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Old Vandals Association Greater Executives sworn into office
The Greater Accra Old Vandals Association (OVA GAR), on Friday 10th August 2018 was sworn into office by the National President of OVA, Mr...
Burkina Faso: Suspected Jihadist kills 6
The eastern part of Burkina Faso was on Saturday again attacked by a jihadist.
Five gendarmes and one civilian were killed in a mine explosion...
Seventeen arrested in oil smuggling scheme
The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) says it has in collaboration with National Security and the Ghana Armed Forces arrested 17 persons engaged in smuggling...
Africa’s trafficking gangs flourish as nations fail to work together
Trafficking gangs are flourishing across Africa through the exploitation of hundreds of thousands of migrants, yet nations are failing to dismantle networks due to...
A waterfall that pours into the ocean
Some beaches are best enjoyed with umbrellas, lounge chairs and cocktails. But to experience beaches such as Mkambati, hiking shoes and canoes work better.
That's...
Eko Sii Sen: “One district, One factory” is real – National Coordinator
The National Coordinator of the 'One District, One Factory' secretariat, Gifty Ohene-Konadu says government’s One District, One Factory (1D1F) policy is real.
According to her,...
Musician claims Castro is alive and will return
Ghanaian rapper Dadie Opanka says he has forgotten it has been four years since his colleague musician, Castro, disappeared while jet skiing but believes...
Garlic and Onion fight Prostate danger
Prostate cancer is one of the most common male malignancies worldwide, and benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is a common cause of lower urinary tract...
‘Dead’ woman found alive in morgue fridge
A South African woman is recovering in hospital after being discovered alive in a mortuary fridge.
The woman was taken to Carletonville morgue, in Gauteng...
NADMO retrieves 2 bodies after Tuesday’s floods
The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) on Tuesday retrieved the bodies of two persons suspected to have drowned in rapid flood waters following heavy...
Video: Heavy rains to continue till mid-July – Weather Forecaster
The meteorologist is warning of more rains accompanied by strong winds in the next couple of weeks.
Aviation Meteorology Inspector at the Ghana Civil Aviation...
Boxing league to return as ‘Bukom Fist of Fury’
Ghana’s boxing league, which has been un-operational for about nine years, would soon make a return, with the name "Bukom Fist of Fury", Mr...
WhatsApp rumours triggering lynchings as two more get killed in India
Indian police have arrested 16 people after two men became the latest victims of hysteria over WhatsApp rumours of child kidnappers.
The men had stopped...
Over 63% of households in Upper West are ‘extremely poor’ – Report
As high as 63.83% of households in the Upper West Region are classified as extremely poor,according to a report from data collection exercise by...
Biafra shutdown cripples Nigerian cities
A stay-at-home protest by Biafran separatists in Nigeria has crippled cities and towns in the south-east.
Streets are empty and markets, banks and schools are...
Registration of Ghana Card begins today
The nationwide registration for the National Identity Card (Ghana card) begins today May 28, 2018.
Head of training at National Identification Authority (NIA), Abdul Ganiu,...
Over 1,000 illegal miners nabbed – Amewu lauds Operation Vanguard
More than 1,000 individuals engaged in illegal mining have been arrested between August 2017 and May 2018 after the government deployed a task force...
NCA releases results of mobile network Quality of Service
A plan released by the National Communications Authority to conduct field quality of Service (QoS) monitoring in all district capitals in five regions — Ashanti, Eastern, Greater...
NPP likely to elect only ‘Akans’ to top party positions – Akomea
Former Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akomea has refused to pick nomination forms to contest for the Vice Chairmanship position...
Bids open for Ghana-Burkina Faso rail project
The plan to connect Ghana and Burkina Faso by rail has been taken a notch higher following the opening of an international competitive tender...
Video: Was the deer for Aboakyire bought?
The Aboakyire festival is a bushbuck hunting festival celebrated by the people of Winneba in the Central Region of Ghana.
The name ''Aboakyire'' translates...
Meteo agency warns of thunderstorm nationwide
If you are currently experiencing some thunderstorm where you are then it the predictions of the Ghana Meteorological Agency that has come true.
The Meteo...
Gunmen in Nigeria's Kano abduct German citizen, kill policeman
Gunmen in the northern Nigerian state of Kano killed a policeman and abducted a German citizen on Monday as they travelled to a construction...
Boko Haram has abducted over 1,000 children, killed more than 2,000 teachers
Boko Haram has abducted more than 1,000 children in northeast Nigeria since 2013, the United Nations' children's agency announced Friday.
The number of children kidnapped by...
US Military deal: Akufo-Addo spoke like a dictator in Middle East – Sammy Gyamfi
A communication team member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi has said the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, sounded like a Middle...
Govt to begin ranking senior high schools
Deputy Minister of Education, in charge of General Education, Dr Yaw Adutwum, on Tuesday, said government has introduced a ranking system for Senior High...
MTN to inject $144M into network infrastructure in 2018
Ghana's leading telecommunication giant, MTN is set to inject over $144 million of capital expenditure towards expanding quality network services.
MTN has a market share...
Freed Boko Haram girls in Abuja to meet President Buhari
More than 100 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram were in Nigeria’s capital on Thursday, a day after their surprise release that fuelled rumours about...
Lack of logistics has left us handicapped – Operation Vanguard
The Anti-Galamsey Taskforce, Operation Vanguard has requested for more resources from government to extent its operations to the Central Region.
The joint Police/Military deployment was...
Africa 'set to miss UN development goal on malnutrition'
Exceptionally detailed maps of child growth and education across Africa suggest that no single country is set to end childhood malnutrition by 2030.
That target...
FGM resurfaces in Upper East as prevalence soars to 27%
The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection has hinted of a resurgence of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in the Upper East Region with...
Nigerian court releases 475 Boko Haram suspects
Nearly 500 Boko Haram suspects have been released by a Nigerian court citing a lack of evidence, with some detainees held for years without...
Three illegal miners arrested, 1000 Chang fa Platforms seized
In all, three suspected illegal miners have been arrested by the Operation Vanguard Taskforce in collaboration with the National Small Scale Miners.
More than one...
Full text: Akufo-Addo delivers 2nd SONA full of achievements, commitments
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has delivered his second State of Nation Address replete with achievements his first year and commitments to do more.
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Akufo-Addo lauds galamsey Taskforce
President Akufo Addo has commended the anti-galamsey task-force, Operation Vanguard for their fight against illegal mining in the country.
“I am sure the House will...
HIGHLIGHTS of 2018 State of Nation Address (SONA)
ECONOMY
I am glad to be able to report that the Economic Management Team, under the stellar leadership of the strong, brilliant economist, Vice...
Forestry Commission begins reclamation of degraded forest reserves
The Forestry Commission has begun reclaiming forest reserves degraded by activities of illegal miners.
Eight local firms are working on the program over 12 months...
Herdsmen-farmer clashes reach Nsuta; 2 men, 7 cattle killed in renewed attack
Two residents of Jeduako near Nsuta in the Sekyere Central District of the Ashanti Region have been shot dead by suspected nomadic herdsmen.
60-year-old Kofi...
Effects of sex drugs mistaken for cholera in Zambia
Three men in Zambia have been mistakenly admitted to a cholera centre after taking herbs which reportedly boosted "sex enhancing" qualities, but whose symptoms...
Lloyd Evans asks: Ghana’s Commodity Exchange, how far are we?
In June  2015, the former President Mr John Mahama launched the Ghana Commodities Exchange (GCX) project with the aim of  transforming the country’s agriculture.
The...