GENERAL NEWS

Macron ‘slapper’ bags 4-month prison sentence

A 28-year-old Frenchman who described himself as a right-wing or extreme-right “patriot” was sentenced to four months in prison Thursday for slapping President Emmanuel Macron in the face. Damien Tarel was also banned from ever holding public office in France and from owning weapons for five years over the swipe …

Read More »

21 LGBTQ+ members granted bail

  • They were arrested at the Nurses and Midwives Hotel in Hotel • These 21 LGBTQ+ members have been granted a bail of GH¢5,000 each • They are expected to submit a valid ID to the court 21 persons who were arrested in Ho last month for advocating the …

Read More »

3 lose limbs in motorbike accident at Faaso Bator

Three persons have lost their legs in a fatal motorcycle accident at Faaso Bator in the Eastern Region. The accident, involving an unregistered Apsonic tricycle and an Apsonic motorcycle, occurred last Tuesday afternoon and the victims were rushed to the Tease Presbyterian Health Centre for attention. Upon learning about the …

Read More »

10 injured in accident on Kasoa-Winneba highway

Some 10 persons have been injured in an accident on the Kasoa- Winneba Highway in the Central Region. A Sprinter Benz Bus somersaulted several times while at full speed. The Sprinter Benz Bus with registration number GN 3680-14 was fully loaded with passengers from Kasoa station to Agona Swedru but …

Read More »

Stop destroying ‘my son’ Kwaku Oteng – Kufuor

  Former President, John Agyekum Kufuor has called for an end in the unnecessary attacks and insults on business mogul, Dr Kwaku Oteng. In an interview with Kofi Adoma on Anɔpa Bɔfoɔ on Friday, the man who made the development of the private sector his aim during his eight-year reign said he …

Read More »

Ghana elected to UN Security Council

Ghana has been elected to the United Nation’s Security Council for the term 2022-2023. In her initial reaction to the outcome, Foreign Affairs Minister Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey said: “Ghana will use its membership to pursue conflict prevention, post conflict reconstruction and strengthening of governance, leveraging on our previous and current …

Read More »

Fire guts compound house, leaves 2 children unconscious

  Fire has gut a compound house in the Ashaiman-Lebanon community destroying properties and leaving two children in mild conditions. According to reports, the incident occurred in the day when the tenant whose room got burnt was absent. “They (tenant) had gone to work. His children too had gone to …

Read More »

Otumfuo plants first tree as Green Ghana project goes live

  The government’s Green Ghana Project has officially taken off with the Asantenhene Otumfuo Otumfuo planting the first tree in the Ashanti Regional capital of Kumasi. At a brief event held at the Royal Golf Club in Kumasi on Friday, June 11, 2021, the Asantehene in the company of the …

Read More »

Deputy Roads and Highways Minister-nominee weeps before Appointments Committee

  • The deputy minister-designate weeps before the Appointments Committee • He was asked why he could not write his secondary school final year exams • The nominee became emotional as he recounted how violence disrupted his secondary level education at Damongo Stephen Pambin Jalula, the deputy minister-designate for Roads …

Read More »

PHOTOS: My soul will now be at peace when I die

“One day when I’m not around, my soul will be at peace because I know my daughter has a secured future because of this kind act.” These were the words of Yawa Ankrah after JoyNews presented cash donated by viewers to her. This followed a report filed by JoyNews Beryl …

Read More »