The Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) bottling plant at Axim, in the Ellembelle, Ajumuro, and Gwira area of the Western Region, is currently under review, Energy and Green Transition Minister John Jinapor has informed Parliament. The project, implemented as an Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) initiative under the National Cylinder Recirculation Model programme, is valued at […]
The Akropong Circuit Court has ordered the remand of Freddie Blay, the former National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), following his arrest in connection with a disputed property demolition at Kitase in the Eastern Region. Mr. Blay, a veteran legal practitioner and political figure, was handed over to the Akropong Police on Monday, […]
The Kwabenya District Police Command has taken into custody four field officers of Bills Micro-Credit Limited following a disturbing incident in which a mother carrying a baby was allegedly assaulted during a loan recovery attempt at Ashongman Estate. The arrests, effected on Sunday, March 15, 2026, come days after a video capturing the confrontation went […]
The Inspector General of Police has ordered the immediate deployment of a specialised intelligence-led team to the troubled town of Gbeniyiri, following a violent outbreak of reprisal attacks between members of the Brifo and Fulani communities. In a statement issued from the Regional Police Headquarters in Damongo on Thursday, the command confirmed that the joint […]
Forty police officers have petitioned the Deputy Attorney-General over a directive issued by the Ghana Police Service, which they say contradicts a ruling by the Court of Appeal of Ghana ordering their promotion. Through their lawyers, the officers argue that a signal circulated by the Police Service directing them to sit a competitive examination for […]
Deputy Minister of Agriculture, John Dumelo, has revealed that the government has distributed thousands of water pumps seized from illegal mining operators to farmers across the country to support irrigation farming. Speaking on Joy News during a discussion on Ghana’s food sovereignty, 69 years after independence, Mr Dumelo explained that the initiative forms part of […]
The Ghana Highway Authority, on behalf of the Ministry of Roads and Highways, has announced a temporary traffic management plan to accommodate ongoing construction works on the Accra–Tema Motorway and its extensions. According to a press statement issued by the Authority, the arrangement is required to facilitate T-beam launching works for the expansion of the […]
Two people have been confirmed dead, while three others are in critical condition following a robbery attack on a mobile money vendor at Fufulso Junction in the Savannah region. The incident occurred around 8:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 8, 2026, when armed robbers reportedly attacked the operator while he was attending to a customer. According […]
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 […]
