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Torgbi Adamah III, Paramount Chief of the Somey Traditional Area, under which Nogokpo falls has stated that a new ultimatum has been issued by the traditional council to Archbishop Charles Agyinasare over controversial remarks he made about Nogpkpo months ago. Torgbi Adamah told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) said the …

Telecommunication network giant, MTN, has withdrawn the planned review of the cash-out fee for mobile money. It had earlier announced that starting Saturday, July 1, 2023, customers will experience an adjustment in fees for cash-out transactions that exceed a specific threshold [GH¢2,000 and above]. The GH¢20 flat rate charge on …

Ghanaians living in Queens, a suburb of the City of New York in the United States of America, have reportedly been thrown into a state of shock following the alleged killing of a man by his teenage son. There are currently limited details available about the incident but the deceased …

  Any amount of alcohol could increase the risk of developing at least one of more than 60 diseases, according to new research published Thursday, June 8 in the journal Nature Medicine.   The 512,000 study participants, of whom 41% were men, were recruited from 10 areas across China. Oxford …

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and the Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCo) have released the tariff reckoner to guide consumers following the recently approved 18.6 percent increment in electricity tariffs by the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC). The two entities have encouraged power consumers to go through the guide …

A Virginia man has been arrested for the murder of Ghanaian-American New Jersey councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour, who was gunned down outside her home in February. Rashid Ali Bynum, 28, who apparently knew Dwumfour from church, was taken into custody Tuesday morning on charges including first-degree murder, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda …

85 students involved in Koforidua SECTECH, New Juaben SHS clash suspended indefinitely 85 students of the Koforidua Senior High Technical School (SECTECH) have been indefinitely suspended for launching an attack on some students and teachers of the New Juaben Senior High School by the school’s management. All 85 students faced …

Nigeria’s dollar bonds rallied after President Bola Tinubu scrapped the nation’s $10 billion fuel subsidy program and announced plans to adopt a uniform exchange rate. Debt due in 2047 jumped 3.3% to 66.750 cents on the dollar by 10:10 a.m. in London. Bonds due in 2049 gained 2.9% and those …

The Ghana National Ambulance Service (GNAS) has denied allegations that some of its vehicles are being sold in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) after a video of one of its vehicles in the country went viral. According to the service, the GNAS-branded vehicle, which was captured in the video, is …

President Samia Suluhu Hassan has inaugurated the new State House in Chamwino Dodoma on Saturday, May 20, after 30 months of its construction. The construction of the building started in 2020, when late President John Magufuli laid the foundation stone for the commencement of the project. The land where new …