The Manhyia Palace Museum in Kumasi will reopen tomorrow Wednesday, 1st May, 2024, as part of the Silver Jubilee celebrations of the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II. The museum will unveil refurbished facilities and historic Ashanti heirlooms to the public in its new “Homecoming Exhibition”. A statement from the Palace announcing the opening indicated that […]

By Edzorna Francis Mensah The Divisional Chairman of Public Service Workers Union of Trade Union Congress (TUC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has sent a congratulatory message to Ghanaian workers and called for unity among workers. As hundreds of Ghanaian Workers joined the rest of the world to mark this year’s Workers Day, The Union Chairman, […]

By Jeremiah Nutsugah The Electoral Commission (EC) has announced that it has withdrawn two of its officials amidst bribery allegations. In a press release signed by Samuel Tettey during the ongoing Ejisu by-election, the Commission stated that its attention had been drawn to a video circulating on social media depicting one of the polling stations. […]

State TV in Mali says a senior Islamic State commander who had a $5m (£4m) US bounty on his head has been killed by a force including troops from Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger. Abu Huzeifa had been linked to several high-profile raids in the Sahel region. This included a 2017 attack which killed four […]

The Akufo-Addo Government since it took office has completed more than 40 health facilities across the country towards improving healthcare delivery, Dr Bernard Okoe-Boye, Representative of the President at the Ministry of Health, has said. The 40 facilities, he said, include polyclinics, district centres, specialised units, and CHPS compounds, adding that all the facilities were […]

By Prince Dankwa They called it the city of the future. Akon City was envisioned as a pioneering model for how humans could live sustainably using solar and renewable energy. Founded in 2018 by renowned Senegalese-American singer Akon, it was slated to be built in Senegal and run entirely on a cryptocurrency he created called […]

Togolese authorities have reopened their borders after they were shut to allow for April 29 legislative elections to be held in the country. The borders were sealed from midnight of Monday to midnight of Tuesday as Togolese citizens went to the polls to elect 113 parliamentarians alongside 179 regional deputies and municipal councilors, with the […]

By Nana Kwame Bediako The Forum for Accountability, a movement that has led the charge against the unfair payment treatment offered to National Service personnel by the National Service Secretariat, has once again come out to express their frustration on social media with the hashtag “the youth are fed up.” The Forum for Accountability, which […]

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, will commission the first phase of the reconstruction of the Appiatse community in the Prestea Huni-Valley Municipality of the Western Region on Thursday May 2, 2024. The project which started two years ago consists of 124 housing units ranging from two to seven-bedroom houses, kindergarten, six – unit classroom […]

By Gloria Amoh At the Minister’s press briefing at the Ministry of Information in Ghana to host 3rd Africa Media Convention, the Senior Programme Manager of Media Foundation for West Africa, Mohib Saeed explained that, this media convention is another opportunity to show that the country is committed to promoting press freedom. According to him, […]

By Nicholas Osei-Wusu, EJISU Voting is underway in today’s Parliamentary By-Election in the Ejisu Constituency in the Ashanti region. The Ejisu Constituency was created in the lead up to the 2016 Presidential and Parliamentary polls from the then Ejisu-Juaben Constituency. It has a voter population of more than 106, 800 with 204 voting Centres. It […]

By: Nana Kwame Bediako  Abdul Fatawu Issahaku‘s impressive campaign with Leicester City has seen him win his first ever club trophy with the Foxes after helping them dominate the English Championship this season. Leicester City cruised past Preston with a 3:0 victory. Abdul Fatawu has been the spark in Leicester City’s attack, adding to the […]

The Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has pledged to make sure Ghanaians own 100 per cent of the country’s mineral resources if elected as President of the Republic. Dr Bawumia said his administration would focus on a paradigm shift in the country’s natural resource management and ownership through policy framework […]

The Minister of Trade and Industry, K.T. Hammond, has showcased government’s industrialization agenda to U.S business leaders, calling on them to partner with Ghanaian business people for their mutual benefits.  He  cited the 1D1F initiative as one of the potential areas of partnership that U.S. businesses could consider, as the programme has very attractive incentive […]

Bountiful Technologies STEM Educational, a nonprofit organisation dedicated to making STEM, AI, robotics, and computer science education accessible to all students in Ghana, has announced that three of their teams, comprising elementary, middle school, and high school students, have qualified to compete in the 2024 VEX Robotics Worlds Championship in Dallas, Texas, USA.  This prestigious […]

Mr. Raphael Kwabena Angmortey, the Nutrition Officer of Ada East, has said that a beautiful, glowing, and anti-ageing skin is not necessarily based on cosmetic products but rather on eating a variety of fruits and vegetables. Mr. Angmortey told the Ghana News Agency in an interview that most fruits and vegetables, such as blackberries, carrots, […]

By: Franklin ASARE-DONKOH A founding member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe, says the rise in corruption happening in every sector of the country is an indication that integrity and high morale standards are at their lowest level in Ghana at the moment. Dr. Nyaho-Tamakloe cited the recent allegations of corruption within […]

By: Franklin ASARE-DONKOH Members of the International Drivers Roads and Transport Union (IDRTU), have cautioned the government and all its agencies in the transport sector to stop interfering with the operations of private transport companies and unions. According to the group, the government through the Ministry of Transport‘s refusal to heed calls from the various […]

Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia, who is also the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party, has assured Ghanaians of a stable power as soon as possible, as the Ministry of Energy is working around the clock to bring relief to Ghanaians. Speaking during his first day of the Eastern Regional Tour, Dr Bawumia admitted that although […]

By Michael Kofi Kenetey The Vice President and Flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party, NPP, Dr Mahamadu Bawumia, says the government over the past seven years, has created two point one million jobs both in the public and private sectors in the last seven years.  He said this during his nationwide campaign tour in the […]