Fifteen pesewas have become popular in the last few days after the government decided to remove the sum from every litre in petroleum price build-up margins. Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta on Thursday announced a number of mitigation measures reached by the government to combat current economic hardships. The reduction has …

Returning home a month after fleeing advancing rebel forces proved to be a fatal mistake for Zemzem’s family. The young woman, whose name we have changed to protect her identity, ran away from her small town in the Amhara region with her husband and baby son in August last year. …

The first-ever model of unintended pregnancies and abortion rates for 150 countries has estimated that 266,000 abortions were done in Ghana between 2015 and 2019. The Guttmacher Institute, the World Health Organisation and the UN’s Human Reproduction Programme (HRP) released the model-based estimates of unintended pregnancy and abortion rates highlighting …

The Ministry of Education (MoE) has announced that the 2021/2022 Computerized School Selection and Placement System (CSsPs) into Senior High Schools (SHS)/Senior High Technical Schools (SHTS) and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Institutes will be released on Saturday, March 26, 2022. This is contained in a press release …

Dr. Rauf Alhassan, a lecturer at the University of Environment and Sustainable Development’s (UESD) Department of Water Resources and Sustainable Development, has stressed the importance of water to humanity’s long-term survival. According to him, climate change, rapid population growth, urbanisation, and exploitation of water for competing economic activities such as …

The Chief Executive Officer of the Public Sector Reforms, Thomas Kusi-Boafo has entreated members of the Minority in Parliament to prioritize the passing of the Electronic Transactions Levy (E-Levy) bill into law. Government’s proposed 1.5% E-Levy has heavily been resisted by the minority, causing a delay in the passage of the bill. …

A 36-year-old pastor will spend the next eight years in prison away from his pregnant wife after he was found guilty of defiling a 15-year-old junior high school student of the Nuaso Presby Junior School 1. Nii Kwartei on Wednesday, 23rd March, 2022 lured the victim into a guest house …

Some fans of the Super Eagles have expressed concerns with officiating after the Black Stars held to the Super Eagles to a goalless draw at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi. The game, the first leg of the doubleheader ahead of the FIFA World Cup qualifiers for Qatar 2022 …

The Ministry of Education has announced that the 2021/2022 Computerized School Selection and  Placement Systems (CSSPS) for students into Senior High Schools (SHS) will be publicized today, Saturday, March 26. According to the Ministry, 367, 811 candidates out of the 555,353 who qualified for the placement have been placed automatically …

A 32-year-old man has been beaten to a pulp for stealing over twenty goats at Anokyi, a suburb of Mankessim in the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central Region. The suspect is said to have been caught stealing around 1:00 am Thursday, March 24, 2022 after residents while sleeping heard numerous …