Driver convicted for offering car owner’s vehicle for sale
A Tarkwa Circuit Court has sentenced a 33-year-old driver accused of offering his car owner’s vehicle for GH￠80,000 without his approval to seven years imprisonment in...
#BlackExcellence in FinTech: Alexia Hefti, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of eGovern, to Speak at Global Black Impact Summit (GBIS) 2024
The Global Black Impact Summit (GBIS) is pleased to confirm Alexia Hefti, CEO of eGovern, as a distinguished speaker at its upcoming event on...
Disregard GES guidelines on PTA – National Council to members
The National Council of Parent-Teacher Associations (NCPTA) has called on its members to disregard any directive from the Ghana Education Service (GES) on operational...
Bold Initiative to Combat Workplace Harassment and Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in Ethiopia
The Ethiopian country office of the World Health Organization (WHO Ethiopia) has taken a significant step towards addressing workplace harassment and sexual exploitation and...
Create new Cantonments, don’t overburden old site – Kwame Gyan
Private legal practitioner and land expert Kwame Gyan says government should end its obsession with Cantonments in Accra and instead spearhead the development of...
NDC suspends Northern Regional Vice Chairman
https://youtu.be/b8j4_aG49GYThe National Democratic Congress (NDC) has suspended its Northern Regional Vice-Chairman following deliberations between national and regional executives in Accra.Alhaji Gbewaa is reported...
Some roads lack good mapping, affecting safe driving – NRSA
The Director of Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation at the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) says some roads lack basic safety elements such as road...
Council rejects Parents Associations; wants PTA maintained
The National Council of Parent-Teacher Associations (NCPTAs) has called on the Ghana Education Service (GES) to immediately reverse the name Parent Association (PA) imposed...
Chiefs fight over who qualifies to be Otumfuo’s chief palmwine tapper
Goaso in the Ahafo Region is 'boiling' with a war of words over royalty as the current Omanhene is insisting the immediate past Omanhene ...
Government land redevelopment policy most abused – Ablakwa
Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has called for an end to the Accra redevelopment policy.According to him, the policy has...
Lawyer gives update on Charles Bissue’s application to stop OSP from arresting him
Private legal practitioner, Nana Agyei Barfour Awuah has denied media reports that the former Secretary to the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM), Charles...
APO Group appoints Rania El Rafie as Vice President of Public Relations and Strategic Communications
APO Group (www.APO-opa.com), the premier award-winning Pan-African communications consultancy and press release distribution service, is delighted to announce the appointment of Rania El Rafie...
A reactive measles campaign: More than 2 million children to be vaccinated
The Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI), with a technical and financial support of partners including WHO and UNICEF is conducting a measles outbreak response...
Mauritius tackles anti-microbial resistance through formulation of a second Plan of Action
Mauritius has successfully developed its second national action plan on anti-microbial resistance (AMR) 2024-2028, through a three-week robust workshop supported by the World Health...
Angola Oil & Gas Summit Returns to Luanda in October, Unveiling Unprecedented Investment Opportunities in Africa’s Energy Hub
Energy Capital&Power (ECP) (www.EnergyCapitalPower.com) is proud to announce that Angola’s premier investment platform – Angola Oil&Gas (AOG) – will return for its fifth edition from...
Minerals Commission distances itself from questionable SML contract
The Minerals Commission says it “did not play any role in the award of the contract” to Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited (SML), an offshoot of a timber...
Sabronum: Angry residents set ablaze truck allegedly transporting excavator to forest
Some angry residents of Sabronum in the Ahafo Ano South East District of the Ashanti Region on Monday, January 15, 2024, blocked and set...
Akufo-Addo failed to promote the free SHS policy – Atta Akyea
Member of Parliament of Akim Abuakwa South constituency, Samuel Atta Akyea has criticised President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, for failing to adequately propagate the...
Four top trends to watch in the African energy sector in 2024
As we head into 2024, the renewable energy sector is set to see innovation that will transform the way energy is accessed, stored and...
How important the Sabbath is for SDA Church [Read]
The Communication Director for the Seventh-day Adventist Church, Solace Safo, has disclosed the significance of the Sabbath.According to her, observing the Sabbath is crucial...
