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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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Who is Abraham Attah that no one can tease?
Posted on | CommentI have read with shock but little surprise how three radio personalities were taken to the cleaners yesterday. What was their crime? (Granted) they teased a young man who has achieved what many in his field may never achieve in … Read more →
‘Mystery’ ship washed ashore coast of Aflao
Posted on | CommentA heavy ship, which appears abandoned, was Tuesday washed ashore the coast of Aflao in the Volta Region attracting dozens of people to the place. The ship, which looks like a cargo ship, and has the inscription ‘Barca Lome’, was … Read more →
Ghana wins Global Extractive Industry Transparency Award
Posted on | CommentGhana has been acclaimed an exemplary implementer of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), and honoured for its strict implementation of the recommendations of the Ghana EITI (GHEITI) leading to far-reaching policy, regulatory and institutional reforms in its mining, oil … Read more →
C. Poly students demonstrate over ‘technical university’ status
Posted on | CommentStudents and lecturers of the Cape Coast Polytechnic in the Central Region Tuesday morning demonstrated over their exclusion from the list of six polytechnics to be transformed into technical universities in September. The students and their lecturers blocked the road … Read more →
5,000 new companies spring up in Sekondi-Takoradi in 3 yrs
Posted on | CommentSOME 5,000 new companies have sprung up in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Area between 2013 and now. This was disclosed by Stephane Miezan, chairman of the Western Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry, at the commissioning of the chamber’s new offices … Read more →
VRA owes Ghana Gas over $250m
Posted on | CommentThe Volta River Authority (VRA), main downstream off-taker of lean gas, owes Ghana National Gas Company over US$250 million for processed gas. This came to light when the new board of the Ghana National Gas Company visited the Atuabo Gas … Read more →
Woyome asks for 3 more years to refund money
Posted on | CommentThe Supreme Court Tuesday cautioned the embattled businessman, Alfred A. Woyome, to take the court seriously after it dismissed his latest application seeking a stay of execution to allow him to pay the GH¢51.2 million he fraudulently received as judgement … Read more →
MUST LISTEN: Dr. Mensa Otabil’s parable of the onion
Posted on | CommentOver the weekend, Dr Mensa Otabil, Founder of the International Central Gospel Church infected and provoked a mass of young entrepreneurs with yet another signature performance, a destiny changing motivational message that will linger in the minds of many, for … Read more →
Prez. Mahama grants charter to Central University to award degrees
Posted on | CommentPresident John Dramani Mahama has granted a Presidential Charter to the Central University College, making it a fully-fledged university that can now award its own degrees. The institute becomes the fourth private university to achieve this feat after Valley View … Read more →
PHOTOS: W/R ECG PRO marries
Posted on | CommentSome call it ‘Takoradi marries’, others call it #Boys2Men; whichever tag it was given, the much anticipated 20th February wedding of Philip Osei Bonsu, the Public Relations Officer of Western Region’s Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and Linda Ayisi-Addo, now … Read more →
Pastor shot dead in pulpit during Sunday service
Posted on | CommentA pastor was shot and killed in the pulpit during a Sunday church service, police have said. The Rev. William Schooler were gunned down in front of more than 20 parishioners at St. Peter’s Missionary Baptist Church in Dayton, Ohio. … Read more →
Agogo Police, 2 families battle over corpse
Posted on | CommentThe families of the two farmers – Mustapha and Haruna Ibrahim – killed at Aberewa Nko, near Agogo in the Ashanti Akim District of the Ashanti Region, have accused the Agogo Police of demanding GH?1,600 from them before releasing the … Read more →
IGP presents Toyota Corolla to ‘Hero Taxi Driver’
Posted on | CommentThe Ghana Police Service has replaced the damaged taxi of the driver who assisted in the arrest of two armed robbers in Accra, in January. A Toyota Corolla was handed to a cousin of the taxi driver by the IGP, … Read more →
Babysitter beheads girl, 4
Posted on | CommentA BURQA-clad babysitter has been arrested after beheading a disabled little girl in her care and wandering the streets holding the severed head. Gruesome video shows the woman walking outside Oktyabrskoye Pole underground station in Moscow holding the bloodied head … Read more →
MUST READ: Dr. Mensa Otabil’s parable of onions and why Zuckerberg is richer than Ghana
Posted on | CommentHe is loved by many, loathed by some but few will deny the power of his word. It is infectious! On Saturday, Dr Mensa Otabil Founder of the International Central Gospel Church infected and provoked a mass of young entrepreneurs … Read more →
PHOTOS: Rich kids of London show off their favourite transport
Posted on | CommentTravelling in flash cars and private jets and treating money as no object, a new Instagram account is revealing the privileged lives of some of London’s wealthiest youngsters. The account encourages wealthy youngsters to take pictures of their lavish lifestyle and … Read more →
PHOTO: Pastor sentenced to death by hanging
Posted on | CommentThe Supreme Court has permitted the convicted General-Overseer of the Christian Praying Assembly, Chukwuemeka Ezeugo, a.k.a Rev. King to die by hanging. In a unanimous judgment Friday afternoon, a seven-man panel of Justices ?of the apex court led by Justice … Read more →
Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen to cut staff costs by £4m
Posted on | CommentAberdeen’s Robert Gordon University (RGU) is to cut staff costs by £4m – meaning about 100 jobs are expected to be lost. RGU said a downturn in the regional economy due to the falling oil price had affected the university’s … Read more →
SONA 2016: VIAM-Africa head scores Prez. Mahama low on education
Posted on | CommentThe head of an educational NGO, VIAM Africa Centre for Education and Social Policy has said president John Mahama’s state of the nation address is loudly silent on key issues affecting the educational sector. Dr Prince Armah could not hide his … Read more →
Indian women banned from owning mobile phones
Posted on | CommentSeveral villages in western Indian have banned girls and single women from owning mobile phones, saying the devices distract them from their studies. Villages in the Mehsana and Banaskantha districts in Gujarat state imposed the ban, and more villages have … Read more →
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