The Ada Divisional Police Command says investigations are ongoing into the alleged killing of a spouse by 31-year-old David Ayornu at Lufenya in the Ada East District of the Greater Accra Region. The suspect is reported to have stabbed his wife with a knife in the belly and dragged it multiple times. The Ada Divisional […]Continue Reading
Six fire officers have been hospitalized after a tender they were travelling in somersaulted while on their way to fight a fire outbreak at Obuasi in the Ashanti Region. The officers received a distress call at about 12pm on Sunday to contain a fire at a residential apartment at Kyekyewere, a suburb of Obuasi. The […]Continue Reading
The Criminal Investigations Department of the Ghana Police Service has taken over the case of Evans Oppong, the man arrested for allegedly attempting to sacrifice his daughter for money. The case was handled by the Adentan Divisional Police Command when he was arrested. However, JoyNews checks indicate that the CID headquarters has taken over the […]Continue Reading
A member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Dr Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, has underscored the need for Ghanaians to cherish and annually mark the June 4 Uprising. The Member of Parliament (MP) for Korle Klottey, said June 4 was a very important part of the history of the country which must be celebrated by all irrespective […]Continue Reading
The Universal Merchant Bank (UMB), a leading indigenous Ghanaian bank today out-doored an online platform that allows customers of the Bank to link their Ghana Cards to their UMB accounts online, without having to go into their branch. The service, dubbed Ez Update, allows customers to scan their Ghana Cards with their phones and load […]Continue Reading
Currency outside banks grew consecutively in the first four months of this year, despite the policy rate increment in March 2022 to control inflation. According to data from the Bank of Ghana, money in circulation grew by 16.3% in April 2022, from 14.3% in March 2022, a period where money supply should have reduced to […]Continue Reading
Founder of Young Minister’s Ministries and Don’t give up foundation, Rev. Dr. Jennifer Donkor, has recounted chilling accounts of how she was brutalized by her partner. Nonetheless, she decided to stay in the abusive relationship for six years with hopes that he would change someday. Rev. Dr. Jennifer Donkor disclosed this in a chat with […]Continue Reading
A Nigerian journalist has described the country as a nation in total shock following last Sunday’s church attack in Ondo state. Layo Olarinde, a correspondent for Channels TV who was speaking on JoySMS on Monday, June 6, said the attack was not expected. This, she explains, is a result of the peaceful nature of the […]Continue Reading
The Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Sulemana Braimah, has called on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), to take a more serious view on terrorism in the subregion and deal decisively with the menace. According to him, the incidents of terrorism in the subregion are ‘troubling’; hence the […]Continue Reading
An International Relations Expert has warned that the surge in terrorist attacks in Nigeria could increase migration to Ghana and leave negative economic and political implications. Michael Kwadwo Nketiah says the possible collapse of Africa’s biggest economy has dire implications for the West Africa sub-region. “Currently, it appears Nigeria has lost the fight against Continue Reading