The Minority in Parliament is demanding the immediate withdrawal of over 18 per cent tax on electricity as it warns of dire consequences on domestic consumers. Their demand comes after the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) tasked the ECG to charge Value Added Tax, (VAT) on domestic consumers. Until now, electricity …

The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has described as cowardly moves by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to blame it for its impending defeat. Addressing a press conference in Accra, Chairman of the NPP’s campaign team, Peter Mac Manu said the NPP didn’t need the Electoral Commission to rig …

Ghanaian Rapper and songwriter Kofi Kinaata is currently in court over character defamation Kofi Kinaata is however demanding an apology from event promoter and artist manager identified as Sleeky for making defamatory statements about the artist. He is also demanding a public apology and clearance from the promoter before May …

The body of a 25-year-old National Service Scheme (NSS) personnel has been found in an abandoned well barely 24 hours after being declared missing. The female NSS staff, identified as Angela Gossou, was said to be working at the Cocoa Health and Extension Division in the Ahafo Ano South East …

Two persons have died instantly and four others in critical conditions at Yagaba in the North East Region after a faulty tyre they were fixing exploded on Thursday afternoon. The Member of Parliament for the area, Amadu Rauf Tanko, who confirmed the incident to JoyNews said, the incident occurred while local vulcanizers …

Angry residents of Assin Odumanim in the Assin South District of the Central Region have warned their MP, Hon. Rev. Ntim Fordjour and the DCE Hon. Derry Ambrose not to make the mistake of coming over to the town to campaign ahead of the elections if they are not able …

One Corner hitmaker, Patapaa Amisty, cracked listeners’ ribs with an English Bible-reading session on live radio. During an interview on Accra-based radio station, Okay FM, the host of the show requested he reads part of the bible for his listeners. But, in an initial attempt to decline the offer, Patapaa said not all …

Ghanaian Boxer, Ayitey Powers, has revealed how his name, despite not the biological, has become a household name in Ghana and around the world. According to him, he was Michael Ayitey Okine but obtained the Powers in the course of his boxing career. “I gained the name Powers because that was what people used …

The strong desire of a man to release his libido on a sex worker has resulted in his untimely death in Kumasi. The victim, believed to be about 35 years old, was reportedly pushed from a storey building after a hot sexual bout. There are claims that the man, whose …

Burundi has expelled the World Health Organization (WHO) representative in the country and three other health experts. An unsigned letter from the foreign affairs ministry declares the WHO representative Dr Walter Kazadi Mulombo and three others as “persona non grata” and gives them 48 hours to leave the country. The …