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The Public Relations Officer of the Ministry of Education, Kwesi Obeng Fosu, has debunked claims that the Ministry introduced the Professional Teachers’ Allowance to score political points for the 2020 December polls. The Minister of Education, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, announced in parliament that the government is introducing a Professional Teacher …

Parliament has approved a total of 598.7 million Euros loan agreement between the Government and the Deutsche Bank to finance the construction of sections of the Western railway lines. The agreement covers the proposed construction of the Standard Gauge from Takoradi Port to Huni Valley. The loan comprises a facility agreement …

A businessman, Samuel Nyamador, has been shot dead by suspected armed robbers at Juapong in the Volta Region of Ghana. The incident occurred on Tuesday night, 11 August 2020, when Mr Nyamador and his wife were on their way home from work. According to eyewitness reports, three armed men heckled …

A vlogger has recounted a harrowing robbery attack which forced him to jump over the Dzorwulu overhead in Accra.  The jump, according to the victim, Kelvin Okyere cost him eight of his teeth on that fateful night. Narrating his ordeal to Zionfelix in an interview, the young man said the …

Sleeping naked has been proven to be essential in a maintaining good health. You could be missing out on some serious benefits from sleeping the old fashioned way: buck naked. But, sleep is vital to being a functional human being and not on the hot mess express. If nighttime nudity …

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 …

Ghana’s coach Charles Kwabla Akonnor hopes star midfielder Thomas Partey stays at Spanish side Athletico Madrid and not move to English side Arsenal. Thomas Partey has been a key member of Diego Simoene’s side and helped them win the Europa Cup in 2018. The Ghanaians midfielder, 27 years, has been …

Shatta Wale is reported to have brought calm between Sarkodie and Stonebwoy after the latter clashed with Sarkodie’s manager Angel Town. This happened at the rehearsal and pre-recording session of Sarkodie’s ‘Black Love’ concert. According to a post sighted on the Facebook page of George Britton, artiste manager and entertainment …

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 …

Details emerging from the Bono Region, continue to firmly place the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Dormaa West, Ali Maiga Halidu, at the center of last Saturday’s indiscriminate shooting at Nkrankwanta in the Dormaa West District. Yesterday, the police arrested Ali Musah, alias Idrisu Musah, identified as one of the …

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 83-year-old man kidnapped in the Bunkprugu/Nakpanduri district has escaped from captivity, his family has confirmed to JoyNews. According to the family, the man fled from his captives on Tuesday. The victim, KonYan Yariban, was taken hostage last week on witchcraft allegation by a group of people. They had accused …

Veteran actress, Kyeiwaa has followed the likes of Emelia Brobbey and Lil Win to also venture into music. The Ghanaian actress, born Rose Akua Attaa Mensah, has dropped a Gospel song she titles ‘To mepono wo atamfo anim’ meaning ‘prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies’. The thanksgiving …

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 …

A report by the Alliance for a Greene Revolution in Africa (AGRA) has noted that the continued disruption of food distribution and trade activities due to the COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the need for African countries to reduce their import dependency and increase domestic food production to ensure self-sufficiency. The report further …

A four-year-old boy lost his life after he allegedly fell from his family’s apartment on the 6th floor in Cape Town on Wednesday. It is believed the little boy was under the care of his 25-year-old uncle when the accident happened in Wynberg around 09:20, said police. The little boy’s …

Mozambique’s government has finally reacted to reports that the ammonium nitrate which caused a huge deadly explosion in Lebanon earlier this month was on its way to Mozambique. The Deputy Justice Minister Filimao Suazi confirmed that the chemical was meant to come to Mozambique. But he denied that anyone in …

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 …

The Electoral Commission says there are minors and foreigners among the 16.9 persons who have registered so far to vote in the upcoming December 7 general elections. The EC has however assured that such ineligible persons will be removed from the electoral roll before the elections. The electoral management body …

A 16-year-old student of the Osei Kyeretwie Senior High School in Kumasi has allegedly committed suicide at Asonomaso, in the Kwabre East Municipality. Kwabena Prince was found hanging behind the kitchen of his family house on Wednesday dawn. He was said to have been rebuked by his mother for engaging …

The Bono Regional Youth Organiser of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Efo Worlanyo Tsekpo, is hot for gambling with his ‘balls’. The young politician, who was opposed to the compilation of a new biometric voters’ register for the December general election, said he should be castrated if the Electoral …

A photo of the setup for Sarkodie’s Black Love virtual concert has surfaced online. From the photo, the event will take place at the Black Star Square in Accra. The virtual concert, dubbed “Black Love Sarkodie” and “Friends Virtual Concert” will be staged via ceek.com, a virtual music broadcasting platform. A wide variety …

A 35-year-old woman, Eunice Brobbey, has been arrested for abandoning her newborn baby on a refuse dump in Bediako, a town in the Bono Region. A woman, who went to dump refuse at the site, rescued the baby. The infant was later sent to the palace of the town’s queen-mother …

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 …