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2024 Women in Agribusiness week celebration held in Ho

The 2024 Women in Agribusiness Week alongside an awards event has been held in Ho, the regional capital of the Volta Region.In an interview...

US announces new visa restriction policy for people undermining democracy in Ghana

The United States has instituted a new strategy to safeguard democracy in Ghana.This move which comes in the form of a visa restriction policy...

Police investigate shooting incident at Agona West

The police have announced an investigation into a shooting incident that occurred during political campaign activities in the Agona West Constituency.The incident took place...

Adamso residents appeal for communication network and school furniture

Residents of Adamso in the Adansi Akrofoum District of the Ashanti Region have made a passionate appeal to the government for essential amenities.In an...

Court adjourns hearing of injunction by disqualified Presidential aspirant Apea-Dankwah

The Accra High Court has adjourned the hearing of an injunction application filed by disqualified presidential aspirant Samuel Apea-Dankwah, rescheduling it to Thursday.Mr. Apea-Dankwah,...

Ayorkor Botchwey’s rousing welcome at Airport after Commonwealth election [Video+Photos]

Newly-elected Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations, Shirley Ayokor Botchwey returned to Ghana on Monday, October 28, following a successful summit in Samoa.She was...

Bawku conflict: Ghana Card allegedly being used to identify tribes [Listen]

The New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Zebilla parliamentary candidate, John Krugu is alleging the misuse of the Ghana Card to identify tribal affiliations amidst the...

Power outages due to gas shortage stemming from commercial issues – GRIDCo

The Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) has clarified that the ongoing power outages in parts of the country are due to a gas shortage to...

EC revises 2024 election ballot statistics

The Electoral Commission (EC) has announced slight revisions to the 2024 Ballot Statistics due to decisions made by District Registration Review Officers (DRROs) and...

Gov’t urged to extent free TVET tuition to private, mission schools

The Director of Finance and Administration of Ghana Baptist Convention, Rev. Tetteh-Annor Larbi has called on the government to extend the Free TVET tuition...

Amansie Rural Bank posts GHS 11.6 million pre-tax profit, as shareholders receive 20% dividend

Shareholders of Amansie Rural Bank in the Ashanti region are to receive 20% returns on their investments as the bank’s profitability surged following government’s...

86 apprentices receive BixBox startup kits in South Dayi

A total of 86 out of 100 ap­prentices, mainly young women have received business start-up kits at Kpeve in the South Dayi Constituency of...

Titus Glover congratulates Ayokor Botchwey

Greater Accra Regional Minister and former Tema East MP, Daniel Nii Kwatei Titus Glover, has warmly congratulated Ghana’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey,...

Christian Service University rebrands motto to “Excellence with Integrity”  

Christian Service University has adopted a new motto, following the grant of a Presidential Charter to become an autonomous institution.The University is changing its...

Man defecates in bedroom, burns wife’s clothes for refusing intimacy

A Zimbabwean man left a courtroom stunned after admitting he had been urinating and defecating in his bedroom to protest his wife’s alleged denial...

Bawku Conflict: Police, military, assure public of restoration of peace

The Ghana Police Service and Ghana Armed Forces have assured the public of enhanced measures to stabilize the region in response to escalating violence...

T-bills auction: Gov’t records oversubscription but at expense of rising interest rates

The government oversubscribed about 11% of its treasury bill sales for the third consecutive week.However, it came at the expense of rising interest rates.According...

We’ve currently lost 15 lives – Bawku Naaba’s Lawyer on conflict

Agbambilla Ziyerley Maxwell, lawyer of the Bawku Naaba says 15 people have lost their lives recently in the conflict.On Sunday, October 27, 2024, a...

Galamsey: Nkroful Chief warns political party executives

The Chief of Nkroful in the Ellembelle District of the Western Region, Nana Kwasi Kutuah V, has strongly condemned the involvement of some heads...

Assemblyman dies while fixing streetlight in Koforidua

The Assemblyman for Oguaa electoral area in the New Juaben South municipality in the Eastern region, George Agyei Frempong on Saturday afternoon died from...

Two reportedly killed, others injured in gun battle in Bawku

Two people have died with several others injured following a chieftaincy-related gun battle in a renewed violence in Bawku.Reports suggest the incident follows the...

