GENERAL NEWS

Police are investigating circumstances leading to the demise of a woman at her residence at Janjori Kukuo in the Nanton District of the Northern region. Reports say Mavis Akolbila was found lying in a pool of blood with multiple knife injuries on her body in a room at her house. …

Details emerging from documents obtained by ABC News as part of its probe into the Australian Visa Scandal indicates that not all 50 persons deported by the Australian Immigration Officers for allegedly posing as journalists were indeed ‘fake’, ABC News can confirm. A journalist with Angel FM by name Isaac …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has dispatched a Government delegation to represent Ghana at the funeral, in Harare, Zimbabwe, on Saturday, 14th September, 2019, of the late Robert Mugabe, first President of Zimbabwe, whose first wife was a Ghanaian, the late, well-known nationalist, Sally Mugabe, neè Hayfron. The delegation is …

The Spanish Government has promised to renovate all forts and castles in the Western Region of Ghana as part of it agenda to boost tourism and enrich the cultural values of the Western Region and Ghana at large.  This initiative is a response by the Spanish government to a request …

The Bank of Ghana has dismissed one of its staff, Mr Gilbert Addy, for allegedly engaging in bribery and corruption. “The Bank of Ghana has today dismissed an official, Mr Gilbert Addy, for gross misconduct in relation to corrupt transactions and for accepting bribes in connection with the award of …

The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Jean Mensa, has said the Commission has abrogated a $56 million contract signed by her predecessor to manage the ICT setup of the Commission. She said the EC was paying $4 million yearly to the company to keep the commission’s data. Speaking at a …

Vice-President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia says he looks forward to former President John Dramani Mahama converting to Islam after the latter’s rendition of an Islamic prayer during the Islamic funeral of the National Chief Imam’s sister at New Fadama in Accra. Hajia Aishatu Sharubutu’s funeral at the cleric’s residence attracted important …

The Electoral Commission (EC) has terminated the contract of the foreign IT firm engaged in 2012 to manage the country’s elections data centre. According to the EC, the foreign firm was given unfettered access to the data centre, could shut down systems arbitrarily, and was charging US$5.2 million for maintenance …

Ghana’s Akua Amankwah, has been adjudged the overall winner of Worldreader ‘inspire Us’ writing competition in West Africa, grabbing the $2000.00 prize. The Ghanaian author was awarded for her immense contribution to literary discourse aimed at empowering and elevating the status of women and girls in the sub-region. Other finalists and …

Popular radio presenter with Adehyie FM in Kumasi has died in what family, friends and colleagues say is difficult or impossible to understand. Badala Hassan reportedly fell down and fainted Thursday morning September 12, 2019, and was rushed to the hospital where doctors declared him dead on arrival. Just last …