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Urgent Call to Action: Combatting Chronic Kidney Disease Crisis in Africa

Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is rapidly becoming a critical concern in Africa, posing significant challenges for public health and healthcare systems. Shedding light on...

MTN Ghana apologises to subscribers for internet challenges

MTN Ghana has apologised to its subscribers for the challenges they faced in accessing data services and reaching its call center.The company assured...

Ghana’s High Commissioner to Nigeria passes on

Ghana’s High Commissioner to Nigeria, Rashid Bawa has passed on. He is said to have died in Nigeria on Thursday 14 March, 2024. The 83-year-old...

Ghana Energy Minister to Connect Foreign Funders with Emerging Projects at African Energy Week (AEW) 2024

Ghana is implementing a strategic agenda to rejuvenate its oil and gas sector, aiming to achieve universal access to electricity by 2030 while propelling...

KNUST SRC hot for buying pickup for GH₵ 850,000

The Student Representative Council (SRC) of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has stirred controversy following the purchase of a Toyota...

Internet connectivity challenges: NCA gives more details

The National Communications Authority (NCA) has explained the sudden internet connectivity challenges across the country, today March 14, 2024. The Authority in a statement said...

Telecoms Chamber reacts to internet connectivity challenges

The Ghana Chamber of telecommunications has attributed the difficult in accessing internet connectivity today March 14, 2024, to outages on multiple submarines optic fibre...

MP warns against social media fraud and fake job offers

The surge in social media fraud has been a concern for many, as innocent members of the public lose money to unknown persons. Members...

Midwives call for improved delivery beds and equipment

President of the National Association of Registered Midwives, Mary Ofosu, says the majority of midwives are experiencing waist problems. This she stated is due to...

Excitement as Bawumia is set to launch ‘Ghana card at birth’ today

The Vice President, Dr. Mahamud Bawumia has taken his digitalization agenda a notch higher to ensure biometric data of every Ghanaian is collected at...

31-year-old Nigerian jailed 10 years for human trafficking, illegal entry

A 31-year-old Nigerian, Okolo Chukwukadibia Jackson has been found guilty of trafficking a 16-year-old girl and three other females from Onitsha, Anambra State in...

GMA unhappy about happenings at KATH

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has raised concerns about the current state of affairs at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH). The General Secretary of...

It’s their own cup of tea – KATH doctor hits back at those accusing them of politicizing strike action [Listen]

Chairman of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) branch of the Ghana Medical Association, Dr. Michael Leat, has slammed those who are politicising their...

Gary Nimako appointed Board Chairman of National Lottery Authority

The Managing Partner at Marfo & Associates, Gary Nimako Marfo, has been appointed by President Akufo-Addo to serve as the board chairman for the...

“The future of Africa’s agrifood sector is bright”

The 3rd African Agribusiness Leaders Dialogue (AALD3), held online and in person in Accra, has highlighted the barrier-breaking role of young African 'agripreneurs' in the...

KATH management engaging with striking doctors

The management of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi is engaging with the leadership of the medical doctors at the facility to...

Dr. Bawumia launches Ghana’s First Online School Licensing and Inspection Management System

In a significant step towards enhancing the quality of education in Ghana, Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has inaugurated the School Licensing and Inspection...

Tempane Health Directorate laments inadequate funds for reproductive, child health education

The Tempane District Health Directorate has expressed concerns about inadequate funds to embark on public sensitization on reproductive and child health in the area...

Scrap dealer denied bail over alleged stabbing of security guard

A 27-year-old scrap dealer and herbal medicine peddler, Abdulai Sanusi, has been denied bail by the Tema Circuit Court ‘B’ for allegedly stabbing Vincent...

KATH refutes owing ECG GH₵27 million in unpaid bills

Management of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) has refuted claims that it owes the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) GH₵27 million. According to them,...

