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How driver foiled robbery attempt on Accra-Kumasi Highway

The driver of a 2M Express bus that narrowly escaped a robbery attack on the Accra-Kumasi Highway has been rewarded by the company following...

Lawyer sues Chief Justice, GLC and Judicial Secretary

A private legal practitioner, Kwame Aning Fosu-Gyeabour has sued the Chief Justice, Gertrude Torkornoo, General Legal Council (GLC) and the Judicial Secretary. The legal action...

Akufo-Addo addresses migration and security challenges at 2024 Kofi Annan forum

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has highlighted several critical issues at the opening of the 2024 Kofi Annan Peace and Security Forum (KAPS Forum)...

Thieves vandalise ECG transformers, steal copper windings [Video+Photos]

Some unidentified persons have vandalised and stolen copper windings from a transformer belonging to the Electricity Company of Ghana Ltd (ECG). This has plunged the...

FIFA launches online tool to track race to Mundial de Clubes FIFA 25â„¢

New tool to track qualifying race for places at maiden Mundial de Clubes FIFA™ (www.FIFA.com); Seven sections cover global qualifiers and teams’ progress in...

Over 600 parents storm WAEC to demand release of their children’s results

Over 600 parents stormed the office of the West African Examination Council (WAEC) in Sunyani in the Bono region to demand the release of...

Geometric Power Commissions the Afreximbank-Backed 141 MW Aba Integrated Power Project

The 141 MW Aba Integrated Power Project (Aba IPP), an Afreximbank-financed project (www.Afreximbank.com), was officially commissioned in Abia State by the Vice President of...

Robbers shoot two people after robbing gas station in Gomoa Besiase [Photos]

Two workers of a gas filling station at Gomoa Besiase are in critical condition and receiving treatment at Agona Swedru Government Hospital after seven...

Anti-LGBTQI Bill passed

Parliament has passed the Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill 2021 popularly known as anti-LGBTQI Bill on Wednesday February 28, 2024. The...

Deputy Minister Sibongiseni Dhlomo on claims paid out to ex-mineworkers

The Deputy Minister of Health, Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo has praised the North West Province for registering massive progress in the provincial department’s endeavour to...

Taskforce cracks down on smuggled vegetable oil in Accra markets

A taskforce comprising the Tree Crop Development Authority, the Oil Palm Development Association of Ghana, the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority, and...

Let’s promote our Ghanaian language for inclusive education and social change – NCCE

As part of activities to mark International Mother Language Day, the La Municipal Office of the NCCE in collaboration with UNESCO, Ghana Book Development...

Stroke the leading cause of death at Eastern Regional Hospital – Dr. Ampaw

Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA), popularly called stroke, has been identified as the leading cause of death at the Eastern Regional Hospital for the past three...

Supreme Court dismisses case seeking to clear street children

The Supreme Court has dismissed a case brought against the state by Child Rights International, seeking among other things, that the government of Ghana...

Boarding schools should be abolished – Franklin Cudjoe [watch]

President of IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe wants boarding schools to be abolished. He said Ghana should shift away from boarding schools towards a more localized,...

GNECC lauds Akufo-Addo’s call for review of Free SHS policy

The Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition (GNECC) has commended President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for his recent call to review the Free Senior High...

6 persons remanded again over the murder of Jirapa Dubai CEO

The Wa District court, presided over by His Honor Maxwell Titirico Maxbrain, has remanded six individuals for the second time in connection with the...

Kennedy Agyapong vs Anas: Supreme Court dismisses Anas’ suit against High Court

The Supreme Court has dismissed an application filed by undercover journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, requesting for a judgement passed by an Accra High Court...

Dr. Da Costa Aboagye appointed NHIA CEO

President Akufo-Addo has appointed the Ghana Health Service’s Director of Health Promotion, Dr. Da Costa Aboagye as the new Chief Executive of the National...

International Vaccine Institute (IVI) Launches New Country and Project Office in Kenya to Lead Advancing Vaccine End-to-End Capabilities (AVEC) Africa Project

The International Vaccine Institute (IVI) has announced the opening of a new Country and Project Office in Kenya, marking a significant step in the...

Smart Africa’s Digital Academy receives a $20mn grant from the World Bank to expand across Africa

The World Bank is partnering with Smart Africa (www.SmartAfrica.org), to scale up the Smart Africa Digital Academy (SADA) initiative from a national to a...

