Police in the Brong Ahafo Region are searching for members of an unidentified group who have issued threats of attacks on residents of Banda Ahenkro. Wenchi District Police Commander, ASP Asamaoh-Agyekum, told Joy News Friday residents are living in fear because of the group’s threats. He explained the arrest of the members of the group … Read more
The government owes the Electoral Commission (EC) an outstanding GHC100 million for cost incurred during the 2016 general elections budget, an EC official has said. Deputy EC Chairperson in charge of Operations, Amadu Sulley, who made the disclosure, is appealing to the four-month-old government to ensure payment is made to them. He told Joy News … Read more
Multimedia Group’s campaign to end maternal and child deaths at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) has moved some firms and individuals into action. Chief Executive Officer of KATH, Joseph Akpaloo, has revealed following a Joy News documentary that detailed the dire situation at the maternity section of the hospital, offers to help have been forthcoming. … Read more
Leicester City. Rostov in Russia. Wa All Stars in Ghana. Sofapaka in Kenya. And now, Ahmad Ahmad. The 57-year old Madagascar Football Association president has joined the ranks of what has been a mindboggling 18 months for football underdogs the world over. In a historic election held here on Thursday, the little-known administrator beat seasoned … Read more
An attempt to rationalize a hugely unpopular decision to bloat the size of government has set the Information Minister on a collision course with the Civil and Local Government Workers Association. Mustapha Hamid in justifying why president Nana Akufo Addo appointed 110 ministers and deputies said the large size of government is to make up … Read more
Over 1000 farmers in the Eastern Region town of Takorase Congo have petitioned the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) over what they say is an attempt by a private legal practitioner to dupe them. The farmers are accusing Koforidua-based lawyer Stephen Asante Ansong of shortchanging them in a GHC4.7 million compensation paid to them … Read more
In keeping to the huge size of its political symbol, the elephant, Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu says President Nana Akufo-Addo has appointed an elephant-sized government that will invariably feed on the limited public finance. According to the Tamale South Member of Parliament, the decision by the president to appoint an army of ministers is shamefull. … Read more
Over 200 trainee nurses have besieged the premises of the Health Ministry demanding the suspension of a freeze on hiring. The chanting nurses who came from different parts of the country for the picket have vowed to remain at the precincts of the Ministry until the ban is lifted. Some of them told Joy News’ … Read more
The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) needs $70million to complete a magnificent Maternity block began in 1974 and believed to be key in easing fatal congestion at the hospital. Officials say at least four babies die every day at Ghana’s second largest hospital KATH, largely because of severe congestion at the maternity ward, a Joy … Read more
Chairman of the People’s National Convention has now come to the realization that the relevance of his party and other minority parties is waning. Bernard Mornah is therefore accepting in principle the call by the Progressive People’s Party for all the minority parties to form an alliance ahead of the 2020 elections. He told Joy … Read more
A couple whose three-year-old son died of complications from a surgery to correct his hole-in-heart condition is considering taking legal action against the National Cardiothoracic Centre. Noel and Vida Jacquaye say they are compelled to seek legal redress after a post-mortem on their deceased child, Andy, confirmed that he died of post-surgery complications. In an … Read more
The Executive Director for the African Center for Parliamentary Affairs has supported calls for Members of Parliament (MPs) who are deficient in the English language to be commended and not ridiculed. He believes that hiring interpreter services for such MPs – as many are calling for – would further open them up for further ridicule. … Read more
Two more alleged suicides have been recorded Monday in Ashaiman in the Greater Accra region and Affram Plains in the Eastern region. Bright Wovi was found hanging in a park at Jericho, a community in Ashaiman. ‘There were flies inside his mouth’ a witness told Joy News after he joined onlookers to gaze at the … Read more
French Ambassador to Ghana Francois Pujolas says lots of French businesses will begin trooping to the country soon in response to the new administration’s pro – private sector posture. He says there are a number of companies in France that would be interested in expanding their operations to Ghana to help accelerate the country’s economic … Read more
Police say they have discovered prescription medication in the room of the 23-year-old University of Ghana student who fell to her death on Wednesday. Doctors are yet to confirm what the drugs are meant to treat, however, Legon District Commander, DSP Ofori Anokye, says officers suspect the victim was using the medication to treat a … Read more
Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo Maafo, is certain the three-month streak of the Cedi’s depreciation against the major trading currencies will cease before the end of March. According to him, the current challenge of the local currency is attributable to the poor economy which the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government left behind. Mr Maafo says policy … Read more
A law lecturer at the Central University has called on President Nana Akufo-Addo to exercise his powers under 1992 Constitution to ban the Homeland Study Group Foundation which has been accused of treason attempts. Lawyer Yaw Oppong said the Criminal Code in the Constitution specifically, Section 182A of Act 29, gives him such executive powers … Read more
Parliament’s Mines and Energy Committee has summoned management of the Public Utility Regulatory Commission (PURC) Thursday following Joy News expose on some questionable payments. PURC Executive Secretary, Samuel Sarpong, and Head of External Affairs, Nana Yaa Jantuah were quizzed about how they expended the Commission’s monies for its nationwide tariff adjustment public hearing. They explained … Read more
A suicidologist at the University of Ghana is calling for a national policy for suicide prevention in the country. Dr Joseph Osafo is worried at the spate of suicide deaths which have robbed the country of potential human capital. His call for a national policy comes at a time when news of alleged suicide deaths … Read more
A magistrate’s court in the Volta regional capital Ho has declined to sit on a case of treason involving three persons arrested by police for demanding the restoration of the Western Togoland. The three are part of a group calling itself the Homeland Study Group Foundation and have for decades, been fighting to secede a … Read more