Data 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 →
Three beautiful kids belonging to two rivals but the same father were burnt beyond recognition when fire gutted the wooden kiosk in which they were sleeping at Biriwfomu at Amanful in the heart of Takoradi. It was after the mother … Read more →
The Queen of United Kingdom has given her annual Christmas Day address and spoken of finding hope in “moments of darkness”.
Power Minister, Kwabena Donkor, says he deserves credit for managing the power crisis that has crippled businesses and left many people jobless. In his view, he has done enough to reduce the intensity of the crisis, although there is still … Read more →
Two persons are feared drowned at the Albert Bosomtwe Sam Fishing Harbour in Sekondi. The victims Bright Larbo, 22, a Student of the Takoradi Polytechnic and Nasiru Amoah, 24, a Welding Apprentice, all residents of Bakado, a Surburb of Sekondi … Read more →
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President John Dramani Mahama has renewed calls on feuding factions in the troubled Bunkprugu Traditional area in the Northern Region, to ceasefire. According to him, the incessant revival of the age-long chieftaincy conflict between the Jamong and Jafog clans in … Read more →
A police constable, a soldier and two others are in the grips of the Accra Regional Police Command for robbery. The constable, who, according to records, is on indictment for a similar offence, and the others have admitted the offence … Read more →
Prices of petroleum products are expected to go up from today with the passage of the Energy Sector Levies Act, 2015 by Parliament yesterday. The act seeks to realign petroleum related taxes by adjusting some of the levies and abolishing … Read more →
The Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) has called for the removal of the photos of President John Dramani Mahama from the 116 Metro Mass Transit (MMT) buses which were branded at a cost of Gh?3.6million. According to GII, putting the photos … Read more →
A Malawian has appeared before an Accra circuit court for allegedly importing quantities of heroin, a narcotic drug, into Ghana. The accused, Grace Sauti Phiri, an Agricultural Gender Roles and Responsibility Officer (AGRESSO), was arrested at the Kotoka International Airport … Read more →
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has assured the general public that 98 percent of palm oil sold on the market is now safe for consumption. The announcement follows months of warning against the consumption of palm oil after news … Read more →
Some private citizens have filed a suit against Transport Minister, Dzifa Attivor and Attorney General, Marrieta Brew Appiah-Oppong at the High Court over the controversial 3.6 million Ghana cedis bus branding contract. They are praying the court to issue “An … Read more →
Republican frontrunner Donald Trump has mocked Hillary Clinton for apparently taking a toilet break during a televised Democratic debate. “I know where she went. It’s disgusting,” he said to supporters at a rally in Michigan. The former secretary of state … Read more →
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari while presenting the 2016 fiscal year budget has assured that there will be free eduction for science, technology and education students in tertiary institutions. President Buhari stressed that this would indeed mark a historic milestone for … Read more →
Ghana’s power sector risks an imminent shutdown, if Ghana Gas fails to renew a $2.5 million operational insurance by next week. Member of Parliament’s Energy Committee, William Owureku Aidoo, told Joy News, managers of the gas processing facility have informed … Read more →
Engineers and Planners (E&P) has denied claims by the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) that it was involved in the controversial AMERI plants deal. According to the company owned by Ibrahim Mahama, brother of President John Dramani Mahama, it was … Read more →
THE AMERI Group has confirmed that Pakistani-born Norwegian, Umar Farooq Zahoor, who is a wanted man internationally for alleged organised crime, was the group’s Chief Executive until August 2015. Government, through a statement from the Power Ministry, had denied that … Read more →
It was all wailing and mourning in the early hours of Wednesday at Windy Ridge, a suburb of Takoradi when neighbours woke up to a pitiable scene of two ladies who have been killed in a fire that gutted two … Read more →
Dr Jimmy Heyman, Director of Wellness Clinic, has advised young people to desist from watching certain scenes in telenovelas that have the potential of arousing their sexual appetite. He explained that social media and some telenovelas are having negative influence … Read more →
Three more Ghanaian judges have been sacked without benefits over the two-year investigation by Anas Aremeyaw Anas. The three judges include His Worship Kaakyire Atta Owusu, His Worship Isaac Amoah and His Worship Stephen Azuure, who were among some 34 … Read more →