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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...

17,340 out-of-school children reintegrated into mainstream schools in 2023

President Akufo-Addo says 17,340 out-of-school children have been reintegrated into mainstream formal schools through the Ghana Education Outcomes Project (GEOP). “The goal of GEOP...

2024 SONA: Akufo-Addo announces juicy package for film industry

President Nana Akufo-Addo has announced plans to introduce 20% tax incentives for the film industry. According to him, the tax rebate which will be...

Mason convicted for defiling primary four pupil

The Tarkwa Circuit Court has convicted a mason to 15 years Imprisonment for defiling a primary four pupil in an uncompleted building at Himan-Prestea in...

BoG revises balance, transaction limits of MoMo wallets upwards

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has revised the balance and transaction limits of customers' mobile money wallets upward, effective March 1, 2024. A statement...

Corruption fight: Akufo-Addo’s inaction creates bad impression – Former UN Governance Advisor

Chief Executive Officer of Kufuor Foundation and former United Nations (UN) Senior Governance Advisor, Baffour Agyemang-Duah has voiced concern about the public's perception of...

Balance economic growth against sustainable environment – Nana Barima Kodie Oppong advocates

Director of Ghana School of Law Chairs a Session of Borneo Rainforest Law Conference 2024, Advocating for Environmental Good Governance. In a groundbreaking initiative towards...

Jospong breaks into Africa… signs deal to build waste treatment plants in Lagos

The Jospong Group of Companies (JCG) has entered into agreement with the Lagos State Government through the Ministry of Environment and Water Resources to...

JoyNews Gets Results: 19-year-old with defective hips undergoes surgery

Godfred Aidoo, a 19-year-old, battled a bone condition that impeded his ability to stand and walk straight. The second-year student at Mando Senior High School...

Do not assent to anti-LGBTQI+ Bill – CDD urges Akufo-Addo

The Ghana Centre for Democratic Development is urging President Akufo-Addo not assent to the anti- LGBTQI+ Bill. The Bill which when passed into law will...

Mason arrested for stealing three goats

A 42-year-old mason, Bodai Kipo has been apprehended by the police at Horiyiri, a farming community in the Sawla district of the Savannah...

Orange Middle East and Africa strengthens its collaboration with the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency of the World Bank for the coverage of its footprint

Orange Middle East and Africa (OMEA) (https://www.Orange.com) joins forces with the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency of the World Bank (MIGA) to ensure the guarantees of...

Vaccinating 3.1 million Children to control polio outbreak in South Sudan

Today, South Sudan launched a nationwide polio campaign aiming at vaccinating 3.1 million children using the novel oral polio vaccine type 2. The novel oral...

2024 SONA: Govt to rename Kumasi and Tamale airports

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo announced that, government will rename the Kumasi and Tamale International airports. The Kumasi International Airport will be renamed the...

Global Black Impact Summit (GBIS) 2024: Celebrating Black Excellence in Sports and Fashion

The power of Black excellence in sports and fashion came to the fore during two panel discussions at the Global Black Impact Summit (GBIS)...

8 shops burn to ashes at Obuasi Black Park

A devastating fire outbreak has resulted in the destruction of containers at Obuasi Black Park in the Ashanti Region. The blaze, which started from a...