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Staff of the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) have suspended their sit-down strike. The staff were protesting the operational challenges of the company linked to the indebtedness of some companies to GRIDCo. A joint statement issued by the company said “following a Joint Standing Committee meeting of the Management and Staff …

Founder and Leader of the Heaven’s Gate Ministries, Prophet Kumchacha, has revealed that he wished he was born a Muslim. According to him, the hypocrisy of some Christians, especially pastors makes him feel like he belongs to the wrong religion. Kumchacha made this revelation in an interview with SVTV Africa. He …

Sad reports reaching us indicate that a bus conductor has been run over by a bus at Koforidua. Per what we gathered, the incident happened today at a place called Agartha road in Koforidua. Narrating how the incident occurred, a source said the bus is for the Pentecost JHS students …

President Nana Akufo-Addo will on Friday, December 13, 2019, meet members of the press at the Jubilee House. The encounter is expected to afford invited journalists the opportunity to ask the President some critical questions on topical issues in the country as far as his three-year-old administration is concerned. This …

Over 100 commuters including market women have been robbed by armed men on the Accra-Cape-Coast highway. The unfortunate incident occurred around 6:30 pm on Wednesday at a place called Tonisco, immediately after Potsin Junction. In an interview with Adom News, some of the victims said, they were coming from Agona-Swedru …

Another mineworker has been reported dead at the Shaanxi Mining Ghana Ltd even as Talensi, a deprived-looking district in the Upper East Region is still mourning the loss of two men who died from a mining disaster in the same mine just 3 weeks ago. The latest mishap said to …

President Akufo-Addo has nominated Justice Anin-Yeboah as Chief Justice subject to Parliamentary approval. JoyNews correspondent, Kwei Parker-Wilson reports that the First Deputy Speaker, Joseph Osei Owusu, has referred the letter to the Appointments Committee of the House. If approved, Justice Anin-Yeboah, who is the fourth longest-serving Justice of the Supreme …

The National House of Chiefs (NHC) has removed the Omanhene of the Sefwi Anhwianso Traditional Area, Ogyeahohor Yaw Gyebi II as the chairman of the Governance and Development Committee of the House with immediate effect. This is because, according to the NHC, it was the second time Ogyeahohor Yaw Gyebi …

Trade and Industry Minister Alan Kyerematen has said the government’s flagship programme, One district, One factory, has so far witnessed about 200 companies that are at various stages of implementation. The projects, Mr. Kyerematen said, cover a spread of 112 districts of the 275 districts in the country. He further …

American rapper Cardi B has a lot of experience to share on her recent visit to Ghana and Nigeria. Over the weekend, she was in Africa for the first time to perform in the two West African neighbouring countries. She had a lot of fun but most particularly, she noticed …

After age 21, there really aren’t a lot of birthdays to look forward to. (Unless, of course, you count 25, when you can rent a car on your own.) But that’s all about to change. A roundup of recent sex research from online platform Happify addressed a super-important question: When …

Cristiano Ronaldo reacted angrily after he was grabbed by a pitch invader at the end of Juventus’ 2-0 win at Bayer Leverkusen on Wednesday. The Portuguese, 34, gave Juventus the lead in the 75th minute with his 128th Champions League goal, before Gonzalo Higuain added a second late on. After …

American rapper TI and his wife recently made an emotional visit to Ghana’s Cape Coast Castle in the Central Region of Ghana. The ‘Live Your Life’ rapper, who is in Ghana for the Year of Return, visited the slavery monument to learn more about the history of slavery. In a …

Militants have killed at least 60 people in an attack on a military base close to Niger’s border with Mali. No group has said it was behind the killings, but fighters linked to the Islamic State group and Nigeria-based Boko Haram are active in the area. The news comes just …

Voters go to the polls on Thursday in an election that will pave the way for Brexit under Prime Minister Boris Johnson or propel Britain toward another referendum that could ultimately reverse the decision to leave the European Union. After failing to deliver Brexit by an Oct. 31 deadline, Johnson …

The President of the National House of Chiefs, Agbogbomefia Togbe Afede XIV, has revealed that his name was yanked from the programme for this year’s National Farmers Day held in Ho at the eleventh hour. To him, the development was apparently because of the statement issued by the National House …

The President of the World Cocoa Farmers organization (WCFO) Mr. Abraham K. Adusei has appealed to the government to urgently address some of the major challenges facing the cocoa industry with with provision of basic social amenities to the cocoa growing areas to make the industry attractive. According to Mr …

The Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has disclosed that in January 2020, passengers will be able to check which bus or commercial vehicle ( trotro) is properly insured or registered using their phones before they board them. Speaking at a reception on Wednesday December 11, 2019 organised by the National …

The Head of Tax Compliance at the Ghana Revenue Authority, Mr. Henry Sam has served notice that the authority will prosecute tax defaulters. In line with this, the Legal Department of the Authority had been directed to compile reports on all such offenders. He said the authority has already initiated …

On August 14th, 2017 the Bank of Ghana (BoG) revoked the licenses of UT Bank and Capital Bank. GCB took over the two under a Purchase and Assumption transaction. Less than a month later on 11th September, 2017, the BoG announced an increase in the minimum capital requirement for banks …

The National Labour Commission (NLC) has explained its decision to secure a court order against three teacher unions whose members are currently striking. The Commission’s Executive Secretary, Ofosu Asamoah, has explained that the decision was made because of the teachers’ failure to follow due process. The NLC, on Wednesday, filed …

The striking teacher unions have said that the National Labor Commission (NLC) can compel them to return to the classrooms but cannot force them to teach. The NLC secured a court order to stop the teachers from continuing its strike action. This was after the teachers defied a ruling by …

The Supreme Court has dismissed another attempt by former Chief Executive Officer of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Dr. Stephen Opuni, to challenge the decision of a Court of Appeal judge hearing his case in an Accra High Court. The former COCOBOD boss had lost an appeal at the Court of …

Six suspected armed robbers including a nursing mother have been arrested by the Accra regional police command for robbery. The suspects have been identified by the police as Moses Tetteh Kaizer, 20, machine operator; Louis Mawunyor Dzedzom, 37, driver; Kwame Takyi Haruna Owu, 25, driver; Kwabena Otibu, 29, phone repairer; …

A 35-year-old man is on the run after he repeatedly defiled a 3-year-old girl at Ashorman in Accra. The victim lived with her mum in a wooden structure of an eatery where she worked as an assistant to the chop bar owner. The confessed suspect also works with the eatery, …