To ensure there is water for domestic use, women and children have to wake up at 3am and walk about an hour and thirty minutes to the river bed to dig the ground and sit till 6am in order to collect water that has accumulated in the dugout. They then walk another hour and thirty […] The post U/W: Kalaahi Residents Walk Six Hours Daily To Get Water appeared first

The single most important factor in the development and progress of a nation is its human capital, and it is crucial to reconnect Africans on the continent and those in the diaspora to accelerate the emancipation of the African continent, the Vice President of the Ghana, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has underscored. The Vice President, who […] The post Reconnecting Africa,

The New Juaben Municipal Police command in the Eastern Region has arrested a 40-year-old man, Emmanuel Boateng, for allegedly stealing 40 cartons of Cigarettes worth GH¢39.000.00. Boateng who lives in Koforidua works as a sales executive at Nkawkaw for Safe Gold Trading Ventures limited, a Cigarettes distribution company. The complainant, Frank Onyinah Sefah, CEO of […] The post E/R:

Corporate institutions, businesses and emerging leaders have been admonished not to downplay the role that diversity and constant planning play in implementing their strategies. This is the advice coming in from the Acting Corporate Services Executive at MTN Ghana, Pala Asiedu-Ofori. According to Mrs. Asiedu Ofori who doubles as the Senior Manager, Commercial, Legal and […] The post Appreciate

The Ghana Health Service has launched investigations into the diversion of thousands of donor funds forwarded by the World Bank to the Asokore Mampong Municipal Health Directorate in the Ashanti region. The regional health directorate is accused of diverting the funds meant for a Maternal, Child Health and Nutrition Programme (MCHNP) being run in the […] The post GHS

The President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has urged the Government, and the leaders of Togo’s Opposition, to be guided, always, by Togo’s interests, as well as the interests of the Togolese people, in a bid to find a lasting solution to the on-going political impasse in that country. According to President Akufo-Addo, the desire of […] The post Be

Ghanaian Sports Journalist, Juliet Bawuah, over the weekend interviewed President of the world football governing body, Gianni Infantino, on the sidelines of the FIFA Summit in Mauritania. The interview, which has since aired on local television and radio in Mauritania, and soon to air across the rest of Africa all week, focused on a wide […] The post Juliet Bawuah

Calm has returned to the Ashanti Strategic Business Unit Management office at the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) after reports of a fire outbreak in some parts of their building on Monday afternoon. Speaking to Ultimate News’ Patricia Bonsu, the Ashanti Regional Public Relations Manager, Erasmus Kyere Baidoo, mentioned that they detected smoke coming out […] The post ECG

A Board member of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMAs) Nii Ayite Hammond has stated that the long standing beef between controversial dancehall artiste Shatta Wale and Organisers of VGMAs, Charterhouse will be dealt with separately from this year’s Awards Scheme. He said the VGMA is being handled by a new Board and that the old […] The post Shatta

The Criminal division of the Accra High court has ordered the release of the Achimota student who shot and killed his girlfriend last year. According to the presiding judge, Justice Kofi Dorgu, the trial of the accused exceeded the six months period as stipulated in the Juvenile Act. The court has therefore ordered that the […] The post Release Achimota Student

Second Lady, Samira Bawumia, has stated that government is focused on ensuring that quality education becomes accessible to all children, irrespective of their social or financial circumstances. According to her, government believes education is the bedrock upon which every nation’s growth and development is anchored adding, “our human resource capital is our greatest asset, and […] The post Samira:

The heavy mining equipment belonging to Engineers and Planners (E&P) which were impounded at Nyinahin, in the Atwima Mponua District of the Ashanti Region, under the instruction of the Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah will finally be released this week, a source at the Attorney General’s Department has disclosed to Ultimate FM. E&P owned […] The post Gov’t

Late dancehall diva, Ebony Reigns will be buried on Saturday, March 17, 2018 in Accra. The burial date was announced by her family during the one-week celebration of her demise on Sunday February 18, 2018 at the St. Martin De Porres School at Dansoman, Accra. Thousands of people including politicians, musicians, actresses, actors, the clergy and […] The post Ebony Goes Home March 17 appeared

From the way we see it, all married couples that enter into marriage have 3 choices before them. (1) We can have a dysfunctional marriage (which we will give you links to below to help you if you find yourself in this place). But for the rest of this Insight we want to focus on […] The post The Ordinary VS the Extraordinary Marriage appeared first on Ultimate

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will today (Monday) host and facilitate a dialogue between the Togolese government and all opposition parties in Togo to find a lasting solution to the political unrest in the French speaking West African country. Today’s meeting is a follow up to several private meetings the President  has had with all […] The post Nana

Six mourners including two children and a pregnant woman have died in a boat accident on the Volta Lake at Affram Plains North District of the Eastern Region. The accident occurred on Saturday at about 5pm. The outboard motor canoe which had nine passengers on board, all mourners returning to the Bumbe Community after attending a funeral at Foekope […] The post Pregnant

Two new language services have been launched by the BBC World Service for Igbo and Yoruba speakers in Nigeria and West and Central Africa. Their digital content is mainly aimed at audiences who use mobile phones. Igbo is primarily spoken in south-east Nigeria and Yoruba in the south-west, as well as in Benin and Togo. […] The post BBC starts Igbo and Yoruba services in Nigeria

When three men told us why they took their wife’s last name, other readers got in touch to share their experiences. Here two of them explain how it turned out to be way more difficult than they had imagined. ‘My boss refuses to accept my new name’ Wayne Harding, né Nell: I married my wife Debbie in […] The post ‘I took my wife’s name – and my

Oxfam has revealed that three of the men accused of sexual misconduct in Haiti physically threatened witnesses during a 2011 investigation. The charity has published its internal report on alleged abuse by some of its staff following public pressure. In the 2011 report, Oxfam said “more needed” to be done to prevent “problem staff” working for […] The post Oxfam

The National Security has begun on air operation to flush out adamant illegal miners scooping sand around the White Volta River at Nawuni, a village in the Kumbungu district, 40km southwest of Tamale the Northern Regional capital. This comes after the Managing Director of  the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL),  Dr. Clifford Braimah warned to […] The post Kumbungu: