GENERAL NEWS

Rabies killed six people in the Bono Region in 2023, Dr. Donald Joachim Darko, the Bono Regional Director of the Veterinary Services Department (VSD) has said. Comparatively, he said the deaths marginally declined because the Department recorded eight deaths in 2022. Rabies is a deadly virus transmitted through the saliva …

Erik Prince, the former CEO of the controversial private security firm Blackwater, has sparked outrage by calling for the U.S. to “put the imperial hat back on” and take over African countries that he deemed “incapable of governing themselves”. In a recent episode of his podcast “Off Leash”, Prince said …

The Rent Control Department says apart from cash, a tenant cannot trade anything else for his or her rent. According to the department, the law only approved cash for the payment of rent and nothing else. Public Relations Officer, Emmanuel Kporsu made the remarks in response to a question on …

This is a story shrouded in many narrations, from several narrators, but there is one running theme: Kwame Tua was a hated man within the Ashanti world. It is unclear what his exact position was in the kingdom, during the era of the colonial masters, but one thing was clear; …

Just some three months after Ghana gained independence on March 6, 1957, the rivalry between Dr. J. B. Danquah’s National Liberation Movement (NLM) and Dr. Kwame Nkrumah’s Convention People’s Party (CPP) simply could not go away, manifesting into a much broader situation that led the then opposition holding a press conference regarding …

The issue of staffers in the office of the vice president has resurfaced following Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s promise to reduce the number of ministerial appointments to 50. In his maiden economic address as leader of the New Patriotic Party on Wednesday, February 7, 2024, Dr Bawumia indicated that, unlike President Akufo-Addo, …

Pastor Evelyn Joshua, leader of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) is in Accra for a programme dubbed “Revival Meeting in Ghana” on February 9, 2024. Information available to GhanaWeb indicates that the wife of late Nigerian televangelist, TB Joshua arrived in Accra on February 7 and held some …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is expected over the weekend to announce the biggest reshuffle in his government since coming into office in 2017. Multiple media reports state that several key cabinet ministers are expected to be handed different portfolios while others will exit the government totally. Calls for a …

    Information gathered from the very mouth of the Chief Executive Officer of Obibini Blackman Company, Mr Thomas Kofi Boakye Dompem has it that a team of EOCO personnel has invaded his company for reasons best known to them alone and carried away with carton after carton of drinks. …

    The LGBTQ Bill has been finally approved by Parliament after many years of struggle to pass the bill. Ghana’s parliament has approved a custodial sentence ranging from a minimum of 3 years to a maximum of 5 years for the willful promotion, sponsorship, or support of LGBTQ+ activities …