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Togbe Afede XIV, President of the National House of Chiefs has bemoaned the effect of the border closure on indigenes of the Volta Region who are trapped between the borderlines. Ghana’s borders were closed to human traffic because of the novel coronavirus pandemic. Ahead of the voter registration exercise, military …

West Africa, with about 380 million people, is the final frontier for global automakers looking to increase manufacturing capacity in a region where they currently have little presence. While local assemblers in Nigeria, home to nearly half of the region’s population, have partnered with companies such as Volkswagen AG to …

The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has disclosed that the National Population and Housing Census (PHC) will be conducted next year. The GSS explained that the coronavirus pandemic and destabilisation of Ghana’s population by the upcoming general elections and related activities necessitated the postponement. The 2020 Population and Housing Census (PHC) …

Three Ghanaian citizens have petitioned the United Nations (UN) over what they say are threats to Ghana’s peace ahead of the December 7th elections. The three, Elikem Kotoko, Stephen Kwabena Attuh and Issifu Seidu Kudus Gbeadese submitted their petition to the office of the Resident Coordinator of the UN earlier …

The Akufo-Addo government has created two million jobs since coming into office, Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said. At a meeting with the youth wing of the governing New Patriotic Party on Wednesday, 12 August 2020 to mark International Youth Day, Dr Bawumia said the government has collated the job …

The Israeli Ambassador to Ghana, Libreria and Sierra Leone, Ms Shani Cooper, has called on the government to speed up digitization after the COVID-19 pandemic. She said because of the COVID-19 pandemic many countries, companies, institutions and Organisations had resorted to the use of digital systems for their operations. The …

Renowned Kenyan pan-Africanist Professor Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba has acknowledged the leadership qualities of President Akufo-Addo by saying the Ghanaian president will make his list of exclusive African leaders. Speaking to Kweku Sakyi Addo in an exclusive interview on Assase Radio’s Sunday Night Live, the renowned Kenyan orator named the …

According to a reporter of Angel FM in Kumasi, a student identified Kwaku Prince has hanged himself after he had an argument with his mum the previous day. Kwaku Prince is said to be a form 2 student from Osei Kyeretwei secondary school which was established in July 1937, making …

Politician and businessman Kennedy Agyapong is not yet done with Prophet Nigel Gaisie as he as levelled another damning allegation against him on his Net2 TV over the death of the late Ebony Reigns. The controversial politician who has taken it upon himself to expose the malicious acts of some …

The Bonsa River in the village of Esuoso, found in the Eastern Region is ground zero for Ghana’s battle against illegal mining. The water body is dotted with locally assembled dredging machines digging up gold from the water bed while the waste, goes back into the river. To get the …