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Plot to oust IGP: Atta Akyea is biased – Dampare’s lawyer

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo-Dampare's lawyer has fingered Samuel Atta Akyea, Chairman of Parliament’s ad-hoc committee probing the controversial tape...

Liquid Intelligent Technologies introduces Tanzania’s second Azure Stack, further accelerating the local digital transformation

Liquid Intelligent Technologies (Liquid) (https://www.Liquid.Tech/), a business of Cassava Technologies, a pan-African technology group, has partnered with wingu.africa a pioneer provider of carrier-neutral data...

Gaza Strip conflict: Ghanaians in Israel not ready to return home

Some Ghanaians living in Israel say they are not ready to return home even as the country’s war with Palestine takes a full-blown turn. Seth...

Aggrieved Gold Coast Fund customers to picket at Finance Ministry today

Aggrieved customers of the defunct Gold Coast Fund Management will picket at the premises of the Ministry of Finance on Tuesday, October 10, 2023,...

Leaked tape: I’ll be vindicated after parliamentary probe – COP Mensah

COP retired Alex George Mensah, one of the key witnesses in the alleged plot to oust the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Dr. George...

Rhodes Business School, Rhodes University launches new Postgraduate Diploma

Rhodes Business School (www.RU.ac.za/businessschool/) continues to expand its offerings as it further fulfils its vision to ‘transform business for a sustainable world’.  Rhodes Business...

Another OccupyJulorbiHouse demo set for December

An Accra-based civil society group, Democracy Hub, has announced a month-long protests in December. According to the organisers, protesters will be picketing the Jubilee House,...

ECG begins querying staff cited in JoyNews’ exposé on illegal meter sale

The Electricity Company Ghana (ECG) has begun querying its staff cited in JoyNews' exposé on illegal meter sales. A memorandum sighted by Myjoyonline.com and signed...

2023 WASSCE malpractices: Eduwatch calls for speedy prosecution of culprits

Africa Education Watch (Eduwatch) has called on authorities to expedite the prosecution of culprits arrested for engaging in exam malpractices in this year's West...

American Tower Corporation releases 2022 sustainability report: In Africa, the Green House Gas Emissions Per Tower Decreased by 21% Compared to 2019

American Tower Corporation (NYSE: AMT) (www.AmericanTower.com) released its 2022 sustainability report, which outlines the Company's sustainability strategy and provides a comprehensive overview of the...

Punish ‘thugs’ who invaded UTV – NCCE to police

The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has called on the Ghana Police Service (GPS) to punish the people who invaded the studio of...

Three technicians suffocate to death in fuel reservoir at Koforidua

The Koforidua Effiduase District Police Command is investigating the deaths of three technicians who suffocated in a reservoir at the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD)...

Unknown assailants kill nurse at Walewale

Walewale in the North East Region has been thrown into a state of mourning following the death of a nurse at Walewale Government Hospital....

Chereponi: Wanchiki youth ‘fight’ NEDCo officials over disconnection

Officials from the Northern Electricity Distribution Company of Ghana (NEDCo) clashed with the youth of Wanchiki in the Chereponi district of the North East...

Juaben Traditional Council announces death of queen mother

The Juaben Traditional Council in the Ashanti region has officially announced the death of Nana Akosua Akyamaa III, the queen mother of Juaben. She...

Education Minister launches NELI to sharpen skills of educational leaders

Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, on Friday, launched the National Educational Leadership Institute (NELI) to provide specialised professional leadership and management development training...

Prof Frimpong-Boateng speaks on kidney dialysis price hike at Korle Bu

Former cardiothoracic surgeon at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, has thrown his weight behind the yet-to-be-approved new cost for dialysis proposed by...

Expedite legalisation of organ harvesting – Korle-Bu urges Parliament

The Chairman of the Board of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Dr. David Nkansah, has urged Parliament to expedite processes to legalize organ harvesting and...

Govt urged to support Islamic education, expand holiday celebrations

The 3rd National Conference of Imams in Ghana concluded with a series of resolutions aimed at strengthening the role of Imams in the country,...

