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Drama as New Force spokesperson is re-arrested for repatriation after prosecutors dropped charges

The Ghana Immigration Service has revoked the residency permit of spokesperson for the New Force, Shalimar Abbuissi, to stay in the country. The Immigration...

Achimota Rastafarian student scores 8 A1s in 2023 WASSCE

The 2023 West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results of Tyrone Iras Marhguy, who was nearly denied admission at Achimota Senior High School (SHS) have...

Update: Amma Busia’s passing and public visits

The Sofoase Yefri, Nkwaduano Yefri royal families, and the Pampaaso family of Wenchi in the Bono Region have provided further updates on the passing...

Koku Anyidoho inducted into Ghana Psychology Council

The founder and CEO of the Atta-Mills Institute, Samuel Koku Anyidoho, has been inducted into the Ghana Psychology Council (GPC). The event which took...

2023 Media Capacity Enhancement Programme opens in Accra

The 2023 edition of Ghana’s Media Capacity Enhancement Programme (MCEP) has commenced in Accra. The programme aimed at equipping journalists with essential skills and knowledge,...

Assembly Elections: Distribution of materials delays voting in Ablekuma North

 The distribution of electoral materials to various polling stations within the Ablekuma North District has delayed the opening of polls due to what officials...

Ablakwa accuses gov’t of concealing ECOWAS’s GHS2.4million for flood victims

Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has accused the Akufo-Addo-led government of concealing an amount of US$200,000.00 equivalent to GHS2.4 million...

The Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) Africa Unveils Top 5 Startups Vying for $50K Equity Prize in 2023 MEST Africa Challenge

The MEST Africa Challenge (MAC) (MeltWater.org), an Africa-wide pitch competition for early-stage technology startups, is proud to announce the top 5 Regional Winners who...

Shaping tomorrow’s investments: A triumph of collaboration at the Africa Early Stage Investor Summit 2023

The Africa Early Stage Investor Summit 2023, concluded with resounding success, bringing together 350+ investors, founders, and industry leaders from across the continent. The...

Malawi: African Development Bank approves USD 7 million Trade Finance Transaction Guarantee Facility for NBS Bank to support Small and Medium-size Enterprises and local...

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) on Monday, 4 December 2023 approved a USD 7 million Trade Finance Transaction...

Assembly election in Duta hit with injunction

Five people in Duta Electoral Area of the Ketu South municipality have filed an interim injunction against the District Level Elections in the area...

High Court dismisses motion by Deloitte, awards GH₵2000 cost

An Accra High Court has refused a motion filed by Deloitte and Touché to segregate two out of the 10 issues to be determined...

Minister urges Ghanaians to prioritise district Assembly elections

The Oti Regional Minister, Dr. Joshua Makubu, has urged Ghanaians to prioritise the upcoming district Assembly elections, emphasizing their crucial role in governance for...

SML contract is inimical to Ghana’s development – John Jinapor

The Ranking Member of Parliament's Mines and Energy Committee, John Jinapor has opposed the government's 10-year contract with Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited (SML), describing...

‘This is thievery’ – IES on Finance Ministry’s 10-year SML contract

The Executive Director of the Institute of Energy Security (IES), Nana Amoasi VII, has described as ‘thievery’ the Finance Ministry’s 10-year contract with Strategic...

Burkina Faso Solar Grandmothers initiative: Global Green Growth Institute’s (GGGI) contribution to the rural energy transition process

History of the "Solar Grandmothers" initiative During the India-Africa Forum held in New Delhi in April 2008, an agreement was reached between the Government of...

Nana Amoako Poku is Offinsohene-elect, introduced at Asanteman Council meeting

Nana Amoako Poku, a 68-year-old royal of Offinso Ahyirem Royal Family, has been named as the Offinsohene elect. His name came up at an Asanteman...

Sampa gets new paramount chief

History was made at Manhyia Palace, Kumasi on Monday when a 45-year-old Justice of the Court of Appeal swore the oath of allegiance to...

Latest on Kasoa ritual murder will shock you

A Pathologist at the Police Hospital, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Dr. Osei Owusu-Afriyie has told the High Court in Accra that Ishmael Mensah Abdullah,...

