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Ghana’s President John Atta Mills dead at 68, few months before seeking 2nd term

  John Atta Mills, who ran three times for president before being elected in the closest vote in the country’s history on a platform vowing to
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Armed Robbers Engage Police In Gun Battle In Kumasi

A gun battle between a group of suspected armed robbers and the police at Sepe Timpon, in Kumasi Saturday, left one of the suspects dead. Three...
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List of Passengers on Dana Air Plane that crashed in Nigeria

Below is a list of all the names of 153 passengers of the ill-fated Dana Air Flight List of the dead: Onyeka Anyene; Hurria Lawal; Maimuna Anyene;...
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Jim Iyke's Sierra Leonean Lover, Sally, Tested HIV Positive

That the gangling Nollywood actor, Jim Iyke is controversial in nature can not be contested. His fights, arrogance, women battering, to mention a...
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‘I’ll Show Love To Otumfuo’

NANA ADDO Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Presidential Candidate says he will reciprocate the immense love that the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei...
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Pastors To Turn Gays

PASTORS IN Ghana have recently developed an appetite for horrible scandals, ranging from fraud to sex abuse, and  sensational fetish priest Nana Kwaku...
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PHOTO: Nana Boroo In Love With Nasara

News-One has picked signals that Nana Boroo of ‘Aha Ye De’ fame has found something sweet on the body of the embattled Ghana’s...
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He ‘Loved Mum, Defiled Daughter’

Lucats John, a thirty-seven-year-old Nigerian, and his lover, one Juliet, yesterday appeared before an Accra Circuit Court to answer charges of defiling a...
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Girl Burnt To Death Over Love

RESIDENTS OF Teshie Tsuibleoo could not help but look on with sadness and shock as a 16-year-old girl who visited her boyfriend and ...
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Why I love Nigerians–Yvonne Chaka Chaka

South African music diva, Yvonne Chaka Chaka has every reason to be angry with Nigerians. This is because many of her live shows...
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KPMG denies taking part in pink sheet audit

A Senior Partner at international Accounting firm KPMG, Joe Winful, has revealed that the company’s staff have not taken part in any inventory taken by...

Akyem Swedru MP assures his constituents equitable distribution of resources

Kennedy Osei Nyarko The Member of Parliament for Akim Swedru, Kennedy Osei Nyarko has assured his constituents of his resolve to facilitate the development of the...

Consar Limited and Michelletti Company limited deny knowing Woyome

Alfred Agbesi Woyome Two companies involved in the construction of the 2008 African Cup of Nations stadia have denied knowing Alfred Agbesi Woyome as an official...

Kumasi shooting: Father of victim prays for killers to repent

Father of the security man who was killed at Bantama says he doesn't care if the perpetrators of the crime are arrested and jailed, he...

Education Minister warns heads of schools against illegal fees

Minister of Education, Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang The Minister for Education, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang has warned heads of schools against taking illegal fees from parents.The...

Safety expert calls for heads to roll at ECG

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) is being accused of doing little to improve fire safety at its power substations across the country. This comes...

Govt speaks on stampede at T.B. Joshua's Church

T.B. Joshua Government has expressed grave concern about the death of four persons in a stampede at the Spintex road branch of T.B. Joshua’s Synagogue of...

Secret police recruitment underway?

Despite recent denials by the police administration on the commencement of recruitment into the Police Service, information reaching The Independent news desk indicates that secret...

42 suspected robbers arrested in Bantama swoop

Forty two suspected armed robbers have been arrested in a swoop in Bantama a suburb of Kumasi.The suspects were picked up on Tuesday by joint...

Striking pharmacists caution management against victimization of members

GHOSPA Regional Representatives at the forum The Government and Hospital Pharmacists Association (GHOSPA) has cautioned heads of health facilities against what it says are ‘subtle threats”...

Part Two: GYEEDA's questionable contracts cause nation millions

Mr Kofi Humado, Former Youth and Sports Minister In its ongoing crusade to expose corruption in the operations at the National Youth Employment Programme, now Ghana...

