The First Lady, Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo has arrived in Beijing, China for an eight-day official visit. She was met on arrival by Ghana’s Ambassador to China, Ambassador Edward Boateng and other government officials from Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China. The First Lady who is leading a delegation of women entrepreneurs […] The post First Lady Arrives in China

The Manhyia Palace has reviewed ban on the final funeral rites of the late  Asantemaa Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II. The Palace on November 2, 2017 imposed a ban on store owners within the central business district preventing them from selling on Monday, December 4 and Tuesday, December 5, 2017. But addressing Journalists today at […] The post Manhyia reviews ban

At least two people have died in an accident at Amoma Nkwanta in the Brong Ahafo region. The two were among passengers on a Takoradi-Bolgatanga bound STC bus with registration number GE- 5187-16. Police in Jaman who were called to the scene of the accident at about 6: 45 pm Monday say the driver of the STC […] The post B/R: Two Crashed To Death In Amoma Nkwanta Road

A Circuit Court in Koforidua in the Eastern region has jailed a Spiritualist, Kofi Asiedu, popularly known as Mallam Isaah for 17 years after he defiled a 14-year-old girl under the pretext of exorcising her from witchcraft. He was convicted on his own guilty plea on Tuesday. The incident occurred at Begoro in the Fanteakwa […] The post E/R: Spiritualist Jailed Over Sexual

Della Reese, the husky-voiced singer and actress who spent almost a decade playing a down-to-earth heavenly messenger on the CBS series “Touched by an Angel” and became an ordained minister in real life, died on Sunday night at her home in Encino, Calif. She was 86.Her death was confirmed by her manager, Lynda Bensky. She […] The post ‘Touched By An Angel’ Star Della Reese

Hip-life artiste, Tic Tac claims a curse invoked on him by Dancehall artiste, Shatta Wale helped him to win GHC300,000 against Melcom in a court decision last week. The Ghanaian act born Nana Kwaku Duah was awarded the amount as compensation against the Supermarket chain for the illegal use of his image. “If you say […] The post Shatta Wale’s Curse Helped My

Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has resigned, parliament speaker Jacob Mudenda says. The surprise announcement came as lawmakers debated an impeachment motion against the 93-year-old leader in a joint sitting of parliament. Mr Mugabe had previously refused to resign despite last week’s military takeover, and days of protests against his rule. He has been in power […] The post Zimbabwe’s

University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS), Ho, has made giant strides in the treatment of Glaucoma, an eye condition that causes irreversible blindness across the world, by introducing a painless and complication-free procedure called the Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgery (MIGS). Since 2014, many Ghanaians got MIGS and escaped from the lifelong everyday eye drops […] The post New

A civil society group, Coalition for Democratic Governance has described as a scam the Ghana Post GPS App. A section of Ghanaians have blasted the government for wasting tax payers’ monies on the new addressing system demanding accountability. An Expert for Coalition for Democratic Governance Kingsley Mortey lashed out at the government for deceiving Ghanaians. According to […] The post GhanaPost

The Deputy Attorney General and Minister of Justice has described an Application by Embattled Businessman, Alfred Woyome to the Supreme Court seeking a stay of proceedings at the Supreme Court due to the Pendency of a case he has submitted to the African Court of People and Human Rights (ACoPHR) as an affront to the […] The post Woyome’s Application affront to

Institute of Statistical Social and Economic Research (ISSER) has stated that legislation of gaming and betting in the country is long overdue. ISSER bemoans the high number of students who patronise such illegal facilities on daily basis abandoning their education. “We expected to hear something about a legislation for gaming and betting and we thought […] The post Legislation

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says the democracy Ghanaians intend to build and entrench will only succeed if it results in the building of a prosperous nation, and in people who are at peace with themselves and with the world. According to President Akufo-Addo, “the democracy that we seek to build does not end in […] The post Democracy Does Not End In Vote Casting –

The Excellence in Broadcasting (EIB) Network led by its CEO Nathan Kwabena Adisi (Bola Ray) went to commiserate with the Multimedia Group following the death of top broadcaster Kwadwo Asare-Baffour Acheampong. COO of EIB Network Klaus Vonbackustein signing the Book of Condolence KABA, as he was affectionately called, died on Saturday at the Korle Bu […] The post EIB Network

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology chapter of the Graduate Students Association of Ghana (GRASAG) has attracted a fifty thousand cedi fund from government for its annual entrepreneurship program which it launched last year 2016. The competitive platform collates business proposals from students offering various post Graduate Masters and Doctoral programs for vetting […] The post NEIP

The Mo Ibrahim governance index for 2017 has pointed out governance is deteriorating in Ghana. According to the report, even though governance in Africa saw some growth in recent years, it has significantly slowed. “As many countries struggle to build on recent progress or to reverse negative trends, and as concerns emerge in some key […] The post Governance Declining In

More than 15 market women have been hospitalized at the Tamale Teaching hospital Emergency Unit after a car accident Monday night. The accident occurred when their vehicle traveling from Buipe, Central Gonja District capital to Tamale spurt a tyre and crashed on the road. There is no report yet of fatalities but three of the […] The post 15 Market Women Hospitalised After

Fire has gutted a substation of Ghana Grid Company (Gridco) in Tamale Monday night, plunging the entire metropolis into darkness. The blaze which occurred at about 7pm at the substation near the Choggu roundabout damaged power cables and transformers before firefighters brought it under control. The fire department could not immediately established the cause of […] The post Tamale

The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has sued AT&T to stop its $85bn (£70bn) takeover of Time Warner – setting the stage for a potentially explosive legal battle. Officials said the action was a consequence of fears the proposed tie-up – first announced in 2016 – would “greatly harm American consumers” though the White House has been […] The post Bid

Islamic State pioneered modern online propaganda but their own techniques are now being turned against them to cause mistrust. As one IS supporter angrily put it: “They’re using our hashtags to deceive us.” This weekend, a group of young Iraqi hackers calling themselves ‘Daeshgram’ launched an operation to sow misinformation among IS members and supporters […] The post Hackers

Former Wimbledon champion Jana Novotna has died at the age of 49. The Women’s Tennis Association said Novotna, who had cancer, “died peacefully, surrounded by her family”. The Czech player had lost in the Wimbledon final in 1993 and 1997 before winning the Grand Slam tournament in 1998 by beating Nathalie Tauziat. Novotna captured the […] The post Jana