Bukayo Saka’s superb first-half strike helped Arsenal begin their Premier League campaign with a 2-1 win over Nottingham Forest on the opening weekend. The 21-year-old England forward added to Eddie Nketiah’s 26th minute opener with a curling effort from outside the area that nestled itself into the top left corner of the Forest net, well […] The post EPL: Superb

Four farmers from Galinkpegu in the Tolon district in Golinga electoral area got drowned at the Golinga dam when they were returning from the farm. They were seven on a canoe when the incident happened. Three survived and four got drowned. Three bodies have been found with one still remaining. Confirming the incident to Citi […] The post Tolon: Four persons drown in

Luton’s first match back in the top flight for 31 years ended in heavy defeat as Joao Pedro and Simon Adingra marked their debuts with a goal each in a comfortable Brighton win. Solly March headed in after 35 minutes before Pedro, signed for a club-record fee around £30m from Watford, scored a second-half penalty […] The post EPL: Luton Town beaten heavily by

Ghanaian rapper Guru NKZ has revealed that he paused promoting his new song last year after his baby mama died of breast cancer. The rapper, whose real name is Maradona Yeboah Adjei, said in an interview with GhanaWeekend that he was devastated by the loss and needed time to grieve. He added: “I also had […] The post I stopped promoting my song after

The conversation around the renaming of Ghana’s premier university, the University of Ghana has again sparked varied opinions after President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo hinted that it may happen in the future. During the 75th Anniversary Thanksgiving Service of the University of Ghana, President Akufo-Addo articulated the thought-provoking proposition. He hinted that in the future, […] The post Renaming

Alexander Isak’s clinical finishing helped Newcastle United to an emphatic victory against Aston Villa on the opening weekend of the new Premier League campaign. Newcastle tore into the visitors from the early stages at St James’ Park and new signing Sandro Tonali made their early dominance count when he converted Anthony Gordon’s inviting sixth-minute cross. […] The post EPL:

Climate change! Global warming, food insecurity, rising temperatures, melting glaciers, sea-level rise, more frequent, severe weather events (hurricanes, droughts, and heatwaves), and disruptions to ecosystems and biodiversity – I bet you thought of these too. The discourse on climate change has rightly captured global attention, but the changing dynamics of our economic and political landscapes […] The post To

The Ghana Geological Survey Authority (GSSA) has backed the Bank of Ghana’s plans to build a new headquarters at a completely new site due to the threat of earthquakes at its current location. The authority claims that the current area occupied by the central bank is earthquake-prone and that the most recent earthquake in the […] The post Geological

An Accra High Court has sentenced to death a 33-year-old man for throwing his two-year-old son into the sea at Akuma Village, Accra, as a sacrifice in his bid to become rich. This was after a seven-member jury unanimously returned a verdict of guilty on Prince Acquaye, aka Juu, a food vendor, facing a charge […] The post 33-year-old man sentenced to death for

Out of over a thousand students who sent in their entries to be a part of the 2023 Literacy Challenge, the 50 outstanding essay writers who made the cut sat for an aptitude test today, August 12, 2023, at the Accra Digital Centre in Accra. The aptitude test is the second stage of Citi FM/Citi […] The post The Literacy Challenge 2023: Top

Out of over a thousand students who sent in their entries to be a part of the 2023 Literacy Challenge, the 50 outstanding essay writers who made the cut sat for an aptitude test today, August 12, 2023, at the Accra Digital Centre in Accra. The aptitude test is the second stage of Citi FM/Citi […] The post The Literacy Challenge 2023: Top 50

Ms. Rita Quayson of Apesokubi, a 43-year-old mother of five, was among hundreds of pupils who wrote the 2023 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) at the Worawora Senior High School Centre in the Biakoye District of the Oti Region. She enrolled with the Apesokubi D/A Junior High School (JHS) and was determined to pass the […] The post Mother of five writes BECE in Worawora

On this year’s International Youth Day, observed today, August 12, 2023, Sharaf Mahama, the son of former President John Dramani Mahama, issued a clarion call to his fellow young people, urging them to seize control of their destinies and proactively mould their future as they ponder on what lies ahead. In a social media post […] The post Seizing

Hollard Ghana receives CSR Leadership Award at Ghana Insurance Awards for Remarkable Turnaround of Al-Waleed Basic Comprehensive School Hollard Ghana, the country’s favourite insurance group made-up of Hollard Insurance and Hollard Life, has been honoured with the prestigious Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Leadership Award at the Ghana Insurance Awards for its outstanding Al-Waleed Basic Comprehensive […] The post Hollard

The national youth organizer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Salam Mustapha, has praised the government’s efforts to recover the economy after the COVID-19 pandemic. Mustapha said that despite the current turmoil in the global economy, Ghana has made one of the fastest economic recoveries. “The current world economy is in turmoil and once we […] The post We’ve

About 37 communities in the Gushegu constituency have been connected to the national grid. The exercise was carried out by the Member of Parliament (MP) for the area, Alhassan Tampuli. At the commissioning ceremony, the MP said that his record in terms of development since coming to office is unmatched. He said that before he […] The post Gushegu MP connects 37 communities

The Member of Parliament for Buem and former National Organizer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kofi Adams has added his voice to calls for the resignation of the governor of the Bank of Ghana and his two deputies over reckless spending leading to GH¢60 billion losses in 2022. Mr. Adams intimated that the […] The post Resignation of BoG governor,

President of policy think tank, Imani Africa, Franklin Cudjoe is calling for the people responsible for the Bank of Ghana’s 2022 GH¢60 billion loss to be surcharged to recoup the money. Mr. Cudjoe chastised the Central Bank for being irresponsible and shirking its mandate which he said accounted for the loss. “If you are suggesting […] The post Persons

I have spent most of my adult life in the Ashanti region, where the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has over the years been seen as the saviour of the people. It is common to hear people say “Me de? y?woo metoo party no mu nti s? me nua k?gyina ma party fofor? na s? ap?nkye […] The post What will Akufo-Addo govt be remembered for

Women Organizers of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) stormed Awutu Senya East Constituency in the Greater Accra Region over the weekend to register their readiness to wrestle the seat for their party. The 291 branch women organizers pledged to strategize, mobilize, and organize the electorates in the constituency to vote massively for the party […] The post NDC