Eighty-six illegal miners who entered the underground of Obuasi Mine of Anglogold Ashanti in Ghana have been arrested by the police. They were all picked up when they exited the underground through one of the main shafts of the mining company into the waiting arms of the police and security personnel of the biggest gold […]
A Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon and Director of the National Cardiothoracic Centre at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Professor Mark Tettey, has advised men who suffer from sexual weakness after taking antihypertensive drugs to consult their doctors for other medications instead of abandoning treatment altogether. Prof. Tettey said hypertension as a condition affected sexual function, hence […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stressed the need to prioritise the sustainable management of the ocean through robust enforcement of regulations. He said that would prevent overfishing and promote responsible fishing practices. That was necessary, the President stressed, as the ocean presented an incredible opportunity to accelerate the nation’s development agenda and cautioned against […]
Former Education Minister and renowned author of ‘The Dilemma of a Ghost’ has passed on. According to her family, the poet, playwright and academic born on March 23, 1942, died peacefully at home. In a press statement, the family announced, “with deep sorrow but in the hope of the resurrection, informs the general public that […]
Parliament has written to the Electoral Commission (EC) to notify it of the vacancy in the Assin North constituency. THE Clerk to Parliament, Cyril Kwabena Nsiah, signed the letter dated May 29, 2023, which was addressed to the Chairperson of the EC, Jean Mensa. The notification, he said, had been necessitated by the judgement of […]
As part of measures to make tourism play its leading role in the economic progress of the country, Ghana is working towards attracting two million international arrivals that will culminate in a $4 billion spending impact by 2025, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated. He said as part of the measures put in place, […]
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has revealed that nominations for the upcoming Assin North by-election in the Central Region will open on Wednesday, May 31. The announcement follows the recent declaration by Parliament that the Assin North Parliamentary seat is vacant, following a Supreme Court ruling on the eligibility of James Gyakye Quayson to hold […]
About 11 million active Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) cards yet to be re-registered with the Ghana Card risk disconnection and deletion tomorrow as the deadline for the exercise expires today. Following this development, hundreds of people, majority of whom are trying to register their SIMs for the first time, have thronged some National Identification Authority […]
Campaign team members for Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia, Messrs. Fred Oware and Sammi Awuku former Chief Executive Officer of Bui Power Authority and current Director-General of the National Lottery Authority respectively, on Tuesday May 30, 2023, picked nomination forms for Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, officially signifying the Vice President’s formal entry into the governing New Patriotic […]
The chief of Antoa in Asanteman, Nana Kwame Owusu Agyeman has been destooled. The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II in a ruling destooled the Antoa chief following a number of offences including multiple sale of lands. The ruling was delivered by Otumfuo, who is the President of the Kumasi Traditional Council on his first sitting […]
The Ghana National Ambulance Service has reacted to a video in circulation claiming one of the ambulances belonging to the service has been shipped to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for sale. In a statement dated Monday, [May 29, 2023], the Ambulance Service explained that the vehicle in the video is part of […]
The recent sudden death of a 17-year-old student of the St Monica’s Senior High School (SHS) at Mampong in the Ashanti Region, and the circumstances surrounding the incident, has been attributed partly to negligence on the part of the management of the school. The student, Patience Amanyi, reported sick, the housemistress, senior housemistress and other […]
