Ghana’s electricity export in 2019 reached the highest level in two decades, with 1,430 Gigawatt hours (GWh), representing 7.9 percent of total electricity generation, exported to neighbouring countries, the Energy Commission’s National Energy Statistics report has revealed. The country’s electricity import in 2019 fell to 127 GWh, equivalent to 0.7 …

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has called on stakeholders to focus attention on the active cases of COVID-19 and not cumulative cases. GHS Boss Dr Patrick Aboagye mentioned that given the high recovery rates among COVID-19 patients, conversations around the virus should be focused on the decreasing trend of active …

The West African Examination Council earlier this month released a new timetable for the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for school candidates. The new timetable was released after the West African Examination Council (WAEC) got approval from the Ministry of Education. The examination starts from today, Monday, …

Mr Nathan Yankey, Acting Director of Operations, Internal Audit Agency (IAA) says the increasing number of syndicated fraud and cybercrime cases underscores the importance of internal audit in Public Financial Management (PFM). He said internal audit units acknowledged the challenge and were repositioning themselves to strengthen mitigating mechanisms and controls …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has asked students, teachers and invigilators who will be involved in the conduct of the 2020 West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) to abide by COVID-19 protocols. “Just as has been done over the course of the last four weeks, since their return …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has confirm the death of a final year Senior High School (SHS) student at Methodist Girls High School located at Mamfe in the Eastern region. The final year SHS student died just a few weeks after resumption of academic work to prepare for the final …

A Ghanaian woman yesterday shocked followers of popular relationship blogger Abena Magis with her ‘MyMotherMyRival’ story. The woman who pleaded to be anonymous revealed how her own mother has collapsed her 7-year-old marriage by dating her son-in-law. The story which many followers of Abena are finding it difficult to believe, …

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has indicated that the Mid-Year Review of estimates would focus on programs aimed at fast-tracking the country’s economic recovery by extending some support to businesses and industries that have been hit badly by COVID-19. Mr Ofori-Atta disclosed this on JOYNEWS’ Business Edition of PM EXPRESS which was on …

Management of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) says an investigation is ongoing following the allegation of sexual assault leveled against one of its directors in the Savannah Region. This was after a petition was sent to the authority outlining the allegations. A nurse at the Soma CHPS facility has …

A number of the University of Ghana students have started a petition on social media to get authorities of their school to rescind its decision of making them come back to school to write their resit examinations. The Management of the University of Ghana says students of the University who registered for …

The Kamasi base singer, songwriter and Chief executive Officer of BRAINDOM known in Showbiz as Ben Brainy features Mic Burners artist/fast raising rapper Amerado on his Afro song. Brainy named this one #WeNoDeyHear.  The song which was released three years ago 17/12/2017 is now gaining popularity on Social Media and many players are getting a lot …

The Chief Executive Officer of Noble Trust Herbal Clinic, Dr George Donkor, has cautioned persons who enjoy sex for more than 13 minutes to stay off that practice. Speaking on ‘Nyankonton Mu Nsem’ on Rainbow radio, he said men who go beyond 13 minutes are prone to prostate enlargement and …

Quarantined students of Accra Girls Senior High School were like,’ to hell with coronavirus’, let’s twerk and have some fun, after all, death is inevitable and truly ── they twerked heavily in the video below ── probably, to shake coronavirus away. In a video sighted by A2zgh.com on Zacknation Dotnet posted on …

Ghana has recorded 447 new cases of the novel coronavirus bringing the country’s case count to 26,572. Five more persons who tested positive have succumbed to the coronavirus in Ghana taking the death toll to 144, according to a Ghana Health Service‘s (GHS) Friday evening update. The Ghana Health Service …

The government has been told to review the Customers Amendment Bill 2020 (Act 891). The Vehicle and Asset Dealers Union of Ghana (VADUG) said the Bill in its form will not inure to the benefit of businesses in Ghana, hence the need to review wit. Parliament on March 12, 2020 …

Minister of Food and Agriculture Dr Owusu Afiyie has expressed worry that vegetable sub-sector of the economy is losing out on about $3billion annually in export earnings. According to him, this is due to the poor infrastructural development for Ghana’s irrigation system which he believes that they are working very …

Ms Rejoice Biscoff, the Birim Central Municipal Director for National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has advised students to avoid lending their textbooks to their friends to prevent the possibility of transferring the virus to one another. She advised the students to stop stigmatization against victims of the coronavirus because …

The Director-General of the Ghana Education Office, Prof. Opoku Amankwah, has disclosed that enough preparations have been put in place to ensure the safety of students as they commence their WASSCE exams on Monday. He indicated that though they are starting with the practicals on Monday, it is imperative to …

The Institute of Energy Security (IES), has said consumers of electricity will be paying more for power in the coming years if government fails to divert its capital into renewable energy sources. According to IES, reports have shown that energy sources are rapidly becoming cheaper than Fossil Fuel Powered Plants. …

  Gifted Ghanaian singer and songwriter 1FDK has gotten the risings a plus, the singer has finally undressed his new music  video which was premiered on his YouTube channel some few hours ago. The grind is on and nothing can hit on a halt, releasing his first single of the year ‘Asocden‘ has already paved …

Members of Parliament have backed mining lease agreements between the government and 14 mining entities under the Asaase Royalties Limited special purpose vehicle associated with the Royalty Monetization provision of the Minerals Income Fund Act of 2018 (Act 978). The leases are AGA Miradani granted to Ashanti Goldfields Company Limited, Lima South …

Amidst the coronavirus scare, some students of the Adeiso Senior High School in the Eastern region have been left to their fate to deal with the contagious disease. It appears that the school does not have an isolation center and a health professional on campus as directed by President Nana Addo …

Final year students of the Kpandai Senior High School who fled campus after a misunderstanding with their teachers are returning to the school. Security personnel deployed to the school have also been withdrawn. On Wednesday, July 15, a misunderstanding ensued between the students and their teachers over an alleged use …

Two final year students of St. Fidelis Senior High Technical School in the Kwahu Afram Plains South District of the Eastern region who recently delivered and a seven month old pregnant student are struggling to cope with the compulsory boarding directive. President Akufo-Addo directed that all final year Senior High …

The Electricity Company of Ghana ECG) has asked the public to disregard reports suggesting that it has increased its bills by 17.5%. There were reports that suggested that the Electricity Company of Ghana had increased its bill by 17.5% as a form of payback for the intervention provided by the …

According to Afia Schwarzenegger, Ghanaian entrepreneur and CEO of the embattled gold firm – Menzgold, Nana Appiah Mensah aka NAM1 has rebranded from his old gold firm to a metallic refinery.   “From Gold to Metal. Eeeeeiiiii NAM1 when will you change. What kind of weed do you smoke because it’s too powerful and …

Ghana’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) for June this year has slightly dropped to 11. 2 per cent from 11.3 per cent recorded last month, the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has said. According to the GSS, the drop was 0.1 percentage points lower than that of May while the monthly inflation …

The first group of Accra Girls students who tested positive for COVID-19 have recovered. On Sunday 5th of July 2020, several media houses reported that some students of the Accra Girls Senior High School have tested positive for coronavirus. The news did send shivers down the spines of parents with some …

Lawyers of Dr Kwabena Duffour and six others who are being tried for the collapse of Unibank Ghana Limited on Thursday lamented over legibility of some documents served on them by the state. The lawyers, who took turns to address the High Court, contended that some of the pre-trial documents that the …

Authorities at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) says Mr Emmanuel Awuah, the man who is in the news for murdering an Uber driver in the Ashanti region is not a student of the university. The 23-year-old was reported to be a final year Geological Engineering student …