieve some ¢51 million from the embattled businessman. The officials from the Attorney Generals Department and Lands Commission had … Read more →
LIST: 10 most prosperous African countries
Posted on | CommentGhana ranked 9th out of 38 countries measured in a new Prosperity Report on Africa, with the country doing so well in security and safety. Ghana also performs highly in the categories of Entrepreneurship & Opportunity(9th), Governance(5th), Education(7th), and Health(5th). … Read more →
Magistrate and circuit court Judges angry over salary cut
Posted on | CommentMagistrate and Circuit Court Judges are demanding a withdrawal of a new document that signals a reduction in their conditions of service. The members of the lower bench are angry with government for allegedly reviewing their conditions without involving them. … Read more →
Greater Accra tops in HIV ranking
Posted on | CommentThe Greater Accra Region has beaten the Eastern Region to emerge as the region with the highest HIV prevalence rate in the country in 2015, a new report has revealed. The first spot has for several years been held by … Read more →
Remove June 3 disaster artifacts from Circle – AMA
Posted on | CommentSome persons said to be acting on behalf of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly are demanding the removal of artifacts erected at the June 3 twin-disaster site at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra in remembrance of the national disaster that … Read more →
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