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New emission tax is double taxation – Okada Riders Association

The President of the Okada Riders Association of Ghana has expressed concerns about the emission tax, labelling it as double taxation. Michael Kofi Owusu explained...

Nhyira FM recognized with Silver Creator Award by YouTube for reaching 100,000 subscribers in 3 years

Nhyira FM has been recognized by YouTube after the company reached a record milestone of One Hundred Thousand subscribers in record 3 years. On March...

GPRTU to incorporate emissions tax into upcoming fare adjustments

Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has hinted at an increase in fares following the implementation of the Emissions Levy Act, 2023 (Act 1112). Despite...

Empowering Women in Agribusiness: United Nations (UN) Women Uganda Leads Transformative Summit to Bridge Gender Disparities and Unlock Opportunities

Uganda boasts a considerable agricultural workforce, with approximately 3.9 million women contributing to the sector across 7 million agricultural households. However, a significant gender...

NRSA to begin registration of road transport service providers effective March 2024

The National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) has begun a process to register road transport service providers including transport companies, unions, transport departments of all...

Nationwide Rollout of the Insecticide Treated Nets (ITNs) Mass Distribution Campaign in Sierra Leone

After a successful pilot phase of the Insecticide Treated Nets (ITNs) mass distribution pilot campaign in Bo district in November 2023, the MoH with...

Reckless lifestyle of the young accounts for increasing HIV cases – Kyeremeh Atuahene

The Ghana AIDS Commission attributes the increasing cases of HIV in the country to the reckless lifestyle of young people. According to the Commission, people...

Nkwanta North: DCE urges teachers to address falling education standards

The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Nkwanta North in the Oti region, William Nawugma Kidinan, has called on teachers to intensify efforts to address...

DLA Piper Africa office in Nigeria appoints new Managing Partner

DLA Piper (www.DLAPiper.com) Africa’s Nigeria office (Olajide Oyewole LLP) has announced the appointment of Mrs Bola Tinubu as its Managing Partner, effective 1 January...

Woman beats 97 students from KNUST, UCC to emerge agriculture champion

Agrihouse Foundation has presented a shop to Charlotte Yawa Sodzedo, the winner of the 6th edition Agricultural Student Boot Camp (AGSTUD), held at Adidome...

Korle Bu upgrades 30 wards as part of centenary celebration

Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) in Accra will renovate over 30 wards of the hospital as part of its centenary celebration this year. The exercise,...

ECG Ada District embarks on anti-bushfire advocacy

The Ada District of the Tema Region of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) is appealing for public support against the prevention of bushfires,...

Government must be blamed for state of health facilities – Nabdam MP

Member of Parliament (MP) for Nabdam in the Upper East region, Mark Kurt Nawaane, has blamed the shortage of vital equipment in hospitals on...

Bamboi Polyclinic attains SafeCare’s high international certification for quality healthcare delivery

In a significant stride for healthcare in Ghana, the Bamboi Polyclinic has been awarded Level 4 on SafeCare Quality Standards, an international benchmark for...

PAC proposes ‘third layer’ to validate salaries of GES staff

The Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament, James Klutse Avedzi, has advocated a "third layer" within the Ghana Education Service to...

GAF holds pulling out ceremony for outgoing Chief of Defense Staff

The Ghana Armed Forces is holding a pulling-out ceremony for Vice Admiral Seth Amoama, the outgoing Chief of Defense Staff, who served for three...

Latest update on JB Danquah killer’s case

Justice Lydia Osei Marfo, the presiding judge in the case in which Daniel Asiedu is facing a jury trial for the murder of Joseph...

TEWU strike: Students denied access to facilities on campus

Students of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have been left stranded on campus as they were denied access to some facilities...

Feyiase residents save driver trapped under his truck after accident

Residents of Feyiase in the Bosomtwe District of the Ashanti Region have saved a truck driver who was trapped in his car after an...

May they rot in jail – Late Major Mahama’s mother to killers [Watch]

The mother of the late Major Maxwell Mahama has reacted to the life sentence handed down to 12 individuals found guilty of her son's...

How surfing is challenging tradition in a Ghanaian town

It started with a magazine cutting. Appearing in Surfer, the article was titled 'Africa - Home of Surfing?' and illustrated with a heavy-handed caricature of...

