Following the creation of the Bono East and the Ahafo regions, what is left of the former Brong Ahafo Region has been named the Bono Region, with Sunyani retained as the capital. However, the remaining parts of the former Northern, Western and Volta regions will maintain their old names because the names of the new regions created in those areas …

The government has taken a firm decision to disband all political vigilante groups in the country, as they pose a major threat to peace, security and the country’s democracy, the Minister of the Interior, Mr Ambrose Dery, has said. He said in the coming weeks the police would come up with specific strategies to crack down on such groups. “If …

Parliament has asked Assin Central Member of Parliament, Kennedy Agyapong, found guilty of contempt of the house, to go and sin no more. Speaker Mike Ocquaye Thursday afternoon read the ‘sanction’, one of two recommended by the House’s Committee of Privileges, after it found comments by the outspoken New Patriotic Party member to be derogatory of Parliament. The Committee of …

The average change in the price levels of consumer goods and services measured by inflation dropped to its lowest in six years, the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has reported. The inflation rate for January 2019 was 9.0 per cent, which was 0.4 percentage points lower than the 9.4 per cent recorded in December 2019. The monthly change rate for January …

The unfolding drama of the tragic tale of kidnapping that has bedeviled the people of Takoradi appears to present fresh scene with each passing day. In the latest episode, a diver, George Aduful was nearly lynched Wednesday following an alarm raised by a woman accusing him of kidnapping her two children. Read Also: The families of Sekondi Kidnapped girls join in to …

A 26-year-old man in the Central Region said to have committed a taboo by allegedly raping a banana seller in a cemetery has been fined three sheep and six bottles of schnapps by the traditional authorities of Agona Fawomanye. The fine, the authorities say, are to appease the gods and avert the likely curse on the community and the suspect’s …

Parliament Wednesday failed to take the report of the Committee of Privileges on the alleged contemptuous remarks and breach of privileges by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) member for Assin Central, Mr Kennedy Agyapong. The presentation of the report, which was agreed upon at last Tuesday’s sitting and advertised for Wednesday, was to allow MPs to take a decision on …

  The youth at Salaga South constituency are angry following the citing of Damango as the regional capital of the newly created Savanna region. The office of the governing New Patriotic Party in the constituency was set ablaze Tuesday evening. “The place is burning down, people are throwing stones and all manner of things,” an eye witness told Joy News. The …

President Akufo-Addo has named Damango as the capital of the newly created Savannah Region. The President made the announcement at a ceremony Tuesday at the Jubilee House to present the Constitutional Instrument backing the creation of the region. He said while the Savannah Region is blessed with an abundance of natural resources, it is ironically the least developed part of the Northern …

The suspect in the kidnapping of three girls in Takoradi revealed in court Monday that a police investigator helped him break jail. Samuel Oudotek Wills told the court he does not know the name of the said officer but he can identify him. Besides that officer, the suspect said one Kwesi helped him with oil which facilitated his cutting of the …