Former traditional priestess-turned-evangelist, Patricia Asiedua Asiamah widely known as Nana Agradaa, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison by the Circuit Court in Accra. The conviction stems from charges of defrauding by false pretence and engaging in charlatanic advertisement. The court found that in 2022, Agradaa used a televised broadcast to promote claims of...
Residents in western Accra are experiencing an unexpected disruption in water supply following an emergency shutdown of the Weija Water Treatment Plant by Ghana Water Ltd. (GWL), Accra West Region. According to GWL officials, the facility was taken offline at 10:00 a.m. today to allow for urgent repair works on major pipelines that serve several...
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has placed all recently recalled staff, whose appointments were earlier terminated, on an extended probation, sources have told JoyBusiness. Sources say the recall decision marks a significant shift from the Central Bank’s earlier plan to reinstate only a few based on operational needs and skill requirements. Instead, all affected persons...
Chinese automotive giant GAC Group is considering Ghana as a potential site for a new electric vehicle (EV) assembly plant, following high-level discussions aimed at deepening economic ties between the two countries. The move could mark a major step forward in Ghana’s ambitions to become a green manufacturing hub in West Africa. Ghana’s Minister for...
The Ghana Muslim Students’ Association (GMSA) has taken strong exception to comments made by Supreme Court nominee Justice Hafisata Amaleboba during her recent vetting before Parliament’s Appointments Committee. In a sharply worded statement, the Association warned that her position on religious expression within faith-based public schools threatens the constitutional guarantee of religious freedom. During her...
The Minister of Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has announced that the government will recruit 50,000 teachers and 10,000 non-teaching staff in 2025 to boost the education sector. Speaking in Parliament on Wednesday, June 25, the Minister assured lawmakers that adequate financial provisions have been made in the 2025 national budget to facilitate the mass recruitment drive....
As preparations intensify for the Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council’s (GPCC) 2025 National Delegates Conference, Member of Parliament for Okaikwei Central, Patrick Yaw Boamah, has extended a generous gesture to the Council. On Tuesday, June 24, Mr. Boamah donated 250 packs of bottled water and an undisclosed amount of cash to support the upcoming conference,...
Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has issued a reminder to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) about the realities of political power. According to the statesman, “it is better to be a messenger of a party in power than the general secretary of a party in opposition.” He reechoed this sentiment during the launch of the...
The Minority in Parliament has issued a strong condemnation of the recent dismissal of over 100 employees from the Bank of Ghana, describing the move as “unconstitutional, unlawful, and morally indefensible.” Addressing the Parliamentary Press Corps on Tuesday, June 24, 2025, the minority criticized the terminations as politically motivated and a violation of Ghana’s 1992...
The National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, has officially been sworn in as the new Board Chairman of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA). The swearing-in ceremony, held on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, also saw the induction of Professor Ransford Gyampo, Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Shippers...