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Be patient – Korle Klottey MCE to Odawna market traders

The Korle Klottey Municipal Assembly has urged traders at Odawna market in Accra to exercise restraint as government works around the clock to renovate...

Ato Essien’s sentencing not surprising at all – Kweku Paintsil

Private legal practitioner, Kweku Paintsil says the sentencing of Founder of defunct Capital Bank, William Ato Essien to 15 years in prison is not...

Speaker, MPs mourn with Kufuor

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has commiserated with former President John Agyekum Kufuor on the passing of his wife, former First...

Envisioning a more sustainable future – climate change in the spotlight at inaugural SuperBridge Summit Dubai

With the UAE all set to host the United Nations’ 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) in November, next week’s inaugural SuperBridge Summit Dubai...

Rugby World Cup Quarter-Final: Message from Rugby Africa President Herbert Mensah to South Africa’s Springboks

As South Africa reaches the quarter-final of the 2023 Rugby World Cup, Herbert Mensah, the newly elected President of Rugby Africa, (www.RugbyAfrique.com), the continental...

‘Galamsey’ report: We go to court with evidence not conjectures – Deputy AG

Deputy Attorney General, Alfred Tuah-Yeboah, has asked former Minister of Environment, Science, Technology, and Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng to present evidence to back claims...

Pan-African Savings and Loans appreciates its customers

Pan-African Savings and Loans has demonstrated its appreciation for their loyal customers by organising a free medical screening exercise as part of their planned...

Aisha Huang’s case: Court sets December 4 to deliver judgement

An Accra High Court has fixed December 4, 2023, to deliver its judgement in the case of En Huang, aka Aisha Huang, an alleged...

Assist ECOWAS with resources in terror fight, as you do for Ukraine – Akufo-Addo to UK, US, and EU

President Nana Akufo-Addo has called on leaders of the global community to put into full effect the provisions of Chapters Seven and Eight of...

Police on manhunt for Somanya filling station robbers

The Somanya Police Command is on a manhunt for eight suspected armed robbers for attacking the SP Gas Filling Station at Trom in the...

FDA goes after peddlers of unregistered medicines in Kumasi

Over GH¢850,000 worth of unregistered medicines, also said to be unwholesome, have been seized in the Central Business District of Kumasi. The Food and Drugs...

We’ll still pursue Ato Essien for GH¢53m debt – Deputy AG

Deputy Attorney-General, Alfred Tuah-Yeboah has confirmed that the state will continue to pursue the former CEO of the defunct Capital Bank, Ato Essien, even...

Funeral arrangements for govt spokesperson’s mum announced

The final funeral rites of the mother of government’s spokesperson on Governance and Security, Palgrave Boakye-Danquah, will be held on Friday, October 13, 2023....

C/R: Chop bar operators angry after wildfire officers seize bush meat

Officers of the Wildlife Division of the Forestry Commission have seized various types of bush meats from chop bar operators in some parts of...

Ofankor landlord murder trial begins October 17 

An Accra High Court will on October 17, 2023, start the trial of Victor Stephen Nana Kankam, a landlord accused of killing his tenant,...

‘Galamsey’ report: Former MP begs Prof Frimpong-Boateng, Attorney General

Former Member of Parliament for Ayensuano, Samuel Ayeh-Paye, has appealed to former Environment Minister, Prof Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, to be forthcoming with information that can...

Let’s fill vacant positions of migrated nurses, midwives – College of Nurses and Midwives

The President of the Ghana College of Nurses and Midwives (GCNM), Professor Mrs Victoria Bam, has appealed to the government to urgently fill vacancies...

Robbers attack gas station; beat attendants, bolt with huge cash at Somanya

Police in Somanya are on a manhunt for eight suspected armed robbers who attacked the SP gas filling station at Trom in the Yilo...

Mahama backs CHASS’ demand to handle feeding of students

Former President John Mahama has backed calls by the Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) on government to allow school heads purchase...

Latest on Abesim murder case

An Accra High Court has slated November 1, 2023, to take the plea of Richard Appiah, a footballer accused of killing two minors and...

‘Galamsey’ report: It’ll be a height of injustice if … – Attorney General

The Minister of Justice and Attorney General has justified his decision not to recommend the prosecution of any of the persons mentioned in Professor...

