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A pickup car with registration number GN 5195-15 belonging to the Ministry of Gender and Social Protection Friday morning knocked down a pregnant hawker in a gory accident at Dzorwulu around the Fidelity Bank in Accra. The unfortunate incident left the woman unconscious and in critical condition; her limbs broken, stomach opened and intestines gushing out. An eyewitness, Theodora Nartey, ...

Information reaching Joy News indicates that scores of Togolese are attempting to cross over to Ghana as moves to end the reign of the Eyadema dynasty heightens. Joy News’ Ivy Setordzi who is in the West African country has reported that residents who are uncertain about their safety are leaving the country. She said many shops have closed, streets are ...

The Minority in Parliament is demanding Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko submits to the House details of a possible 15-year Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) agreement yet to be signed with Equatorial Guinea. Ranking Member on Parliament’s Mines and Energy Committee, Adam Mutawakilu insists the deal is an international agreement that must have ratification by the House. Quoting a recent Supreme Court ...

Four land guards, in the early hours of Friday, stormed the premises of the Pantang Hospital in Accra to attack security officers on duty. Elvis Akuamoah, a senior staff member at the hospital who revealed this in an interview with Accra News, narrated that the land guards claimed the security officers at the hospital were farming on a plot of ...

An Accra High Court has ordered the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) to grant Indian businessman Ashok Kumar Sivaram a temporary residence permit. The court presided over by Justice Naa Adele Azu further instructed that the directive should be carried out while the GIS pursue what it has identified as legal infractions by Mr. Sivaram. The court further asked the applicant ...

The Tobinco Group of companies last Friday donated $58,000 worth of drugs to victims of the recent mudslide in Sierra Leone, which claimed over 400 lives. Mr Ben Kpabi Tetteh, the General Manager of Marketing and Communications told the media that the gesture was in response to the humanitarian appeals made by Government to support Sierra Leone in her current ...

Entrepreneurs Foundation of Ghana (EFG) has bestowed on President and Chairman of Groupe Nduom (GN), Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, the Best Central Region Business Icon Award, 2016. A statement, signed by the Corporate Affairs Manager of GN, Mr. Richmond Duke Keelson, and issued to the media yesterday in Accra said “Dr. Nduom will, therefore, be honoured at this year’s Ghana ...

Ghana’s second Karpowership with a 450-megawatt capacity has arrived in the country to help augment the country’s current energy supply. The new vessel, named Osman Khan, will replace the current 225 megawatts barge which was delivered in November 2015 and docked at the Tema Fishing Harbour. The arrival of Karadeniz Powership Osman Khan is in consonance with the Power Purchase ...

Former SSNIT board chairman, Prof Joshua Alabi has revealed that the former Director-General of the trust, Mr Ernest Thompson spent $34m in additional cost on the controversial ICT contract without prior approval from the board. He said the expenditure items came to the attention of the board after the funds for the procurement of several high-tech software and hardware had ...

The contract that awarded the Operational Business Suite (OBS) project to automate all operations in pensions administration at the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) was varied several times, 3news.com has gathered. Though the original contract sum was $34million, the unplanned variations led to additional costs. The contract document intercepted by 3news.com reveals the contract duration was supposed to ...