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Akufo-Addo calls for 30% withdrawal of Ghana’s assets deposited abroad

President Akufo-Addo is proposing that Ghana withdraw at least 30 per cent of all public funds and other assets kept in foreign banks and...

Stalled for 20 years: University of Ghana’s Performing Arts building left to rot

A blanket of dust, as thick as the memories it enshrines, engulfs the visitor. The air, once filled with the promise of creative zeal,...

Akyem Asene: Pupils stranded as contractor locks up school

A contractor, Owusu Agyekum Kontoh has locked up the Akyem Asene Roman Catholic Basic School in the Asene-Manso-Akroso District of the Eastern Region. This follows...

Ken Ashigbey shades police for failing to make any arrests in Suale’s murder

Media rights advocate, Dr Kenneth Ashigbey has criticized the police for failing to arrest and prosecute any persons linked to the murder of investigative...

We won’t tolerate further delays on passage of Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill from you – Minority warns Afenyo-Markin

The Minority Caucus in Parliament has issued a stern warning against any further delays in the approval process of the bill aimed at promoting...

Daniel Asiedu killed J.B. Danquah Adu – Investigator states in Court

Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Retired Daniel Nkrumah, an investigator, has told an Accra High Court that Daniel Asiedu, aka Sexy Dondon, murdered former...

Woman, 65, raped and killed at Kwahu

The people of Kwahu Aseseɛso, a community in the Kwahu East District are in a state of dilemma and fear as a 65-year-old blind...

Ablakwa calls for replacement of documents for Akosombo Dam spillage victims

The Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has urged the government to take immediate action to replace identity documents lost by...

JB Danquah’s trial: Lawyer for suspect accuse Police of withholding critical information 

Lawyer for Daniel Aseidu, the man accused of masterminding the murder of  a former Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North Constituency, Joseph Boakye Danquah, has...

Unlocking Opportunities: Swedfund, African Development Bank Advance Collaboration on Private Sector Growth, Climate Action

An African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) team, led by Senior Vice President Bajabulile Swazi Tshabalala, on 15 February 2024, met with a delegation from...

Mike Oquaye Jnr. supports surgery of 8-month-old boy with defecating challenges

New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary candidate for Dome Kwabenya elections, Mike Oquaye Jnr. has covered the medical expenses of an 8-month-old boy diagnosed with...

Ghana Air Force showcases flight demonstration

The Ghana Air Force has organised a static display and flight demonstration to showcase the agility and performance of its aircraft as well as...

Ghanaian man killed in random shooting incident in Canada

A 39-year-old father of four from Ghana has been identified as the man killed in one of two seemingly random shootings in northwest Toronto...

Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI) accords Azentio Software’s iMAL latest version with compliance certification for 2024

Azentio Software (“Azentio”) (www.Azentio.com), a Singapore-headquartered technology firm owned by funds advised by Apax Partners (www.Apax.com), has announced that iMAL™ latest version and the...

Canon celebrates 21st consecutive year of No. 1 share of global interchangeable-lens digital camera market

Canon Inc. (Canon-CNA.com) announced today that the company’s interchangeable-lens digital cameras (digital SLR and mirrorless cameras) have maintained the No. 1 share1 of the...

Latest on Osino SHTS violent attack

Osino Presby Senior High Technical students (SHTS) in the Eastern region is under heavy police deployment following the violent attack on Monday that claimed one...

WAEC withholds results of 289 private WASSCE candidates

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has withheld the entire results of 289 candidates out of 37,825 candidates who sat for the 2023 private...

ECG MD apologises to Accra Academy authorities

The Managing Director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Samuel Dubik Mahama, has rendered an apology to authorities of Accra Academy Senior High...

Ghanaian twin photographers to speak at Warwick Africa Summit 2024

Renowned Ghanaian photographers, Twinsdntbeg, known for capturing the vibrant tapestry of Africa, have received an official invitation to participate as panelists at the prestigious...

Sports Betting Operators extend helping hand to flood victims

In a heartwarming display of solidarity and compassion, the Ghana Association of Sports Betting Operators (GASBO) has stepped forward to aid communities ravaged by...

