Dr. Kwegyir Aggrey "Only the best is good enough for Africa."
Kwame Nkrumah "The independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked up with the total liberation of Africa."
City residents ages 14-24 have until Friday, April 29 to apply for lottery NEW YORK – New York City Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) Commissioner Bill Chong today announced that DYCD extended the application deadline for the 2016 Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) to Friday, April 29, 2016. SYEP, the nation’s largest […]
The National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) candidate, Eric Afful has retained the Amenfi West seat for the ruling party after polling 15,809 of the 30,030 total votes cast in Tuesday’s by-election. His closest contender, Mr. Paul Derkyi of the New Patriotic Party polled 13,076 of the lot to place second. The two other candidates, Messrs Abraham […]
Mr. Kofi Osei Ameyaw, Member of Parliament for Asuogyaman has decided to pull out of the October 18 caucus to elect a flag bearer from the remaining four remaining NPP aspirants and throw his weight behind the leading candidate, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo. Mr. Osei Ameyaw was among the five selected out of the […]
BBC TV presenter Komla Dumor has died suddenly at his home in London at the age of 41, it has been announced. Ghana-born Dumor was a presenter for BBC World News and its Focus on Africa programme. One of Ghana’s best-known journalists, he joined the BBC as a radio broadcaster in 2007 after a decade […]
Ghana’s Supreme Court on Thursday August 29, 2013 upheld John Mahama’s presidency as valid. The nine-member panel of Justices gave Mr. Mahama a clean ‘gavel of health’ by a majority decision. The Bench’s final verdict means Mr. Mahama can see through his full four-year term as President. Petitioners’ case The Petitioners in the case – […]
Ghana’s Chief Justice Theodora Wood has announced that live coverage of the hearings on the petition filed by opposition NPP against the Electoral Commission and John Mahama and the NDC would be allowed. Media houses would, however, be requested to obtain accreditation from the judicial service before being allowed inside the court room. The decision […]
An elephant from a forest reserve on the Ghana-Burkina Faso border has pulled down a 2012 campaign bill board of President John Mahama in the Ghanaian village of Bagli in the Laura Nandom area on Friday April 12, 2013. The vandalism by the elephant has left residents and spiritualists reading superstitious meanings into the incident […]
An elephant from a forest reserve on the Ghana-Burkina Faso border has pulled down a 2012 campaign bill board of President John Mahama in the Ghanaian village of Bagli in the Laura Nandom area on Friday April 12, 2013. The vandalism by the elephant has left residents and spiritualists reading superstitious meanings into the incident […]
By Eun Kyung Kim, TODAY contributor Nigerian novelist and poet Chinua Achebe, whose 1958 novel “Things Fall Apart” addressed colonialism on African society, has died. His publisher, Penguin, confirmed his death, at age 82, his publisher said Friday. Achebe’s breakthrough novel focused on the clash between Western and traditional values. It told the story of […]
Reports reaching Joy News indicate that two officials of the Electoral Commission are being held at the Savelugu District Police Station for allegedly attempting to illegally secure evidence to facilitate the EC’s case in court against the New Patriotic Party (NPP). The officials were dragged to the police station by some supporters of the NPP […]