GENERAL NEWS

The Motor Transport and Traffic Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service, says the use of two drivers for long-distance buses will be enforced. According to the department, the move will aid in reducing the increasing number of road crashes on the country’s highways. This comes on the back of …

General Manager of Ghone TV, Nana Aba Anamoah has responded to allegations by ex-TV3 presenter, Abena Korkor that she slept with some influential persons in Ghana. In an interview on UTV’s United Showbiz program on Saturday night, she said it’s all lies. “She’s spewed a lot of lies about me,” …

President Akufo-Addo, and his colleague Heads of State of the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS), are meeting in Accra to deliberate on the political situation in Guinea and Mali and to find the way forward for the two troubled West African States.   President Akufo-Addo in his opening …

The Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has given the assurance that the government will continue to invest in the provision of educational tools and infrastructure in order to ensure quality and relevant teaching and learning. In line with this, the government has embarked on over 3,000 various educational infrastructure projects including …

The final funeral rites of late former Aviation Minister, Joseph Kofi Adda has been scheduled for February 11 to 13, 2022. The ceremony is expected to take place at Navrongo in the Upper East Region.   Mr Adda passed on on Thursday, October 14, 2021, at a hospital in Accra after …

The Bono East Regional Police Command has arrested a 26-year-old man for allegedly manufacturing local weapons in Gulumpe in the Kintampo North Municipality. After escaping an earlier operation, the Regional Police Commander, DCOP Moses Asabagna Atibilla, disclosed to JoyNews that the suspect was apprehended in Zabrama, a community along the …

Deputy Minister for Tourism, Arts & Culture,  Mark Okraku-Mantey has revealed a few of his ministry’s plans on improving tourism in Ghana. He stated that local funerals can be part of tourism. The former Programs Manager of Hitz FM made this revelation on Joy Entertainment’s Daybreak Hitz.   Describing it …

A young man, believed to be in his 30s, has been beaten to a pulp by security men and other workers at the Kaneshie Polyclinic in Accra. The man, whose identity is yet to be known, is said to be a notorious thief who poses as a pastor to gain …

Parliament will this week begin considering memoranda it has received from the public on the Anti-Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex (LGBTQ+) Bill. The Bill, also known as Proper Human Sexuality and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, is now before Parliament’s Committee on Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs. So far, …

The Deputy Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has informed Parliament that the 2022 Budget Statement and Economic Policy of Government would be presented on November 15 and not 17 as it was initially advertised. He explained that the reason was to enable the House to attend its post-budget workshop with members …