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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: Frustrated visa applicant attempts to blow up Italian Embassy
Posted on | CommentThere was drama at the Italian Embassy in Accra Friday morning as a young man threatened to blow up the Embassy, located on the Switchback Crescent, Cantonments. The Counter Terrorism Unit of the Ghana Police Service however, acted swiftly and … Read more →
Taxi Driver bites two policemen to avoid arrest
Posted on | CommentA taxi driver, Kojo Antwi, who bit two policemen to avoid being arrested, is before an Accra Magistrate Court. Antwi was charged for possessing ammunition without lawful custody by the court, presided over by Ms Arit Nsemoh. His plea was … Read more →
Public Health calls for discussion on loss of libido in Ghana
Posted on | CommentThe Ghana Public Health Association has called for an open discussion on the burden of sexual dysfunction and loss of libido amongst men and women in Ghana and to develop a programme for managing these dysfunctions within the formal healthcare system. … Read more →
Pastor in court over sexual assault
Posted on | CommentA Pastor who is accused of indecently assaulting a 12-year old girl at Gbawe, has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court. Blessing Owusu Ansah is alleged to have used his penis to “brush” the victim’s vagina. Ansah, who is charged … Read more →
KNUST gets new Vice-Chancellor
Posted on | CommentThe Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Council has appointed Professor Kwasi Obiri-Danso, Provost of the College of Science, as the new Vice-Chancellor. He replaces Professor William Otoo Ellis, whose term of office ends in August, this year. … Read more →
Education Ministry to employ 2,500 Teachers
Posted on | CommentThe Ministry of Finance (MOF) has given the Ministry of Education (MOE) clearance to employ 2,500 teachers to fill a teacher deficit in mathematics and science in pre-tertiary institutions. This was announced by the Deputy Minister of Education in charge … Read more →
MP ‘named’ in JB murder
Posted on | CommentThe young man who is being held for allegedly killing Joseph Boakye Danquah-Adu, New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Abuakwa North in the Eastern Region, has reportedly claimed that he is now relying on his initial statement … Read more →
Cripple arrested for raping JHS girl (PHOTO)
Posted on | CommentA physically challenged man, Stephen Agape Quainoo, 22, has been arrested by the police for allegedly raping an 18-year-old junior high school student at Winneba in the Central Region. Quainoo allegedly lured the victim into his room after repairing her … Read more →
EgyptAir flight crashed
Posted on | CommentAn EgyptAir flight reported missing between Paris and Cairo has crashed, French President Francois Hollande confirmed. The Airbus A320 with 66 people on board disappeared from radar at 02:30 Cairo time (00:30 GMT), soon after leaving Greek airspace. Greece’s defence … Read more →
PHOTO: Collapsed building kills girl, 16, in Cape Coast
Posted on | CommentResidents of Idan, a suburb of Cape Coast in the Central Region, on Wednesday received the shock of their lives when a building collapsed on a 16-year-old girl, Maame Basiwa, in the area. The girl, who was in form two … Read more →
Elmina kids choose fishing over school
Posted on | CommentKids in Elmina in the Central Region seem to love the shore more than the classroom, TV3 has gathered. Most of these kids, boys, between the ages 12 and 19 run the shores fishing during hours they are expected to … Read more →
1 of every 4 Ghanaian children go to bed hungry – UNICEF
Posted on | CommentThe right to adequate food is realized when every man, woman and children within our communities have access to adequate food and potable water. Ghana has an explicit recognition of the right to adequate food in its constitution, however, its … Read more →
2016 Newaccra Achievers Report; 30 Ghanaians about to shake the world
Posted on | CommentGhana’s leading success and personal development website, Newaccra.Com, has released the 2016 edition of the Newaccra Achievers Report, a celebration of unsung Ghanaians making impact and showing promise in diverse fields. This year’s edition is titled ‘The 2016 Newaccra Achievers … Read more →
Education, transport go up by 40.4%
Posted on | CommentThe cost of education, transport, utilities as well as housing and recreation went up significantly in April 2016, the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has revealed. According to the Service, transport inflation went up by 40.4 per cent in April … Read more →
Albinos in Ghana fear politicians might use them for election rituals
Posted on | CommentPersons with albinisms in Ghana say they are in danger as the nation approaches the electioneering season since they are used for rituals by the politicians. The albinos allege politicians use them for various rituals during elections to enable them … Read more →
PHOTO: 3 grabbed with hundreds of ammunition
Posted on | CommentEight hundred rounds of AAA ammunition bound for Bunkpurugu in the Northern Region have been intercepted by the Kintampo police in the Brong-Ahafo Region. The ammunition, packed in four boxes and on board a Kumasi-Bunkpurugu bound Tata bus, were intercepted … Read more →
JB Danquah’s ‘killer’ steals GHC20 from Police counter
Posted on | CommentOne of the two persons accused for his complicity in the murder of the late Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North has allegedly stolen GHC20 from the Police Station where he is being held. Vincent Bosso is said to have … Read more →
Dead employee withdraws GHc20,000 salary at Lands Commission
Posted on | CommentThe Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has expressed shock as to how a dead employee of the Lands Commission was able to withdraw salaries amounting to GH¢20, 000.00 for two years. The PAC at its sitting Tuesday to consider some Auditor-General’s … Read more →
No cause for alarm, it’s not dumsor – GRIDCo
Posted on | CommentThere were power outages in parts of Accra and Kumasi last Monday, giving rise to speculations by some sections of the public that the nation might be returning to the power crisis period, otherwise referred to as dumsor. In Accra, … Read more →
PHOTO: Police arrest television stealing syndicate
Posted on | CommentThe Tesano District Police Command has arrested three members of a television — stealing syndicate who attempted to sell stolen flat screen television sets to the owner. The suspects were identified as Nana Kwame Asare, 42, an electrician, Kwesi Yeboah, … Read more →
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