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The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) in collaboration with the Criminal Investigation Department of the Police Service on Friday closed down a gas cylinder manufacturing plant in Oyarifa for operating illegally. George Anti, the Business Development Manager of the Authority in an interview said the Authority had a tip-off of a …

Today marks exactly 53 years when the former president of Ghana Dr. Kwame Nkrumah was unconstitutionally ousted from office through a military and police coup de’tat on February 24th, 1966. Undoubtedly the most important indication of Nkrumah’s lasting impact is how much better he has done in retrospect than those …

A barber who defiled a 15-year-old mentally retarded girl at Adenta Housing Down has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by an Accra Circuit Court. This was after Osman Alhassan aged 28, was found guilty on the charge of defilement at the end of the trial presided over by Mrs …

One out of three suspected armed robbers who attacked a senior fire officer and robbed him of his mobile phone has been arrested. Suspect Daniel Amevor and his friends, according to the police, attacked Leading Fire Man (LFM) Paul Fofie in front of the Ghana National Fire Service Training School …

    A Cape Coast Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday handed down a fine of Gh¢300.00 to Emmanuel Quansah, a 22-year-old trader for unlawfully entering the Cape Coast Castle and harassing tourists. The convict sneaked through the “door of no return” and entered the main castle and proceeded to the “male …

Pupils of Bosuoyir M/A Primary School in the Wa Municipality are exposed to bad weather conditions and unhygienic environment as several of the pupils sit on the filthy floor to receive lessons. The school, established in September 2014, manages a total enrolment of 107 pupils and has its primary two, …

Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) with the Ghana National Ambulance Service in Asamankese have reportedly refused to transport accident victims referred on Sunday by the Asamankese Government Hospital to the Eastern Regional Hospital in Koforidua for further treatment over cash. According to sources, the EMTs are demanding a cash sum of …

President Akufo-Addo is confident the court will bring finality to the case involving the murder of army officer Maj. Maxwell Mahama who was lynched at Denkyira Obuase while performing a national duty in 2018. Fourteen people are standing trial for the killing but it’s unclear when the court will pass …

Yaa-Naa Abukari Mahama II has given cola to the two Regents of Dagbang whose fathers funerals have been performed. The Kampakuya-Naa Abdulai Yakubu Andani goes to Savelugu as Yoo-Naa and the Boling-Lana Abdulai Mahamudu is the next Mion-Lana. This latest development is in line with the customs and traditions of …

Professor Joshua Alabi, one of the defeated aspirants of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has responded to propositions he should accept to be running mate to Former President John Dramani Mahama. Politically pundits who are shocked about the performance of the former Vice Chancellor of the University of Professional …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday won all the 15 voting points in the Presidential and National Assembly elections at Mpape Central polling units, marked 006 and 007 situated at Mpape Primary School, Abuja. A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) who monitored voting point one of …

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has commended the Ghana Police Service for ensuring that last Saturday’s presidential primaries were peaceful. The party ahead of the polls indicated that as part of its security arrangement, it would not employ the services of private security agencies but use the services of the …

Watch the LIVESTREAMING the CAF Confederation Cup game as twelve times Zambian Super League Champions Nkana FC, host 24 times Ghana Premier League Champions, Asante Kotoko in one of Group C matches at 13:00 GMT at the Nkana Stadium. Nkana, come into this match on the back of a 2-1 …

Walter Bwalya, captain of Nkana FC claims the Zambian outfit is bigger than Asante Kotoko when it comes to the African game in the last decade. Nkana will be hosting the Porcupine Warriors on Sunday, February 24 in the match-day three of the Total CAF Confederation Cup Group C tie …

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has revoked the environmental permit for China Fujian Fishing Limited Facility located at Asutsuare in the Greater Accra Region. The EPA, in a statement, said the move is in accordance with Regulation 26 of the Environmental Assessment Regulations 1999 (LI 1652). “Investigations conducted by the …

The consistent drop in prices in the petroleum subsector has influenced the overall decrease in the average change in the prices received by domestic producers for the production of their goods and services. The inflation rate for the petroleum subsector declined consistently to record 3.8 percent in January 2019, after …

The Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has urged the public to be wary of investment plans, which promise more than three per cent monthly returns because they are abnormal. Emmanuel Kofi Nti said as a former Bank Examiner and with his background in the financial sector, there was …

The Minister of Information Kojo Oppong Nkrumah says the fight against vigilantism can be made possible with proper leadership. President Akufo-Addo in delivering the State of the Nation Address (SONA 2019) said he is willing to end political vigilantism in the country. The President said he has asked the leadership …

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has extended its condolences to the bereaved families of three of its members. Johnson Asiedu-Nketia, the General Secretary of the Party, last Friday solemnly announced that within one week the party had lost three compatriots. They are Lee Ocran, a former Education Minister and …

Defeated Presidential hopeful of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Prof. Joshua Alabi has jokingly laughed off his loss at the just ended presidential primaries saying that the margin by which John Mahama won the polls was extremely shocking. Certified results from the Electoral Commission show that John Mahama secured an …

    Some 275 Burkinabe nationals have fled their country to the northern part of Ghana as refugees in the wake of an ongoing chieftaincy-related clash in the French-speaking West African nation. Ghana’s National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) is responding to the needs of the asylum seekers at Widnaba, a …

Welcome to the LIVE UPDATES of the CAF Confederation Cup game as twelve times Zambian Super League Champions Nkana FC, host 24 times Ghana Premier League Champions, Asante Kotoko in one of Group C matches at 13:00 GMT at the Nkana Stadium. Nkana, come into this match on the back …

BRAGGING is part of the rap game so it is not surprising when rappers do that but the latest claim by Hiplife artiste, Okomfo Kwadee might be hotly contested. According to the Ye Ko Mmaa P3 artiste, he is more popular than Shatta Wale, Stonebwoy and Sarkodie. In an interview …

PRESIDENT Nana Akufo-Addo has revealed that the World Bank has approved a $40 million grant to improve Ghana’s tourism and creative arts sector. The President made this disclosure in his State of the Nation address on the floor of Parliament on Thursday, February 21, 2019. Delivering his third SoNA since …

South Africans last night mourned the passing of jazz legend Dorothy Masuka, who died at the age of 83. Singer Yvonne Chaka Chaka told City Press that Masuka had died from a stroke. “Her music will always live on. She was among the greatest. Very sad,” Chaka said. In a …