Eight killed after gunmen block Bolgatanga-Tamale highway

Gunmen have reportedly shot eight people dead after blocking the Bolgatanga-Tamale highway near Gbimsi, a community close to Walewale.Accra-based Citi News reported the incident...

Kente weaver found dead at Agbozume

A man identified as Sena Gomado, a kente weaver, believed to be in his early 40s, was found dead at Agbo­zume, in the Ketu...

NSMQ24: Mfantsipim beats PRESEC-Legon in nail-biting tie-breaker to secure finals slot

The National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) 2024 contest lived up to its hype, with many dubbing it "the finals before the finals."The semi-final...

Ghana Actors Guild: Abeiku Sagoe hopeful court issue will be resolved soon

Ghanaian actor and film producer, Abeiku Sagoe, has said that the court issue regarding the Ghana Ghana Guild will soon come to an end.The...

Chirano Sefwiman Foundation commissions KG Blocks at Paboase and Aboduabo

The Chirano Sefwiman Foundation has commissioned two newly constructed kindergarten blocks for the communities of Paboase and Aboduabo in the Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai Municipality.The project, valued...

Phase 2 of DDEP had relatively low impact on 2023 audited financial performance – BoG

Phase 2 of the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP) had a relatively low impact on the 2023 audited financial performance of banks, then Bank...

‘A reason why people pay’, but Palmer vows to stay grounded

Aside from perhaps the purists, football fans don't go to a match to watch zonal marking or a low defensive block.They go to be...

A/R: Former ECG MD builds police station in Asotwe to beef up security

Former Managing Director of the Electricity Company of Ghana, Dr. Kwame Agyeman Budu, has built a police station for the Asotwe community in the...

VRA announces major renovation of Kpong Dam after 40 years

The Volta River Authority (VRA), has announced the renovation of the 160-megawatt hydroelectric Kpong Dam and spillway gates in Akuse in the Eastern Region,...

Bagbin rallies Speakers of African Parliaments to fight poverty

Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, the Speaker of Ghana’s Parliament, has rallied his fellow Speakers and Presidents of African Parliaments to step up efforts to...

Police and military assure public of reinforced security amid Bawku tensions

The Ghana Police Service and the Ghana Armed Forces have assured the public of their commitment to restoring peace and stability in Bawku, its...

CDG-GH to host public forum on Ghana’s ‘alarming exodus’ of skilled labour

The Caucus for Democratic Governance, Ghana (CDG-GH) has announced a forthcoming public forum titled “The Alarming Exodus of Skilled Labour from Ghana: Political and Economic...

Under God’s banner will NDC be – Prophet declares at Ketu South worship night

The founder of Jesus Miracle Temple, Aflao (Bazooka Fire Centre), Apostle Prophet Elijah Dogli, has declared that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) will triumph...

National Chief Imam calls for unity in parliament, urges calm as elections near

Sheikh Usman Nuhu Sharubutu, Ghana’s National Chief Imam, has asked Members of Parliament to demonstrate goodwill in resolving the ongoing stalemate that has suspended...

Commit to the ideals of democracy – Akufo-Addo to Speakers of African Parliaments

President Nana Akufo-Addo has urged Speakers and Presidents of African Parliaments to commit the ideals of democracy, to the spirit of Pan-Africanism, and the...

Museveni directs urgent handover of Kiteezi Landfill to Jospong Group for decommissioning

Ugandan President, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has directed the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) to expedite the handover of the Kiteezi Landfill to Zoomlion Ghana...

Two persons reportedly killed, others injured in gun battle

Two people have been killed, and several others injured in renewed violence in Bawku following a chieftaincy-related gun battle.The longstanding chieftaincy conflict, which had...

Armed men block Bolgatanga-Tamale highway, attack passengers

A group of armed men blocked the Bolgatanga-Tamale highway near Gbimsi in the North East Region, setting a vehicle on fire and attacking passengers.The...

NSMQ24: KETASCO cruises into finals, dominates TAMASCO, Koforidua SHTS in thrilling showdown

The air in Volta Region is alive with joy, and the sea echoes with jubilant roars as Keta Senior High School (KETASCO) clinched a...