rance’s biggest rock star Johnny Hallyday has died after a battle with lung cancer. He was 74. The singer sold about 100 million records and starred in a number of films in a career that began in 1960. He was made a Chevalier of the Legion D’Honneur by President Jacques Chirac in 1997. The French simply called him “Our Johnny”. ...

Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah, has expressed displeasure about the poor ventilation at some dormitories of the Kumasi Academy (KUMACA), as the health workers seek to unravel what infection may have killed four students in the school in just a week. Mr. Osei Mensah, who toured dormitories and other facilities in the school, said ventilation is very poor in ...

Russia has been banned from competing at next year’s Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang by the International Olympic Committee. But Russian athletes who can prove they are clean would be allowed to compete in South Korea under a neutral flag. It follows an investigation into allegations of state-sponsored doping at the 2014 Games hosted by Russia in Sochi. “This should draw ...

Joy News Corruption Watch has calculated the opportunity cost of corruption after the 2016 Auditor-General report estimated more than GH¢2bn was lost through irregularities at various MMDAS. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 2016 AUDITOR-GENERAL’S REPORT In the recently released 2016 Auditor-General’s Report, the overall financial impact of the irregularities discovered among the Ministries, Departments, and other Agencies (MDAs) was estimated at GH¢2,165,542,375.14. ...

The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), has cleared the two deputy Chiefs of Staff at the Flagstaff House of corruption allegations made against them by popular and controversial musician Kwame Asare Obeng, aka A-Plus. The Dynamic Youth Movement of Ghana (DYMOG) petitioned CHRAJ to probe Francis Asenso-Boakye and Samuel Abu Jinapor over some corruption allegations made by ...

The Ghana Health Service has disclosed that it’s having a difficulty establishing the diagnoses on the typical organism causing deaths at the Kumasi Academy Senior High School in the Ashanti Region. Four students have died in the school within a week under similar conditions in what was initially thought to be meningitis, throwing the school into a state of fear ...

The Abetifi Traditional Council has predicted that government’s flagship agriculture Program, Planting for Food and Jobs will be a fiasco in the Kwahu East District if the Fulani menace persist. The Queen mother for Abetifi, Nana Ama Amanua II explained that, several farms in the area suffer destruction by cattle of the Fulani herdsmen affecting agriculture activities. According to her, ...

Former head of the Commission of Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Emilie Short, has called on the government to end the long talk and deal with corrupt persons in the country because eleven months is such a long time to prosecute persons suspected to have misapplied state cash. The NPP government came to power at the back of an ...

Some parents have called for intensified prayers into recent deaths at the Kumasi Academy (KUMACA), as they suspect the happenings there could have spiritual implications. The parents also want Watch Night Services to be organized in the school to seek God’s intervention as authorities work to find a lasting solution to the matter. Health officials in the Ashanti Region have ...

MANCHESTER UNITED boss Jose Mourinho ordered Antonio Valencia, Romelu Lukaku and Ander Herrera to head straight to the dressing room ahead of Sunday’s showdown with Manchester City. Manchester United geared up for their crunch Premier League clash with a 2-1 Champions League win over CSKA Moscow at Old Trafford last night. Moscow took a surprise lead early on but the ...