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Why Ghana went from hero to zero for investors

Ghana is learning the hard way why oil can be a blessing and a curse. The onset of commercial crude production helped turn the West...

Chiefs don’t have power to shut down radio stations – Media Foundation for West Africa

The Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Sulemana Braimah, says chiefs do not have any legal authority to close down...

71% of Ghanaians give their MP’s ‘failing grade’ for 2021 – Afrobarometer report

Under the current ‘hung’ parliament, Members of Parliament (MPs) have become “much more” effective when it comes to scrutinising government spending, a recent Afrobarometer...

Beautiful photos drop as Mercy Johnson and husband celebrate 11th wedding anniversary

Nigerian actress Mercy Johnson and her husband Prince Okojie have thanked God for seeing them through 11 years of marriage. As part of their anniversary...

ECG disconnects Boomerang nightclub from power grid

Boomerang nightclub has been disconnected from the national power grid and served notice to appear before the ECG Project office, where managers of the...

Bagbin elected President of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association

The Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, is the new President of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association International (CPA). He was unanimously...

Niger begins making artificial rain to curb drought

Niger has deployed rainmaking technology aimed at alleviating the effects of drought in the country, weather authorities said Thursday. The desert country has faced a...

Check out Ghanaian players to feature in the 2022/23 UEFA Champions League

The Champions League is back, with the draw for the group stages having taken place in Istanbul on Thursday. This year's draw has once again thrown...

Greater Accra tops noise making – EPA

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) received a total of 271 noise pollution complaints for the year 2021.Out of the number, Greater Accra had 176...

CHRAJ investigates Akufo-Addo’s Gender Ministry nominee

The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) is investigating allegations of conflict of interest against the Deputy Minister-designate for Gender, Children and Social Protection,...

CCTV captures lady stealing in an office [Video]

The issue of pilfering is fast becoming a nationwide concern as another suspect has been captured on footage. A female thief has been captured on...

KNUST SRC President ordered to step aside

The Students' Representative Council (SRC) President of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Michael Adofo Abuah, has been asked to step...

Mother of boy whose step mum beat to death cries uncontrollably as she breaks silence [Video]

"I am unable to pay the bills at the hospital, please help me so that I would be able to bury my son," these...

Annor Adjaye SHS gets Tullow’s 16-unit 570-bed capacity dormitory block

The lead operator of the Jubilee and TEN oil fields, Tullow Oil Ghana, has presented a fully furnished new 16-unit dormitory block to Annor...

Chief of Staff office spent ¢240m in 2020

It has emerged that the office of the Chief of Staff spent in excess of ¢240 million on goods and services for the year...

Fairtrade Africa holds General Assembly in Accra

Fairtrade Africa has organised its General Assembly (GA) last week in Accra, Ghana for Fairtrade certified producer organisations across the continent. The General Assembly...

I can’t help my starving Ethiopian family – WHO boss

The World Health Organization (WHO) boss, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, has lamented being unable to send money to his "starving" relatives in Ethiopia's war-torn Tigray...

Macron urges ties with Algeria beyond painful past

French President Emmanuel Macron has said during a visit to Algeria that the two countries should move beyond their painful shared history and look...

17-year-old sets new record for flying solo across the globe

A 17-year-old pilot became the youngest person to fly solo around the world in a small aircraft after he landed on Wednesday in Bulgaria,...

Benzema, Carlo Ancelotti win UEFA player, coach of the year awards

Karim Benzema has been named UEFA Men’s Player of the Year — solidifying his status as favourite to win the Ballon d’Or after scoring...

Father arrested after his young son drove to school

A nine-year-old in school uniform was stopped by police in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, while driving to school with his father in the front passenger...

Happiness 3.0: Key to living life as an expression of happiness

The Art of Living, an international non-religious and non-profit organisation that focuses on building mental health, held a lively and insightful evening with Gurudev...

Newcastle confirm signing of Sweden striker Isak

Newcastle have signed Sweden striker Alexander Isak from Real Sociedad on a long-term deal understood to be worth about £60m. The 22-year-old becomes the Magpies'...

Anglogold Ashanti holds symposium on 10-year socio-economic development plan

AngloGold Ashanti Obuasi Mine on Wednesday, August 24, held a Development Partnership Symposium for the Implementation of its 10-Year Socio-Economic Development Plan (SEDP) in...

NLA boss Sammy Awuku eulogises Obour

The good works of Ghana Post Managing Director (MD), Bice Osei Kuffour aka Obour, particularly for reforming, restructuring the postal and parcel courier service,...

Farmer gets 4 years for attacking colleague with machete

A 26-year-old farmer at Onyinafonso, a suburb of  Asamankese in the Eastern Region, has been sentenced to four years imprisonment for causing harm to...

GIISDEC’s masterplan to enrich Ghana’s Iron and Steel Industry

The Board Chairman of the Ghana Integrated Iron and Steel Development Corporation (GIISDEC), Farouk Aliu Mahama, has assured that his outfit is poised to...

AI is globally driving digital revolution – Hon Ama Pomaa Boateng

The Deputy Minister for Communications and Digitalisation, Ama Pomaa Boateng has disclosed that AI is now the driving global digital revolution and solving problems...

Oyerepa FM shuts down in compliance with Kumasi Traditional Council’s order

A radio station in Kumasi, Oyerepa FM, has halted broadcast today, Friday. This is in compliance with an order from the Kumasi Traditional Council that...

Mr Eazi pays courtesy call on Accra Mayor

Renowned Nigerian afro-pop musician and shareholder of Betpawa, Oluwatosin Oluwole Ajibade, aka Mr Eazi, has paid a courtesy call on the Chief Executive of...

Chelsea close to agreeing deal for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

Chelsea are close to finalising an agreement with Barcelona for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who has already agreed personal terms for the proposed move, 90min understands. 90min revealed earlier this...

One dead, others injured in clash between two communities at Chereponi

One person is reported dead with several others injured following renewed clashes between two communities in the Chereponi District of the North East Region. The...

Hijab-wearing women ‘facing discrimination’ in Egypt

A BBC investigation has found evidence that some businesses in Egypt are discriminating against women wearing the hijab.  It suggests a major property developer is...

JHS pupils undergo cleansing after colleague invoked curses on them

Chiefs and Elders of Akwasiho in the Kwahu East District of the Eastern Region have officially poured libation to cleanse pupils over curses invoked...

Date for Bernard Avle’s wife’s funeral announced

Justine Avle, wife of celebrated broadcaster Bernard Avle, will be buried on September 8 at a private ceremony. The pre-burial service will take place at...

Check out profile of Inusah Fuseini’s son

Abdul Inusah is the son of a top Ghanaian politician and lawyer Inusah Fuseini who had served as a Member of Parliament for Tamale...

NPP’s ‘Breaking the 8’ annoys Ashanti voters – Amoako Baah

A leading member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Amoako Baah, has said the electorate in the Ashanti Region are irritated by...

Dan Botwe reacts to death of Hackman Owusu-Agyemang’s wife

A leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dan Botwe, has commiserated with Council of Elders Chairman, Hackman Owusu-Agyemang, over the death of...

NPP’s Hackman Owusu-Agyemang hit with sad news

Chairman of the New Patriotic Party's (NPP) Council of Elders, Hackman Owusu-Agyemang, has lost his wife. The wife, Mrs Comfort Owusu-Agyemang, is said to...

Merge flood control responsibility with Ghana Hydrological Authority – IET tells govt

The President of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), Ghana, Egnr. Henry Kwadwo Boateng, has urged the Minister for Works and Housing, Francis...