Starting a new relationship can be quite tricky yet exciting at the same time.

Opanin Kwaku Baah and Opanin Kwabena Agyei, representing Daasebre Mampong Agyei, have filed a writ at the Nkawkaw High Court citing the Kwahu Traditional Council, Daasebre Akuamoa Agyapong II, National Commission of Culture, and Isaac Bright Botwe (defendants) for contempt of court. The plaintiffs are praying the court, which writ will be moved on Friday January 20, 2023, to   commit the respondents to prison for contempt of the court. According to the plaintiffs, they want the respondents punished

With just 16 days into January, Ashanti Region has recorded over ninety fire incidents with three casualties, leaving the rest with various degrees of injury. The figure is a cumulative number of recorded incidents in the first half of January, a situation the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has described as worrying. The Service has, […]

The National Lottery Authority (NLA) has warned that it will revoke the licenses of Private Lotto Operators who have not yet regularised their operations for the 2023 Licensing Year. In a statement released by the Authority, with a list of Private Lotto Operators in good standing, the Authority cautions that Private Lottery Operators who still need to regularise their operations have up to January 23, 2023 to do so or face severe sanctions. “NLA will revoke the licenses of operators who have

The National Communications Authority (NCA) has granted conditional approval for the transfer of 70% majority shares in Ghana Telecommunications Company Limited (Vodafone Ghana) held by Vodafone International Holdings B.V. to Telecel Group. This is subject to concessions by the seller and representations made by the buyer to the NCA. The NCA in a statement confirmed […] The post NCA

2023 NCG PRESS RELEASE – Payment to JNS (1) The National Cathedral Secretariat has said that following the January 7 memo that it issued to refute a ‘false’ claim made against the National Cathedral, its attention has been drawn to yet another false accusation. This time, and using information from the same documentation submitted by […]

Mr. Immanuel Owusu Ansah, a Kumasi-based Publisher, Graphic Designer, Network Engineer and Agro-Chemical importer, has been installed Chief of Abrenyase (Abuakwa) in the Nwabiagya Municipality of the Ashanti Region. The new Chief has since December 19, 2022 sworn the Oath of Allegiance to the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, at Manhyia Palace in Kumasi, and answers to the stool name of Oheneba Yaw Owusu Ansah. Oheneba Owusu Ansah, 43, ascends the stool which remained vacant for four years.

AngloGold Ashanti – Ghana, Obuasi Mine, has cut the sod for the commencement of work on an ultramodern school complex at Sanso, a mining community near Obuasi in the Ashanti Region. The project, when completed, is expected to replace the existing public school in the community and other adjourning communities, including Anwona, Nyamebekyere and Nhyieaso. The GH¢5,000,000.00 project will  comprise a nine-unit classroom block, staff common room, Head teacher’s office, Sick Bay, Kitchen,

Ghanaian rapper Lousika has been enstooled Queenmother of Manso Nkwanta in the Amansie West District of the Ashanti Region. The business woman cum musician and a mother of two succeeds her grandmother, the late Omanhemaa of Manso Nkwanta, Nana Nyarko Aboraa II, under the stool name of Nana Akua Nyarko Aboraa Sika. The late Paramount Queenmother, Nana Nyarko II, passed away over a year ago, after more than four decades on the stool. Nana Akua Aboraa Sika’s musical career as a rapper suffered

The Ghana Education Service (GES) last week dismissed eight female students of Chiana Senior High School in the Kassena-Nankana West District of the Upper East Region, for making derogatory comments against President Akufo-Addo in a video that went viral. The eight students in the video were seen making disparaging comments against the President and his free Senior High School (SHS) policy. There were mixed reactions to the sacking of the girls, as some individuals and institutions condemned the

The 1st Vice President of the Ghana Institute of Freight Forwarders (GIFF), Paul Kobina Mensah, has revealed the perspective of clearing and forwarding agents on the newly agreed rates for freight forwarding services in the country. According to him, the professional fraternity has welcomed the new rates despite expecting more. He said they fought for a 250% increase in the rates from the last negotiated rates in 2016. Some of the reasons he expressed, included the operational cost of service

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), in consultation with the National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA), has indexed monthly pensions upward by 25%. The increment was effected in line with Section 80 of the National Pensions Act 2008 (Act 766). The indexation means that the highest-earning pensioners would witness a 19.10% increment in the pensions, while low-earning pensioners will see a 43.53% increment in their pensions in the year 2023. The Chief Actuary, Mr. Joseph

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong has said the party lost many seats in the Central Region during the 2020 general elections due to disunity.

The High Court in Accra has directed the National Security Coordinator, Inspector General of Police and the Attorney General to apologize and compensate the editor of ModernGhana.com, Emmanuel Ajarfor with an amount of GH?40,000. Emmanuel Ajarfor in 2019 sued the three state actors after he was arrested by armed National Security operatives for allegedly making […] The post Court

The Students Loan Trust Fund (SLTF) has announced the opening of applications for the 2022/2023 academic year. Tertiary students across the country will be able to access the Students Loan portal either through the organization’s website or by downloading the Students Loan App. Targeted applicants It is expected that over 70,000 new applicants will access the loan for the 2022/2023 academic year as against 32,744 students who benefitted last year due to measure put in place to reach out

South Africa's Lloyd Harris beats 17th seed Lorenzo Musetti in a gruelling five-set contest to reach the second round of the Australian Open.

Utility tariffs are to go up in the first quarter of 2023 effective February 1, 2023. This was announced by the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) on Monday, January 16, 2023, despite admitting the present economic challenges. While the end-user tariff for electricity has been increased by 29.96 percent, that of water has also seen […] The post PURC

Honorary Senior Specialists and Consultants with the School of Medicine and Dentistry (SMD) of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have pledged their support for the renewed drive by the new Chief Executive Officer of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), to improve the quality of clinical care at the facility. They stated that they fully share Prof. Otchere Addai-Mensah’s passion for the transformation of the hospital into a true patient-centred hospital and

The Inspector General of Police, Dr George Akufo Dampare has instructed the immediate relocation of all police officers and their families from a housing facility at Apromase to another location. This was after a fire ripped through apartments housing police officers and their families. A police officer, 35-year-old Sergeant Owusu Asante Baafi with the Anti-Robbery […] The post IGP

Some patients at the Bandoh and Tamakloe Hall of the 37 Military Hospital in Accra were filled with gratitude on Christmas Eve after receiving assorted food, drinks and money from a Senior Nursing Officer. The token money is expected to help in the payment of their medical bills, while the food was to enable them also partake in the Christmas festivities since they were incapable of going out with friends and family to have fun due to their ailments. Madam Elizabeth Boateng, a Senior Nursing Officer