An investment of US$18.5 million made under phase I of the Gulf of Guinea Northern Regions Social Cohesion (SOCO) Projects has brought significant improvements to the lives of thousands of people in Northern Ghana, it has been revealed. The project, aimed at economically empowering communities and making them resilient to vulnerabilities, has completed 530 infrastructure […] The post US$18.5m

The Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Ernest Addison, has indicated that the Ghanaian economy has shown signs of a strong growth recovery of 4.7% in the first quarter of 2024. This growth rate surpasses the 3.1 percent observed during the same period in 2023, signalling a positive trajectory for the nation’s economic health. […] The post Economy Shows Strong Recovery with 4.7% GDP Growth

Reliable information available to The Chronicle indicates that the road construction equipment that Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia promised all Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) have arrived in the country. Our sources at the corridors of power say the equipment have been shipped to Ghana and movement from port started Wednesday, July 24, 2024. […] The post Construction

The running mate to the flagbearer of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has vowed again to support his boss, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, to forge a new partnership with traditional authorities for development. He gave the assurance to help Dr. Bawumia to deepen the bond between the political class and traditional […] The post I am committed

Justice Afia Serwah Asare-Botwe, a distinguished Court of Appeal judge, has raised significant concerns over the prolonged delays in Ghana’s judicial system, attributing them partly to the country’s ambiguous definition of reasonable time in law. Speaking at the Justice for All programme (JFAP) organised by the Judicial Service and POS Foundation, Justice Asare-Botwe noted how […] The post Pretrial

Kofi Tweneboah, also known as ‘Jaguar’, together with two others, have allegedly defrauded a Kumasi based trader, Rita Owusu Adade of GH¢83,000 by impersonating Francis Asenso Boakye, Member of Parliament (MP) for Bantama Constituency and also the Minister for Roads and Highways. Tweneboah allegedly committed the offences together with some individuals referred to as ‘Boozing’ […] The post Court

My mobile phone rang – it is Nana at the other end. “Captain, breaking news in Berekum have it that La Bianca is dead. You are in Accra. Is it true?” I missed a heartbeat. La Bianca, aka Honourable Mrs. Eunice Jacqueline Boah Asomah Hinneh Member of the Council of State and a chief in […] The post Culture A La Bianca: Written by Nkrabeah Effah-Dartey appeared first on The

The Minister of Education Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum has said that government has made strides in addressing the issues of the Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) which resulted in their strike. The Minister told journalists in Accra on Wednesday, July 24, 2024 after an engagement with stakeholders, saying “we have made great […] The post Minister For Education,

The Volta River Authority (VRA) has embarked on sensitization activities for residents in its operation area on its Emergency Preparedness Plan. The series of meetings are to any allays fears of the residents within their operation areas, and ensure that in case of spillage, its negative effect will not be dire as if there was […] The post VRA sensitises residents on emergency preparedness

The Minister for Works and Housing, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, is billed to deliver the 2024 Busia Institute lecture, as the keynote Speaker. Scheduled for Wednesday, July 31, 2024 the event is being hosted by the Busia Institute for Rural and Democratic Development (BIRDD). The 2024 Busia Lecture, which will take place at the Nicholas Aidoo-Taylor […] The post Kojo Oppong Nkrumah to deliver

The Management of Gold Fields Ghana Limited (GFGL), Tarkwa mine, has made it clear that it would not cede or give part of its concession in support of the government’s flagship programme, Community Mining. According to the company, it was responsible and answerable for its actions as a company, and there is no way it […] The post Gold Fields: We’ll Not Cede Our Concession For Mining

Intron Health, a pioneering health tech company that provides clinical speech recognition for over 200 accents spoken in developing countries, starting in Africa, has raised $1.6M in a pre-seed funding round. The round was led by Microtraction, with participation from Plug and Play Ventures, Jaza Rift Ventures, Octopus Ventures, Africa Health Ventures, OpenseedVC, Pi Campus, […] The post Intron

A choral music enthusiast, Bertha Blessing Cudjoe, has donated sanitary pads to some schoolgirls in the Zakarikorpe Seventh Day Adventist Basic School, in Kasoa. The donation, which was to celebrate her birthday, benefited over 200 young girls in the school, Basic A and B, who have attained their puberty ages. On Tuesday, July 16, 2024 […] The post Bertha Cudjoe donates to school girls on

“The first to apologize is the bravest. The first to forgive is the strongest. The first to forget is the happiest”. – Unknown In our sojourn to “Agege” some forty years ago, during the heady days of the so-called Rawlings’s Revolution the headmaster at a Grammar School in Ondo State fixed a day for a […] The post HOT ISSUES with Africanus Owusu Ansah: NAPO’S MEA CULPA

The Majority Caucus in Parliament is calling for a debate between the two leading presidential candidates, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia and John Dramani Mahama. According to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Members of Parliament, the two candidates engaging in a presidential debate will enable the electorate to make informed decisions in the December 7 elections. The […] The post NPP MPs on December

Three years since the groundbreaking ceremony to commence the construction of Phase II of the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) in Ho, the facility is ready for commissioning. The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Friday, September 10, 2021 broke ground for work to start on the $60 million project. Phase II is […] The post $60m UHAS phase II project ready after Akufo-Addo

The Minister for Works and Housing, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has indicated that the Akufo-Addo government, since 2017, has delivered a total of 1,000 homes to the security services in the country. According to the minister, the 320 new homes for the police brought the number to 1000. He said this on Tuesday, July 23, 2024, […] The post 1,000 homes built for security agencies since 2017 -KON

The mining sector has contributed GH¢34.579 billion to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) from 2020 to 2022. The sector declined from GH¢11.449 billion in 2020 to GH¢10.105 billion in 2021, representing a decrease of 11.7 percent and increased to GH¢13.025 billion in 2022, representing a 28.9 percent climb. This was contained in the Ghana […] The post Mining

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr. George Akuffo-Dampare, says the crime rate in Ghana has reduced significantly. According to IGP Dampare, recent programmes and policies initiated by the Police leadership are making rolls. Speaking at the commissioning of some 320-bedroom apartments for Police Officers at Tesano in Accra, IGP Dampare attributed the decline in crime rate […] The post Editorial:

  As African Foreign Ministers gather in Accra this week, the search for a new African Union (AU) Head has officially begun. This meeting marks a critical moment for the continent, as leaders contemplate the direction of Africa’s premier multilateral body. The stakes are high, and the choice of a new leader comes at a […] The post Opinion