Court remands three persons who assaulted fire officers on duty

The Kwadaso Circuit Court has remanded three persons into Police custody for allegedly attacking and assaulting fire officers on duty at the Race Course...

National Food Suppliers threaten to picket over unpaid arrears

The National Food Suppliers Association says it will soon picket to demand unpaid arrears spanning over a year. Following a protest staged at the National...

JB Killer’s case: Sexy Don Don seriously vomiting – Prison officers to Court

Continuation of the trial of Daniel Asiedu, affectionately called Sexy Don Don, the alleged killer of the late Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North,...

I have never in my life had an affair with anyone’s wife – Nigel Gaisie replies John Kumah’s widow

The founder and leader of Prophetic Hill Chapel, Prophet Nigel Gaisie, has denied accusations of engaging in extramarital affairs. These allegations were made by...

KATH doctors likely to resume work today

Barring any last minute change, doctors of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi, might resume work on today, Thursday, March 14. ...

The Indonesian Embassy in Khartoum inspects the process of loading and unloading containers of Indonesian Crude Palm Oil (CPO) products at the Port of...

The Indonesian Embassy in Khartoum team made a field visit to Port Sudan Harbor in order to witness the process of loading and unloading...

I have 10 questions for John Kumah’s wife – Oheneba Nana Asiedu

A presenter with Wontumi FM/Television, Oheneba Nana Asiedu, has said he has some 10 questions for the widow of late Ejisu MP, John Kumah....

MP proposes solution to hospitals’ indebtedness to ECG

Member of Parliament (MP) for Nabdam in the Upper East region, Mark Kurt Nawaane, has proposed that public hospitals should be powered by solar...

Four injured as car rams into food joint at Awutu Bereku

Four people are seriously injured after a private car ran into a food joint at Awutu Bereku in the Awutu Senya West District of...

Health Ministry responds to KATH doctors’ eviction notice

The Ministry of Health has responded to the eviction notice served doctors of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) on their residential apartments. ...

Shocking words of taxi driver in drunken state after accident [Video]

https://youtu.be/8SCaGAERAnQ A yet-to-be identified taxi driver captured in a drunken state is unperturbed about his actions after he ran into a shop at Kokomlemle. The...

8 feared dead in ghastly accident on Kumasi-Techiman Highway

About eight people have been reported dead in a ghastly accident at Nkenkasu on the Offinso-Techiman Highway in the Ashanti Region. The unfortunate incident is...

Kenya leads Effort to Fight Snakebite Venom across Africa

The Ministry of Health, through the Kenya Institute of Primate Research (KIPRE), has launched the African Snakebite Alliance (ASA), uniting Kenya, Eswatini, Ghana, Malawi,...

Court issues arrest warrant for woman who allegedly insulted Okyenhene

The Ayensuano District Court in Coaltar has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of one Gertrude Oppong for disobeying an order to appear...

ECG’s target on health sector is a strategic move – CDD Fellow

A research fellow at the Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), has described as strategic, the Electricity Company of Ghana's (ECG) decision to issue a...

Torrential rain displaces almost 700 people, destroys 87 houses in Debibi

Almost 700 people have been rendered homeless, and the roofs of 87 houses ripped off at Debibi, a farming community in the Tain District...

Government implored to prioritise women’s needs

A forum to mark this year's International Women's Day at Sege in the Ada West District of the Greater Accra region has reiterated the...

ECG’s 72-hour ultimatum to hospitals unreasonable – GMA General Secretary

The General Secretary of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA), Dr Richard Selormey, has criticised the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) for its stringent 72-hour...

Nkwanta South MP donates computers to Ntruboman SHS

The Member of Parliament(MP) for Nkwanta South, Geoffrey Kini, has donated computers to Ntruboman Senior High School (SHS)l in the Oti Region in a...

Waala Traditional Council honours Gifty Anti [Photos]

The Waala Traditional Council in the Upper West region has honoured renowned Ghanaian media personality, Oheneyere Gifty Anti. This was at a durbar...