Although Rawlings wished to see his friend Otumfuo Osei Tutu in person at his mother’s funeral, it couldn’t materialize. Live on TV, it has been confirmed that the Ashanti powerful King cannot make it to the final funeral rites although he was officially invited. It has been confirmed on Joy …

The people of Oti Region heaved a sigh of relief when the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, cut the sod for the construction of a solid waste treatment facility and a multipurpose sports stadium.    The two state-of-the-art facilities are collaboration among the government of Ghana and Jospong Group of …

A Cape Coast Circuit Court Judge, Mrs Dorinda Arthur Smith, wished a convict she sentenced to 21 years imprisonment in hard labour, died in prison for defiling his two-year-old granddaughter. Mrs Smith described the act as “vicious” saying the convict could not show sympathy to the survivor at that tender …

Former President John Dramani Mahama has charged the chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to as a matter of urgency resolve issues emerging in Côte d’Ivoire before they become deadly as is happening in Nigeria. Mr Mahama noted that tension is …

Gunmen have stormed a private school in a restive area of Cameroon killing at least six children and wounding a dozen others, officials say. Officials in the south-western city of Kumba blamed Anglophone secessionists for the attack. This has not been independently confirmed. A local education official said the victims …

Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia has said that while the Mahama administration built only 23 out of the 200 Community Day Senior High Schools (E-blocks) it promised, the Akufo-Addo government, in its first term of office, has been able to add 27 more E-blocks to accommodate senior high school students enjoying the …

Four persons are in critical condition following an accident that occurred at Breman Essiam-Nyamebekyere to Assin Fosu road in the Ajumako Enyan Essiam District of the Central Region. The accident involved a taxi with registration number GT 7540 U, which was from Breman Essiam to Hasowodze, and a Benz Sprinter …

Residents of Akyem Batabi in the Eastern Region were left in shock when a church building collapsed, killing over 20 members of the Church of Prosperity. Rescue operations by the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), police, and military retrieved 30 persons. 22 were declared dead while eight others received treatment. …

The world may have long believed that Nigerian senators are the highest paid but there had been no internal confirmation until now. A Nigerian senator just bust the lid open on the amount he and his colleagues receive monthly in an effort to bring more transparency and accountability to governance. …

Relative calm has returned to Nigerian cities after more than two weeks of deadly protests against police brutality and widespread anger over the shooting of peaceful demonstrators. In Lagos, the country’s commercial hub and the epicentre of the protests, authorities on Saturday eased a 24-hour curfew, while the streets of …