The Upper East Regional Police Command recovered 1,400 rounds of 7.62×39mm ammunition concealed in fertiliser sacks at a mechanic workshop near the Assemblies of God Church in Bolgatanga, following a report from an auto mechanic whose apprentice discovered suspicious items. Authorities are investigating the source and seeking to identify those responsible for concealing the ammunition.
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The National Teaching Council has disclosed that more than 42,000 teachers in basic and senior high schools across Ghana lack professional teaching qualifications—about 12,279 in senior high schools and more than 30,000 in basic schools. The NTC is introducing an 18-week fast-track teacher education programme in partnership with five universities to enable currently teaching graduates to obtain professional certification.
10 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Garden City University has broken ground on a 100-bed teaching hospital at its Kenyasi campus in the Ashanti Region, expected to be completed within 18 months. The facility, the first private university teaching hospital in Ghana, aims to strengthen practical training for health professionals and expand access to quality healthcare.
10 May 2026 · Joy Online →
The North East Region has received 200 computers to support the government's One Million Coders Programme, aimed at expanding digital skills and technology education. The computers were distributed to four districts—East Mamprusi Municipality, Bunkpurugu-Nakpanduri, Yunyoo-Nasuan, and Chereponi—to train young people in coding, digital literacy, and information technology.
10 May 2026 · Joy Online →
President Mahama announced a low-cost housing scheme for public sector workers including nurses, teachers, and doctors, featuring 15–20 year mortgages in Ghana cedis through a GH¢3 billion Revolving Fund established with Organised Labour, financial institutions, and state housing companies.
10 May 2026 · Joy Online →
A man identified as Kwame Hlordzi allegedly attempted to enter the Central Tongu District Assembly office in the Volta Region carrying a knife and pepper spray; he was stopped during a security check, briefly drew the knife during a confrontation, and was arrested. Police are investigating his motives and possible security implications, with no injuries reported.
10 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Sophia Akuffo, a former Chief Justice and former President of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights, will be installed as Mmrahene of the Akuapem Traditional Area on Wednesday, May 20, 2026, during the Awukudae celebration at the palace of the Okuapehene in Akropong-Akuapem.
10 May 2026 · Joy Online →
The women's fellowship of the Global Evangelical Church donated assorted items worth GH¢6,000 to female inmates at Kumasi Central Prisons as part of the church's prison ministry and early Mother's Day observance. Items included toiletries, foodstuffs, drinks, and financial support for a gas cooker.
10 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Consolidated Bank Ghana organised a free health outreach programme in Adaklu District to screen women for conditions including hypertension, diabetes and cholesterol-related illnesses, with medical counselling and medication provided. The Managing Director said the initiative formed part of the bank's corporate social responsibility agenda to promote preventive healthcare and improve women's wellbeing.
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Consolidated Bank Ghana's Managing Director led a free health screening in Adaklu District on May 9, marking Mother's Day and focusing on preventive healthcare and early detection of conditions such as high blood pressure, cholesterol and diabetes among working women with limited access to routine checks.
10 May 2026 · Joy Online →
The Adaklu District Chief Executive has commended Consolidated Bank Ghana Ltd for providing free health screening and financial literacy services to women in the district as part of Mother's Day activities held on May 9.
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The Ghana Police Service has interdicted Inspector Desmond Owusu Afriyie, stationed at Mamponteng in Ashanti Region, following allegations of defilement and incest involving his 14-year-old daughter. The suspect was arrested in February 2026 after a complaint was lodged in November 2025 and was released on enquiry bail pending further investigation.
10 May 2026 · Joy Online →
The Students Command of the Economic Fighters League has condemned hostel accommodation charges at the University of Ghana, citing private operators charging as much as GH₵24,000 for single rooms and GH₵10,000 each for shared spaces, and calling it a social crisis that excludes ordinary students.
10 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Dr Ekua Amoako argues that Charles Amissah's death reflects broader failings in Ghana's healthcare system, including abandonment of an effective Bed Management Network that once had 80 per cent national coverage and deterioration of the National Ambulance Service, which inherited over 300 ambulances but has since declined in effectiveness.
10 May 2026 · Joy Online →
The article argues that motherhood in Ghanaian culture transcends biological childbirth, honouring the contributions of aunties, grandmothers, teachers, and community women who nurture and care for others. It contends that the ability to nurture, protect, and sacrifice is not limited to biology alone.
10 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Vice President Prof Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang paid tribute to mothers across Ghana and the world, praising their strength, sacrifice, wisdom and unconditional love. She reaffirmed government's commitment to improving the lives of women and mothers through policies including 24-hour markets, the Women's Development Bank, skills training, apprenticeship programmes, access to finance, and free sanitary pads for schoolgirls.
10 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Agyarko Richard, a Toyota Voxy driver whose reckless driving was captured on a viral video, was convicted by the La Motor Court in Accra on charges including driving on the wrong side of the road and endangering other road users. He was fined 260 penalty units (GH¢3,120) and sentenced to two months' imprisonment with hard labour.
10 May 2026 · Joy Online →
A 46-year-old farmer in Adomanu, Adansi North District, died when lightning struck his room as he used a mobile phone during heavy rain. Community leaders have called for installation of lightning arresters and warned residents against using phones during rainstorms.
10 May 2026 · Joy Online →
The Mamponghene, representing the Asantehene, has called on the government and State Housing Company Limited to complete the Dedesua Green City Affordable Housing Project in Kumasi, warning that Ghanaians expect results rather than unfulfilled promises. The Asantehene released over 200 acres of land to the government 16 years ago for the project, which had stalled under successive administrations.
10 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Dr Arthur Kennedy criticised the Prof. Agyeman Badu Akosa Committee report on the death of engineer Charles Amissah, arguing that Ghana's healthcare emergency is the result of longstanding structural failures including the "no-bed syndrome" rather than individual staff negligence. Kennedy contended the committee's findings did not adequately address the deeper institutional neglect that successive governments have failed to tackle.
10 May 2026 · Joy Online →
US-based Ghanaian doctor Dr Arthur Kennedy has called for urgent and comprehensive reforms in Ghana's healthcare system, arguing that the Prof Agyeman Badu Akosa Committee report on the "no-bed syndrome" does not sufficiently address deeper structural failures underlying the country's emergency healthcare crisis.
10 May 2026 · Joy Online →