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14-year-old girl seeking $16k for surgery over damaged heart valves dies

Millicent Nukornoo, a 14-year-old girl who was admitted to the 37 Military Hospital due to a heart valve condition, tragically passed away around 4:30...

Afreximbank tops the loan market rankings in Bloomberg’s 2023 Capital Markets league tables for Sub-Saharan Africa

African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) (www.Afreximbank.com) has been ranked number one in all three categories in the Bloomberg Capital Markets League Tables Report for African Capital...

Patients share wards with corpses at Sissala East Municipal Hospital

The Sissala East Municipal Director of Health Services in the Upper West region, Clifford Veng, has expressed worry over the lack of a mortuary...

Govt committed to completing all road projects – Asenso-Boakye

The Minister for Roads and Highways, Francis Asenso-Boakye, has reiterated government’s dedication to the prompt completion of all road projects initiated under the Akufo-Addo...

Magistrate arrested for accepting groceries, microwave as bribe

In a shocking turn of events, a senior magistrate, Terence Mashaire, has found himself in legal turmoil as he is accused of accepting a...

International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) Signs Multiple Agreements with Uzbekistan Totaling US$715 Million

The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) (www.ITFC-IDB.org), a member of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group, has signed several agreements with Uzbekistan, amounting...

Don’t leave Ghana to seek greener pastures elsewhere – Nurses urged

The Principal of Margret Marquart Catholic Nursing Training College in Kpando in the Volta Region has urged graduates of the school to remain in...

Two robbers jailed 30 years each

The Bekwai circuit court, presided over by His Honour Isaac Apeatu, has sentenced two armed robbers to 30 years each in prison with hard...

Man, 19, allegedly steals GH¢57,000 from hardware shop

A 19-year-old foreman, Matinu Alhassan, appeared before an Adentan Circuit Court on September 3, 2023, for allegedly stealing GH¢57,000 from a hardware shop. The accused...

Infrastructure challenges: Sokode Sec Tech headmaster appeals for support

The headmaster of Sokode Secondary Technical School (SOCTECH), Isaac Kofi Dzidzienyo has appealed to government to assist the school with infrastructure to help improve...

Buduburam demolition: Liberians convert basic school into trading center [Photos]

Some Liberians displaced by recent demolition in Buduburam have turned the Point Hope D/A Basic School into a trading hub. Aside trading, the displaced residents...

Parents concerned over poor quality of meals served in SHS ahead of ‘Empty Plates’ documentary

Some parents have raised concerns about the quality of the meals being served to their children in Senior High Schools (SHS), claiming that the...

Tontokrom clash: Asanko Gold intimidating us with machomen – Chief claims [Listen]

Chief for Tontokrom, Nana Adu Gyamfi has accused the managers of Asanko Gold of intimidating the youth in the area. He indicated that, their only...

Luv FM Primary Schools Quiz 2024 rolls out in grand style

Thirty-six schools will slug it out for the coveted trophy and bragging rights as the best primary school in the Ashanti region, as Luv...

Rwanda: The African Development Fund commits $12 million to the rapid operationalization of the African Pharmaceutical Technology Foundation (APTF)

The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund approved, in Abidjan on 27 February 2024, $11.96 million Grant to speed up the establishment...

Eastern Region Customs office seizes 150 vehicles

The Eastern Regional Office of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) last year impounded 110 uncustomed vehicles in the region. Within two...

Archbishop Peter Kwasi Sarpong articulates moral character development in two new books

Archbishop Emeritus, Most Rev. Dr. Peter Kwasi Sarpong, has luminously penned expositions of Catholic virtues, Christian faith and social values in two new books:...

Over 20 shop owners arrested for sanitation offences

Over 20 shop owners have been arrested and about to face prosecution for non-compliance to laid-down sanitation directives. This is in line with the Municipal...

Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill: Diplomats cannot get visas for same-sex partners if… Security analyst [Listen]

Ghanaian security analyst and International Relations expert, Farouk Al Wahab has explained why diplomats especially from Europe and the United States of America (USA)...

Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill: Are we ready to face the full consequences? – NPP man questions

A member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Alfred George Kojo Thompson, has raised concerns about the potential consequences of the Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill. He questions...

