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The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Hempire Association of Ghana, Nana Kweku Agyemang, has said that the cultivation of industrial cannabis has the potential to absorb the harmful chemicals present on farmlands due to illegal small-scale mining activities known as ‘Galamsey’. The comment by the CEO is on the back …

The body of a Ghanaian-born US citizen has been retrieved from a room in Takoradi. According to the Assembly member of the area, Joana Barton Oduro, the 72-year-old, identified as Anthony Wolfgang Hammond, was found dead in his room after a foul smell started emanating from his two-bedroom apartment. Confirming …

Ghanaian socialite Shugatiti has opened up about her experience with her boyfriend, who had been deceitful about his relationship status to maintain a sexual relationship with her. In an interview with Zionfelix on his podcast, Shugatiti revealed that she had unknowingly become her boyfriend’s “top-up” without realizing it. She only …

People have different narratives about individuals and this could be based on perceptions, hearsay, and personal encounter. The narratives could either be positive or negative depending on what was witnessed or what ensued when paths crossed. For some industry stalwarts who have had an experience with Adjetey Anang, inking the anecdotes …

Ghana’s Parliament has successfully amended the Narcotics Control Commission Bill, 2023, granting permission for the cultivation of cannabis for industrial purposes. This amendment follows a ruling by the Supreme Court in July 2022, which invalidated Section 43 of the bill due to the lack of parliamentary debate prior to its …

The Managing Editor of the Insight Newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr, has lambasted the alleged police commissioner featured in a leaked tape in which plans are being hatched to allegedly oust Inspector-General of Police George Akuffo Dampare ahead of the 2024 polls. Speaking on Metro TV’s Good Morning Ghana programme on July 12, 2023, …

Former Black Stars coach CK Akonnor is demanding his salary arrears owed by the GFA after leaving his role nearly two years ago. The former Asante Kotoko coach was appointed as the replacement for James Kwesi Appiah in 2020 on a two-year deal but was sacked four months prior to …

The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has approved a resolution on religious hatred and bigotry in the wake of a Quran-burning stunt in Sweden that led to protests across the Muslim world. The motion passed on Wednesday, but was opposed by the United States and the European Union, which …

More damning evidence is emerging around the plot by some senior officers of the Ghana Police Service to oust the Inspector-General of Police, George Akuffo-Dampare, ahead of the 2024 general election. GhanaWeb on Tuesday, July 11, 2023, broke the news about a secret recording implicating some senior police officers of plotting the …

A Cameroonian has attempted a world record bid for the longest hours of continuous crying. The man is a comedian known on social media as 237 Towncryer. On Monday, July 10, 2023; he started his crying marathon, he has tagged a cry-a-thon; seeking to set a world record of 100 …

FIFA has announced on Monday that it has lifted the 18-month ban on the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA). The global governing body had initially suspended Zimbabwe in February 2022 following government interference in the sport. The ban had major repercussions for Zimbabwean football, with the national team being unable to …

Veteran Nollywood actress Cynthia Okereke has passed away one year after suffering in a kidnapper’s hideout. Joseph Okechukwu, a colleague in the entertainment industry, broke the sad news on his official Facebook page. The filmmaker disclosed that he was ready to buy Cynthia Okereke’s airline ticket to travel to America …

In their search for a child, six years after marriage, one of the men of God Adjetey Anang and his wife Elom encountered was Dr. Mensa Otabil who in 2013 prophesied that the couple would have a child to call their own in their seventh year. In Chapter 11 of Adjetey Anang’s memoir, his wife …

New Patriotic Party presidential hopeful, Dr Kofi Konadu Apraku, has expressed his disappointment of not being offered a position in the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo government. He said that despite all the contributions he made to help the party win victory he was overlooked by the Akufo-Addo government when it came to …

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court of Justice has dismissed the suit against the Agyapa Royalties deal filed by the Ghana Integrity Initiative and Transparency International Ghana. This means that the court would not be ordering the government of Ghana to stop the sale of the country’s …

Parliament witnessed a heated debate as both the minority and majority members addressed concerns regarding a leaked audio revealing a plot by some top officials of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the Ghana Police Service to displace the current Inspector General of Police (IGP), Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, ahead …

Founder and leader of the Heaven Way Champion International Ministry, Patricia Asiedua, alias Nana Agradaa, has been rearrested in a case involving the publication of nude pictures of a prophet, one Emmanuel Appaih Ennin. The said photos were published on Agradaa’s TV station Thunder TV in 2022. Nana Agradaa, was …

  The Concern Youth of Akuapem North Municipality in the Eastern Region has suspended demonstration today 12th July, 2023. The Concern Youth earlier planned to protest to register their displeasure of Police Post and Streetlights in the area. The Concern Youth leader, Ahmed Agbenyadzi has bemoaned the lack of Police …

Kwame Sarpong Barnieh   Kwame Sarpong Barnieh, a Governance, Risk and Compliance Services (GRCS) Partner at KPMG Ghana, has attributed Ghana’s recent credit downgrades to low Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) credit impact scores, with Moody’s citing a CIS-4 and Fitch, a CIS-5+.   “Our recent downgrades that caused a …

  The Nkosuohenene for Anwomaso in the Ashanti region who doubles as the Chief Executives Officer [CEO] for Kuma Farms, Nana Kweku Siaw, has made it clear that the country will not be peaceful unless the Anti-LGBTQ Bill is passed promptly. In an interview with the press, the traditional authority …

    Chris Ofikulu, the Regional CEO of UBA West Africa and Managing Director of UBA Ghana has been named as the “Banking CEO of the Year 2023 ” published by the World Business Outlook Awards.   UBA Ghana also received accolades, including the Best Banking Service Provider in Ghana …

    Enterprise Singapore (EnterpriseSG), the government agency championing enterprise development in Singapore, has announced dates for the 7th edition of the Africa Singapore Business Forum (ASBF). The Forum will be held in Singapore from 29 – 31 August 2023 with the theme “Driving Africa’s Growth through Digitalisation, Manufacturing and …

Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Member of Parliament for North Tongu has disclosed having petitioned the World Bank over a project being rolled out by the Ministry of Communications and Digitalization. Ablakwa, last week, alleged through documents from the Public procurement Authority (PPA) that the sector minister, Ursula Owusu Ekuful, had handed a contract …

Civil servants are not barred from holding political views but their affiliations is not expected to be publicized because of the roles that they hold. It has been the case that top civil servants often resign from the service before joining active politics in life after the service. In recent …

H. E. ABU ZEIN   The International Human Rights Commission Africa (IHRC Africa) wishes to applaud the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) on the celebration of three decades of their distinguished services on Human Rights in Ghana.  The IHRC Ambassador-At-Large for Africa as Special Envoy to the African Union, …