Parliament on Thursday approved the 2024 Budget Statement and Economic Policy of the government for the year ending December 31, 2024._ This will allow the government to spend a total of GH¢ 259,052,474,750 from the Consolidated Fund and other public funds in the next financial year. The approval followed a …

Ghana’s import bill on 14 items reached approximately $2.6 billion in 2021._ These items include fake hair (wigs), rice, brooms, use clothing, brooms and other 10 products. JoyNews’ checks from the OEC trade data repository reveal the country in 2021 spent more than half a billion dollar on rice importation, …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has suspended the headmistress of Ghana Senior High School (SHS), Koforidua, over unauthorized prospectus._ According to the Ghana Education Service, the headmistress, Mrs Patience Naki Mensah, is supervising the collection of unauthorized Prospectus from SHS Freshers. Students are asked to buy ceremonial cloth worth ¢200, …

In the District Court of Kaneshie, Accra, legal proceedings have been initiated against Shalimar Abbiusi, a 30-year-old Belgian national, on charges related to the alleged falsification of a student permit in Ghana._ Shalimar Abbiusi, one of the spokespersons of a new political group known as The New Force is accused …

The National Communications Authority (NCA) has announced that the operation of Starlink in Ghana is illegal._ In a press release issued on December 7, 2023, the NCA explained that it has not licensed Starlink, the satellite internet service provided by SpaceX, to operate in Ghana and has also not approved …

Afua Asantewaa O. Aduonum, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Askof Productions Limited and organizer of GOWA Awards, Miss Kidi Ghana and Teen Queen Ghana is set to attempt to break a Guinness world record for the longest singing marathon by an individual this December._ Ms Aduonum sent in her application …

A pastor who is known as Alex Munyoki and his two prayer warriors are said to have found themselves in court after opting to pray for the country._ As per the source, the pastor is said to have visited a hotel and booked a room together with his prayer warriors …

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has been featured in the 2024 edition of the renowned Pirelli Calendar._ It is the first time an African monarch has been featured in the renowned calendar since its inception 50 years ago. The Pirelli Calendar is an annual publication by the UK subsidiary …

Ghana’s Black Queens have booked their place to the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations to be staged in Morocco despite recording a 0-1 loss to Namibia yesterday, December 5, 2023, in the final lap of the qualifiers.