Judicial Service reacts to claims of selling residence of late Justice Samuel Marful-Sau
The Judicial Service of Ghana has rejected claims that it engaged in the sale of government property previously occupied by the late Supreme Court...
I was being a citizen not a spectator – Interdicted TOR worker
One of the interdicted executives of the General Transport Petroleum Chemical Workers Union (GTPCWU) Anthony Joojo Koomson, says he was not wrong to disclose certain information about...
Western North: Over 137,000 SHS 1 students yet to report due to financial challenges
The Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) in the Western North Region states that about 137,000 fresh Senior High School (SHS) students...
Commercial transport fares to go up by 30% on this date
Commercial Transport Operators in Ghana have declared a 30 per cent increase in transportation fares nationwide, starting from Monday, January 22.The operators justified this...
More than 100 judgements not enforced – ECOWAS Court
Approximately 131 judgements out of over 400 judgements delivered by the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice (CCJ) have not been enforced.The Court said there...
Neosun Energy Expands to South Africa to Bolster Business Operations
Neosun Energy (https://Neosun.com/), a Global Solar Energy company focused on construction of solar power stations and battery storage solutions has recently ventured into the...
World-leading broker Exness Invites Applications for its Fintech Scholarship Program
Multi-asset broker Exness (https://www.Exness.com/) announces it is now accepting applications for its Fintech Scholarships program from exceptional South African students. This marks the second...
Nsutam Chief to authorize dog vaccinations after 7 child deaths from rabies in 2023
"Henceforth, I will ensure the rigorous enforcement of dog vaccinations, and non-compliance with the directive will face consequences. To guarantee the effectiveness of this...
“It’s about our health and our future”: Ensuring sexual and reproductive health support in northern Mozambique
Early in the morning, queues begin to form outside the Lichinga health centre in Mozambique’s northwest Niassa province, as staff prepare to treat patients.Nearby,...
Eduwatch condemns ‘inhuman treatment’ of UG student for allegedly being ‘gay’
An advocacy organisation, Africa Education Watch (Eduwatch) has condemned the 'inhuman treatment' meted out to a University of Ghana student for allegedly being gay.In a...
Govt must partner private developers to end accommodation crisis in tertiary schools – Nortsu-Kotoe
The Ranking Member on the Education Committee of Parliament, Peter Nortsu-Kotoe is calling for private and public sector partnerships to address the perennial accommodation...
Teacher arrested for allegedly impersonating Akan MP
The Jasikan Municipal Police Command in the Oti Region has arrested Bless Agbenyenu, a teacher, for allegedly impersonating Yao Gomado, the Member of Parliament...
Self-styled fetish priest arrested for duping clients
A self-styled fetish priest, alleged to have duped many people at Osem in the Asante Mampong Municipality of the Ashanti Region, has been arrested...
We rejected bribes this Christmas ‘by God’s grace’ – Police
Some police personnel on patrol duties during the festive period have disclosed that they rejected bribes from civilians.The revelation was made on Monday, January...
Shell to Sell Nigerian Onshore Assets to Consortium: African Energy Chamber (AEC) Calls for Fast-Tracked Approval
British multinational oil and gas company Shell has decided to sell The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) – which owns onshore...
Nana Appiah Mensah, companies failed to honour dividends — Witness
The second prosecution witness in the trial of Nana Appiah Mensah, aka NAM1, has told the Accra High Court that NAM1’s two companies failed...
Chinese medical teams lauded for advancing healthcare in Tanzania
The government of Tanzania on Tuesday thanked the Chinese government for dispatching medical teams to help improve healthcare for people in the East African...
African Guarantee Fund and Vista Group Holding Partner to Boost Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SME) and Women-led Businesses Financing in West Africa
The African Guarantee Fund (AGF) (www.AGF.africa) has signed a landmark partnership agreement with Vista Group Holding to accelerate access to finance for small and...
Latest on JB Danquah’s murder trial
The High Court in Accra has adjourned the case in which Daniel Asiedu is standing trial for the death of the late Abuakwa North...
I will continue to take ‘gari and shito’ when travelling abroad – Dan Kweku Yeboah responds to Nyantakyi
A sports presenter with Accra-based Peace FM, Dan Kwaku Yeboah, says it is not an unusual thing for a Ghanaian to travel abroad with "gari"...