NEWS

Obuasi: Six fire officers injured as fire tender somersaults

June 6, 2022

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

Crime

CID takes over case of father who attempted to sacrifice daughter for money

June 6, 2022

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

NEWS

Let’s not downplay relevance of the June 4 Uprising – Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings

June 6, 2022

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

Business

UMB innovates with Digital solution for Ghana Card linkage to accounts

June 6, 2022

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

Business

Currency outside banks grow consecutively in first 4 months of 2022 despite rising inflation

June 6, 2022

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

NEWS

‘He took belt, laptop charger and flogged me’ – Survivor of an abusive relationship

June 6, 2022

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

Foreign

Nigeria church attack: ‘Entire country in shock’ – Journalist

June 6, 2022

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

NEWS

ECOWAS must collaborate to combat terrorism in the subregion – Sulemana Ibrahim

June 6, 2022

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

Opinion

Terrorist attacks in Nigeria could affect Ghana’s economy – International Relations Expert

June 6, 2022

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

Business

Go to IMF ‘to stabilise the ship; you’re dealing with a major crisis’ – Yamson to Akufo-Addo gov’t

June 6, 2022

Ghana must go to the International Monetary Fund to help boost investor confidence and rake in money quickly in the short term as the country makes efforts to recover from the economic challenges brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war, economist Ishmael Yamson has suggested. “So, you then have to ask yourself; […]Continue Reading