Nine officers drawn from state agencies have been arrested and placed under police inquiry following the interception of a large consignment of undeclared Tramadol at the Tema Port. Those arrested include five Customs officers, one officer from the Narcotics Control Commission, one Port Security officer, one officer from the Energy Commission and one officer from […]
Mrs Lordina Dramani Mahama, the First Lady, has been enstooled as the Nkosuohemaa (Development Queenmother) of the Akroso Asukawkaw Traditional Area in the Oti Region. She was enstooled under the stool name, Nana Oseadeeyo Odamewaa II by Nana Odam Gyamfi III, the Paramount Chief of the Akroso Asukawkaw Traditional Area. The Paramount Chief conferred the […]
The death toll from last night’s illegal mining pit collapse has been revised to nine, following new details from authorities, according to JoyNews’ Erastus Asare Donkor. The incident occurred at Atta Ne Atta, a community in the Asutifi South District of the Ahafo Region — not Manso Tontokrom in the Ashanti Region as initially reported. […]
A 42-year-old woman and her three sons have drowned in an abandoned illegal mining pit at Wassa Dunkwa in the Amenfi West Municipality of the Western Region. The tragic incident occurred on Saturday afternoon when the family reportedly went to fetch firewood near a galamsey site. An eyewitness told Joy News that residents in the […]
Former Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo says she has no regrets about joining pensioners in picketing the Finance Ministry during the controversial Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP) in 2023. “If I had to do it again, I would do it,” she declared on Joy News’ PM Express Business Edition on Thursday. Her appearance on the picket line […]
The Executive Secretary of the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC), Dr Shaffic Suleman, says Ghana’s electricity demand is rising far beyond official projections, driven by economic stability and growing consumer confidence. Speaking on Joy News’ PM Express on Wednesday, he revealed that consumption growth has overtaken the expected annual targets. “We are now consuming more […]
Communities in the eastern corridor of the Greater Accra Region are on the brink of a sanitation emergency after authorities confirmed that the only operational landfill serving the area could reach full capacity within a month if urgent measures are not taken. The warning emerged during an inspection visit by the Minister for Local Government, […]
The Western Regional Police Command has confiscated two trucks loaded with a substance believed to be Indian hemp following an operation at the Assokor police barrier in the Shama Municipality of the Western Region. The interception occurred during routine checks when officers on duty stopped one of the vehicles for inspection. A search of the […]
The Ga Mantse Tackie Teiko Tsuru II is in a stable condition following a road accident in the early hours of Wednesday. The incident occurred at about 2:00 am at Pai-Katanga in the Oti Region while the King was returning to Accra from Tamale. Sources close to the palace said he had travelled to the […]
A Cape Coast Circuit Court has remanded into Police custody Patrick Nii Torto, a man accused of using the Office of the Vice President to swindle people with the ploy of securing them Canadian visas and work permits. Torto allegedly scammed his victims out of GH¢5,325 and GH¢8,200, posing as a Vice Presidential staffer and […]
The Pilgrims Affairs Office of Ghana (PAOG) has officially suspended all activities related to the 2026 Hajj arrangements, effective immediately, citing “immeasurable pressure” on administrators. In a statement signed by the Director of Communications, Mohammed Amin Lamptey Hussein, said all operational processes leading to this year’s Hajj — including payments, documentation and submission of required […]
The new producer price of cocoa for the remainder of the 2025/26 cocoa season will take effect from Friday, February 13, 2026. This follows an upward review of the producer price to GH¢41,392.00 per tonne. A statement issued to the Ghana News Agency on Tuesday said the new price would apply to all cocoa purchased […]
