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Konongo residents attack fire officers for arriving late to an outbreak

Some angry residents in Konongo, within the Asante Akim Central Municipality of the Ashanti Region, attacked fire officers and caused damage to a tender. The...

NACOC seizes 4,734.34kg varieties of Tramadol tablets

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has intercepted several capsules and tables of tramadol at the Tema Port. A total of 1,035,000 tablets and capsules...

Afreximbank, Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF) and Rebranding Africa Forum (RAF) join hands to position football as a lever for growth and promote gender...

On the sidelines of the semi-finals of the 2023 TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank or “the Bank”) (www.Afreximbank.com), the...

Water shortage in Tamale: MPs appeal to National Security and Water Resources Ministry to deploy water tankers

Members of Parliament has made an appeal to the National Security and Ministry of Water Resources to deploy water tankers to Tamale which is...

SSNIT donates GH¢1m for pensioners’ healthcare

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has continued its support for the National Pensioners Association (NPA) by presenting a cheque of GH¢1...

Accident victims have up to 3 years to claim benefits – Lawyer

Lawyer and Chartered Insurer, Jeffery Koranteng, says that persons injured in a road accident have up to three years to put in a claim...

January window continues trend in international transfers

5,073 international transfers completed across men’s and women’s football, yet another increase compared to the previous record set in January 2023; Clubs’ total spending...

Military clash with irate Kasoa youth over land

Tension erupted at Awutu Prison Junction in the Awutu Senya East Municipality of the Central Region as over 200 irate youth clashed with military...

Fire guts 8-bedroom house at Obuasi Anyimadukrom

A devastating fire has ravaged through 8 bedrooms, reducing them to ashes, in Obuasi Anyimadukrom, located in the Obuasi East district of the Ashanti...

South Sudan Launches Yellow Fever Vaccination Campaign to halt outbreak in Western Equatoria State

In response to the confirmed outbreak of yellow fever on 24 December 2023, with two laboratory-confirmed cases identified in Western Equatoria State, the Ministry...

Radisson Hotel Group to maintain expansion momentum in the Middle East and Africa, building on a year of record success

Radisson Hotel Group (www.RadissonHotels.com) solidified its position as one of the leading international hotel groups in the Middle East and Africa during 2023 by signing...

As cholera remains a concern in the region, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and partners are working to support vulnerable children and families

Thirteen countries in Eastern and Southern Africa are currently responding to cholera, most recently Comoros, Zimbabwe and Zambia. In some countries, 52 per cent...

NaCCA assigns QR codes to approved textbooks

The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) has introduced Quick Response Codes (QR codes) on textbooks to help users differentiate between approved and...

We didn’t discuss seeking spiritual assistance – Kasoa teenager tells court

The 18-year-old arrested in connection with the Kasoa murder case has denied that he and the 15-year-old accused person discussed how to seek spiritual...

Ayeboafo responds to GJA: Blacklisting politicians is not “part of democratic culture”

The Chairman of the National Media Commission (NMC),Yaw Boadu Ayeboafo continues to disagree with the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) over a directive issued by...

NMC’s comment on GJA blacklisting of politicians unfortunate – Sulemana Braimah

The Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Sulemana Braimah, has described comments by the Chairman of the National Media Commission...

United States Agency for International Development (USAID) supports United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) efforts to alleviate hunger and malnutrition among Malian refugees in...

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID)’s Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) has generously contributed US$5 million to the United Nations World Food...

Fetish priest, two others arrested over murder at Akatsi South 

The Akatsi Police in the Akatsi South Municipality of the Volta Region, has arrested three suspects for allegedly killing a 31-year-old man at Wlitey-Agamakope   The...

Latest on Walewale robbery

One person has been pronounced dead and eight people, including a five year old child, are battling for their lives at the Tamale Teaching...

Yellow Card introduces USD Coin (USDC) on Stellar Network for Lightning-Fast Cross-Border Transactions

As Africa slowly inches towards widespread adoption of digital assets, it has become imperative that exchanges provide more cost-effective ways for buying, selling, receiving,...

