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President Nana Akufo-Addo has said Ghana has taken the lead among African countries to ensure that coronavirus vaccines are produced locally. Mr Akufo-Addo said African countries could no longer rely on other countries around the globe for vaccines to inoculate the people.. His comments came on the back of a …

Drivers on strike Commuters stranded in parts of Accra Drivers on sit-down strike As passengers continue to be stranded due to the sit-down strike by a coalition of Commercial Transport Operators, a video has emerged of what the main station at Ashaiman in Accra has been turned into. In a …

11 million jobs can be created if the E-levy is implemented. The levy has proven divisive among MPs and unpopular to most Ghanaians Government has hinted that it would step down the current 1.75% rate Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has disclosed one of the main uses to which revenue from …

The Police on Friday, December 3, 2021 arrested six suspects for their involvement in an illegal AK 47 transaction. The first suspect, Alhassan Jamah, was arrested near Osino by the National Operations Directorate Highway patrol during a stop and search operation. An AK 47 rifle with 12 rounds of ammunition …

Parts of Accra have been grounded due to a strike by commercial transport operators The strike action is over taxes on fuel prices READ MORE: 44 villages in Drobo State support the Anti-LGBTQI+ Bill, warns MP not to vote against it Ride-hailing services are doing brisk business due to the …

President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina has waded into recent travel bans related to the Omicron variant of coronavirus. He agrees that the bans are a type of apartheid against Africans seeking among others to hurt its economy and ultimately the lives and livelihoods of Africans. “Global vaccines’ …

Ghana have been crowned champions of the 2021 African Cup of Nations for Amputee Football as they beat Liberia in the final on Saturday, December 4. The Black Challengers secured a hard-fought 3-2 victory against West African neighbours. Despite off-field issues including struggling for funds for the trip, the Black …

A hat trick from Zubairu Ibrahim ended Asante Kotoko’s unbeaten run as they lost by 2-3 to King Faisal for the first time this season in the Ghana Premier League. Zubairu opened the scoring in the fourth minute for King Faisal in the Kumasi derby at the Baba Yara Stadium …

The Coalition of Commercial Transport Operators has directed all commercial transport operators to embark on a sit-down strike from Monday, December 6th to back home their demand for government to remove five taxes contained in the 2022 budget. The five taxes and levies are- the Price Stabilization and Recovery Levy, …

The Oyo State Commissioner for Education, Abiodun Abdulramah, has refuted claims that two students were turned into tubers of yam in Ibadan area of the state by a suspected ritualist. The alleged suspected ritualist, a middle-aged man, was attacked by irate youth on Friday, December 3, after a security guard …

Two young men, believed to be in their late twenties, narrowly escaped lynching for stealing at Awutu Bereku, a district in the Central Region. The two suspects, identified as Sampson Quaye and another simply known as Rasta, were caught red-handed stealing electric cables and other materials from an uncompleted building. …

Buying a car is a big decision especially for first time buyers because of the huge financial input it requires to get even a moderately priced vehicle in Ghana. Therefore, such a decision should be taken with the best awareness of what to look out for in order to get …

The first of his peers and blessed with the authenticity that powers victory, a class act with excellent musical delivery, Kojo Antwi celebrates 30 years of owning a date on Ghana’s national calendar. A pacesetter and the greatest at what he does, it’s been three good decades of serving music …

Energy experts are asking the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) to factor the cost of excess capacity accrued to the energy sector into the computation of power tariffs. This, according to them, would help ease the burden of government in off-setting the about US$7.5 billion energy sector debt. Based on …

The Police in Accra at dawn today Sunday, December 5, 2021, have arrested two men, Samuel Agyei and Sumaila Mahama, on suspicion of involvement in a robbery. The two suspects were arrested following a distress call received by the Police patrol team that some unknown men had invaded a neighbourhood …

President Nana Akufo-Addo has directed all Ministers and Deputy Ministers who are Members of Parliament (MPs) not to travel outside the country for the next one month. It is unclear the reason for this directive, but sources at the Jubilee House say the President wants all NPP MPs present when …

As flight KL592 was in the air between Johannesburg and Amsterdam on November 26, the rules of the Covid-19 pandemic changed. The spread of an alarming new variant named Omicron, first reported by South Africa, had prompted an abrupt reappraisal of the risks of international travel. The Netherlands banned entry …

Annually, Apple Music keeps track of the most streamed songs, albums, and artists Read more: Tutulapato of TV3’s Talented Kidz gains admission to St. John’s Grammar SHS Also, Apple Music specially awards Top Artists on their platform and for the first time this year 2021, a new category “Artiste Of …

Statistics South Africa has published its latest data on government spending, and the key sectors where taxpayer money is used. The data shows that government spending flirted with the R2 trillion mark in the 2019/20 financial year, representing a 10% rise from the R1.79 trillion recorded in 2018/19. ‘General government’ …

President Cyril Ramaphosa wants to meet with the National Coronavirus Command Council as soon as he lands back in South Africa from a tour of Africa in the coming week, to discuss the rising number of Covid cases in the country. According to the City Press, the president will return …

A female passenger died in an accident which occured on the outskirts of Akumadan on the Kumasi-Techiman road Saturday afternoon. At least 11 others said to have sustained various degrees of injury are receiving treatment at the A.M.E. Zion Hospital at Afrancho, near Offinso North District of the Ashanti Region. …

It was a sight to behold at the Bosomtwi-Sam Fishing Harbor in Sekondi when personnel from the National Security and the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority clashed over a confiscated fuel. The Bosomtwi-Sam Fishing harbour in Sekondi on any ordinary day experiences a number of busy activities. Fishermen …

At least 23 people have drowned after a bus travelling to a wedding plunged into a flooded river in Kenya. Video footage shows the bus was swept away after the driver tried to cross fast-flowing water over a bridge in the Enziu River, about 200km (125 miles) east of the …

Some updated good news coming in is that the three contestants of the Keta Senior High Technical School who won bronze for their school in the just-ended National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) will all get the chance to travel to Dubai. This is coming after the girl of the …

A rescue mission coordinated by Kenya Navy divers late Saturday night retrieved 23 bodies of members of Mwingi Catholic Church choir who perished after the bus they were traveling in plunged into Enziu River in Mwingi East area of Kitui County on Saturday. The bodies have since been airlifted by …