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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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More trouble for Ghana’s economy
Posted on | CommentThe cut in crude oil production output from the Jubilee field by over 50% has serious ramifications for the economy. This unexpected development, occasioned by a faulty turret bearing on the Floating Storage and Offloading vessel (FPSO) Kwame Nkrumah, will … Read more →
PHOTO: Nigerian arrested for registering to vote
Posted on | CommentA Nigerian has been arrested by the Tema Community One Police for unlawfully registering during the just-ended limited voters registration exercise. His Ghanaian accomplice, who guaranteed for him during the process, is also in the grip of the police for … Read more →
9 Ghanaians stranded in Uganda
Posted on | CommentNine Ghanaian nationals are stranded in Uganda following the alleged confiscation of their passports by a purported employer, Dr Prince Opoku Agvemang, who sent them to the country, through his company, to work as gold miners. They claimed their travel … Read more →
Takoradi: Commercial Drivers demonstrate against unauthorized loading
Posted on | CommentThe Ahanta District of the GPRTU is asking the Sekondi Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly to immediately find a solution to what they term as the nuisance of “loading at unauthorized places” in the metropolis. The drivers in a petition to … Read more →
Women who go to church more than once a week live 5 months longer – Research
Posted on | CommentWomen who go to church more than once a week live longer than those who do not, according to a new study. Researchers at Harvard University’s public health graduate school found that frequent churchgoers lived an average of five months … Read more →
PHOTOS: Michael Jackson’s ‘casket’ land in Ghana
Posted on | CommentA prototype of the casket that was used to bury music icon Michael Jackson last week landed by air at the Kotoka International Airport, the first of its kind to land on the African continent. The casket is headed for … Read more →
‘Make beer or I’ll put you in prison’ – Venezuela’s President orders brewery
Posted on | CommentVenezuela’s president ordered the country’s main beer producer to reopen its breweries or risk being jailed for ‘sabotaging the country’. Food and beverage company Empresas Polar, which supplies 80 per cent of beer drunk in Venezuela, shut down its last … Read more →
Donors support Ghana’s fight against drug barons with $1m
Posted on | CommentGhana’s fight against drug trafficking and organised crime was yesterday given a boost with the launch of a $1-million project in Accra to end the illegal operations of drug traffickers. The two-year project, which is supported by the United Nations … Read more →
20-yr-old attempts suicide because she cannot gain employment
Posted on | CommentA twenty-year-old senior high school (SHS) graduate, Maame Konadu, who has never been employed after school, attempted ending her life when she drank a poisonous concoction at Aduagyama in the Ahafo Ano South District in the Ashanti Region. She is … Read more →
Western Region: Menstruation saves girl from being killed for rituals
Posted on | CommentThe menstruation of a 15 –year- old girl saved her from being kidnapped for ritual purpose by unknown assailants in the Wassa Amenfi East District of the Western Region. The mother of the victim, Madam Esther Ankomah, told the media … Read more →
Women can get pregnant by having anal sex – Doctors
Posted on | CommentUrologist Dr Brian Steixner revealed that he treated a patient who conceived after having sex with her partner through her rectum. The patient according to Dr. Steixner had a rare condition called ‘cloacal malformation’ which affects one in 50,000 people. … Read more →
1 killed in robbery attack in Bolgatanga
Posted on | CommentA mate of an articulated truck with registration number 11-HL-4886 was gunned down by armed robbers in Bolgatanga of the Upper East Region. The awful incident occurred about 2:00 AM, Friday on the Bolga-Navrongo road, where the vehicle was parked … Read more →
Ghanaians are living in very tough times – Dr. Mensa Otabil
Posted on | CommentPastor Mensa Otabil has said things are tough in Ghana. According to him, Ghanaians are going through very hard times. “There are moments in our lives when we need a word of encouragement from the word of God and as … Read more →
Cat voted Southampton University Students’ Union honorary president (PHOTOS)
Posted on | CommentA cat which has prowled a university campus for more than a decade has been made honorary president of its students’ union. Southampton University Students’ Union AGM passed a motion handing the title to the “much adored” pet, named Susu. … Read more →
East Legon Police arrest German for fraud (PHOTO)
Posted on | CommentA 51-year-old German national has been arrested by the East Legon District Police Command for being part of a syndicate that has allegedly been defrauding unsuspecting Ghanaians of thousands of Ghana cedis under the pretext of selling them oil pipe … Read more →
US to support Labour Ministry with $5m
Posted on | CommentThe government of the United States America (USA) has earmarked $ 5 million dollars for the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations to work towards elimination of child labour in Ghana Mr Robert Jackson, Ambassador of the U.S to Ghana … Read more →
More Ghanaians opt for cremation
Posted on | CommentDisposal of mortal remains is an ancient phenomenon. However, the way and manner in which dead bodies are disposed of differ from country to country and is also influenced by traditions and beliefs. Some methods of disposal include earth burial … Read more →
World Bank report discounts gov’t job claims
Posted on | CommentClaims by the current Mahama administration that it has created over 6,000 jobs in the last four years have been discounted by a new World Bank report, which indicates that almost half (48 percent) of Ghana’s youth aged between 15 and … Read more →
Pentecost Church reject Veep’s NDC green book donation
Posted on | CommentSome members of the Church of Pentecost have rejected the 300 copies of the ‘Green Book’ donated recently by Vice President, Paa Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur. The controversial Green Book details the supposed achievements of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) … Read more →
We resurrected 2 dead people in 2015 – Church of Pentecost
Posted on | CommentThe Church of Pentecost has claimed that it brought back to life, two dead individuals, last year. The purported miracle is contained in the 2015 annual report of the indigenous church. “The church continued to experience the supernatural presence and … Read more →
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