The Kumasi Shoe Factory (DIHOC Footwear Division Limited) has taken craftsmanship a notch higher with the mass production of fashionable shoes to capture Ghana and Africa’s shoe market. Over the years, the shoe factory has been producing safety and security boots and shoes for the country’s security services and recently expanded its production to cover …

The flag of Ghana has been raised high in the top educational echelons in the U.S. as the star performers of the three competing schools in the 2021 National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ), gear up for their next challenges. Eden Nana Obeng Kyei of team Prempeh College, Prince Debrah …

The price of maize has shot up in the markets of Kumasi, the Ashanti regional capital. A check at some market areas in the city, including the Racecourse market, and Bantama market among others saw a rise in the price of the commodity. A bag of yellow maize which was …

The persistent rise in the prices of petroleum products at the pumps in the last couple of months will now be a thing of the past, the Chief Executive Officer of the Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors (CBOD), Senyo Hosi, has assured. This follows the major intervention by the Bank …

In the beginning, was the word, and the word was with God, and the word was God. This famous bible verse implies that the creation of the world was based on the sayings of God. In parts of the world, especially Ghana, most people ascribe anything to the dogmatic principle …

The Electricity Company of Ghana has issued a disconnection notice to Ghana’s premier university, the University of Ghana, UG, over power debts to the tune of GH¢33 million. The power distributor issued a 72-hour ultimatum for the university to settle the bill or face disconnection from the national grid. Reports …

Rita Offin, a 64-year-old mother of seven, is among hundreds of pupils who have gained admission to various Senior High Schools (SHS) across Ghana. The sexagenarian, who has secured admission at Christ The King Senior High School (CKC) at Obuasi, commenced her studies on Monday, April 11, 2022. Madam Offin sat …

The University of Ghana, risks being disconnected from the national power grid if it fails to pay a GH¢33 million debt it owes the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) within the next 72 hours. A disconnection notice has been served on the university, and any further delay will leave the …

The Asantehene Otumfuo Osei TuTu II has given a seal of approval for Newmont Ghana’s ground-breaking $850M Ahafo project. Otumfuo’s blessings for the project which he announced on Monday, April 11, 2022 follows series of engagement and briefing by the Ministry of Lands, Newmont Ahafo and the affected community chiefs. …

The Chief Executive Officer of the Awareness Healthcare Centre in Ghana, Dr. Samuel Ato Duncan, has revealed that some influential people in the country and some Scientists want him dead for discovering a cure for HIV/AIDS. According to him, people are hunting him to stop him from making public the …

The Students’ Representative Council of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) says it would engage management of the university to seek an extension of the deadline for students who are yet to pay their fees. This comes after management announced that students, who could not pay 70% …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has dismissed claims on some social media that it has prescribed uniforms for teachers in the country. Social media especially Facebook is replete with pictures of people posing as teachers wearing what appears as a new uniform for staff of the service. But speaking to …

Board Member of Accra Hearts of Oak, Dr. Nyaho Tamakloe has been on the cASE referee Kennedy Pady after the Super Clash between Asante Kotoko and Accra Hearts of Oak at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium. Asante Kotoko got their first win over their rivals Accra Hearts of Oak for the first time since 2012 after Franck Etouga …

The Ashanti Flour Users Association is complaining about the high cost of production which, the group says will force them to increase the price of bread again soon. The group’s president, Comfort Akotua, who has been in the bakery business for 35 years, said she stopped production some two months …

Actress and skin therapist, Victoria Lebene has broken her silence on the allegation levelled against her husband, Eugene Osafo Nkansah aka Nkonkonsa by Abena Korkor. Abena in June 2021 named Nkonkonsa as one of the men she had an affair with, this the latter strongly denied after being called out …

More than a thousand students at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology will likely have to defer their courses due to their inability to pay their tuition fees by the stipulated deadline. The deadline for the payment of fees was extended from March 24, 2022, to April 7, …

School feeding caterers in the Eastern region are demanding increment in the school feeding grants following skyrocketing prices of food items. According to the caterers, food prices have increased multiple times but the government still pays Ghc1 per plate of meal making it extremely difficult to improve the quality of …

Government is to reintroduce tollbooths but will automate them to increase revenue collection, member of Parliament for Assin Central Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has hinted. “The Finance Minister rushed a bit which resulted in misunderstanding. We have over 39 tollbooths in this country but with all the tolls they collect, what …

It seems the recent comments of the former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana on educational matters, most especially the Free SHS, is becoming one too many recipes to satisfy his disenchantment with the program. Not only that, but he has also taken contentment in factoid submissions, even in the …

And also education is a backbone of any country that aims at achieving greater things in the future with its youths, by giving them proper educational background and the needed tools that will aid them in learning. But Kobeda No 1, a farming community under the Kintampo North Municipality is …

Investors are shunning government’s short-term debt instruments – the 91-day, 182-day and 364-day Treasury bills – as liquidity on the primary market is strained on the back of unfavourable interest rates on these classes of debt securities. Per the Treasury auction results for April 1, 2022, published by the Bank of …

Three Junior High School (JHS) final year students and one teacher of Abbey Kopey DA Basic School in the Ningo-Prampram District of Greater Accra Region have sustained injuries as a result of a heavy rainfall that collapsed part of a poor structure school building on the students and the teacher …

Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has attributed the drastic depreciation of the local currency to challenges in approving the 2022 budget and the Russia-Ukraine war. According to him, the situation brought about low investor confidence in Ghana’s economy among others. “The financial markets’ assessments of the 2022 budget, unfortunately, concluded that …

The Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation Dr Kwaku Afriyie has called on Ghanaians to stop purchasing food wrapped in plastic in order to avoid the risk it poses to one’s health. The Minister also wants laws to be put in place banning the use of plastics for selling …

The Bank of Ghana has cautioned organisations and individuals against transacting business in foreign currency in Ghana. A statement from the Central Bank stated that institutions and individuals are prohibited from pricing, advertising, receipting or making payments for goods and services in foreign currency in Ghana, without written authorization from …

The Private Health Facilities Association of Ghana has threatened an industrial action due to government’s failure to pay claims for National Health Insurance Scheme. According to the General Secretary of the association, Frank Torblu Richard, health care delivery is being compromised due to arrears dating as far back as nine …

The star girl of the 2021 National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ), Francisca Lamini, is on her way to the Harvard Medical School. This was announced by the American Chamber of Commerce in Ghana through its LinkedIn page. Francisca Lamini caught the attention of the nation with her sterling performance …

The Ghana National Council of Private Schools (GNCOP), has called for an independent probe into the marking of scripts of Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) candidates from private schools. Candidates in private schools often do much better than their counterparts in public schools, but the Council argued that private school …

The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has arrested four persons who have been engaged in SIM swap fraud. The action was undertaken by the EOCO in collaboration with the Ghana Association of Banks. According to hdfc.com, SIM swap fraud means changing mobile SIM cards. If this is done without …

Some Menzgold customers have threatened to withdraw their support for the prosecution of the Chief Executive Officer of Menzgold, Nana Appiah Mensah. Responding to the latest adjournment of the case in a letter to the Attorney General, the customers said they may be compelled to write to the court to …