The Ghana Police Service has arrested three persons in connection with the alleged kidnapping of the 28-year-old pregnant woman, Josephine Mensah, who allegedly went missing in Takoradi on September 16 only to resurface five days later around Axim in the Western Region. In a statement dated Thursday, September 23, 2021, the Police said the victim, Josephine, […]
The United States Government is to donate 1.3 million Pfizer vaccines to Ghana to aid the national plan to inoculate 20 million Ghanaians by the end of the year. The gesture would add to the 1.2 million Moderna shots received by Ghana from the United States on September 4, 2021. US Vice President Kamala Harris […]
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has indicated that it will from Friday, September 24, continue its immunization exercise in the Greater Accra Regional Health Directorate for Ghanaian citizens who have not been vaccinated against the Covid-19 pandemic. According to the GHS in its press statement, individuals who have received the first jab of AstraZeneca vaccines […]
The 42-year-old-man who was busted with 656 ATM cards connected to nine banks operating in Ghana and Nigeria has been remanded by an Accra Circuit Court. Bachir Musa Aminou, has been slapped with two counts of electronic trafficking and stealing, reports Graphic Online’s Justice Agbenorsi who was in the courtroom when Aminou was arraigned. He […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has described as an “unfortunate development” the recent decision of some European countries not to recognise the Covishield, the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine manufactured in India. According to the President, It was intriguing that the Covishield vaccine was donated to African countries through the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) facility. Addressing […]
The Kuenyehia Trust for Contemporary Art has appointed Ms Valentina Mintah to its board. Ms Mintah is internationally recognised for her expertise in trade facilitation and customs modernisation. She is the founder and former CEO of West Blue Consulting, which successfully developed and delivered national single window platforms for Ghana and Nigeria, significantly improving trade […]
A team of financial experts from the Bank of Ghana (BoG) is assisting the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) to investigate how a 42-year-old man, Bachir Musa Aminou, illegally acquired 656 ATM cards connected to nine banks for trans-border business. The team has roped in the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) and the Economic and Organised Crime […]
The country’s population has reached 30.8 million, according to a preliminary report from the 2021 Population and Housing Census (PHC) conducted by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS). The Chief Census Officer and Government Statistician, Professor Samuel Kobina Annim, who announced this yesterday, said there had been an annual intercensal growth rate of 2.1 per cent, […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will today mount the podium at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly Hall at the annual gathering of world leaders in New York City, United States. It will be the fifth time he addresses the UN General Assembly as President, having done so four times already in his capacity as […]
The 28-year-old pregnant woman who went missing in Takoradi on Thursday, September 16, has been found around Axim in the Western Region. Josephine Panyin Mensah who was said to be nursing a near term pregnancy, was without the pregnancy when she was discovered near a church building in Axim. She had been reported missing after […]
The Ghana Police Service has interdicted four police officers for unprofessional conduct after they allegedly assaulted some persons in Tamale in the Northern Region on September 21, 2021. The four officers working with the Northern Regional Police Command were assigned to assist NEDCO/VRA officials to arrest some persons allegedly involved in illegal power connections. A […]
A man who was portrayed in a film as a life-saving hero during the Rwandan genocide has been sentenced to 25 years for terrorism by a court in Rwanda. Paul Rusesabagina, 67, was found guilty of backing a rebel group behind deadly attacks in 2018 and 2019. His family has called the trial a sham, […]
