NEWS

1,443 persons died through road accidents between January to July 2022 – MTTD

August 10, 2022

A total of 1,443 persons lost their lives in road crashes between the period of January and July, 2022. That is according to the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD). The MTTD revealed that 9,218 persons also got injured through accidents during the same period. This is from 886 reports received between the period. Director of […]Continue Reading

Foreign

Man arrested for marrying off underage, mentally disabled daughter to 3 different men for money

August 10, 2022

A man in central China married off his mentally disabled teenage daughter on three occasions between 2018 and 2021 to three different men for cash. The father, surnamed Xie, from Lianyuan Hunan province, sold his daughter Tingting to receive bride payments. He claimed that his daughter was over 20 years old, although she was born […]Continue Reading

NEWS

Military deployed to Yilo Krobo ahead of pre-paid meter installation

August 10, 2022

The Eastern Regional Security Council says it has deployed military personnel to the Yilo Krobo District to carry out an intelligence-led assessment ahead of the next phase of installation of pre-paid meters by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). According to the Minister, Seth Acheampong, the security personnel will ensure the safety of ECG officers […]Continue Reading

NEWS

Akufo-Addo appoints new head for YEA

August 10, 2022

President Akufo-Addo has appointed the Deputy Director of Communication at the Presidency, Mr. Kofi Baah Agyepong as acting Chief Executive Officer of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA). Mr. Agyepong takes over from Mr. Justin Kodua Frimpong, who resigned to focus on his role as the General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). A letter […]Continue Reading

Business

Finance Minister revises IMF financial package under Program to $3 billion

August 9, 2022

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has revealed that Ghana could get about $3 billion dollars from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) under a FUND program. This is a little bit higher than the initial one billion dollar disclosed by the Finance Minister to the Bloomberg News in July when the IMF team paid a visit to […]Continue Reading

NEWS

Steep depreciation of cedi shows mid-year budget review failed to win back investor confidence – Mahama

August 9, 2022

Former President, John Dramani Mahama has said the continuous depreciation of Ghana’s cedi shows that the mid-year budget review failed to achieve its intended purpose. He said investors still do not have confidence in the Ghanaian economy. According to him, this has resulted in the economy being downgraded further. “There appears to be no end […]Continue Reading

NEWS

Reshuffle your ministers, a lot of qualified people are there – Amoako Baah tells Akufo-Addo

August 9, 2022

A leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Dr Richard Amoako has said President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo must reshuffle his appointees and bring in new ones to also serve. In his view, the new ones who will be given the appointment may perform better that the current appointees. He was reacting to the decision by President  Akufo-Addo not to […]Continue Reading

Crime

‘Killers’ of final-year Tweneboa Kodua SHS student grabbed; one is a minor

August 9, 2022

Police have arrested two persons including a minor for allegedly robbing and murdering one Daniel Osei-Mensah, a final year student of Tweneboah Kodua Senior High School. According to a statement from the police, they arrested suspect Eric Anning and the minor with the support of some members of the Fiankoma community in the Ashanti Region. […]Continue Reading

NEWS

I’ll help Akufo-Addo if he calls me but I won’t accept any appointment from him – Amoako Baah

August 9, 2022

A leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Dr Richard Amoako Baah has said he is prepared to offer any assistance to the government of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and to the President himself. But, he said, he will not accept any appointment from Mr Akufo-Addo. Dr Amoako Baah indicated that there are […]Continue Reading

Business

JoyNews uncovers politically connected individuals, smuggling cartel hoarding and reselling premix fuel

August 8, 2022

JoyNews’ investigations have uncovered how politically connected individuals and a smuggling cartel in the Central and Volta regions hoard and re-sell premix fuel to fishermen at exorbitant prices. Premix fuel is supposed to be sold to fishermen for a little over ¢7 but is being dished out to them at ¢20 a litre. Vice President, […]Continue Reading