Ghana has legalized the use of cannabis for health and industrial purposes as it joins other African countries hoping to derive economic and health benefits from the substance. On Friday the country’s Parliament passed into law the Narcotics Control Commission Bill, 2019. The law now makes the country’s Narcotics Control …

The Divisional Chief of Ejura and the Adontenhene of Asate Manpong Stool Lands in the Ashanti Mampong Traditional Council in the Ashanti Ashanti region, Barimah Osei Hwedie II, has bought a two hour radio airtime for the Muslims communities within his jurisdiction. The Muslims prayers will be aired live on every …

Parliament has passed the Imposition of Restrictions Bill. The bill gives legal backing to powers that can be exercised by the President to impose restrictions to persons in times of public emergencies like the Coronavirus pandemic for purposes of public safety and protection. The House considered the bill throughout the …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has ordered the immediate and indefinite shut down of basic and second-cycle schools hosting final-year Junior and Senior High School students beginning Monday, March 23, 2020. This directive follows concerns raised by teacher unions over the continuous stay of the students in the school and the recent …

Some 83 pharmacy students of the University of Ghana who have been quarantined on campus since one of their mates tested positive for coronavirus are complaining of neglect by health authorities handling the pandemic in Ghana. According to the students, since they were put into isolation last week, there have …

A 20-year-old man has been hauled before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly impregnating a 15-year-old girl at the Arts Center in Accra. Emmanuel Teye has since December 2018 had countless number of sex with the victim at the Black Star Square Sea shore in Accra. Charged with defilement, Teye, …

My News Ghana has sighted a video where a trotro driver nearly run over a police officer. It is not known what the issue was but the police officer is seen shouting and pointing fingers at the trotro driver who was still in the car. The driver tried to drive off but the …

Edmund Ackah, an outspoken football administrator, has laid down his tools as the Greater Accra representative for Asante Kotoko. Ackah has been pivotal in his capacity under the Kwame Kyei administration since August 2018. He has cited personal reasons for his resignation, and explaining why he quit his role on …

South Sudan, Zimbabwe, Rwanda and the Central African Republic (CAR) are amongst the unhappiest countries in the world, according to the UN’s World Happiness Index. Only Afghanistan beats them to bottom place of the 153 countries listed. Finland has been named the world’s happiest country for the third year running. Nordic …

The Presiding Archbishop and General Overseer of the Action Chapel International Ministry, Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams has declared that no government official will be killed by COVID 19. Praying for the government during a breakfast meeting in Accra on Thursday morning organised by President Akufo-Addo to seek the face of God …