Two charged with murder for Super Bowl parade shooting

Two men have been charged with murder for last week's deadly shooting at the Super Bowl victory parade in Kansas City. A woman died...

Opuni Trial: Court upholds objection on tendering statement of EOCO official

An Accra High Court has sustained an objection to Paul Adjei Gyang's investigator's statement being applied as evidence in the prosecution of Dr Stephen...

Esiama Chief urges Ellembelle MP to help renovate Ankobra bridge

Nana Ainoo Kwagyan III, the Chief of Esiama in the Ellembelle District of the Western Region, has urged the Member of Parliament (MP), Emmanuel...

A Decade of Impact: My Lebanese community scholarship story

It was in 2016 while preparing to begin my second year at the Ghana Institute of Journalism when I received a call from the...

Two Nigerians, Ghanaian allegedly defraud an Emirati of $60K

Two Nigerians and a Ghanaian have been put before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly defrauding a United Arab Emirates national of $60,000 in a gold case....

2 charged for conspiracy to commit robbery and murder in J.B. Danquah case

https://youtu.be/V58dA6ywU5s Two individuals implicated in the murder of the late Abuakwa North MP, Joseph Boakye (J.B.) Danquah-Adu has been charged before the High Court for...

South Africa headteacher shooting: Arrested pupil may be tried as adult

A 13-year-old schoolboy in South Africa, arrested after allegedly shooting and injuring his principal, may be tried as an adult, the prosecuting authority says. The...

Yaw Nsarkoh: Understanding why the Free SHS scheme seems not to have made a drastic impact on literacy levels

An open letter to the Minister of Education and all presidential candidates In May 2023, I studied trends on literacy levels in Ghana since the...

Rainstorm destroys St Dominic Catholic School in Koforidua [Photos]

Academic activities have temporarily been put on hold at the Adweso Estate St. Dominic Catholic School in Koforidua after Monday’s downpour wreaked havoc in...

Spintex Medical Centre begins Virtual Reality treatment to alleviate patients’ pains

In a significant step towards modernising healthcare delivery in Ghana, the country’s first Virtual Reality treatment machine has gone into service. This cutting-edge device is...

CCT criticises gov’t over Accra Academy power disconnection

The Coalition of Concerned Teachers-Ghana (CCT) has strongly criticised the Ministry of Education over the disconnection of electricity supply to Accra Academy Senior High...

Asantehene makes passionate appeal to new Finance Minister

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has encouraged the newly appointed Finance Minister, Mohammed Amin Adam, to swiftly put in place strategic policies to...

Kalpohin SHS: Investigations underway to unravel mystery behind death of student

Two different investigations are underway to unravel the mystery behind the death of a form one student of the Kalpohini Senior High School in...

WAEC releases 2023 WASSCE results for private candidates

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released the provisional results for the 2023 private West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). The...

GIADEC’s Kojo Yankah goes home

The final funeral rites of the Acting Director of Communications at the Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation (GIADEC), Robert Kojo Yankah has been set...

Osino SHS students allegedly attack official of mining firm, set car ablaze

Some students of Osino Senior High Technical School (OSSEC) have reportedly set ablaze a vehicle belonging to an official of mining firm, Nsuapemso. The...

Tabre residents decry seepage of faecal matter from public toilet into community drainage

Some residents of Tabre in the Atwima Nwabiagya North District of Ashanti region are lamenting the seepage of faecal matter from a privately-owned public...

Stellantis, Société Générale and Caetano Squadra Africa Sign an Unprecedented Strategic Collaboration Agreement for Vehicle Sales and Financing in Sub-Saharan Africa

Under this agreement, the parties undertake to work closely together to offer customers a comprehensive range of competitive financial services, in accordance with local...

Parliament faces potential power disconnection over ECG debt

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) is considering disconnecting power supply to the Parliament of Ghana on Wednesday, February 21, due to an outstanding...

Attorney General gives update on Ahmed Suale’s murder

The Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has stated that no docket fit for prosecution or action has been submitted to his...