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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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‘Pure water’ to sell at GHp30 from February 1
Posted on | CommentThe Association of Sachet and Packaged Water Producers has announced a new price for sachet water which takes effect from February 1, 2016. A sachet of water which used to sell at 20 pesewas will now sell at 30 pesewas while … Read more →
Syrian refugees ‘unhappy’ with Gitmo detainees in Ghana
Posted on | CommentThe Head of the Syrian community seeking refuge in Ghana, Abdul-Ghani Badenjki, has told Citi News he is unhappy about Ghana’s decision to accommodate the two Yemeni nationals released by the United States from the Guantanamo Bay Detention Centre. There … Read more →
Send me to UK, murder suspect tells court
Posted on | CommentArthur Simpson-Kent, the boyfriend of ex-East Enders actress Sian Blake, who has been accused of murdering the actress and their two sons, has waived his extradition process before a High Court yesterday. He has voluntarily decided to subject himself … Read more →
Tariff increase: PURC orders ECG to correct metering anomalies
Posted on | CommentThe Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) says it has issued an order to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), to correct the metering and billing anomalies resulting from implementation of the 2015 Major Tariff Increase. A statement from the PURC … Read more →
PHOTO: 3 nabbed for fake passport, visa racketeering
Posted on | CommentThree persons who, for over 13 years, have been falsifying visas are now in the grips of the Accra Regional Police Command. The trio is Moses Lamptey, 69, a trader; William Kofi Mensah, 45, a businessman; and Eric Nyamekye, 35, … Read more →
Teacher strips girl naked over Ghc11
Posted on | CommentA teacher at Asokore Methodist Primary School in the New Juaben Municipality of the Eastern Region has allegedly stripped a female pupil naked after accusing her of stealing GHc11. The girl and her other colleague were accused of stealing the … Read more →
PHOTO: Rapist robbers get 20 yrs
Posted on | CommentTWO MEMBERS of an armed robbery gang, who often rape their female victims after robbing them, have been sentenced to 20 years with hard labour by an Ashaiman Circuit Court. The two, Daniel Aidoo, 18 and Frank Amenuku, 19, both … Read more →
British High Commission clarifies bloated register
Posted on | CommentThe British High Commission in Accra has refuted claims in the media that its government has acknowledged that Ghana’s voter register is bloated by at least 10 percent. A terse statement issued in Accra by the Commission on its website … Read more →
President of Malawi collapses in a pit (PHOTO)
Posted on | CommentWith reports of bad health about Malawi President Peter Mutharika circulating in the country, his recent submission to the force of gravity has just made the situation worse. According to media reports, President Peter Mutharika on Saturday had a rude … Read more →
FPSO Atta Mills begins Ghana voyage
Posted on | CommentGhana’s second Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessel, FPSO Prof John Evans Atta Mills, which will produce and store oil from Ghana’s Tweneboa-Enyenra-Ntomme (TEN) offshore oil fields, has set sail home. It began its voyage to Ghana on Saturday 23 … Read more →
Mass resignations hit Ghana Army – Commanders confused
Posted on | CommentImpeccable source of information reaching the Intelligence Desk of The New Crusading GUIDE indicates that there is discontent in the Ghana Armed Forces culminating in unprecedented mass resignations in the rank and file leaving Commanders confused. The Units badly hit … Read more →
We need jobs : Disabled persons cry out
Posted on | CommentA group of persons living with disabilities in the Ga Central Municipal Assembly have appealed to the government to create employment opportunities for them to enable them to live meaningful lives. According to them, they were constantly being discriminated against … Read more →
South Africa girls given grants to remain virgins
Posted on | CommentWomen’s rights activists have criticised a South African municipality for a scholarship programme that funds studies for young women if they can prove they are virgins. On Friday, the uThekela municipality, in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), announced that 113 students would receive … Read more →
Meningitis kills 32 in Ghana
Posted on | CommentThe outbreak of a variant of meningitis in parts of the country is causing public health concern among the people. The people in communities where there have been reported cases are particularly alarmed because the disease over the last three … Read more →
Gitmo duo not likely to stay in Ghana beyond 2yrs -Dep. Minister of Interior
Posted on | CommentDeputy Minister of Interior, James Agalga has hinted that the two former Guatanamo Bay detainees currently being hosted by Ghana are likely not to stay in the country beyond the two year stipulated time agreed by both the Ghana and … Read more →
Okyenhene didn’t endorse Prez. Mahama – Effiduasehene
Posted on | CommentOkoawia Dwomo Baabu II, chief of Effiduase, has vehemently debunked assertions by a section of the media that his 5th anniversary provided a fertile ground for Okyenhene Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin to promote the agenda of the ruling National Democratic Congress … Read more →
Man banned from having sex
Posted on | CommentA man has been banned from having sex – unless he gives police 24 hours’ notice. The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, must also tell officers the name of the woman he intends to engage in sexual … Read more →
Prez. Mugabe back home after heart attack rumours
Posted on | CommentZimbabwean President Robert Mugabe returned home late on Friday after a month-long holiday in the Far East, just over a week after the presidency dismissed rumours that Africa’s oldest president had suffered a heart attack and collapsed. Mugabe, who turns … Read more →
SnG Foundation – Canada donates to Kwegyir Aggrey School
Posted on | CommentSnG Foundation of Hope – Canada, is a non-profit organization with the goals of creating and distributing educational materials and devices for the development of education in Africa. As part of their projects, the foundation in collaboration with the Ankrah … Read more →
Hospital Accountant steals GH¢ 576,000 cash
Posted on | CommentThe alleged embezzlement of GHC 576,000 at the Keta Municipal Hospital in the Volta Region by the hospital’s accountant and his assistant took the centre stage of the Public Accounts Committee’s (IPAC’s) sitting yesterday with members expressing shock at how … Read more →
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