Deputy Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Alfred Tuah-Yeboah, has revealed that the state is actively pursuing the extradition of former MASLOC Chief Executive, Sedinam Tamakloe Attionu, to Ghana to serve her 10-year sentence. Tuah-Yeboah confirmed that Attionu is currently residing in the United States, and the government is working with U.S. authorities to facilitate…
Ghana has lost more than a third of its 2023/24 cocoa output to smuggling, a top official from the cocoa marketing board (Cocobod) told Reuters, as low local prices and payment delays push some farmers to sell to increasingly sophisticated trafficking rings. Poor harvests in Ghana and Ivory Coast, the world’s second-largest and largest producers,…
Popular Nigerian Afrobeat singer, Patoranking, has suffered a devastating family loss after his younger sister, Chioma Onuabuchi, and her husband, George, died in a gas explosion in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State. According to the Ebonyi State Police Command, the incident occurred on August 25 on the waterworks axis in Abakaliki. DSP Joshua Ukandu, the Command’s spokesman,…
Ghanaian Hiplife musician, Maradona Adjei Yeboah, known professionally as Guru NKZ, has re-entered the presidential race for the Student Representative Council (SRC) at the University of Ghana. It will be recalled that Guru, following his disqualification from the SRC presidential contest submitted a petition against the SRC Electoral Commission. The basis for his disqualification was…
American music star Selena Gomez has shared her hopes of becoming a mother in the future, though she recently revealed that her journey to parenthood will look different from what she once imagined. In an interview with Vanity Fair, the singer cum actress opened up about the medical challenges that will prevent her from experiencing…
Senegal’s President To Dissolve Parliament in A Bid To Fight Excessive Public Spending The President of Senegal, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, is set to dissolve the West African nation’s Parliament and call snap elections. The move is to help President Faye secure a Parliamentary majority and push through reforms. On Thursday, September 5, 2024, President,…
Amid heightened fears about the impact of illegal mining, the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Hon. Samuel A.Jinapor, MP, has assured of immediate actions by government to tackle the menace. Whiles downplaying suggestions that the government had taken its foot off the pedal in galamsey fight, the Minister disclosed that the government will hold…
In a special JoyNews feature, Adjen Kotoku’s onion traders urgently appeal to government to fix the roads leading to the new onion market, which is severely impacting their businesses. Since relocating from Agbogbloshie three years ago, these traders have faced immense difficulties in sustaining their livelihoods. The move has been fraught with challenges – deteriorating…
The Concerned Citizens of the Komenda Traditional Area have informed the Ghana Police Service of their intention to hold a demonstration against the lease of the Komenda Sugar Factory to an Indian firm. The protest, initially scheduled for August 13, 2024, in Komenda, will now take place in Accra on September 17, 2024. The demonstrators…
This is outlined in a bill currently before Parliament, which will be actualized if the bill is passed. During an emergency Parliamentary sitting today, Deputy Minority Whip, Ahmed Ibrahim raised concerns over the matter during the bill’s first reading. According to the Banda MP, there are serious issues among traditional leaders in his constituency about…
