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The Assembly member for Denu in the Ketu South Municipality, Israel Bossman, says residents may soon be compelled to abandon the use of electricity in the area if the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) fails to address challenges associated with its billing system. Residents recently staged a protest against what …
Read More »CID and NACOC destroy sacks of marijuana and cocaine
Armed officers of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service under the supervision of the Accra Circuit Court and the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC), have burnt two hundred and forty-two sacks of marijuana, sixteen kilograms of cocaine, and buckets of heroin as part of an effort to …
Read More »Airbus scandal: OSP identifies Mahama as ‘Government official 1’, but cleared of any wrongdoing
Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has identified former president John Dramani Mahama as the Government Official 1 in the Airbus Scandal. Speaking at a press conference in Accra on Thursday, August 8, the Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng also confirmed the brother of the former president, Samuel Mahama, as intermediary …
Read More »AG files appeal at Supreme Court against acquittal of Jakpa and Ato Forson
The Office of the Attorney General has filed an appeal against the Court of Appeal’s decision that acquitted and discharged Minority Leader Dr Cassiel Ato Forson and Richard Jakpa in the ambulance procurement case. The AG in a Notice of Appeal filed on August 8, 2024, argued that the majority …
Read More »Lack of social amenities make life difficult for residents Daribaateng
Lack of good roads, classrooms, potable water, electricity among other social amenities in Dabaariteng, a farming community under the Poyentanga electoral area in Wa West District are making life difficult for the residents. The residents made this known to Progress news over the weekend, Mr Domah Kobier Edward narrated that, …
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 »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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