Opuni Trial: Opuni closes defence, Agongo to open defence

The Counsel for Dr. Stephen Opuni, a former Chief Executive of COCOBOD, told an Accra High Court that his client will not personally testify,...

Media has right to blackout individuals who flout press freedom rule – Prof Karikari

A professor of Journalism and Mass Communication, Kwame Karikari, has asserted that the media has the right to exercise its discretion and blackout any...

Government pledges to ensure smooth reintegration of Libya returnees

Government and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) have pledged to ensure that the 143 Ghanaian migrants who voluntarily decided to return from Libya...

Sudan facing catastrophic hunger crisis

Eatizaz Yousif, Country Director, IRC, Sudan said; "Following continued violence since April of last year, Sudan now faces the most severe hunger levels ever witnessed...

Every SHS student to get a tablet by April – Education Minister

The Minister of Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, has announced plans by government to distribute over 1.4 million tablets to students in Senior High...

GES begins probe into tragic death of Aburi Girls student

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has commenced an internal inquiry into the tragic demise of a first-year student at Aburi Girls Senior High School,...

IMANI Report: Negative sentiments towards Bawumia triple after #Bawumiaspeaks

IMANI, a prominent think tank in Ghana, has released the third episode of its Public Understanding and Literacy for Sentiment and Election analysis (PULSE)...

Do you also engage in exam malpractice? – Akufo-Addo to Wesley Girls [VIDEO]

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in a sarcastic reaction to a recent comment by former President John Mahama on examination malpractices, has inquired from...

Canon Europe approved as an affiliate member of the Global Ecolabelling Network

Canon Europe (www.Canon-Europe.com/) has today announced it has been accepted as an affiliate member to the Global Ecolabelling Network (https://apo-opa.co/3wdFOUj) and it now joins a...

Ghana Prisons Service breaks silence on inmate’s escape

The Ghana Prisons Service has confirmed the escape of a Chinese inmate who was receiving treatment at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital. The...

Man absconds after impregnating minor

A 14-year-old girl has become a teenage mother after she was allegedly defiled by a man who has since absconded. The primary 6 pupil...

Fire destroys NPP Chairman’s 15-bedroom house [Photos]

Savannah Regional New Patriotic Party (NPP) Chairman, Sulemana Iddrisu, popularly known as Professor Kalamonia, has reacted to the burning of his 15-bedroom house at...

Five injured in accident on Kumasi-Accra Highway

Five people on board a Toyota Corolla car, including the driver, have sustained body injuries after a near-gory road accident. This was after the Toyota...

Upper West Regional Minister reacts to Jirapa Dubai’s CEO murder

The Upper West Regional Minister, Hafiz Bin Salih, has described the death of the owner of Cossy Hill Hotel popularly known as Jirapa Dubai,...

GIBA commemorates 2024 World Radio Day

In commemoration of the 2024 World Radio Day, the Ghana Independent Broadcasters Association (GIBA) has urged all broadcasters to focus on the power of...

One person killed, 5 injured in New York subway shooting

One person has been killed and five others injured in a shooting at a subway station in New York City, authorities in the United...

Todd Burns to serve as keynote speaker at the 2nd Canada-Africa Business Conference in Nairobi, Kenya

The Canada-Africa Chamber of Business (www.CanadaAfrica.ca) is pleased Todd Burns, CEO of Cypher Environmental, will serve as keynote speaker at our 2nd Canada-Africa Business Conference...

Demand action from police, judiciary over assault on journalists – Oppong Nkrumah to GJA

The Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has urged the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) to increase pressure on the Ghana Police Service and the Judiciary...

Gov’t hasn’t abandoned Akosombo flood victims – Volta Regional Minister

Volta Region Minister, Dr Archibald Lesta has debunked claims that victims of the Akosombo Dam spillage have been abandoned. This comment follows concerns...

Anger and shock as police probe Jirapa Dubai CEO’s death

Residents of Jirapa in the Upper West Region together with the family of respected entrepreneur and CEO of the Royal Cosy Hills Hotel, are...