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Location of STEM Schools politically motivated – Dr Apaak

A Deputy Ranking member of Education Committee in Parliament, Dr. Clement Apaak has accused the Akufo-Addo Bawumia administration of playing politics with Ghana’s education. The...

GUTA’s proposal to gov’t over Import Restrictions Bill

The Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) has called on the government to provide details and timelines for the implementation of the Import Restrictions...

GES sends message to 2023 BECE graduates on SHS placement

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced the release Senior High School (SHS) placement for 2023/24 academic year. In view of this, the 2023 Computerized School Selection and...

Zoomlion Communications team honored at the 5th National Communications Awards

In recognition of excellence in communication, Zoomlion Ghana Limited's Communications team, has emerged triumphant at the prestigious 5th National Communications Awards (NCA 2023) and...

Check out the new MTN data prices

Telecommunications giant MTN Ghana has officially released its updated tariffs, effective today, November 28, 2023. In an advertisement featured in the November 28, 2023 edition...

How will I be corrupted by giving you the license to import strategic products? – K.T Hammond

The Minister of Trade and Industry, Kobina Tahir Hammond has downplayed suggestions that the strategic products legislative instrument (L.I) will induce corruption at the...

“If we don’t invest now, we will find somebody from Europe, America or China coming to own what is ours” – Herbert Mensah, President...

Herbert Mensah, the newly elected President of Rugby Africa (www.RugbyAfrique.com), the continental governing body for rugby in Africa, engaged in an interview with African...

Top police officer, another granted bail for unlawful possession of narcotic drugs

The Gbetsile Circuit Court has granted bail in the sum of GH₵ 200,000 to Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Nasiru Amadu and No. 51836...

Gov’t bent on protecting natural landscape from destructive forces of bush-fires – Interior Minister

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has launched a National Bush-fire Prevention campaign with the assurance by the government to protect the country's natural...

Friday, December 1 declared as public holiday

Government, through the Interior Ministry, has declared Friday, December 1, 2023, as a statutory holiday to mark the annual Farmers’ Day celebration. A statement, signed by the...

GES, why must I pay to access my BECE results?

This is an Open Letter to the Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Dr. Eric Nkansah. The writer wants to know, among other things,...

Right quantities of products will be imported to prevent shortage and inflation – K.T Hammond

The Trade and Industry Minister, K.T. Hammond, has assured the populace that the proposed Legislative Instrument (LI) on Export and Import, specifically focusing on...

United States (U.S.) and African Development Bank Collaborate to Accelerate Africa’s Digital Transformation

The U.S. Commercial Service and the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) have announced a new strategic collaboration in a move to drive digital transformation across Africa. Unveiled...

Islamic Development Bank Institute Joins Forces with Nigerian Exchange Limited to Boost Islamic Capital Markets in Nigeria

The Islamic Development Bank Institute (IsDB Institute) (https://IsDBInstitute.org) joined forces with the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) to deliver an influential Islamic capital markets capacity-building...

Minority has stabbed me in the back – K.T Hammond

The Minister of Trade and Industry, Kobina Tahir Hammond, known to many as K. T. Hammond, has expressed feeling betrayed by the Minority in...

Five reported dead in accident on Sunyani-Berekum Highway 

A tragic accident on the Sunyani-Berekum Highway has left five individuals feared dead. According to the Ghana News Agency (GNA), the incident occurred around 1400...

24-hour economy: Unemployed youth can’t have erection – Minister slammed

A member of the communication team for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Beatrice Annan, has criticized the Upper East Regional Minister, Stephen Yakubu, for...

Bureau Veritas AgriFood goes Solar in Cape Town

Bureau Veritas (https://group.BureauVeritas.com), a global leader in testing, inspection, and certification, announces that Bureau Veritas’s AgriFood Laboratory in Cape Town has successfully completed a...

Man shot dead at Odomi in Oti Region

A man, believed to be in his 50s, has been gunned down by an unknown assailant at Odomi in the Nkwanta South Municipality of...

9-year old-boy electrocuted at Jei Krodua

A 9-year-old boy named Hidayatu Ardey has been electrocuted at Jei-Krodua in the Awutu Senya West District of the Central Region. According to reports, the...

