A 38-year-old woman has delivered triplets at the St. Theresa’s Hospital in Nandom in the Upper West Region. Madam Paschalene Baawone, unemployed, who now has seven children, including the triplets, is seeking support from public-spirited individuals and corporate organisations to cater for her children. She said, “I have four children already, comprising two boy and […]
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Germany and UK deport 22 Ghanaians
By John Elliot HAGAN, Accra The Kotoka International Airport (KIA) Regional Command of the Ghana Immigration Service has received 17 Ghanaian deportees from Germany on board chartered flight CT3721. The deportees, all males, who are aged between 21 and 60 years, were escorted by 67 police officers, including paramedics. They were deported for immigration-related issues […]
Yaa-Naa declares support for Free Zones Authority’s investment drive into Northern Ghana
The Overlord of Dagbon, Yaa-Naa Abubakari Mahama, has pledged to support the Ghana Free Zones Authority’s (GFZA) Investment Week Promotion. He expressed his readiness to personally work with the GFZA, and assured the team of his full support. He made the promise when the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GFZA, Mr Michael Okyere Baafi, led […]
Alleged Coup plot: We have dangerous idiots in Ghana – Gabby Otchere-Darko
Private legal practitioner and a high ranking member of the governing New Patriotic Party, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko says there is a slim chance for a coup plot to succeed in the country, despite suggestions by a number of people that no such thing is possible in the country at this time, ABC News can report. Though Mr. […]
You cannot threaten former presidents – Rawlings tells youth
Former President Jerry John Rawlings says it is wrong for any individual or group of persons to threaten former presidents. The National Democratic Congress (NDC) founder in a Facebook post condemned the youth groups who have to threaten former President John Dramani Mahama over the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II brouhaha. “It is utterly inappropriate […]
Mass failure hits Ghana School of Law entrance exams again
The Ghana School of Law has recorded yet another case of mass examination failure only months after a similar one was witnessed which saw more than half of the candidates for the Bar exams failing. This time around, the mass failure was recorded at the entrance exams. Of the nearly 1,820 prospective students, only 128 […]
22 Ghanaians deported from Germany, UK
Some 17 Ghanaians aged between 21 and 60 have been deported from Germany. The deportees were sent back to Ghana for various immigration offences. Five other Ghanaians have also been deported from the United Kingdom. A statement from the Immigration Service said the deportees from Germany, all male, were escorted by sixty seven Police officers […]
President Akufo-Addo receives 2019 Focos Humanitarian Award
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has received the 2019 FOCOS Humanitarian Award, on behalf of the Government and people of Ghana, for the country’s “longstanding support for the Foundation of Orthopaedics and Complex Spine”. Receiving the award on Monday, 23rd September, 2019, at the FOCOS NYC Gala ceremony, President Akufo-Addo noted […]
Ghana’s port expanded; can now take bigger vessels
The Secretary General for the International Chamber of Commerce, Emmanuel Doni-Kwame, has noted that Ghana ports have been expanded can therefore accommodate bigger vessels. He called for the expansion and revitalization of other sectors of the transport sector including Ghana’s railway system, as it would augment the agricultural sector. “Get the infrastructure right. I have […]
Except NIB, all 5 GAT banks now fully capitalised – BoG
With exception of the National Investment Bank (NIB), all banks operating in the country have now met the GH¢400million capitalisation as the banks under government’s bail-out plan have been helped with the needed funds, Governor of the central bank, Dr. Ernest Addison, has confirmed. According to the Governor, four of the banks that were given […]
Military personnel picked up over coup plot
Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has disclosed Tuesday, that some military personnel have been picked up in connection with a recent bust of a coup plot. Speaking on the Super Morning Show on Joy FM, the Minister said the arrest of the officers is part of an in-depth investigation into the attempt by a group of persons to […]
NDC’s Kwame Zu apologizes for ‘insulting’ Okyenhene
The Ashanti Regional Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kwame Zu has apologized over comments he made against Okyenhene, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin. Mr Zu in a statement said he unreservedly render an unqualified apology to the Okyenhene, the Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Council and indeed all Ghanaians for the said statement. “I hereby […]












