It has emerged that the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) spent GH¢1million on the aborted referendum. Chairperson of the Commission, Josephine Nkrumah told JoyNews’ PM Express programme on Tuesday, the monies were used for awareness creation and education about the exercise. She said the money was acquired, courtesy of …

The authorities in northern Nigeria have suspended a bride-price levy imposed by a village chief following a public outcry. Residents of Kera village in Kano state complained that the 137,000 naira ($375; £300) levy, to be paid by the groom to the bride’s family, had prevented marriages from taking place. …

Rescuers in Kenya have retrieved the body of a teenager who drowned as she tried to save a man who had got into trouble as he was crossing a swollen river. Anna Nduku, 19, fell into the Kandisi river near Ongata Rongai, on the outskirts of the capital, Nairobi, on …

President Akufo-Addo has reiterated his Government’s commitment to building a first class railway network in Ghana in order to revamp the sector which has deteriorate over the years since colonial rule ended in Ghana. Addressing workers of the Ghana Railway Company Limited (GRCL) at the Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) workshop …

Nii Emanuel Tetteh Oglie II, Chief of Saki in Greater Accra Region, has called on political authorities to allow the police and other security setups to appoint their own top officials. He made this remarks during the fifth anniversary celebrations of his coronation on the theme, ‘The roles of chiefs …

Security analyst Adam Bonaa says it is archaic for policemen to be still escorting money in bullion vans in the country. The coments comes on the back of the killing of a policeman who was accompanying bullion van accompanying money belonging to ADB bank branch at Sewhi Wiaso in the …

Ghana technical director Francis Oti Akenteng has called on clubs to put more trust in indigenous coaches. There have been complaints over the increasing hire of foreign coaches especially by Premier League outfits. The conversation has recently taken a new turn as the quality of expatriate coaches have come under question …

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has commenced the 2019/ 2020 Enlistment process for Regular Career and Short Service Commission Officers. The scratch cards for the online application are on sale across the country at designated Ghana Post offices which sells for ¢50. The portal for the online application has been activated …

Department of Home Affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi has announced a number of new visa changes heading into the festive season. In a presentation on Sunday (1 December), Motsoaledi provided an update on some of the key pronouncements made by the department in July and confirmed government’s readiness to facilitate traveller …

Over the past academic year, the economic impact of spending by Ghanaian students studying in the United States reached $129 million, data from the 2019 Open Doors report has revealed. Keeping in trend with a long standing preference for seeking education abroad, Ghana featured in the list of top African …