NHIA yet to pay 8-month outstanding arrears to health service providers

The National Health Insurance Authority is in eight-month outstanding debt to health service providers across the country.  Ashanti Regional Director of NHIA, Kwadwo Dwomoh, says...

Buduburam demolition: Affected residents ‘hijack’ classrooms [Photos]

Some affected residents of Gomoa Buduburam, known as Liberia Camp, have hijacked Buduburam Point Hope D/A Basic School. They are using classrooms as their bedrooms...

Radisson Hotel Group targets 50% portfolio expansion in West and Central Africa by 2030

Radisson Hotel Group (https://www.RadissonHotels.com) is targeting a 50% expansion of its West and Central African portfolio, consisting of 29 hotels and over 5,000 rooms in...

Gomoa Buduburam demolition renders hundreds homeless

About 600 Liberians and Ghanaians have been rendered homeless as a result of a demolition exercise carried out by the Gomoa Fetteh Traditional Council...

African Energy Week (AEW) Launches African Energy Finance Summit in Partnership with Afreximbank and S&P Global Commodity Insights

Africa’s largest energy event – the African Energy Week (AEW): Invest in African Energy conference – will feature the African Energy Finance Summit during...

Orange Middle East and Africa collaborates with Microsoft to accelerate the digital transformation of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) across the region

Orange Middle East&Africa (OMEA) (www.Orange.com) has signed an agreement with Microsoft, through the Africa Transformation Office, aimed at offering Microsoft solutions to small and...

The Canada-Africa Chamber of Business delighted to announce Elephant Trade-Services as headline sponsor during its 30-Year Anniversary

Ahead of PDAC in Toronto, the Canada-Africa Chamber of Business (www.CanadaAfrica.ca) underscored its appreciation of Elephant Trade-Services (https://ElephantTrade.net/), announced as headline sponsor during the 30th...

Empowering Somali Youth: Inauguration of the Berbera Youth Center

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) along with the Somaliland Ministry of Youth and Sports, and the Government of the Netherlands successfully inaugurated the...

Ghana to produce 4.5 million ounces of gold annually – Akufo-Addo 

Ghana is projected to ramp up gold production to some 4.5 million ounces annually, says President Akufo-Addo.  The country’s ambition is buoyed by the current...

PURC reduces electricity tariff by 6.56% for some residential consumers

The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has reduced the electricity tariff for residential consumers by 6.56 percent. However, it clarified that there will be...

Ex-Assembly member allegedly squanders GH₵500k meant for road construction

Nii Armah Ashitey a former Assembly member, who was allegedly given GH₵500,000 by a foundation to construct road and drainage but failed has appeared...

2024 SONA: Ablakwa takes on Akufo-Addo for ignoring flood victims

North Tongu Member of Parliament (MP) Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has expressed disappointment in President Nana Akufo-Addo for ignoring the victims of the Akosombo dam...

Attorney General has saved Ghana GH¢10trilion – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo has lauded the efforts of the Attorney-General's (AG) office in saving the country from judgment debts. In his State of...

Free SHS: Akufo-Addo’s call for improvement not same as Mahama’s review – Richard Ahiagbah

The Director of Communications for the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Richard Ahiagbah, has stated that President Akufo-Addo's call for an improvement in the...

Health experts launch Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered partnership to boost Kenyan health system

Kenya’s over-burdened health system is getting a major boost through a new international health partnership bridging proven Africa-led AI technology and deep local contextual...

Businessman on bail over alleged threat of death

The Amasaman Circuit Court has granted a businessman a GHC50,000.00 bail with two sureties for allegedly threatening to kill a businesswoman. The Court presided...

Canadian murder case: Seven-member jury constituted to quick start trial

A seven-member jury has been constituted to quick start trial of Safina Mohammed Adizatu accused of murdering her Canadian boyfriend, Frank Kofi Osei, at...

GEIG commemorates a decade of impact and transformation

Non-governmental organisation (NGO), Girls Education Initiative of Ghana (GEIG) is joyfully celebrating a decade of impact and transformation in society. The initiative seeks to provide...

Ghana’s macroeconomic indicators are not pointing to the right direction – Prof Bokpin

A professor of Finance at the University of Ghana Business School, Godfred Bokpin has contradicted President Akufo-Addo's claim that Ghana's macroeconomic indicators are heading...