Bonwire Kente weavers call for establishment of local thread factory for sustainability

Weavers of traditional Kente cloth at Bonwire in the Ashanti region are prevailing on the government to provide them with a dedicated working space and...

Pan-African Savings and Loans donates to Accra Rehabilitation Centre

Pan-African Savings and Loans recently extended a charitable hand to the Accra Rehabilitation Centre. The company donated 4 ceiling fans, a 660L deep freezer,...

32-year-old man jailed for stealing a motorbike

The Achimota Circuit Court has sentenced a 32-year-old man to a day’s imprisonment for stealing a motorbike at Spot “M” Ofankor in Accra. John Adonu,...

Tontokrom clash: DCE advocates win-win approach [Listen]

The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Amansie South district, Clement Opoku Gyamfi, has described as unfortunate the deadly clash between the youth of Tontokrom...

Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Seeks to Unlock Estimated 5 Billion Barrels of Oil

With 180 million barrels of proven oil reserves – and up to 5 billion of estimated oil reserves – the Democratic Republic of the...

Panic as dead body is discovered in front of shop at Kasoa

Panic engulfed residents of Kasoa-Kaemebre junction in the Awutu Senya East Municipality of the Central Region as a lifeless body of a woman in...

Africa Takes Centre Stage as the Gender Hub for Mainstreaming Success

The Gender Mainstreaming Awards, a powerful indicator of progress towards gender mainstreaming in the corporate world, proudly returns for its 12th event across Africa....

CHAG calls for scaling up, adoption, nationalization, of SafeCare quality improvement programme in Ghana

The Christian Health Association of Ghana (CHAG) is calling for the institutionalization and nationalization of the SafeCare quality improvement programme in Ghana’s health delivery...

Anti-LGBTQI+ Bill: Akufo-Addo won’t sign – Security Analyst [Listen]

Ghanaian security analyst and International Relations expert, Farouk Al Wahab, has said President Akufo-Addo will not sign the anti-LGBTQ+ bill. "It will be a difficult...

We don’t have a position on Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill – Peace Council

Chairman of the National Peace Council, Rev. Dr. Eric Adu-Gyamfi, has said the Council is taking neutral position regarding the recent passage of the...

Canon to spotlight sustainability champions at Global Good Awards 2024

Canon EMEA (www.Canon-CNA.com), the world’s leading imaging company, continues its sponsorship of the Canon Young Champion of the Year category at the Global Good...

Mahama chairs launch of Obasanjo’s new book on leadership

Former President John Mahama is in Abeokuta, Nigeria at the invitation of former Nigerian leader Olusegun Obasanjo to chair the launch and presentation of...

Northern College’s school farming system praised as model for agricultural education

Stakeholders in the Yendi Municipality are asking government to model the Northern College of Science and Technology's School Farming System to ensure students have...

Clement Apaak loses father

The father of the Member of Parliament (MP) for Builsa South Constituency in the Upper East Region, Dr. Clement Abas Apaak, has passed away. Mr....

Rev. Opuni-Frimpong reacts to passage of Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill

The former General Secretary of the Christian Council of Ghana, Rev. Dr. Kwabena Opuni-Frimpong, has urged President Akufo-Addo to swiftly assent to the anti-LGBTQ+...

Students at Ejisu SHTS displaced as rainstorm damages boys’ dormitory roof

A rainstorm on Saturday, March 2, 2024, wreaked havoc at Ejisu Senior High Technical School, displacing numerous students. The downpour ripped off the roof boys...

Ridge Hospital diagnoses 50 children with rare diseases

The Greater Accra Regional Hospital has tested and diagnosed 50 children with rare diseases in the country. Dr. Yvonne Brew, a Pediatrician at Ridge Hospital,...

Mahama officially informed about Access Bank CEO’s death [Photos]

A delegation from Access Bank Ghana PLC has visited former President John Mahama to officially inform about the untimely death of its CEO, Dr...

Radio News Release (Soundbite): Applications Open for the Sixth Edition of Africa’s Biggest Entrepreneurial Competition

Listen to the soundbite Download the soundbite The Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) Prize Competition has launched its sixth annual continent-wide search for 10 exceptional entrepreneurs who...

IPPs warn of inadequate electricity supply

The power sector is likely to experience an exacerbated debt of about $1.8 billion to the Independent Power Producers by 2024, the Chamber of...