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The Member of Parliament (MP) for Bolgatanga Central, Mr Isaac Adongo, has condemned President Nana Akufo-Addo and the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) for stripping businessman and philanthropist Seidu Agongo of his Heritage Bank on frivolous grounds. According to the Member of the Finance Committee of Parliament, the Bank of …

The Ghanaian delegation at the on-going 2019 IMF/World Bank Meeting on Wednesday, 16 October 2019, met with Mauritian government officials to review progress towards the establishment of Smart City Project in the country. They discussed the progress of work and came out with timelines towards the implementation of the project …

The second phase of Kenya’s new railway line, connecting the capital Nairobi to the Rift Valley region, will be opened today for passenger services only. Cargo services will have to wait for the construction of a dry port, which could take longer than planned after the local Maasai community moved …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said Ghana is committed to reducing her carbon footprints, and will contribute significantly towards helping to win the fight against climate change. Describing climate change as “the biggest threat to the realisation of the SDGs”, Mr Akufo-Addo explained that the issue has become an …

The death toll in the torrential rain disaster in the Upper East Region has risen to 29. So far, 1,384 earthen houses have been totally flattened by the rains and associated floods. Some 2,658 others have also suffered serious damage from the torrents. Also, 19 people are confirmed to have …

Some traders have called on the Government to stop farmers from applying chemicals to the food they grow because the chemicals pose health threat and shorten the life span of most of the perishable food items like vegetables and fruits. In an interview on the World Food Day today, the …

Residents of Torgodo in the Yilo Krobo Municipality are appealing to government to construct a bridge over a major river in the area. Currently, residents including pregnant women and schoolchildren risk their lives to walk through river Ponpon which has overflowed its banks. The calls come after a four year …

Boris Johnson will attempt to persuade MPs to back his Brexit deal today ahead of what is expected to be a knife-edge vote in the Commons on Saturday. Mr Johnson has insisted he is “very confident” MPs will back his deal. But the DUP’s opposition to his plans means he faces …

The Member of Parliament for Mampong in the Ashanti Region Hon. Kwaku Ampratwum-Sarpong has declared that he does not support any plans to let him go unopposed since he believes he has the brightest chance re-training the seat. According to Hon. Ampratwum-Sarpong  who is also the  Vice Chairman of the …

The management and staff of the Jospong Group and Zoomlion learns with great joy and pride the award conferred on the Accra Metropolitan Assembly and the Mayor of Accra Mohammed Adjei Sowah at the 2019 C40 cities Bloomberg Philanthropist Awards. The award is in recognition of the efforts being made …

The Chief Justice has reiterated her stands on legal education in Ghana, JoyNews’ Maxwell Agbagba has reported. According to Sophia Akuffo, it is better to have few qualified lawyers to many with compromised quality. Speaking on the topic ‘Questing for Excellence’ at the 2019 University of Ghana Alumni Lectures, Justice …

The Electoral Commission (EC) and the Police Administration have reactivated the Elections Security Task Force to effectively address election security issues in the upcoming District Level Elections, the Referendum and the 2020 general election. Made up of heads of security agencies, the task force would plan and provide a conducive …

The Bono Regional Coordinating Council in collaboration with the Sunyani Municipal Education Directorate have declared Friday, October 18, 2019, a holiday for schools in the Sunyani township. This was due to the one-week funeral observation rite of the late Nana Yaa Nyamaa Puduo II, the Paramount Queen of the Sunyani …

President Akufo-Addo has charged all the policy implementation partners of government’s flagship programme, Nation Builders Corps (NABCO) to give consideration to NABCO Trainees first whenever there are job openings in their various institutions. The partners include Office of the President, Ministry of Business Development, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Employment, …

A six-year-old boy has drowned in a river while crossing to School. The incident occurred at Togodo, a farming community in the Yilo Krobo Municipality of the Eastern Region on Wednesday, October 17, 2019. The body of the deceased – Tetteh Osmond – is yet to be retrieved despite a …

A renowned Pastor of one of the popular churches (name withheld) whose amorous relationship with a married woman was a top gossip topic in the community has resulted in a pregnancy. The pastor despite committing the adulterous act, is asking the woman at the centre of the entire controversy to …

A financial consultant and a former lecturer at the Ghana Banking College, Dr. Richmond Attuahene has disclosed that 47 more Directors of the collapsed financial institutions would be arraigned before court. According to him, apart from the four (4) that have been put before the court and granted bail, others …

A video has emerged of some University of Ghana students making a mockery of a colleague lady who was recently in the news for slapping her boyfriend with slippers commonly known in Ghana as ‘chalewote’. The young lady identified as Karen became an internet sensation last week for slapping her …

MyNewsGh.com has confirmed the resignation of four prominent and senior journalists with the state-owned Graphic Communications Group within four months. Sources confided in this portal that more resignations are expected in the coming weeks unless something dramatic happens in the raging confusion that has rocked the state agency leaving staff …

  A woman who is currently in a toxic marriage with a Pastor says she has regretted allowing herself into a relationship, narrating how her life has been a hell afterwards. According to her, she got married to the man because “he’s a Christian” and ignored calls by her parents …

Award-winning Journalist with the Graphic Communications Group Limited (GCGL) Mabel Aku Baneseh has resigned from the state-owned media establishment. The journalist announced this on her Facebook page on Thursday October 17, 2019 after rendering her meritorious services to the growth of the brand for 18 years. No reason has been …

A thirty-one (31) year old Nigerian known as Mayor Harvard, has been arrested by the Suntreso Divisional Police Command in the Ashanti Region for allegedly butchering his Nigerian employee, Paul Tombowa, 26, over a credit voucher worth GHC20 at Agric-Kokode in the Kwadaso Municipality of the Ashanti Region, Mypurefmonline.com reports. …

Heavy and consistent rains in the Upper East region have flooded and uprooted dead bodies in cemeteries in the area. According to reports, several caskets were lifted out of the ground and headstones displaced due to torrential rainstorms in the area. Upper East Regional National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) Director, …

A 77-year-old man who’s a weed farmer at Atebubu in the Bono East Region, Opanin Kwadwo Sampene has been arrested by the Police for growing the banned plant. His 2-acre marijuana farm at Mem a suburb of Atebubu has been destroyed by Police personnel deployed from the Atebubu Police command …

Former Executive Secretary of  the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB), Akrasi Sarpong, has argued that  law enforcement with regards to marijuana must needs to be reviewed so that users of the drug are sent to hospital instead of prosecuting them and throwing them into prison. “If it is about harm, alcohol …