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An Accra Circuit Court has granted businessman, Arnold Kwadwo Asante bail in the sum of GH 900,000 for allegedly defrauding the National Organizer of the NDC, Kofi Adams. The bail condition also entails 6 sureties who are gainfully employed. Lawyer Samuel Koomson based his bail application on the fact that the accused person is very sick. The accused person is ...

Ghana’s health sector has been identified as one with the weakest level of accountability, according to a Deputy Health Minister, Kingsley Aboagye Gyedu. Speaking at the launch of the Ghana Association of Doctors in Residency (GADOR) in Kumasi, Mr. Gyedu stated that “health professionals do not want to be accountable”, thereby contributing to the rot in the system. “If free ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced that his government will soon roll out a programme that will see every school going child from basic to the secondary level enjoy free chocolate every day. According to him, this will boost local consumption of cocoa products. Speaking at this year’s World Cocoa Day celebration in Kumasi which coincided with the 70th ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says his decision to wage war on illegal mining, known as galamsey, is one he does not regret and is prepared to see through till the end. He said he is fortified by the positive response from the many Ghanaians who believe that the move is right and until the desired results are achieved, there ...

The Central Regional Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is predicting Ghana may record the high rate of teenage pregnancies following the implementation of free Senior High School (SHS) policy. Bernard Allotey Jacobs explained that, due to accommodation challenges, many of the young girls have been left on their own in hostels – a situation he described as ...

Lawyers have thrown their weight behind the Free Senior High School (SHS) scheme introduced by the Nana Akufo-Addo/Bawumia administration. The Scheme has enrolled over 90,000 more second cycle students who would have dropped out of school. It covers tuition and other academic fees. “We’ve just started the free Senior High School programme which aims to guarantee secondary education to all ...

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Brong Ahafo Regional Youth Organizer, Kwame Baffoe, aka Abronye DC, is leading a strong campaign for the reinstatement of the party’s suspended General Secretary, Kwabena Agyepong. According to him, though he’s one of the four petitioners who caused Mr Agyapong’s suspension, he’s come to the realization that it will take the latter to ensure discipline ...

Residents of Tantra Hills and Mile 7, two neighbouring communities in the Ga West Municipality of Accra, are living in fear after gunmen robbed three different shops — two of the attacks happening in broad daylight. The attackers struck last week on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Some residents who spoke with Joy News’ Maxwell Agbagba say the attackers first fired ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says he will use his presidency to change the perception of Ghanaians that politicians are liars by fulfilling promises he made to the electorate during the campaign in 2016. The president said this at Jambusi when he commissioned a 55 million dollar water project for the people of Wa as he started a two-day visit ...

Government has stated that it will probe the motive behind the letter which asked various District Assemblies in the three regions up north to pay monies to fund the President’s tour of the area. The leaked letter purportedly authored on behalf of the regional Minister asked various Assemblies in the 3 regions to contribute an amount of GHC5000 to help ...