You have to believe in God to be a Free Mason – Grandmaster of Ghana

The Grand master of the Grand Lodge of Ghana, Brother Otwasuom Osei Nyampong VI, has said that the Bible is the first book you will...

(Gory photo attached) Surveyor butchered to death, others injured over land

Information reaching Joy News indicates that one person has been butchered to death and another shot at Sota, a community near Dodowa in Accra.Three other...

Awutu-Senya adopts measures to increase revenue generation

The Awutu-Senya District Assembly has put in measures to ensure increase in revenue generation, Mr Sampson Abbey Armah, District Chief Executive (DCE), has said.The measures...

Hajj Committee announces package for 2013 pilgrimage

The National Hajj Committee (NHC) says it is ready to ensure an incident free pilgrimage for Muslims this year. Mr Ibrahim Abdul-Rauf Tanko, Chairman of...

Kufuor back home from South Africa, Switzerland

Former President John Agyekum Kufour on Monday returned home from South Africa and Switzerland after engagements to woo investors to Africa.Speaking at either forum, he...

ECG repairs burnt substation

Portions of the Achimota substation which got burnt on Sunday, leading to a blackout in parts of Accra, has been repaired, says the Public Relations...

President reproves ECG over Achimota fire, suspects arson in recent fires

President John Mahama President Mahama is demanding answers from engineers at the burnt Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) Achimota sub-station after it was gutted down by...

Ghana losing millions every month through questionable contracts at GYEEDA

Joy News’ investigations have uncovered that the National Youth Employment Programme, now Ghana Youth Employment and Entrepreneurial Agency (GYEEDA) has become a breeding ground for...

Teachers who beat a final year student at Akuse Methodist Senior High School apologise

The two teachers who severely beat a final year student at the Akuse Methodist Senior High school are said to have apologised to the girl...

Bizarre: 13 yr old forced into marriage to replace her elder sister

In a bizarre incident on Sunday, a 13-year-old school girl was forced to marry a man originally scheduled to marry her elder sister. The 18-year-old...

Presidents who befriend T. B. Joshua either die or face war in their country – Rev. Bempah

Rev Owusu Bempah The head Pastor of Glorious Word Power Ministries, Rev Isaac Owusu Bempeh has released another bombshell about renowned Nigerian prophet Prophet T. B....

Stakeholders applaud Asantehene's message against serial callers

Participants at a democracy lecture organised by the National Commission for Civic Education, NCCE, have described as appropriate a call by the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei...

Yahoo 'to buy Tumblr for $1.1bn'

he deal is expected to be announced on Monday Yahoo's board has approved a deal to buy New York-based blogging service Tumblr for $1.1bn (£725m), US...

Owusu Bempah accuses Pastor Chris, TB Joshua of winning souls for the devil

Pastor Chris Bishop Isaac Owusu Bempah, Founder and Leader of the Glorious Word Power Ministries International, has labeled two of Nigeria’s celebrated pastors as partners in...

A traveler's guide to eating insects

Fried crickets and grasshoppers are sold at markets like this one in Vientiane. According to a recent U.N. report, insects could be a solution to...

How Google+ is pushing its way into all Google products

For two years, Google has pushed its Google+ as more than a social network or cool video-chatting tool. Now, it is working to hammer home...

National Policy Dialogue on tertiary education calls for reforms

Participants at a National Policy Dialogue on Tertiary Education in Ghana, in Accra, have called for a tertiary education plan to ensure that sector contributes...

Microsoft organises IT workshop for Ghanaian students

Global ICT giant Microsoft has organised an information technology workshop for Ghanaian students to motivate and help them develop applications that can be used to...

UCC medical student raped

A second-year medical student of the University of Cape Coast’s School of Medical Sciences was last Saturday sodomised at knifepoint by an intruder at the...

Sixteen ENT nurses graduate

Sixteen specialist ear, nose and throat nurses have graduated at the 10th annual congregation of the Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) Nursing School at the...