The much-anticipated LCB Corporate Games 2025 officially kicked off on Saturday, August 2, 2025, at the Nii Adjei Krakue II Sports Complex in Tema New Town, heralding the fourth edition of this flagship corporate football tournament. Organized by LCB Worldwide Ghana Ltd, a crisis management solutions company, the tournament continues to unite professionals from across […]
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30% reduction or Nothing: Sam George rejects DStv’s counter-offer
The Minister for Communications, Digital Technology and Innovation, Samuel Nartey George, has publicly criticised MultiChoice Ghana for what he describes as a continued disregard for the economic concerns of Ghanaians, following the company’s rejection of his proposal to reduce DStv subscription fees by 30 per cent. In a Facebook post on Sunday, the minister took […]
FDA suspends Tasty Tom Enriched Tomato Mix over safety lapses – Second ban in 2025
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has ordered the immediate suspension of Tasty Tom Enriched Tomato Mix production after an investigation revealed serious lapses in manufacturing standards at Nutrifoods Ghana Limited’s facility. The regulator has also mandated a full recall of all canned products and specific batches of the 380g and 1.05kg pouches due to […]
Secret filming exposes the ‘madams’ involved in Kenya’s child-sex trade
A BBC Africa Eye investigation has revealed how women, known as “madams”, have involved children as young as 13 in prostitution in Kenya. In the transit town of Maai Mahiu, in Kenya’s Rift Valley, trucks and lorries pound the streets day and night, transporting goods and people across the country into Uganda, Rwanda, South Sudan, […]
Budget surplus means nothing when trained nurses, others are jobless – Prof Charles Ackah
A professor of Finance and Economics at the University of Ghana says the government’s celebration of a budget surplus in the 2025 Mid-Year Fiscal Policy review means little when trained nurses, university graduates, and others remain jobless. Charles Godfred Ackah, reacting to the budget presented to Parliament last Thursday, said what the country needs now […]
Gunman shoots 10 during fire outbreak at Madina Ritz Junction
At least 10 people sustained various degrees of gunshot injuries on Sunday afternoon during a fire outbreak at Ritz Junction in Madina. According to one of the injured victims, Ernest Opare, says sustained bullet wounds to his forehead, back, and buttocks. He is currently admitted to Pentecost Hospital along with four others. Ernest narrated to […]
Government to announce new producer price for cocoa today
Government is expected to announce a new producer price for cocoa for the 2025/2026 crop season today, August 4, 2025. Joy Business understands the announcement will proceed following the completion of work by all the committees tasked with reviewing the pricing structure and after the necessary stakeholder consultations. There are strong indications that the new price […]
GTEC crackdown on unaccredited institutions: 2 Officials arrested at Nyarkotey College
Personnel from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service in the company of officials of the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) last Wednesday picked up two officials from the Nyarkotey College of Holistic Medicine Study Centre in Ashaiman in the Greater Accra Region for running unaccredited programmes and operating an unaccredited centre. […]
UK Court of Appeal overturns ruling in case of boy sent to Ghana by parents without his consent
The UK Court of Appeal has overturned a High Court ruling that denied a 14-year-old British-Ghanaian boy’s request to return to the UK after being deceived and left by his parents in Ghana. The appellate court ruled that the High Court failed to give sufficient weight to the boy’s views, distress, and the psychological harm […]
Petrol price to go up; diesel and LGP to fall from August 1, 2025
The price of petrol is expected to go up marginally from August 1, 2025. However, the prices of diesel and Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) are expected to decline. This is based on the outlook report that guides the pricing of the Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) in the country by the Chamber of Oil Marketing Companies […]
UDS student sentenced to death for murdering colleague over relationship dispute
A Computer Science student of the University for Development Studies, Nyankpala campus, Salifu Nurudeen, has been sentenced to death for murdering his fellow student, Wumpini Mohammed Zakiu. The crime occurred in September last year and stemmed from a romantic relationship dispute. Nurudeen’s girlfriend, also a UDS student, had ended her relationship with him and started […]
Lawyer for Adom-Otchere blasts OSP over ‘unreasonable’ bail terms
Legal representative for Paul Adom-Otchere, Nicholas Lenin Anane Agyei, has sharply criticised the bail conditions imposed by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP). He described them as excessive, punitive and a veiled attempt to prolong his client’s detention unlawfully. The defence counsel voiced his concerns following the OSP’s decision to demand that Mr Adom-Otchere, […]