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Ghana Publishing Company Launches Digital Platforms to Combat Fake Gazettes

The Ghana Publishing Company Limited (GPCL) has introduced a gazette verification platform and an e-bookshop to tackle the circulation of fake gazettes and the...

Lands Commission Warns Against Multiple Sales of Same Land in Upper East

The Upper East Regional Office of the Lands Commission has intensified efforts to educate the public on land registration and documentation, warning landowners and...

Osagyefo Power Barge Centre to Be Converted into Prison School in Jomoro

The Osagyefo Power Barge Centre at Effasu Mangyea in the Jomoro Municipality of the Western Region is set to be converted into a school...

Mahama Says GoldBod Policy Will Boost Local Gold Refining as Export Earnings Hit US$10.8bn

President John Dramani Mahama says the Ghana Gold Board’s (GoldBod) policy to strengthen local gold testing and refining will help Ghana retain more value...

Police Officers reject GH₵50,000 bribe after arresting suspects with 142 parcels of suspected indian hemp

The Northern Regional Police Command has arrested four suspects and seized 142 parcels of compressed suspected Indian hemp after intercepting a commercial van travelling...

Pregnant woman shot dead after being mistaken for a deer by 2 teenagers

A 33-year-old pregnant woman, identified as Yaa Karim, has died after two teenagers allegedly mistook her for a deer and shot her twice on...

Kwame Nkrumah’s son Gamal dies at 68, burial set for Saturday in Egypt

Gamal Gorkeh Nkrumah, a Ghanaian journalist and son of Ghana’s first President, Kwame Nkrumah, has died, family sources have confirmed to MyJoyOnline. He died on...

UG warns students against fake 2026/2027 resumption and hall fees notice

The University of Ghana (UG) has cautioned students and the general public against a fake notice circulating on social media containing purported resumption dates...

Ghana targets first locally manufactured tetanus diphtheria vaccine by 2027

Ghana is working towards producing its first locally manufactured vaccine by 2027, with preparations for the production of a tetanus-diphtheria vaccine already underway at...

FDA destroys 40 foot container of unhygienic diapers imported from Spain

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has supervised the destruction of a 40 foot container of unhygienic diapers imported from Spain to prevent the...

Data protection commission targets unregistered institutions over compliance

The Data Protection Commission has stepped up efforts to enforce compliance among institutions that have not registered with the regulatory body, warning that failure...

Taviefe Deme, Sreme communities rebuild unity through joint yam festival

The twin communities of Taviefe-Deme and Sreme in the Ho Municipality of the Volta Region have taken steps to strengthen their historical ties and...

Ofankor Child Defilement Case Ends with 20-Year Jail Term for 87-Year-Old Man

An 87-year-old man, Yaw Gahornu, has been sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment with hard labour for defiling a nine-year-old girl at Ofankor, a suburb...

Teachers to return to classrooms today after strike suspension

Public basic schools across Ghana are expected to resume normal academic activities on Monday, October 12, following the suspension of a nationwide strike by...

Kumasi hospital removes 880g bladder stone from 49 year old man in rare surgery

Doctors at Kumasi Hospital, a private health facility in the Ashanti Region, have successfully removed an unusually large bladder stone weighing 880 grammes from...

Tribe Culture Fest CEO Denies Allegation of Illegally Receiving $611,000

Nana Boateng Gyimah, Chief Executive Officer of Tribe Culture Fest, has denied allegations by the Minister for Sports and Recreation, Kofi Adams, that he...