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First boat to be built at Regional Maritime University

Managing Director of Lamar Marine Services, an agency of the Regional Maritime University (RMU), Mohamed Saleh Alshareef, has announced that the first boat will...

64% of Ghanaian workers financially stressed – Old Mutual Financial Services Monitor

Sixty four percent of working Ghanaians are financially stressed, particularly amongst lower income earners (below GH¢3,000 per month) and those working in the informal...

Companies laying off workers due to numerous taxes – GNCCI

The Chief Executive of the Ghana National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GNCCI), Mark Badu-Aboagye, has bemoaned the rate at which companies are collapsing...

Fishermen in Jamestown call on gov’t to provide resources to deal with growing waste

The shores of the James Town coastal community, once a safe haven for fishermen, are undergoing a rapid transformation. Plastic bags have emerged as...

Akufo-Addo reacts to Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger’s exit from ECOWAS

President Akufo-Addo has expressed his disappointment over the unfortunate choice made by Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso to withdraw from the Economic Community of...

Major General Onwona takes over as new Chief of Army Staff

Major General Bismarck Kwasi Onwona has taken over as the new Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF). This...

Electricity VAT: Next time they’ll tax the number of children we have if… – TUC

The Secretary General of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), Dr Anthony Yaw Baah has justified the union's decision to resist the 15 per cent...

House help accused of killing 83-year-old employer moved to prison

The Asokwa District Court has approved a police request to transfer 22-year-old house help, Marku Kuame, from their custody to prison. This move comes as...

15-year-old develops anti-sleep device for drivers after losing father, brother

Mary Manu, a 15-year-old girl, has birthed the development of a device that could help lessen the bloodshed on Ghana's roadways. The name...

Afoko retrial: Don’t rely on your memories, take notes – Defence lawyers urge jury

Defence lawyers in the case in which Gregory Afoko is standing retrial for the murder of New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Upper East Regional Chairman,...

UDS: Good news for students who were unable to complete their programmes

The Academic Board of the University of Development Studies (UDS) has declared amnesty for all diploma, degree, and postgraduate students who couldn't finish their...

Chamber of Real Estate to partner Chartered Institute of Realtors

The Chamber of Real Estate has announce its partnership with the Chartered Institute of Realtors (CIR). Chamber of Real Estate, is a conglomeration of real...

Loho residents storm police station over murder of musician by police

Aggrieved residents of Loho in the Nadowli-Kaleo District stormed the Upper West Regional Police Headquarters over the alleged murder of a 27-year-old musician, Amos...

Western North, Greater Accra top regions with most promiscuous men

Often, many men in Accra get bad press for supposedly having multiple sex partners. Their accusers were not exactly wrong as it turns out one...

Ghana Water reacts to alleged importation of ‘One Drop’ water treatment product

Ghana Water Limited (GWL) has responded to the recent claims made by Sam Nettey George, the Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram about the importation...

AAG appoints Isaac Cudjoe as Executive Director

Isaac Cudjoe has been appointed as the Executive Director of the Advertising Association of Ghana, effective February 1, 2024. The position was previously held by...

Organised Labour demo against electricity tax set for February 13

Organized Labour is set to embark on a nationwide protest against the government's implementation of a 15% Value Added Tax (VAT) on electricity. The union...

Puma Energy Ghana enabling energy access for clean cooking

Puma Energy Ghana, a leading energy company, has reiterated its commitment to enabling access to energy and specifically clean cooking solutions as the U.S....

600 students to benefit from scholarships as Jospong Group signs MoU with RUDN University

Over 600 Ghanaian students are to benefit from scholarship packages from the Jospong Group of Companies to study at the RUDN University in Russia...

TEWU and affiliated unions maintain strike after meeting with Finance Ministry ends in stalemate

Teachers and Educational Workers Union (TEWU) and other affiliated unions have communicated the outcome of their meeting with the Finance Ministry to their members. Despite...

