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The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has gotten US$1.13 billion from a consortium of worldwide banks and monetary organizations to buy cocoa beans in the 2022/23 cocoa season. The board consented to the arrangement with the moneylenders on Monday (October 3, 2022) to clear way for the exchange of the assets …

Asantehene intervenes in Bawku conflict The Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II is engaging stakeholders to find a lasting solution to the prolonged ethnic conflict in the Upper East region town of Bawku. He said inhabitants of the border town could be exposed to various security threats, including the entry of …

Mrs. Leticia Asantewaa Ankrah, a member of the Agape Central Assembly in the Ablekuma Agape District of The Church of Pentecost, has donated relief items, amounting to GHȼ7,000.00, to the inmates of the Nsawam Female Prison. The donation, which took place on Friday, September 30, 2022, was made to mark …

The Asokore Mampong District Court earlier issued arrest warrants for 62 persons suspected to be involved in the recent violence on the KNUST campus One more suspect linked to the recent disturbances at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has been arrested following a bench warrant issued …

Four days of torrential rains have caused havoc in Akyem Oda in the Eastern Region. One of the flooded areas The rains led to flooding in many parts of the town, destroying over 100 houses and rendering more than 400 people homeless. Some of the victims are currently putting up …

Schools and hospitals in the Tetegu community have been shut down as the flood that plagued communities in the Ga South municipality is yet to recede. JoyNews checks on the ground indicate that schools in the Tetegu community have all been flooded with some compounds looking like a ‘river’. Also, …

Some valuable items and a collapse house has left Assembly member for Aggrey Road Electoral Area in Dunkwa-on-offin devastated after a heavy downpour on sunday. According to the Mr. Francis Damoah, he was fast asleep on sunday afternoon when the incident occured. He narrated that the level of the water …

Residents of Baniekrom, and Wawase in the Offinso south municipality has stage a massive demonstration against their Member of Parliament Hon. Isaac  Yaw Opoku and MCE Mr Kingsley Owusu-Appiah for not showing much commitment in addressing the developmental challenges especially the poor rural roads and light among others. The demonstration …

Arema FC fans invaded their ground when the team lost 3-2 at home to their bitter derby rivals Persebaya Surabaya at Kanjuruhan Stadium in Indonesia. At least 127 people including children and police officers were killed in a football riot At least 127 people including children and police officers were …

Onyedinka Esiala, a middle-aged man was discovered manipulating children who pretended to have stomach tumors in order to beg for money, in Lagos State. Esiala, an Enugu State resident, was exposed on September 28, 2022, by a passerby named Benefit at Mile 2 of the state. The suspect informed Vanguard …