Some officials of the Ghana Education Service (GES) colluded with invigilators, accepting as little as GH¢60 to allow candidates to cheat in the 2025 Basic Education Certificate Examinations (BECE). This revelation is contained in the latest JoyNews Hotline documentary, Dark World of BECE, produced by GH Probe investigative journalist Francisca Enchill. At the Derby Avenue RC […]
The Minister for Roads and Highways, Kwame Agbodza, has assured that the government has fully met its financial obligations to the contractor working on the Ofankor–Nsawam road project. Speaking during an inspection tour of the project with President John Mahama, the Minister disclosed that government has cleared all outstanding arrears owed the contractor, paving the […]
The Ministry of Health (MoH) has announced a call for proposals from qualified suppliers and vendors for the supply and installation of dialysis machines in selected hospitals across the country. In a notice on Tuesday, September 2, the Ministry said interested and eligible entities are required to submit detailed proposals covering the technical specifications of […]
The Ghana Football Association submitted budgets totaling $4,386,010 for the Black Stars first five matches in the 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers. Sports and Recreation Minister Kofi Adams made the details of the budget public at a press conference on Tuesday, to brief the public on the approved budget for Ghana’s World Cup Qualifiers against […]
The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has settled coupon payments worth GH¢2 billion to investors of its restructured cocoa bills. Joy Business understands that the payments were made on Monday, September 1, 2025, to investors holding these instruments. Following the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme, the restructured bills are now classified as bonds. The restructuring, which mainly […]
Barring any unforeseen circumstances, a draft report on the review of the 1992 Constitution will be presented to President John Dramani Mahama by the first week of October this year. The Secretary of the Constitution Review Committee’s (CRC’s), Dr Rainer Akumperigya, said: “We are working hard to finalise the draft report, and we expect to […]
Google will not have to sell its Chrome web browser but must share information with competitors, a US federal judge has ordered. The remedies decided by District Judge Amit Mehta have emerged after a years-long court battle over Google’s dominance in online search. The case centred around Google’s position as the default search engine on […]
The crypto token backed by the Trump family has started publicly trading, giving the holdings owned by the US president and his sons a value of roughly $5bn (£3.7bn). The Trumps launched crypto firm World Liberty Financial in the middle of the presidential campaign last year, drawing questions about potential conflicts of interest as he […]
Burkina Faso’s unelected transitional parliament has passed a bill banning homosexual acts, a little over a year after a draft of an amended family code that criminalised homosexuality was adopted by the country’s cabinet. The new measure, unanimously voted through on Monday, imposes punishments of up to five years in jail, and has become part […]
Nestle has fired its chief executive after just one year in the job because he failed to disclose a “romantic relationship” with a “direct subordinate”. The Swiss food giant, which makes Kit Kat chocolate bars and Nespresso coffee capsules, said Laurent Freixe had been dismissed with “immediate effect” following an investigation led by Nestle’s chair […]
Some Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) have begun adjusting fuel prices in line with industry projections. At Goil, the price of petrol is now selling at GH¢12.90 per litre, up from GH¢12.88. Diesel, however, has been reduced from GH¢14.30 to GH¢13.90. Shell has also adjusted its prices, with petrol selling at GH¢13.59 per litre compared to […]
The Gushegu MP, Hassan Tampuli, has sharply condemned the removal of Chief Justice Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo from office by President John Mahama. He described the grounds for her dismissal as politically driven and “utterly absurd”. Justice Torkornoo was dismissed on Monday, 1 September 2025, pursuant to Article 146(9) of the 1992 Constitution. A […]