It’s time to understand homosexuality – Cardinal Peter Turkson

Cardinal Peter Turkson has that said LGBT people should not be criminalised because they have committed no crime. He has often been tipped as a...

Publishers were not ready for the new curriculum – NaCCA over delayed distribution of textbooks

The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) is attributing the delayed distribution of new textbooks for public and private basic schools to the...

Hundreds displaced in Dawhenya over spillage of irrigation dam

Hundreds of residents at Dawhenya near Prampram in the Greater Accra Region have been displaced following the flooding of their homes caused by the...

2-year-old boy found in bush handed over to Social Welfare

The 2-year-old boy who was on the verge of being sacrificed for ritual purposes at Senya Bereku in the Central region has been handed...

Parents prioritise farming over schooling for their wards – Boankra M/A Headteacher bemoans

The headteacher of Boankra M/A primary and JHS in the Ejisu Municipality of the Ashanti Region, Kojo Frimpong, has bemoaned the low enrolment of...

Nkwanta South traders take to the streets amidst ethnic clashes

Traders in the Nkwanta South Municipality of the Oti Region took to the main streets on Monday, a week after ethnic clashes led to...

Labianca case: Special Prosecutor rejects court verdict

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) says it does not agree with the ruling of the Accra High Court on the Labianca case. Early...

United Nations Industrial Development Organization and Orange partner to transform Egypt’s mobile and network/IT equipment markets through circular solutions

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and Orange (www.Orange.com) have joined forces to support over the next two years the establishment of a...

Radisson Hotel Group, in partnership with Edo State Government (EDSG), further expands its portfolio in Nigeria with its debut in Benin City, Edo State

Radisson Hotel Group (www.RadissonHotels.com), in partnership with the Edo State Government, is proud to announce its progressed expansion in Nigeria with the signing of...

COCOSHE sends reminder to COCOBOD over mosquito, torch lights distribution

The Ghana Cocoa, Coffee and Shea nut Farmers Association (COCOSHE) has called out the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) over the distribution of mosquito nets...

Mahama Ayariga condemns Bawku killings

The Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga, has condemned the killing of two persons in Bawku in the Upper East Region. Driver Razak...

Talented people are quitting music in Ghana every day – Mr Logic

Artiste manager and entertainment critic, Mr Logic has backed his artiste, Mo' Spence's comments that some Ghanaian musicians are better off quitting music. The...

Hunter, police rescue 2-year-old boy from ritual abduction in Senya Bereku

A hunter and police officers have successfully rescued a 2-year-old boy with autism from an attempted ritual abduction. This unfortunate incident took place in Senya...

Fintech Company, Grey, Unveils New Look to Support its Global Expansion Strategy

Grey (https://Grey.co), a leading cross-border fintech company, has embarked on a significant global brand rebranding initiative, revealing a fresh logo and website design. This...

Man butchers friend at Millennium City

The Central East Regional Police Command has arrested a 40-year-old man, Kofi Richard popularly known as "Ofon Nye Owuo" for killing his friend at...

Labianca Case: Col. Damoah, another, secure restraining order against OSP

Colonel Kwadwo Damoah, a former Commissioner of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority, and Joseph Adu-Kyei, a Deputy Commissioner of the Division,...

Bryan Acheampong chairs Cote d’Ivoire-Ghana Cocoa Initiative 

The Chairmanship of the Côte d'Ivoire-Ghana Cocoa Initiative (CIGCI) has been assumed by Bryan Acheampong, the Minister of Food and Agriculture, during the 5th...

Suma Traditional Council enstools Bagbin as chief

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has been enstooled as Nana Adasuoko l, by the Suma Traditional Council in the Bono Region. ...

Nserewa Roadshow 2.0:  Where farming meets fun

Ghana’s agriculture potential has been enormous for ages, supporting the country’s economy as one of its mainstays all this while. However, the workforce is...

Commercial vehicle ambushed in Bawku, driver feared dead

A commercial vehicle has been ambushed in Bawku of the Upper East region. The incident occurred in the early hours of Monday, 27 November 2023. The...