Kenya election: Raila Odinga threatens re-run election boycott
Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga has said that he will not take part in the presidential election re-run slated for 17 October “without legal and constitutional guarantees”. But he did not...
View ArticleSharapova ousted from US Open
Sharapova tried a bit of everything, even resorting to switching over her racket, to hit a few lefty shots. Still, the five-time major champion could not quite keep her Grand Slam comeback from a...
View Article11 Jospong companies single-sourced for GHȻ98m fumigation contract
JOY NEWS’ investigations have revealed, the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development single-sourced a 98-million-cedi spraying contract to eleven companies belonging to the Jospong Group of...
View ArticleExtend SHS placement deadline – NAGRAT to GES
The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) is urging the Ghana Education Service to extend the deadline for prospective Senior High School (SHS) students who have not been placed in any...
View ArticleTema West NPP protests over demolition exercise
Some aggrieved members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Tema West constituency have called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to bring the Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA) Municipal Chief...
View ArticleSHS placement: Frustrated parents besiege Edu. Min.
Some frustrated parents have besieged the premises of the Education Ministry to seek placement for their wards following the challenges that have plagued the exercise. Reporting live from the premises...
View ArticleNew website for BECE candidate placement launched
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced a new website for junior school leavers to choose their preferred senior high schools. Basic school leavers seeking placement in senior high schools...
View ArticleRuth Quarshie is Miss Universe Ghana 2017
A 23-year-old Business Administration graduate, Ruth Quashie, was over the weekend crowned as Miss Universe Ghana 2017. The event, which took place at the Labadi Beach Hotel, saw top 10 finalists of...
View ArticleeShun thrills audience at Fetu Afahye
Sensational song writer and performer, eShun, on Friday, 1st September, 2017 thrilled audience at the Cape Coast Fetu festival stage with some exuberant performance at the Cape Coast London Bridge, a...
View ArticleNPP caused Black Stars poor show—Yamin
Former Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports, Joseph Yamin, has taken a swipe at National Youth Organiser of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr. Sammy Awuku, and current Deputy Minister for Youth...
View ArticleSenior high schools yet to receive funds to start free SHS policy
The umbrella body of headmasters, the Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS), says it is yet to receive funds and other logistics to start the free Senior High Schools (SHS) policy....
View ArticleGN Bank DOL: Okwahu, Eleven Wise relegated
Former Ghana Premier League giants—Okwahu United and Eleven Wise—have been relegated to the third-tier after the final day of competition in the GN Bank Division One League (DOL). Last year’s Ghana FA...
View Article‘Govt to release E&P mining equipment’
Lands and Natural Resources Minister, Peter John Amewu, has said that government will soon release mining equipment belonging to Engineers and Planners (E&P), owned by Ibrahim Mahama, brother of...
View ArticleMarket to remain very active this week
On the Ghana Stock Exchange Trading activity in terms of volumes on the stock market decreased by 16.15% in the week under review as volumes of shares traded scaled down by 585,626. Further, the total...
View ArticleDenmark’s Queen Margrethe II to visit Ghana in November
Denmark’s Head of State, Queen Margrethe II, is to pay a two-day state visit to Ghana from November 23 to 24, 2017. A statement issued by the Danish Embassy on Monday said the visit, at the behest of...
View ArticlePartey hat-trick inspires Ghana to 5-1 win in Congo
A hat-trick from Atletico Madrid midfielder Thomas Partey inspired Ghana to a 5-1 in Congo in Group E of World Cup qualifying. The win was Ghana’s first in the group – at the fourth time of asking –...
View ArticleNational Identification System to be re-launched on September 15
The National Identification System (NIS) will be re-launched on September 15, 2017. Consequently, the National Identification Authority (NIA) is engaging key stakeholders to brief them on the status...
View ArticleKosmos Energy supports graduates in agriculture
KOSMOS Energy Ghana has offered financial support to one hundred graduates who are into agri-business, through its Innovation Centre Agritech Challenge Programme, aimed at sensitising the youth in...
View ArticleAfrican agriculture: who will own the future?
Agriculture is instrumental in Africa’s poverty: it must also be instrumental in its wealth. Only through agricultural regeneration can growth, diversification and job creation occur for African...
View ArticleEcobank lays off 181 outsourced staff…reducing branches by 10
Ecobank Ghana has disengaged 181 outsourced staff as it continues to expand on its digital agenda which seeks to place banking in the hands of its clients. With effect from yesterday, 4th September,...
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