The Bolgatanga Technical University in the Upper East Region has appealed to the government to address the infrastructure deficit of the institution to enable it to admit more students and improve upon the quality of academic work. Professor Francis Abantanga, the Chairman of the Governing Council of the University said …

Acting General Secretary of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), James Kwabena Bomfeh Jnr, popularly known as Kabila, has submitted the party’s audited accounts for the year ending December 31, 2019. He wrote a letter to the Chairman of the Electoral Commission, announcing the submission of the audited accounts. According to the …

Former President of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama says he’s saddened by the cry of Ghanaians for equality in 21st Century. According to him, currently, the Ghanaian is not safe because justice is for only people with political affiliation. He noted that sadly, at a time when every Ghanaian should be …

A combined team of police and military Saturday night chased out third year students of the Zebilla Senior High Technical School (SHTS) in the Upper East Region, from campus for rioting. The students reportedly pelted stones at some teachers and destroyed school property. They vandalized the headmaster’s private car, his …

Government has commenced processes to convert the Kumasi Campus of the University of Education, Winneba into the University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development. The University will have the mandate of training teachers in Practical Skills and Entrepreneurship. The Bill that will allow the conversation went through the Second Reading …

The Committee charged with Investigating issues with regards to the death of a final year student at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Senior High School has completed its work and has handed the report over the Ghana Education Service in the Ashanti Region. The Report was submitted …

Flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) John Dramani Mahama is set to formally outdoor, running mate Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang on Monday, July 27. In a press release sighted by JoyNews and signed by the Campaign spokesperson for the party James Agyenim-Boateng, the occasion is to allow Professor …

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released an amended timetable for 2020 Senior High School candidates(SC). A statement from WAEC indicates that the change affects the date for Principles of Cost  Accounting 2 & 1. The paper which was scheduled to be written on Saturday, September 5, 2020, has now …

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Volta Region has received campaign support from the flag bearer of the party, former President John Dramani Mahama, as part of measures to canvass support at its grassroots, ahead of the December polls. The regional office received some 36 new Driver and …

There was a nasty situation at Daboya in the North Gonja District (Daboya-Mankarigu Constituency) of the Savannah Region on 24th July, 220 as members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) engaged in an open fight and stabbing of each other with knives over the …

A watchman who works at the Dzodze Penyi Senior High School has allegedly assaulted a second-year student of the institution.    The assault took place on the school’s premises on Sunday, July 19 at a time students are not allowed to be outside.   A student who witnessed the incident …

Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu, has indicated that the unidentified ‘Government Official 1’ cited in the £5 million Airbus bribery scandal is former President John Mahama. Although Mr Amidu fails to identify John Mahama by his name in a press release issued on Friday, July 24, 2020, he gives a firm …

The Communications Director of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Kintampo North constituency, Mr. Kwabena Amoako Frimpong aka Popa has advised former President John Dramani Mahama to withdraw from the 2020 presidential election to serve him from an embarrassing defeat. Speaking on Nyankonton Mu Nsem on Rainbow Radio 87.5Fm, the …

The Member of Parliament for the good people of Kwadaso has instituted measures to ensure that his constituency registers more voters even though he lost in the just-ended primaries.     Following his media engagement with Kumasi-based FM station, Ashh FM where he was asked about his absence at the …

In a week where Ghanaians are celebrating him for the peace and sanity he brought to the political space, the NDC, the party on whose ticket he stood to become President have announced their departure from what he stood for. According to Sammy Gyamfi, who is the Communications Director of the …

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, …

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 …

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 …

Police in Ashanti Region have invited Assistant Headmaster of Ejisu Secondary Technical School for questioning over the detention of two students in his office. Public Relations Officer at the Ashanti Regional Command tells JoyNews a student suspect is also assisting police with investigations. “The other suspect [student] is also assisting police in …

The Management of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, has commissioned the second phase of the Moree Campus on 16th July, 2020. The campus which cost the University fifty million Ghana Cedis (GHC 50,000,000.00) to construct, is located at the beautiful coastal line of Moree, Central Region …

The Ridge hospital is in the news again! This time around, a woman has narrated a chilling story of how a huge towel was left in her tummy for nine long months before it was eventually discovered and removed at a different hospital. According to the woman, she was delivered …

President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that all public schools will close for four weeks as the country faces a surge in coronavirus cases. In a media briefing on Thursday night (23 July), the president said this break will extend from 27 July until 24 August. However, he noted that some …

A second-year student of the Ejisu Secondary Technical Senior High School has been hospitalised after drinking liquid soap in what is believed to be an attempted suicide on campus. This was after an Assistant Headmaster locked him up with a colleague, overnight, in his office, for stealing the school’s electric stabiliser …

All district hospitals to be built across Ghana will be constructed by Ghanaians. Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta made this known in Parliament on Thursday, July 23, 2020. He said the hospitals will be designed by Ghanaian-owned firms. He stated that the mid-year budget review is to highlight the significant impact of the Covid19 pandemic …

If one needed witnesses to gain access to Heaven, I would be the star witness to Hon Professor Naana Jane Opoku Agyemang.   From listening and watching her on Radio and TV to working with her in the same ministry, my testimony of the living legend.   I first heard …

Former Deputy General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Koku Anyidoho, has descended on social media commentator cum journalist, Kevin Ekow Baidoo Taylor, describing him as a scoundrel. It is, however, not known what triggered this attack but reports have it that Mr Taylor made some remarks against …

The National Media Commission (NMC) says the Communication Minister’s directive to the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation to shut down three of its Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) channels undermines the broadcaster’s capacity to play its constitutional role. Communications Minister Ursula Owusu-Ekufful has asked the state-broadcaster to shut down three of its DTT …

Every day, you burn calories when you move around, exercise, and go about your daily tasks. Your body even burns calories at rest, through basic functions like breathing, circulating blood, cell processes, amongst others. Another way to burn calories is through sexual activities. Burn some serious calories by undressing, kissing, …

At least 683 new COVID-19 infections have pushed Ghana’s case count to 29,672. Some 26,090 have recovered with the death toll still at 153. The number of active cases is therefore 3,429, according to the latest update from the Ghana Health Service. A geographical overview of the active cases shows …

A total of 254 staff of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi have tested positive for covid-19 since the outbreak in the country. Two Hundred and three out of the number have, however, recovered and were back at post while one had died. Chief Executive of the hospital, …