Manasseh Azure Awuni petitions President Mahama to end YEA-Zoomlion contract

Investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni has formally petitioned President John Dramani Mahama to discontinue the long-standing contract between the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) and waste management company Zoomlion Ghana Limited. The contract, which has been in place for 19 years, has faced repeated scrutiny over alleged financial mismanagement and unfair wage distribution. Concerns over wage […]

8 suspects arrested as police rescue victims in viral kidnapping incident

The Ghana Police Service, in close collaboration with the National Signals Bureau (NSB) and the Nigeria Police Force, has successfully rescued two female victims who were abducted and later appeared in a widely circulated distressing video. The harrowing footage, which depicted the victims being mistreated, sparked widespread outrage and raised alarm across both countries. Following […]

Some National Security operatives attempt to abscond with seized galamsey excavators

JoyNews has learned that a group of security operatives, who identified themselves as members of the National Security, allegedly attempted to remove five heavy-duty excavators from the office yard of the Ashanti Regional Forestry Commission. According to JoyNews‘ environmental journalist, Erastus Asare Donkoh, who has been closely covering the issue of illegal mining (galamsey) in the country, […]

Accra: 4 suspects arrested in connection with 73 slabs of suspected cocaine weighing 89.74kg

Four suspects have been picked up and are currently in custody at the Narcotics Control Commission following the interception of 73 slabs of substances suspected to be cocaine that weighed 89.74 kg. Officials from NACOC made the arrest on Wednesday, April 23, 2025 reports Kester Aburam Korankye. According to them, they intercepted a cargo, which was […]

FIC probes Akonta Mining, Wontumi

The Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) has frozen all bank accounts of Akonta Mining and the owner of the company, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, aka Chairman Wontumi, the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), over allegations of financial irregularities. Sources within the establishment confirmed to the Daily Graphic that the accounts of Akonta Mining […]