Govt completes four toilet facilities in Oforikrom Municipality

The government has completed and commissioned four modern institutional toilet facilities with changing rooms under the Sanitation and Water Project within Oforikrom Municipality. The Municipal...

International Rescue Committee (IRC) raises alarm as cholera outbreak surges in Somalia, following El Niño rains

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is sounding an alarm following a rapidly spreading cholera outbreak in Somalia’s central region of Hiraan following intense flooding...

Hospital ship arrives in Madagascar to deliver surgical care and training

International charity Mercy Ships (www.MercyShips.Africa) today returned to Madagascar to bring transformative surgical education and free, life-changing surgeries.   Freshly refitted hospital ship, the upgraded...

Tension as group breaks into stool room of Adwampong royal family

There is brewing tension in the New Juaben traditional area after a group of individuals, under the supervision of the New Juaben Divisional Police...

Reload Logistics Expands Portfolio with Sulphur Bulk Terminal Acquisition in Richards Bay

Reload Logistics (ReloadLogistics.com), a leading provider of end-to-end supply chain solutions in Africa, has recently acquired a 50,000 sqm Sulphur Bulk Terminal in Richards...

5 persons in court for stealing fish

A Chief Magistrate Court in Nigerian on Wednesday, ordered the remand of three fishermen and two businesswomen at the correctional centre for allegedly conspiring...

Who will take care of me now? – Father of jailed Denkyira-Obuasi assemblyman cries

John Kojo Baah, the father of the former Assemblyman of Denkyira-Obuasi has described as unfortunate the court’s decision to jail his son over the...

Major Mahama: Our children now school dropouts – Wife of former Assemblyman cries [Watch]

Yaa Ampofowaa, the wife of the former Assemblyman for Denkyira-Obuasi jailed for the murder of Major Maxwell Mahama says their children have dropped out...

Mondelēz International is among Africa’s Top Employers for Fifth Consecutive Year

Mondelēz International (www.MondelezInternational.com) was recognised by the Top Employers Institute as a Top Employer in Africa for the fifth consecutive year. The leading multinational confectionery,...

FIFA Museum in Zurich celebrates record-breaking year, with 273,000 visitors in 2023

The FIFA Museum (www.FIFA.com), the home of international football history and culture, reached a new milestone in 2023 by welcoming 273,000 visitors, the highest...

TEWU to meet Finance Ministry on Friday

The Tertiary Education Workers Union of Ghana declared a nationwide strike effective February 1 over non-payment of allowances. Speaking in an interview on Adom FM's...

ECG to begin operation ‘No free consumption’ today

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) is set to initiate a crackdown dubbed operation 'No Free Consumption' starting Thursday, February 1. During this period,...

My husband was not even around when it happened – Wife of jailed Denkyira-Obuasi Assembly member speaks

Yaa Ampofowaa, the wife of the former Assembly member of Denkyira-Obuasi, has broken her silence after her husband was jailed for the death of...

19% of Ghanaian women support husbands disciplining their wives for burning food while cooking

More Ghanaian women than men believe there is nothing wrong with domestic violence in relation to men beating their wives.  This is according to the...

It’s better to learn under trees than not to be educated – Vincent Assafuah

The Member of Parliament for the Old Tafo constituency, Vincent Ekow Assafuah, has defended the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy, asserting that it...

African Development Bank launches historic 10.5-year inaugural USD Global Sustainable Hybrid transaction

The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org), rated Aaa/AAA/AAA/AAA (Moody’s/S&P/Fitch/Japan Credit Rating, all stable) has successfully launched and priced its first Sustainable US dollar-denominated 750 million...

7 scams to watch out for in 2024

Watch out! In 2024, scammers have some new tricks up their sleeve, such as deepfake impersonation. That is why fostering a zero-trust mindset can...

NLC lashes out at teacher unions over ‘unmeritorious’ strike

The Executive Secretary of the National Labour Commission (NLC), Ofosu Asamoah, has criticised the ongoing strike by labour unions in the educational sector, branding...

Partner govt to exploit huge deposits of gold in Dollar Power – Lands Minister to investors

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel A. Jinapor has called on the investor community to partner Government to establish a large-scale mining...