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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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Takoradi MP upset about diversion of railway funds to rebrand buses
Posted on | CommentMember of Parliament for Takoradi, Kwabena Okyere Darko Mensah, has expressed displeasure at the use of railway funds to rebrand 116 public transport buses by the government last year. The Metro Mass Transit buses were controversially rebranded by Smarttys at … Read more →
Putin congratulates Mugabe on Africa Union Day
Posted on | CommentRussian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated President Mugabe on the occasion of Africa Day celebrations which are commemorated annually on May 25, to mark the formation of the Organisation of African Unity on May 25, 1963. President Mugabe is the … Read more →
South Africa President buys cars for wives from Police budget
Posted on | CommentTen vehicles worth a total of about R9 million were bought for the wives of President Jacob Zuma between 2013 and 2016 using the budget of the police department‚ Police Minister Nkosinathi Nhleko said in a written reply to a … Read more →
AMA secures $750m investment from China
Posted on | CommentThe Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), in partnership with the business community in Shenzhen, Shenzhen City Sacher Investment Company Limited, is set to undertake developmental projects in Accra worth $750 million. Out of that sum, $150 million will be dedicated to … Read more →
US supports Ghana with grant for 100MW solar power
Posted on | CommentThe United States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) has signed a $704,815 grant with Home Energy Africa Limited for the development of a photovoltaic (solar) power generation project in the country. The project, to be situated in the village of … Read more →
Suspend faulty billing system – PURC to ECG
Posted on | CommentThe Public Utility Regulatory Commission -PURC has ordered the Electricity Company of Ghana -ECG to suspend the implementation of its ‘faulty’ new billing software until further notice. The commission has also ordered the ECG to appoint an independent billing software … Read more →
9,000 jobs to be lost
Posted on | CommentLocal steel manufacturing companies say they will have no choice but to shut down due to cheap imports and killer electricity tariffs. Local steel factories employ nearly 9,000 workers, comprising 3,000 workforce in the mills and 6,000 indirect workers, representing … Read more →
Western Region: 11-yr-old boy shoots girl, 9, dead
Posted on | CommentAn 11-year-old boy has reportedly shot and killed a nine-year-old girl with his father’s gun at Ateiku, a farming community in the Wassa East District of the Western region. According to eyewitnesses, the young suspect mistakenly shot Maa Efua, the … Read more →
DISTURBING PHOTO: Car knocks down woman, daughter on N1 Highway
Posted on | CommentA middle aged woman and her daughter were on Monday evening knocked down by a car on the N1 Highway at Abeka Lapaz in Accra. The speeding driver hit the victims as they tried to cross the road from one side … Read more →
Accra Floods: Kaneshie residents dump refuse in flood water (VIDEO)
Posted on | CommentLong hours of rain at the weekend left parts of Accra flooded with rain water. Some residents at Kaneshie were spotted dumping their refuse into the flood waters, a practice which has constantly attracted condemnation. This is because the refuse … Read more →
Zika virus confirmed in Africa
Posted on | CommentTHE Zika virus strain responsible for the outbreaks in Brazil has been detected in Africa for the first time, the World Health Organization says. The WHO said it was concerned that the latest strain was spreading and was “on the … Read more →
2 friends jailed for stealing motorbike
Posted on | CommentA HALF-ASSINI Magistrate Court in the Western Region has sentenced two friends to a total of 32 months in prison for stealing a motorbike and attempting to sell it. Francis Kwame, alias Assembly, 21 years; and Alex Yankey, 28, both … Read more →
David Cameron buys used Nissan Micra for wife (PHOTO)
Posted on | CommentWhen car dealership boss Iain Harris got the call from David Cameron’s security team that the prime minister was about to call in to buy a used blue Nissan Micra, he thought it was his mates winding him up. Harris, … Read more →
LIST: UK Universities ranked
Posted on | CommentAn overall table and 54 subject tables The Guardian University Guide has an overall ranking of universities – and then there are 54 tables for each subject area. You can search for a specific course (for example, “illustration”), you can look … Read more →
Half of Students at University Of Zimbabwe test positive for HIV
Posted on | CommentThe University of Zimbabwe (UZ) has moved to limit inter-residence visits between male and female students after almost half of the students who underwent HIV testing, tested positive. According to The Chronicle, the startling revelation came as a result of … Read more →
Politicians behind drugs in Ghana – NACOB boss
Posted on | CommentExecutive Director of the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) Yaw Akrasi Sarpong has staged a scathing attack on politicians as those behind the abuse of marijuana and alcohol in the country. Mr Sarpong contends that some may not use the hard … Read more →
Tanzanian President fires Minister for attending Parliament drunk
Posted on | CommentTanzanian President John Magufuli has fired the Minister of Internal Affairs of State, Charles Grind, accused of attending parliament while under the influence of alcohol. This is contained in a statement signed by Gerson Msigwa, Acting Director of Communications of the President’s Office. According to … Read more →
VIDEO: Man forcefully bathed in public for not bathing for years
Posted on | CommentThe man pictured is a Cameroonian who is said to hardly take his bath due to the fear of water. He reportedly has not had a bath for several years and was stinking really bad. His friends who had had … Read more →
I never promised Prez. Mahama 100,000 votes – Togbui Fiti V
Posted on | CommentThe Paramount Chief of the Aflao Traditional Area, Togbe Amenya Fiti V, has refuted claims making the rounds that he, in 2013, promised to deliver 100,000 votes to President John Mahama in the 2016 elections. According to him, those reports … Read more →
500 Youth join Prisons Service under YEA
Posted on | CommentFive hundred trained youth have been deployed to complement the work of the Ghana Prisons Service (GPS). The Prison Support Staff, who received five weeks of intensive training are to assist the GPS to ensure the welfare, and safe custody … Read more →
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