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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...

Attacks on journalists: Gov’t has done it part – Oppong Nkrumah

Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has blamed the National Media Commission (NMC) for not taking any action on the attacks on journalists in...

Koree, a Cameroonian Fintech Emerges as Winner of the 2023 Ecobank Fintech Challenge

Koree from Cameroon is the competition’s first ever female-led fintech winner having beaten eight other finalists to claim the top prize of US$50,000; Wolf...

NPP condemns attack on UTV

The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has dissociated itself from the invasion of the United Television (UTV) studios by thugs alleged to be members...

52% of females in SHS sexually assaulted in 2 years – Report

A report by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Girls Excellent Movement (GEM) has revealed that 51.9% of females in SHS  were sexually assaulted between...

Money received in late brother’s name was for his kids’ fees – Cecilia Dapaah

Former Sanitation Minister, Cecilia Abena Dapaah has strongly contested allegations made by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) regarding funds received from a...

Ghana is one of best places to do business in Africa – CWEIC

Talk to anybody in the know about Africa, and you’ll soon find that Ghana is internationally recognised as one of the best places to...

Good news for NSS personnel

Management of the National Service Scheme (NSS) has assured personnel that allowances for September 2023 will soon hit their accounts. In a statement dated October...

Diamonds are Braintree’s best friend: Braintree secures Diamond Partner award from LS Retail (Again)

Braintree (https://www.Braintree.co.za/), a leading Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, continues its victorious march in 2023 by clinching the LS Retail Diamond Partner award for the...

Frequently asked questions: FIFA World Cup™ 2030 and 2034

Following extensive consultation with all confederations, the FIFA Council took key decisions in relation to the bidding and hosting of the 2030 and 2034...

Attack on UTV: Expedite prosecution of 16 persons arrested – PRINPAG

The Private Newspapers and Online News Publishers Association of Ghana (PRINPAG) has urged the police to expedite action on the 16 persons arrested for...

Apologize for failing to clear antiretroviral drugs from ports – Minority to Health Ministry

The Minority in Parliament has demanded an unqualified apology from the Ministry of Health (MoH) for its failure to clear donated antiretroviral drugs at...