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The Nuclear Power Ghana (NPG) says it will by the end of this year complete the selection of a preferred site for the country’s first nuclear power plant. The NPG, charged with the mandate to lead the construction and operation of the Plant, had identified four candidate sites for the …

The Omanhene of Dormaa Traditional Area, Oseadeyo Agyeman Badu II has emphasized that it cannot be said that the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II is bigger than him. The Dormaahene, having dominated the news some weeks ago is back for the same reason – accusing the Asantehene of twisting history. Otumfuo …

Ghana’s forest risks further depletion with the prices of charcoal and firewood increasing in Accra, a lower-middle-income earning region, amid reduction in consumption of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG). The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) in its latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) observed that the solid fuel (charcoal and firewood) component of …

Gunshots have been heard in Tamale as armed police personnel clash with Lamashegu youth in the metropolis. According to eyewitnesses, the chaos started after a police patrol team allegedly shot and killed a young man driving a white Toyota Camry with a DV number plate who speed off after the …

Dipo is a rite performed by the Ses (Shai) people made up of the Dangmes in Kordiabe, Ada, Krobo, Klo, Osudoku, and Ningo among others. This rite is performed to initiate their young girls into adulthood. It is the next social status transformation ritual after birth and has been one …

Ghana spends $200 million annually to import fish to shore up its fish requirements due to illegal, unregulated, and unreported fishing activities which have contributed significantly to a decline in fish stocks, President Nana Akufo-Addo has said. To curb the menace of illegal, unregulated, and unreported fishing activities, Nana Akufo-Addo …

The Eastern Regional Office of Ghana AIDS Commission says it will reactivate distribution of condoms to non-traditional condom sale outlets ahead of the Valentine’s day celebration. The move by the commission is to ensure availability and enhance accessibility to condoms for protection by people who may opt to have sexual …

The Omanhene of Dormaa Traditional Area, Oseadeyo Agyeman Badu II has once again called out the overlord of the Ashanti Kingdom, Nana Otumfuo Osei Tutu II over what he describes as a deliberate attempt by the Ashanti king to twist history. The accusation of warping history levelled against the Asantehene by …

Professor Emeritus Stephen Adei, a former Rector of GIMPA has tasked political leadership to stand up and be counted in the fight against corruption in the country. According to him, there is pervasive corruption which requires that everyone plays a role in rooting out the canker which has affected all …

Instead of the state through the Police using a criminal route to remedy false allegations made against the First and Second Ladies, the duo should rather seek civil redress in the case involving a journalist with Accra FM. This is the view of two top social commentators, veteran journalist Abdul …