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A six-month study, spanning January to June 2020, and involving some 315 respondents purposively sampled among supporters of both the NDC and NPP has shown that the supporters of both the NDC and NPP are all intolerant. The study, undertaken by Professor Ransford Gyampo of the Department of Political Science, …

Media personality Nana Aba Anamoah has said it will be to Ghana’s credit if government is able to achieve all initiatives spelt out in the July 2020 mid-year budget review. Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta, on Thursday, 23 July 2020 presented the mid-year budget statement to parliament. As part of the …

The Awutu Senya East Constituency MP, Mavis Hawa Koomson has been arrested by police in the Central Region. This follows a misunderstanding at a voters’ registration centre in Kasoa on Monday, which resulted in the Special Development Initiatives Minister firing a gun. The Special Development Initiatives Minister told JoyNews that …

China has ordered the closure of the US consulate in the south-western city of Chengdu, in a tit-for-tat escalation between the two countries. China said the move was in response to the US closing its consulate in Houston, and accused staff in Chengdu of meddling in its internal affairs. Secretary …

A former Deputy Minister of Finance Casiel Ato Forson, has said the mid-year budget statement presented to parliament on Thursday July 23 by Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta is disappointing. He said there is nothing good in the budget for the ordinary Ghanaians. “I am disappointed as a Ghanaian and I am disappointed …

Award-winning Reggae/Afro-Dancehall musician Stonebwoy has released a remix version of his “Good Morning” song featuring Ghanaian rap heavyweight, Sarkodie and London-based German/Nigerian musician, Kelvyn Colt. Stonebwoy took fans and followers worldwide by surprise with the latest record, especially at a time when they are still in the “Putuu” mood in the “Anloga Junction” album atmosphere. …

A lottery shop operator simply identified as Baba Pool, on Thursday, July 23, allegedly committed suicide inside his shop in Kayode Market, Abule Ijesha, in the Sabo area of Lagos State over his ”inability to pay the winnings of his customers.”   Baba Pool, 70, left a suicide note before hanging himself …

The vigilance of a tanker driver and his mate together with help from passersby prevented what could have been a deadly explosion at Anloga Junction in the Oforikrom Municipality of the Ashanti Region. The tanker, with registration number GT 4796-12, carrying 52,000 litres of petrol from Accra toward the BOST …

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has visited the final resting place of the former head of state, the late President, Professor John Evans Atta Mills. The founder of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) visited the Asomdwee Park, near the Osu Castle in Accra to lay a wreath to commemorate the eighth anniversary of …

He was the country’s third president after independence from Britain in 1962. Ruling the East African country for two terms from 1995 to 2005, he’ll be remembered for working to end the conflict in the Great Lakes. Former Tanzanian president Benjamin Mkapa has died age 81 at a hospital in …

The Chief Justice Anin Yeboah has returned from a 14-day self-isolation in compliance with Covid-19 Protocols which he took on July 6, 2020. The CJ went on a two-week self-Isolation following advice from his doctors from July 6 and the CJ has since returned to work. On July 6, a …

Exiled former cabinet minister Jonathan Moyo has denied knowledge of inside information linking the state to past acts of citizen brutality although emphatically pinning all blame on security forces for the atrocities. Moyo was once fierce aide to late former President Robert Mugabe who led a brutal regime blamed for …

Two more persons have died of COVID -19 in the Eastern Region while 41 new confirmed cases have been recorded increasing the regional case count to 1,161, according to the Eastern Regional Health Directorate. The two deaths bring to 12 the death toll in the region. The new cases and …

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Atta Mills Institute and former Deputy General Secretary of the opposition (National Democratic Congress (NDC) Mr. Koku Anyidoho has made a shocking revelation of his late “father” and former President John Evans Fiifi Atta Mills describing him as a “walking miracle” who should have died …

Assistant Headmaster of Ejisu Senior Technical High School has been arrested and detained by police for detaining two students in his office. The students were locked up overnight for allegedly stealing an electric stabilizer belonging to the school. One of them, who attempted suicide whilst in the office, has been …

As today marks exactly 8 years since the passing of the late former president Prof. John Evans Atta Mills, it was expected that members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), friends, family members and sympathisers will gather together to mark the anniversary. However, this was not the case for this …

A  speeding DAF bus with registration number GT 1089 F with 13 passengers onboard from Bolgatanga direction towards Tamale has crashed to death a policeman at a checkpoint at Savelugu in the Northern Region. MyNewsGh.com gathered that incident occurred at about 12:30 am on Friday when the suspect driver on reaching …

Former boxing world champion in the Bantamweight division, Joseph Agbeko, says he wants to win a world title again before he hangs up his gloves. At 43, Agbeko is back training at the Seconds Out Gym behind the Kwame Nkrumah Museum and he has set his sights on a world …

Rapper Sarkodie has disclosed via his social media handles that he has plans to contest as a presidential candidate in the 2024 elections so what does his fans think about it? “Presidential candidate 2020 anaa mo se?“, he quizzed in Twi language. His revelation was met with mixed feelings. A lot of …

The Paramount Chief of the Nyankpala Traditional Area in the Tolon District of the Northern Region, Alhaji Abdulai Yakubu is dead. Sources revealed that he died at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital where he was on admission responding to treatment after falling ill in the course of last weekend. He …

Former president John Dramani Mahama has pledged to continue the peace and unity in the country which the late president Evan Atta Mills started. Speaking at the 8th anniversary and wreath laying ceremony of the late president, flagbearer of the NDC said Ghanaians are “crying” for the kind of peace, stability and …

A baker who took turns with his sibling to sexually abuse a four-year-old girl at Gbegbeyisie, near Dansoman in Accra has been sentenced to 15-years imprisonment in hard labour by an Accra Circuit Court. Jacob Lamptey aged 23 was found guilty on the charges of conspiracy to commit crime and …

The Lands Bill 2019, the Bill seeks to consolidate reforms made so far in Ghana’s land sector following the implementation of the National Land Policy (NLP) in 1999 has been approved by Ghana’s parliament on Thursday July 23, 2020. Chairman of the Lands and Forestry Committee in Parliament, Francis Adabor …

Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Robert Ahomka-Lindsay says he is going into 14-day isolation after feeling unwell for some time now. According to him, the decision is in compliance with COVID-19 protocol. Some government officials have recovered after contracting the virus. Education Minister Mathew Opoku Prempeh and Regional Integration …

A 34-year-old illegal miner has drowned in Akateng, a Community in West Akyem Municipality of the Eastern Region. The deceased, identified as Kofi Bantful and other illegal miners sneaked to mine but was trapped and later died in a mining pit filled with water. He was retrieved dead by his …