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Minister for Railways Development, John Peter Amewu, has revealed that the inability of government and its partners to implement the Accra Skytrain Project is due to travel restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the minister, following pre-feasibility studies the parties were set to undertake a 9-month long feasibility studies to enable the …

An Accra–Amsterdam-bound KLM flight recently had to land in the Spanish city of Valencia because of a medical emergency aboard the flight. According to a Facebook user, Benjamin Akyena Brantuo, the unidentified passenger experienced a medical situation, triggering a call by the crew for any doctors on board to volunteer …

For over a year, the staff of Twitter Africa worked remotely while preparing to move into their Accra Headquarters to begin operations physically. It, therefore, came as great news when, on November 1, 2022, all the Africa staff of the global microblogging and social networking service got to have their …

Hundreds of Ghanaians hit the streets of Accra Saturday morning to demand better living conditions. The protestors, wielding placards and clad in red and black attires, want the resignation of the current leadership of the country. They also bemoaned the rate at which the prices of goods and services keep …

As part of the efforts to control prices of foodstuff, the Ministry of Food and Agriculture is set to begin selling foodstuff within its premises to serve people in Accra. The products will be brought from the farms to the ministry and sold to consumers at a cheaper price. Speaking …

In April 2021, Twitter announced that it was establishing a presence in Africa and specifically chose Ghana to host its headquarters on the continent. The official announcement of the move read in part: “Twitter’s mission is to serve the public conversation, and it’s essential, for the world and for Twitter, …

Nigerian star artiste Kizz Daniel is set to perform in Accra, Ghana on 23 December 2022. Dubbed ‘Kizz Daniel Live in Ghana’, the event Friday night event will take place at Untamed Empire, Spintex Road. The appearance forms part of the serial hitmaker’s Afro Classic World Tour 2022. The Flyboy …

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) on Thursday, October 27, 2022, revoked the licenses of two forex bureaus in Accra. Airport City Forex Bureau and Trade House Forex Bureau Ltd were the affected forex bureaus. According to the Head of Other Financial Institutions Supervision Department of the Central Bank, Yaw Sarpong, the two …

Management of top-rated transportation service across all the 16 regions of Ghana, VIP JEOUN Transport, have announced new fares for their routes effective today 24th October, 2022. The new fare which comes in the wake of increase in fuel price with a litre of diesel selling at more than Ghs70 …

The Accra mall branch of Game Shopping Centre has been closed down. The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) shut down the shopping centre following non-compliance with the E-VAT Invoicing system. The GRA has shut down ten shops since Monday. Customers who were shopping at the time of the GRA’s visit to …