The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB)-Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment’s (ICIEC) and Export Credit’s Groundbreaking Event in Istanbul Explores the Transformative Power of...

From September 26 to September 28, 2023, the Hilton Istanbul Maslak hosted a groundbreaking event that brought together more than 80 distinguished attendees to...

U.S. commits $60m to strengthen educational accountability in Ghana  

The United States Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), has announced a $60 million initiative to improve educational accountability in the...

Aisha Huang: Any identified and arrested kingpin of ‘galamsey’ will be put to trial – Attorney General

The Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has said any identified kingpin who is arrested over illegal mining known in local...

Bawumia supporters in UK commission borehole for Banso basic school

United Kingdom-based (UK) supporters of New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential hopeful, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia have commissioned a bore-hole facility for Banso D/A basic school...

Economic situation worse – Minority tells Ofori-Atta, BoG Governor

The Minority in Parliament has rubbished claims by the government that the economy is recovering after close to a year under an IMF support...

Immigration Service warns motor riders in Ketu South

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has warned the Motor Riders Association in the Ketu South Municipality of the Volta region against assisting in potential...

ECG MD reacts to JoyNews’ expose on illegal meter sale

The Managing Director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Samuel Dubik Mahama, says he is saddened by the sale of illegal meters sale...

Canada’s Minister Mary Ng to address ‘Africa Accelerating 2023’ on 10 October in Toronto

The Canada-Africa Chamber of Business (www.CanadaAfrica.ca) is pleased to announce that the Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade,...

Ghana has only 14 registered dialysis centres – HeFRA

There are only 14 registered dialysis centres in the country, the Health Facilities Regulatory Agency (HeFRA) has said. Out of the 14, seven are...

Girlfriend of Kikibees owner arrested as police probe his death

The police have arrested one person in connection with the murder of businessman, Bennet Adomah Agyekum, owner of the famous restaurant Kikibees, in the...

Parliament petitioned to stop indiscriminate sale of lands

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin has been petitioned to intervene in the indiscriminate sale of lands in the Tema metropolis. The 9-page petition accused the...

Unemployed man mounts search for passenger who left over GH¢100k in taxi

https://youtu.be/jRji7-cyvsk?t=980 An unemployed man, Dela Anim is looking for a passenger who left over GH¢100,000 in a taxi he boarded. This comes a year after...

iiDENTIFii and Zanaco Partner to Accelerate Digital Financial Inclusion in Zambia

What measures can Zambian financial institutions put in place in a rapidly-changing digital world to enable financial inclusion? This was the key topic under discussion...

Dialysis crisis: Maker’s House Chapel to support Korle-Bu, 37 Military Hospital renal units

The Maker’s House Chapel International (TMHCI) will visit the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) and the 37 Military Hospital on Tuesday to financially support their...

Lifestyle factors that raise breast cancer risk

The Founder of Breast Care International (BCI), Dr. Beatrice Addae Wiafe, has highlighted some common causes of breast cancer. The health professional advised young women...

Egypt becomes the first country to achieve World Health Organization (WHO) validation on the path to elimination of hepatitis C

The World Health Organization (WHO) congratulates Egypt for its unprecedented progress towards eliminating hepatitis C, becoming the first country to achieve “gold tier” status...

I have no real estate business – Cecilia Dapaah insists

Former Sanitation and Water Resources Minister, Cecilia Abena Dapaah, has refuted allegations by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) that she has an...

Lesotho Boston Health Alliance (LeBoHa) facilities opened

The government of Lesotho in partnership with the American Embassy has officially launched facilities for the Postgraduate School of Family Medicine. The ceremony was held...

NMC has failed journalists – Sulemana Braimah

Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Sulemana Braimah has expressed his disappointment in the National Media Commission (NMC) following an attack...

Services without stigma: Halting Human Immunodeficiency Viruses’ (HIV) spread in Lesotho through non-discriminatory care

Since the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, the rate of the virus’s spread has slowed significantly, with new infections down 59 per cent from 1995. But...

Prof Frimpong Boateng’s take on UTV attack

The immediate-past Environment Minister, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, has condemned the invasion of the studios of Accra-based UTV by some thugs on Saturday, September 7. The attackers...