NEWS

‘Smugglers Paradise’: JoyNews investigations expose customs officers aiding smugglers at borders

September 8, 2022

JoyNews Investigations is coming with yet another riveting exposé on how some senior customs officials connive with smugglers to transport thousands of gallons of vegetable cooking oil from Togo and Cote d’Ivoire. These commodities are dumped across markets in Tamale and Sampa in the Northern and Bono regions, respectively. It is a billion-dollar smuggling business […]Continue Reading

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MASLOC Impacting Lives After 16-years

September 8, 2022

The Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), one of the pro-poor policy initiatives of government under the Office of the President is still vibrant and touching lives, 16years after its creation. The strategic institution, established on 6th September, 2006 and turned 16years, Tuesday, has been the backbone of the Ghana’s Socio-economic development – by Continue Reading

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Blocked SIM cards can only be retrieved within 6 months – NCA

September 7, 2022

The National Communications Authority (NCA) says individuals whose SIM cards will be blocked after the September 30 deadline set for the re-registration exercise can only retrieve them within a six-month grace period. Unregistered SIM cards will afterwards be completely removed from the system. According to the Deputy Director for Consumer and Corporate Affairs at NCA, Continue Reading

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Police arrest Ellembelle DCE following scuffle over missing excavators’ retrieval

September 7, 2022

Police in the Western Region have arrested the District Chief Executive (DCE) of Ellembelle, Kwasi Bonzo. This comes days after Mr Bonzo, his personal assistant, and one other person were placed under police investigation for the disappearance of two mining excavators in the district. Sources say Wednesday’s arrest ensued when the DCE caught wind that […]Continue Reading

Business

New IMF Mission Chief for Ghana arrives in Ghana, meets Ofori-Atta and 1st Deputy Governor

September 7, 2022

The new International Monetary Fund, IMF, Mission Chief for Ghana, Stéphane Roudet, has paid a courtesy call on the Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori Atta and the first Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Maxwell Opoku Afari. Stéphane Roudet is in the country following his appointment as the new IMF Mission Chief for […]Continue Reading

Opinion

Corruption Seems To Cast Us In Straight Jacket

September 6, 2022

The recent reports released from the offices of the country’s Auditor-General reveal appalling level of how Ghana has sunk so deep; in fact, too deep into a national self-worthlessness and soon could become, if already not, a laughing stock among comity of nations. The A-G report compiled over year 2021 did paint a gloomy picture, […]Continue Reading

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Sack Controller of Immigration over Aisha Huang’s return – Adam Bonaa

September 6, 2022

Security Analyst Dr Adam Bonaa has called for the resignation of sacking of the Controller of Ghana Immigration Service on the back of the re-arrest of Chinese galamsey queen Aisha Huang who was first arrested and deported from Ghana in 2018 for allegedly engaging in illegal mining and sales of gold. In an interview with […]Continue Reading

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Fire razes hostel at Dadiesoaba Nursing Training College

September 5, 2022

A hostel housing female students of the Dadiesoaba Nursing Training College in the Ahafo Region has been razed down by fire. Though no casualty was recorded, properties running into thousands of cedis belonging to the students were destroyed by the inferno. The Management of the institution is looking for alternative accommodation for the affected students. […]Continue Reading

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CSOs lead demo to demand better protection of the public purse

September 5, 2022

The Coalition for Democratic Accountability and Inclusive Governance has led protestors in demanding better protection of the public purse. The group, which is made up of notable members of civil society, media and the legal fraternity, is thus mounting pressure on the Auditor General to apply his surcharge powers to retrieve over GH¢17 billion lost […]Continue Reading

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Agbodza demands prosecution over $2m pumped into Sky Train company

September 5, 2022

The Ranking Member on the Roads and Transport Committee of Parliament, Governs Kwame Agbodza, is demanding the prosecution of officials of the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund who signed off a $2 million dollar investment in a Sky Train venture. According to Governs Agbodza, due diligence and the required feasibility studies were not conducted before the […]Continue Reading