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The Saudi King, Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, has pledged to finance the construction of a medical university in the northern part of Ghana. The Saudi King has also promised to provide funding for the construction of 42 Senior High Schools in Ghana. Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia revealed these …

The Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr James Oppong-Boanuh has interdicted two Police officers in connection with a missing service rifle under their custody. The two officers are Superintendent Mr Edward Tetteh, the Abokobi/Ayimensah District Commander and C/Inspector Christopher Bekor, the Akporman Manna station officer. Additionally, the acting IGP has …

Head Pastor of Alabaster International Ministries, Prophet Dr Kofi Oduro has bashed successive governments in Ghana for failing to pay the needed attention to the country’s health sector. During Sunday’s service in his church, the outspoken pastor expressed his anger over the huge amount of money the government keeps spending …

Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Kennedy Osei Nyarko is already writing off John Dramani Mahama and the opposition National Democratic Congress in the 2020 polls threatening to resign from politics if the party is able to garner 48% of the total votes. The Minister who is also the Member of Parliament …

Former President John Dramani Mahama who is also the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the 2020 general elections will visit the Savannah Region on Tuesday, 13th August 2019 and Wednesday, 14th August 2019. The Savannah Regional Secretary of the NDC in an exclusive interview with thepressradio.com said …

The only woman contesting the Parliamentary Primaries of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Salaga South Constituency Hajia Zuwera Ibrahimah has assured delegates she will empower the 93 branches across the constituency to win both the presidential and parliamentary elections come 2020. She said, the branches serve as …

The FBI has opened a formal investigation into how US financier Jeffrey Epstein was able to apparently kill himself in prison while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. His body was discovered early on Saturday at a facility in New York. Last month Epstein was found semi-conscious in his cell …

An award-winning Ghanaian filmmaker, writer, director /producer, Mr Kwaw Paintsil Ansah, has called on the government to help stop the use of albinos for juju in some parts of the country and to abolish the witch camps. Speaking at the launch of Bisa Aberwa Museum at Nkontompo in the Sekondi/Takoradi …

Founder of the Glorious Wave Chapel, Prophet Emmanuel Badu Kobi is not only foolish but a thief according lawmaker for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong has said. “Who is anointed? This foolish man….Anointed for who? Tell us who anointed him? Go and check his history he is a thief who parades …

Former president JJ Rawlings and his wife Nana Konadu Agyemang-Rawlings have entreated Muslims to use the Eid ul Adha festivities to “commit to what is good.” As Muslims all over the world celebrate the occasion, the Rawlingses are appealing to them to pray for peace, love and progress in the …

An Indian man apparently angered at getting a BMW for his birthday – instead of a Jaguar – pushed the new vehicle into a river. Video posted on social media shows it floating away on the river in the northern Indian state of Haryana. It later got stuck on a …

At least 95 people have been killed by monsoon flooding in southern and western India, while hundreds of thousands have been evacuated from their homes, according to reports. More than 40 of those killed were in the south-western state of Kerala. The flooding and landslides caused by the heavy seasonal …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has applauded the decision by the Governing Council of the University of Energy and Natural Resources to name the outfit after Dr. Kofi Abrefa Busia, Prime Minister of the Government of the 2nd Republic. The decision was taken by Governing Council of the University on 3rd August, …

Although Mobile Money (MoMo) has resulted in financial inclusion of the poor and unbanked in developing economies, it has also become a target for fraudsters whose activities have led to the loss of money, stealing of passwords and even deaths of vendors. A former fraudster has come out to confess …

Prophet Emmanuel Badu Kobi, the founder and General Overseer of Glorious Wave International has finally reacted to the alleged sex tape of his daughter going viral on social media. According to Badu Kobi, people are fabricating lies about himself and his family because of the hatred they have for him …

The Chairman of Groupe Nduom, Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, has said the delay by the government in paying local contractors, some of whom, he said, are customers or investors, has led to the lock-up of GHS2.2 billion from the Groupe’s Gold Coast Fund Management, alone.“When we keep fighting for Ghanaian …

Financier Jeffrey Epstein has been found dead in his prison cell while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges, US media report. His body was discovered at 07:30 local time (11:30 GMT) on Saturday at a facility in New York. He was reportedly on suicide watch following an earlier incident in …

At least 18 people have been killed and more than a million forced from their homes as Typhoon Lekima hit China. Fourteen people were also missing after a landslide was triggered by the storm, state media reported. Lekima made landfall in the early hours of Saturday in Wenling, between Taiwan …

At least 60 people have been killed and 70 injured in a fuel tanker explosion in Tanzania, police say. Pictures posted online show flaming wreckage scattered over a wide area and charred bodies lying on the ground. Police said people were trying to recover fuel from the vehicle, which had …

An unidentified gun man has shot to death an educationist, Donatus Kuma at Anaji Queen of Peace in Takoradi in the Western Region. The incident occurred around 3am on Saturday dawn in what some suspect to be a case of armed robbery. The deceased, who is a former Western Regional …

The University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR), Sunyani, Bono Region, is to be named after the late Prime Minister of the Second Republic, Professor Kofi Abrefa Busia, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced.He made the announcement at the 4th Congregation of the University in Sunyani on Saturday, 10 …

A woman believed to be in her early 30s has been found lying dead at Iron city, a suburb of Kasoa in the Central Region. Dora Buabeng, known by her peers as Ataa, was found half-naked in a pit behind the ‘Father’s legacy school’. Eyewitnesses who spoke to Citi News …

The Economic Fighters League (EFL) has petitioned President Akufo-Addo to use his prerogative of mercy to pardon a military officer who is being held in Recce Guardroom at Burma Camp. The group believes Lance Corporal Wassa’s social media appeal to him, not to assent to Parliament’s proposed new chamber was …

The Northern Development Authority (NDA) formerly of the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) is on the heels on individuals and organizations that procured tractors and tricycles under hire purchase but have refused to settle their indebtedness. According an announcement placed on a number of media outlets, the agency is threatening …

Managing Editor of the Insight Newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr, has said hardship in Ghana is not a recent phenomenon, therefore politicians should stop exaggerating over the issue. The veteran journalist said this in reaction to comments from some politicians, mainly from the National Democratic Congress after the Mid-Year Budget Review …