My younger brother’s manhood is bigger than mine – Man cries on live radio [Listen]

How would you feel if your manhood became smaller and curved after circumcision? It's quite worrying, isn't it? That is the reality faced by a...

One feared dead in Tema motorway crash [Video]

A major gridlock has rocked the Accra-Tema Motorway on Friday afternoon, as the driver of a Hyundai truck with registration number GR 7015-N is...

Mali: humanitarian conditions worsen as over 4,000 new IDPs arrive this week in Menaka, warns International Rescue Committee (IRC)

7.1 million people; around 32% of the total population are in need of humanitarian assistance in Mali; Menaka region alone registered 4690 new IDPs in...

Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Hospital in Mogadishu reopens with new medical equipment after extensive renovations

The Sheikh Zayed Hospital in Mogadishu has been officially reopened with a special ceremony, in the presence of His Excellency Hamza Abdi Barre, Prime...

‘Flag Akwankyerɛ’: Travel prophesy leads to US flag shortage in Ghana

Exactly a year ago, the Ghana Police Service cautioned pastors against prophecies on the night of December 31 that might create fear and panic...

Foreign Minister announces her candidacy for Commonwealth Secretary General

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, has formally declared her interest to vie for the Secretary General position of...

Over half of physically, sexually abused women don’t seek help – GSS report

Over half of women who have been physically or sexually abused have not reported their abusers nor have they told anyone of their abuse. This...

16 drug addicts at Krofrom ‘Colombia’ in Kumasi submit to rehab

Sixteen drug addicts at 'Colombia', a popular den for drug addicts in Kumasi, have willingly submitted themselves to undergo rehabilitation. This follows an initiative by...

Police Service congratulates officer who graduated as valedictorian

The Ghana Police Service has celebrated Lance Corporal Richmond Nyarko Obeng for his exceptional academic achievements. The Police officer recently graduated as the valedictorian with...

Police officer interdicted for assault

Police officer, General Corporal Wise Bessey, has been interdicted by the Ghana Police Service for allegedly assaulting a civilian at Takoradi in the Western...

Man inflicts cutlass wounds on wife for alleged cheating at Sefwi Wenchi

A 51-year-old farmer, Yaw Takyi has allegedly inflicted cutlass wounds on his wife, Martha Takyi. He accused her of infidelity after 25 years of marriage...

This is what happens to men who are not circumcised

The National Vice President of trained Wanzam operators in Ghana, Akua Afriyie Nkrumah has explained the risk factors of not being circumcised. According to her,...

GSS sets record straight on latest report

The Acting Director of Demography at the Ghana Statistical Service, Godwin Odei Gyebi, has set the record straight on their recent 2022 Ghana Demographic...

Zambia steps up cervical cancer screening with human papillomavirus (HPV) testing

Zambia has the third highest burden of cervical cancer in the world, with an incidence rate of 65.5 per 100 000 women and a...

Ghana Meteo sends weather warning

There are rain and thunder clouds over the ocean of Ghana, Ghana Meteo Agency has warned.This will induce cloudiness over the east coast with...

Let no one feel discouraged to use the law – Chief Justice to judges

The Chief Justice, Justice Gertrude Sackey Torkornoo, has urged judges to uphold the principles of the law entrusted to them and conduct their duties...

Ambassador Chen Xiaodong Attended the Launch Event for Absa Group’s China Office

On January 31, 2024, Ambassador Chen Xiaodong and South African Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana jointly attended the launch event for Absa Group’s China...

Uganda: Policy reversal on livestock vaccination in the offing

The Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF), Hon. Frank Tumwebaze has said that government is considering a policy reversal on vaccination of...

Cultural exchanges highlighted at Chinese New Year celebration in Uganda

The fusion of Chinese and Ugandans in a Tai Chi performance here on Sunday at the Chinese New Year celebration was a sign of...

Bechem: Teacher allegedly beats student for failing to pay dining fees; mother demands probe

A parent of a Bechem Presbyterian Senior High School (PRESEC) student has appealed to the Ghana Education Service (GES) to investigate the circumstances leading...