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Zoomlion’s IRECOPs invokes African interest at ISWA, COP28 in Dubai

Zoomlion's Integrated Recycling and Compost Plants (IRECOPs) have been hailed as a solution to Africa's waste challenges, according to experts at the International Solid...

Anti-LGBTQ bill: We shouldn’t criminalise sex toys – Ursula Owusu-Ekuful

Communications Minister and Member of Parliament for Ablekuma West, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has raised concern about the criminalisation of sex toys in the Anti-LGBT bill...

FIFA President hails “highly productive and impactful” United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) partnership at global anti-corruption summit

Gianni Infantino tells major conference FIFA (https://www.FIFA.com) collaboration with United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has “achieved a lot”; the two organisations first...

First finalists for The Best FIFA Football Awards™ 2023 revealed

FIFA (www.FIFA.com) has announced the finalists in the women’s and men’s goalkeeper categories; Winners will be crowned on Monday 15 January 2024 in London, England;...

NPP Bekwai parliamentary aspirant funds reshaping of deplorable roads

New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary aspirant in the Bekwai Constituency, Ralph Poku-Adusei, has offered to finance the reshaping of deplorable roads in the area....

Adepam competition has got more youth into dressmaking – GNTDA chairman

The Ahafo Regional Chairman for Ghana National Tailors and Dressmakers Association (GNTDA), Paul Adjei says the introduction of Adepam Show by Adom TV has...

Prof Ransford Gyampo tears through Fui Tsikata and Kofi Ansah’s treatise on the controversial lithium agreement

Political Science lecturer at the University of Ghana, Prof Ransford Gyampo is unconvinced that the duo of Fui Tsikata and Kofi Ansah, legal brains and mining...

Car snatcher jailed 25 years

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a 25-year-old trader to 25 years imprisonment in hard labour for car snatching.Frank Obeng, alias Khalifa, denied conspiring...

UPSA confers honorary doctorate degrees on First Lady, Justices Joyce Bamford Addo and Georgina Wood

The University of Professional Studies, Accra has conferred honourary doctorate degrees on three distinguished Ghanaian women for their contributions to the development of the...

FIFA Museum announces new acquisitions and the opening of a FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™ showcase

From 12 December, the World Cup Gallery at the FIFA Museum in Zurich will feature an exciting addition: The showcase of the FIFA Women’s...

Gov’t must ensure buildings are disability-friendly – Otiko Djaba

The Executive Director of the Henry Djaba Memorial Foundation, Otiko Afisa Djaba is advocating the construction of disability-friendly buildings.She emphasised that a moratorium in...

Committee probing interdicted headteachers to begin sittings on Dec 13 – CHASS

The Ashanti Regional chapter of the Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) is hopeful that the Committee being set up to investigate...

Appiadu community installs new queen mother

A 37-year-old professional midwife, Henrietta Opoku Baffuor, popularly known as Adelaide, has been chosen by the Appiadu royal gates and kingmakers as the next...

Islamic Development Bank Institute (IsDBI) and Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance (BIBF) Agree on Strategic Collaboration for Islamic Finance Capacity Development

The Islamic Development Bank Institute (IsDBI) (https://IsDBInstitute.org), the knowledge beacon of the IsDB Group, and the Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance (BIBF), the...

I want to see a woman become president in my lifetime – Rebecca Akufo-Addo

First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo, says she hopes to see a woman become President in her lifetime.Speaking at the 5th session of the 15th Congregation of...

I am even ready to commit the same offence – Caterer jailed 20 years for rape

The Tarkwa circuit court has sentenced Isaac Tweneboah Koduah, a 36-year-old caterer, to 20 years imprisonment in hard for unnatural carnal knowledge.He pleaded guilty...

DTT platform: Broadcasters must pay but $10k fee must come down – Sam George

The Deputy Ranking Member on Parliament’s Communications Committee, Samuel George, has called for cool head between the Communication Ministry and broadcasters over the Digital...

Anti-LGBTQ bill: Sponsors fight proposed deletion of Clause 4 of Bill

Clause 4 of the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill creates an offense related to undermining proper human sexual...

First photos from Edem’s accident scene pops up

Photos after musician Edem had a car crash on the N1 highway off the Achimota-Nsawam stretch has surfaced on social media.The images show...