2023 WASSCE: Results of some students withheld over AI answers

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has explained why it is withholding some results of 2023 West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE). In a...

Africa gets shot in the arm as African Pharmaceutical Technology Foundation gets underway

Africa’s efforts to build a resilient and self-reliant pharmaceutical industry for the continent advanced significantly today as the African Pharmaceutical Technology Foundation and the...

Akufo-Addo will miss the biggest opportunity to remake history as Tema motorway remains funeral grounds

If contract duration, averagely is anything to go by, President Akufo-Addo and his government will miss fine the opportunity to make history. The confusion and...

FDA confiscates, destroys expired post pills, aphrodisiac, milk, others

The Western North Regional Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has confiscated and burned unwholesome items from various shops across the nine districts in the...

Trainee nurses and midwives to protest over arrears

The Ghana Nurse-Midwife Trainees Association (GNMTA) is threatening to protest over unpaid arrears. The Association claimed government is yet to fulfill its promise to pay...

Media accreditation process for The Best FIFA Football Awardsâ„¢ launched

FIFA (https://www.FIFA.com) is pleased to announce that the media accreditation process for The Best FIFA Football Awardsâ„¢ 2023, which will take place at the...

Prince David Osei joins #PlayGhana campaign

Actor, Prince David Osei has joined the #PlayGhana campaign aimed at getting DJs to play more Ghanaian songs than foreign ones. In his view, until...

Okyenhene install new Twafohene after 58 years vacancy

Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panie has elevated the Etwienana Hene of Kyebi Barima Kwaku Dua to the higher traditional office of Twafohene. The Twafohene stool occupied...

GNAPS donates GH₵50,000 to flood victims in lower Volta [Photos]

The Ghana National Association of Private Schools (GNAPS) has emerged as a beacon of hope for the flood victims in the Lower Volta region...

EC excludes Nkronza North and South from district Assembly election

The Electoral Commission (EC) has said voters in Nkoranza North and South Districts will not partake in the upcoming district Assembly elections. The Director in charge of...

WAEC releases 2023 WASSCE results; 4,878 blocked

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has released the provisional results of the 2023 West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). The Council, in a...

Traditional Chinese Medicine Center unveiled in Tunis

A Traditional Chinese Medicine Center was unveiled on Friday in the Tunisian capital Tunis. A ceremony was held to mark the establishment of the center,...

Ghana Air Force pilots abandoning service due to lack of aircraft

A report by Parliament's Defence and Interior Committee has revealed that a significant number of pilots in the Ghana Air Forces are leaving the...

Lithium deal signed without proper due diligence, consultations – UTAG-UG

The University of Ghana branch of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG-UG), has criticised the government for the Lithium deal with Barari DV,...

Ghana Navy intercepts canoe suspected to be carrying narcotics

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has announced that the Ada Foah Detachment of the Riverine Command of the Ghana Navy has intercepted a canoe...

Clergy charges politicians to serve with humility

In a thought-provoking sermon delivered at the climax of the four days Christmas convention by the Dansoman District Head of The Apostles’ Continuation Church,...

Prospectus, other expenses by parents outweigh cost under free SHS – Report

A study conducted by African Education Watch, an educational civil society organisation, has revealed that prospectus and other expenses by parents outweigh the cost...

91 ambulances imported in 2020 not operational – Akandoh alleges

The Ranking Member on the Health Committee of Parliament, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has disclosed that 91 out of the 307 ambulances imported and commissioned...

Pentecostal and Charismatic Council backs anti-LGBTQI+ Bill

The Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council (GPCC) has thrown its weight behind the Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, 2021 that...

An unequal world: Designing a safer, healthier place for women and girls in Argentina, Cameroon and Uganda

What would the world look like if it was designed by and for women?  For one thing, it would be safer. Cars would be equipped...

Mysterious fire outbreak at Bibiani: Over 15 rendered homeless

Over 15 persons have been rendered homeless in a mysterious house fire at at Bibiani Old Town in the Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai Municipal of...