Ghana is to be removed from the European Union’s money laundering list, government has announced. According to the Jubilee House, the EU is taking the decision as a result of Ghana’s efforts in implementing the Action Plan of the International Country Risk Guide. A government statement Friday also noted Ghana …

The Gender and Social Protection Minister, Sarah Adwoa Safo, has reversed her decision to sack the head of Ghana’s School Feeding program. Madam Gertrude Quashigah was fired in a statement issued by Adwoa Safo on Tuesday. The statement directed her to hand over to the chief director of the Gender …

 Chinese governmentt The Chinese government has expressed its disappointment following the involvement of their nationals in illegal small scale mining (Galamsey) as they proposed the Chinese government inclusion in the galamsey fight. They have also proposed a travel blacklisting of its nationals engaged in illegal mining. A delegation from the …

The Police in Adeiso of the Eastern Region is currently investigating an attempted murder of a man found in a near-death situation. The man is currently in critical condition and had his tongue reportedly slashed and wounds inflicted on his face and jaw area. Rainbow Radio’s Prince Collins Bening reporting …

A 30-year-old suspected illegal miner has drowned in an abandoned galamsey pit at Akyem Akanteng in West Akyem Municipality in the Eastern Region The deceased, Fulam Tasira, a mechanic reportedly drown while escaping arrest after a false alarm that the military task force clamping down on illegal miners was trooping …

Traditional worshippers in Lagos State will soon get an official public holiday set aside for them to celebrate like their Christian and Muslim counterparts. Uzamat Akinbile-Yussuf, Commissioner for Tourism in the state, and Special Adviser to the governor, disclosed this while giving an account of their stewardship in the last …

A handful of vaccine holdouts in the world’s least-inoculated continent could pose another big challenge for global efforts to end the pandemic. Burundi, Tanzania and Eritrea have so far rejected the World Health Organization’s advice to register for Covax, an initiative to distribute vaccines to poorer countries, with some officials …

The administration of Christ the King Nursery and Primary School in Tororo Municipality of Uganda has resolved to detain about 34 pupils after their donors failed to clear fees amounting to about Shs16 million. The affected pupils are from poor families that were reportedly admitted to the school by Rebecca …

Government has missed out on the opportunity to save nearly US$560m in debt servicing costs after it elected not to take part in a debt relief initiative for lower income countries badly hit by the pandemic. The Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI), championed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and …

Nigeria’s army chief has died in a helicopter accident in the north central Kaduna State, multiple local media portals have reported. Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru was appointed to the top post months back after President Muhammadu Buhari changed the entire top brass of the military hierarchy. Government has yet to …