This week President Akufo Addo trended on social media for a while, both in Ghana and in many parts of the world, for boldly declaring his ambition to create a Ghana Beyond Aid. As he stood beside the French President, Emmanuel Macron, he did not mince words. He spoke about Ghana being economically independent and dependent on others to support her. ...

Former Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah, is expected to appear before Financial Forensic Unit of the Criminal Investigations Department Friday to answer questions on the $74 million waste bins contract. Joy News investigations established that Julius Debrah was the one who initiated the contract, which was found to have been inflated by at least 31 million dollars or 130 million ...

Veteran Nollywood actress, Joke Silva-Jacobs, has revealed she was an adopted child of the Silva Family. According to the screen goddess, she was adopted decades ago from a foster home run by the Red Cross in Lagos. Joke Silva, now 56, made this family secret known in Lagos at the first Annual Conference of Heritage Adoption Support and Advocacy Group ...

The Health Minister Kwaku Agyemang-Manu has given the assurance that health authorities in the country are working assiduously to determine the cause of the recent outbreak at the Kumasi Academy which has caused the death of some 10 students since the beginning of the year. According to him, initial findings of the tests conducted on blood samples and cerebral spinal ...

Authorities of Kumasi Academy in the Ashanti region has began intercessory prayer sessions following the death of four students last week. On Wednesday morning, December 6, 2017, school authorities including teachers, students and parents converged at the school’s Assembly Hall to seek God’s intervention. Four students have died and at least 18 others hospitalized for an unknown diseases in less ...

It has now been exactly 11 months since Nana Akufo-Addo was elected as Ghana President. In these 11 months, the president has undoubtedly had both highs and lows. The enrollment of the Free Senior High School (Free SHS) programme would certainly go down as this government’s biggest achievement so far. There have also been certain grounds being laid to ensure ...

The Minority Spokesperson on Mines and Energy, Adam Mutawakilu, has alleged that there is an attempt to cover up the premix diversion scandal. According to him, government’s failure to make any arrests, indicates a lack of willingness to ensure that the perpetrators are brought to book. Speaking on Eyewitness News on Tuesday, Adam Mutawakilu suggested that, persons who signed off ...

Highlife musician George Adu, popularly known as Kwabena Kwabena, successfully launched his fifth album, ‘Ahyesi’ at the +233 Jazz Bar on November, 30. Prior to the successful launch, however, eyewitnesses say the musician’s ex-wife, Lydia Appenteng, who others refer to as Abena Owusua Dwamena, stormed the venue to subpoena her ex in the company of police officials. According to sources, ...

‘I’m going to take advantage of Facebook’s option to take leave in parts,’ said the Facebook CEO, whose second daughter was born in August of this year Mark Zuckerberg is taking parental leave for the month of December, the Facebook CEO announced Saturday. Zuckerberg previously took a month-long leave immediately after the August 2017 birth of his second daughter, August. ...

Huawei has partnered Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) to run Huawei Authorized Information and Network Academy (HAINA) program for students at the University. The HAINA initiative is a global ICT technology education program which authorizes universities and tertiary education organizations to deliver Huawei certification courses to their students. This is the first accreditation in Ghana with plans ...