West Hill Mall death: Court discharges shop manager

Shop manager of Max Buy Ghana Limited, dealers of electrical Appliances within the West Hills Mall, Boafo Osei Kwame, has been discharged by the...

GIBA replies Communication Minister

The Ghana Independent Broadcasters Association (GIBA) has blamed the Communication Ministry for the brouhaha surrounding the Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) platform.Communications Minister, Ursula...

Mother of famous drug lord, El Chapo, passes on at 94

The mother of notorious former drug lord Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán died at the age of 94 in Mexico on Sunday, local media outlets reported.María Loera...

Islamic Development Bank Institute’s Smart Stabilization System Patent Application Earns Favorable Assessment from World Intellectual Property Organization

The Islamic Development Bank Institute (IsDBI) (https://IsDBInstitute.org) is pleased to receive a positive evaluation from the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) regarding the patentability of...

Danywise Estates and Construction honoured at 2023 Ghana Property Awards

Danywise Estate and Construction Limited has been celebrated for excellence in providing high-quality living spaces for students at the 2023 Ghana Property Awards (GAPOA).The...

At the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28), Huawei Executive Says Carbon Neutrality Will Trigger Revolutionary Change

A senior Huawei (https://e.Huawei.com) executive says the integration of the digital and energy worlds will improve energy efficiency and resource allocation worldwide.Addressing a session...

TTU final year student dies in accident a week to graduation

A gory accident has claimed the life of a final year student of Takoradi Technical University (TTU), identified as Joseph Eshun Sackey, alias NBB.The...

Good news for former tollbooth workers

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA), Kofi Agyepong, has announced announced plans to re-assign the former tollbooth workers.Mr...

At no stage has any broadcaster refused to pay fees – GIBA

The President of the Ghana Independent Broadcasters Association(GIBA), Cecil Sunkwa-Mills has refuted claims that broadcasters are refusing to pay for their use of the...

Highlights from Angola Oil & Gas (AOG) 2023 Forecast Lucrative Opportunities for Angola in 2024

Angola’s attractiveness as an energy investment destination continues to grow as market-focused policies, strong political will and untapped oil, gas and renewable energy resources...

Over 2,000 traffic offenders convicted, fined GH¢2m

The Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service has achieved notable success in its efforts to improve road safety.Between January...

SearchInform has significantly expanded its presence in Africa and localized its flagship solution into French

SearchInform (https://SearchInform.com/) has completed the translation of the interface of its flagship solution, the advanced DLP system Risk Monitor, into French. Risk Monitor is...

World Health Organization (WHO) calls for protection of humanitarian space in Gaza following serious incidents in high-risk mission to transfer patients, deliver health supplies

Cairo, Geneva, Jerusalem, WHO reiterates its call for the protection of health care and humanitarian assistance in Gaza, following military checkpoint delays and detention...

NMC issues final warning to 12 TV stations for showing offensive content

The National Media Commission (NMC) has issued a final warning to twelve television stations for repeatedly broadcasting offensive contents like fake lottery, occultism, money...

Driver’s mate jailed for robbery

A Circuit Court at Gbetsile near Tema has sentenced a driver’s mate, Ibrahim Abu, to four years imprisonment with hard labour for crossing one...

National Communications Authority of Ghana visits Kaspersky Transparency Center in Switzerland to examine company’s practices

Kaspersky (www.Kaspersky.com), a global cybersecurity and digital privacy company, recently organised a visit of a delegation from the National Communications Authority of Ghana to...

Asantehene destools Kwapra chief

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has dethroned Baffour Adugyemfuo Kumani, the Chief of Kwapra in the Ashanti Region for his alleged involvement in...

GNFS lacks evidence to unravel cause of Central Market fire – KMA boss

Kumasi Mayor, Samuel Pyne, has expressed concern about the evidence tampered with by affected traders in the aftermath of the fire outbreak at the...

Electronic tracking system for people living with HIV to be introduced

The National AIDS/STI Control Programme (NACP) will next year deploy an electronic medical recording system that will track people who test positive for HIV...

100 Central Region roads abandoned

About 100 road projects in the Central Region have been abandoned by the contractors.They include about 30 projects under the Ghana Highway Authority...

Sophia Akuffo, IEA urge Parliament not to ratify lithium agreement

The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) has hinted of its intentions to petition Parliament against the ratification of the lithium deal.This was disclosed...