Residents of Amefinukope in the Ketu South Municipality of the Volta region are in a state of shock following the discovery of five exhumed bodies in two local cemeteries, with parts of the corpses, particularly the heads, missing. The distressing incident occurred on Wednesday, 7th May 2025. According to a community leader, Mr Kwashi Senaya, […]
The High Court in Accra has sentenced Deborah Seyram Adablah, a former National Service Personnel who sued her ‘sugar daddy’ for breach of promise, to 45 days in prison after finding her guilty of contempt. Deborah Seyram Adablah was convicted of defaming the court. She had recorded two separate videos and posted them on social […]
On Wednesday evening, under the domed ceiling of Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel, 133 cardinals will vote to elect the Catholic Church’s 267th pope. The day will begin at 10:00 (09:00 BST) with a mass in St Peter’s Basilica. The service, which will be televised, will be presided over by Giovanni Battista Re, the 91-year-old Cardinal Dean […]
Visa applications from nationalities thought most likely to overstay and claim asylum in the UK could be restricted under a new government crackdown. Under Home Office plans, first reported in the Times, people from countries such as Pakistan, Nigeria and Sri Lanka may find it more difficult to come to the UK to work and study. […]
Thousands of people were left trapped on trains or stranded overnight after the theft of copper cables halted high-speed services between Madrid and southern Spain’s Andalusia region. Authorities opened an investigation on Monday after Sunday’s theft, which Transport Minister Óscar Puente called a “serious act of sabotage”. He added that the cable theft took place […]
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 […]
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 […]
President John Mahama has assured Ghanaians that the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) will not be privatised, despite ongoing concerns about the state of the country’s power sector. Speaking at the May Day celebration at Black Star Square on Thursday, May 1, he addressed growing fears about the possible privatisation of ECG, stating clearly that […]
An in-camera consequential trial meeting sanctioned by His Lordship John Eugene Nyadu Nyante, the trial judge in the criminal case involving the former head of the National Signals Bureau, Kwabena Adu-Boahene, is expected to take place at the General jurisdiction division of the Accra High Court today. Attorney General Dr Dominic Ayine and lead lawyer […]
The Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS), Major General William Agyapong hosted a gathering of all Two-Star Generals in the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) at his office in Burma Camp on Monday, April 28, 2025. At the meeting, the CDS expressed his appreciation and admiration for the Generals’ exceptional professionalism and dedicated service to the […]
The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) has called on the President of the Republic, John Mahama, to immediately make public the full decision that establishes a prima facie case against the Chief Justice. This appeal follows the recent suspension of the Chief Justice, a move that has generated widespread public interest and debate within legal and […]
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, […]