Shaji UI Mulk founder and chairman of Mulk International launches a state-of-the-art lifestyle property in Zimbabwe

Zim Cyber City is an incredible world-class property development that was recently launched and opened in Harare, Zimbabwe by Mulk International (https://MulkInternational.com/). Shaji Ul Mulk,...

Resecurity, strategic partner of Seed Group, to showcase innovative cybersecurity solutions at GITEX Global 2023

Resecurity®, a leading cybersecurity company renowned for delivering a unified platform for endpoint protection, risk management, and cyber threat intelligence, has announced its participation...

OSP is not above the law – Cecilia Dapaah’s lawyer

Lead counsel for embattled former Sanitation Minister Cecilia Abena Dapaah has expressed disappointment at what she describes as an 'unethical behaviour' by the Office...

GAF warns public against use of military-pattern uniforms, accoutrements for protests

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has cautioned the general public against wearing military-pattern uniforms and accoutrements during protests. GAF has described the act as...

Why is Frimpong-Boateng refusing to cooperate with the police? MP quizzes

Member of Parliament (MP) for the Akyem Oda Constituency, Alexander Acquah has questioned why the former Environment Minister, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng has refused to...

International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) and the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD) sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)...

The memorandum aims to provide a general framework that facilitates cooperation between the parties and enhances economic and social development capabilities; ITFC intends to...

Akosombo dam spillage: Chinese man found dead at Asutaure

A yet-to-be-identified Chinese national has been found dead at Asutaure in the Shai Osuduku district of the Greater Accra region. The lifeless body was...

GE Vernova’s Hydro Power business commissions four 175 MW units for Nigeria’s second largest hydropower plant

GE Vernova’s (www.GEVernova.com) Hydro Power business has completed the commissioning of the 4 (four) 175 MW Francis hydropower turbines and generators at the Zungeru...

Energy Commission disowns fraudster in JoyNews’ ‘Power Thieves’ documentary

The Energy Commission has issued a formal request to JoyNews for an apology and retraction regarding what they call the publication of false information. JoyNews’...

Court sets date to rule on Aisha Huang’s case

The fate of Chinese national and alleged kingpin of illegal mining, En Aisha Huang, is set to be decided on December 4, 2023. This was...

Ato Essien jailed

An Accra High court has sentenced founder of defunct capital bank, William Ato Essien to 15 years in prison in hard labour. Mr Essien was...

Police withdraw #OccupyBoG demo injunction

The High Court in Accra (Financial and Economic Division) has struck out an application for interlocutory injunction against the organisers of the already staged...

Youth of Mafi Tedeafenui petitions DCE over alleged encroachment

Some youths of Mafi Tedeafenui, a farming community in the Central Tongu have petitioned their District Chief Executive (DCE) over land encroachment allegations perpetrated...

Non-Governmental Organization (NGOs) and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) Unite to Urge The Gambia’s Government to Uphold Landmark Law Banning Female Genital Mutilation

The Association of Non-Governmental Organizations in The Gambia (TANGO), the Gambia Committee on Traditional Practices affecting the Health of Women and Children (GAMCOTRAP) (https://apo-opa.info/3LTjELJ), and...

Robbers mistake bread for cash; return to kill pregnant woman

Two robbers, who mistook a loaf of bread wrapped in a handbag for a bundle of cash, returned to kill the wife of their...

Mondelēz International signs Memorandum of Understanding with Côte d’Ivoire’s Ministry of Women, Family and Children

Strengthens efforts to help protect children in cocoa communities; Reaffirms the company’s continued focus in private-public collaboration to help tackle systemic issues. Mondelēz International is...

Busia Institute eulogises Theresa Kufuor

The Busia Institute for Rural and Democratic Development (BIRDD), a think tank that promotes rural development, democracy, and youth empowerment, has paid glowing tribute...

Cecilia Dapaah case: OSP petitions Chief Justice to remove trial judge

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has petitioned the Chief Justice to remove Justice Edward Twum from Cecilia Dapaah's case.  In a Facebook post...

I’m not surprised, even Akufo-Addo downplayed my report – Frimpong Boateng replies AG

Former Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng says he is not surprised that the Office of the Attorney General said...