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Members of the Locked-Up Investment Holders Forum have taken to the streets for the eleventh time, demanding payment of their locked-up funds. The group, comprising customers of distressed financial institutions, including NDK Financial Services, expressed disappointment at the Finance Minister’s reluctance to provide assurances for the Bank of Ghana (BoG) …
Read More »NDC claims Bawumia’s brother received GHS218m from five sole-sourced contracts
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has alleged that a company belonging to the brother of the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) flagbearer, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, received a staggering GHS218 million from the Akufo-Addo government for five sole-sourced contracts. Addressing journalists during “The Moment of Truth” on August 7, 2024, Sammy Gyamfi, …
Read More »Akufo-Addo did not accept to be interviewed for my book – Manasseh
Investigative journalist and author Manasseh Azure Awuni has shared the challenges he faced in attempting to interview President Akufo-Addo for his forthcoming book, “The President Ghana Never Got.” The 400-page book documents major events during the 8-year reign of President Akufo-Addo. According to him, he engaged with the President’s cousin, …
Read More »Over speeding vehicles threatens students’ safety at TUPASO – PROF TUUROSUNG
Professor Damascus Tuurosung, a senior Lecturer at the SDD- UBIDS university and the owner of the TUPASO center for academic excellence, a popular private school within the upper west region, has made a passionate appeal to the Ghana Highways Authority to take a pragmatic step and as a matter of …
Read More »Bagbin summons Parliament to sit on September 3
Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has summoned Parliament to sit on Tuesday, September 3, 2024. This decision comes in response to a petition from the Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin requesting an urgent recall of the House to deliberate on government business. In his response on Wednesday, August 7, the Speaker …
Read More »Iconic Nigerian singer, Onyeka Onwenu dies at 72
Veteran Nigerian singer, songwriter and actress, Ms Onyeka Onwenu is dead has passed away at the age of 72. Reports indicate she died on Tuesday night after performing at an event on Banana Island, Lagos. Onwenu reportedly collapsed following her performance at the birthday celebration of Stella Okoli, owner of …
Read More »Inflation to end year at 19.3%–21.3% – Report
Research firm, IC Research is raising its 2024 annual inflation forecast by 340 basis points to between 19.3% and 21.3%. This is due to the upside risk to inflation in the second half of 2024, subject to downward pressure from food harvest in quarter 3, 2024. The new projection is …
Read More »Ghana’s broken economy needs an experienced leader, not a driver’s mate – Mr. Mahama
The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, says Ghana requires an experienced leader to address the current economic woes. He contends that a trusted team is needed to spearhead efforts to change the economic fortunes of the country and not an experimental leader. Speaking to the …
Read More »Mion District: 4 dead in Zogbee communal violence over land dispute
Four people have been reported dead following communal violence in Zogbee, Mion District, Northern Region. JoyNews cannot independently confirm the figures, but Alhassan Abukari, the assemblyman for the Sambu Electoral Area, confirmed the deaths. Mr Abukari stated that the disturbance stemmed from a dispute over a parcel of land. The …
Read More »Over 500 houses destroyed by tidal waves in Shama-Anlo Beach Community
Residents of Anlo Beach Community in the Shama District of the Western Region are living in fear as their homes and livelihoods are being threatened by strong tidal waves that are gradually eroding the community into the ocean. Over 500 houses have been swept away, leaving many residents displaced and …
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