The University of Ghana (UG) has announced the commencement of the 2024/2025 academic year, following a prolonged strike by teaching staff that disrupted academic activities. In a notice dated October 29, 2024, the university’s Registrar, Emelia Agyei-Mensah, confirmed that lectures … Read more →
Retired Major Kwadwo Boakye Gyan is reported dead. He is reported to have died on Wednesday, August 30 after a short illness. Major (rtd) Boakye Gyan is known for the 1979 uprising, which saw the subversion of the Supreme Military … Read more →
In a shocking turn of events, Nana Appiah Mensah, commonly known as NAM1, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Menzgold Ghana Limited, has been hit with fresh charges filed by the Attorney General’s Department. The charges total 39 counts and … Read more →
Gabon’s president Ali Bongo has appeared in a video that has been circulating on social media, calling for support from “friends all over the world” after being placed under house arrest. The ousted leader is sitting in what he calls … Read more →
Kenya is grappling with a shortage of condoms, exacerbated by dwindling donor funding, leading to concerns about access to safe sex measures and the rising cost of protection. The scarcity of condoms has prompted delays in the distribution of free … Read more →
Japanese motor industry giant Toyota has suspended operations at all of its assembly plants in its home country due to a glitch in its production system. The move has brought domestic production at the world’s biggest-selling car maker to a … Read more →
Army officers have appeared on national television in Gabon to say they have taken power. They said they were annulling the results of Saturday’s election, in which President Ali Bongo was declared the winner. The electoral commission said Mr Bongo … Read more →
Soldiers in Gabon called for “calm and serenity” as they announced they had taken over power in the early hours of Wednesday morning. They said they had decided “to defend peace by putting an end to the current regime” soon … Read more →
On Monday, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo appointed two new High Court judges and tasked them with upholding the law impartially, severely, and without fear, favour, or malice. According to him, the judiciary must earn the public’s respect via the … Read more →
The World Bank has provided the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) with $27.7 million concessionary funding to improve services, especially to the poor and vulnerable. The funding will enable the scheme to increase its population coverage, register more poor and … Read more →
Ghana and Israel are exploring ways of enhancing partnership to help address Ghana’s security threats. The move includes promoting Israeli technologies that can enhance Ghana’s security infrastructure and provide high-end solutions for border security, maritime security, cybercrime, illegal mining and … Read more →
A viral video that captured the murder of a young man at Ayiem in the Mpohor District of the Western Region has led to the arrest of a suspect. The police in a statement made this known after the said … Read more →
In a stunning revelation before the Parliamentary Ad-Hoc Committee investigating his leaked audio, Daniel Bugri Naabu, former Northern Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has confessed to hiring someone to clandestinely record the conversation on the leaked tape. … Read more →
Libya’s PM has suspended his foreign minister after she met informally with her Israeli counterpart. Libya – a strong backer of the Palestinian cause – does not recognise Israel, and the meeting has sparked protests in the majority Arab state. … Read more →
Heineken has finally sold off its Russian business for €1 – or 86p – nearly a year and a half after first pledging to do so. The Dutch brewer said it will take a loss of €300m on the division, … Read more →
The Head of the Public Health Unit at the Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital in Sekondi-Takoradi, Dr Nana Esi Gaisie is urging mothers to put their babies to breast in the first 30 minutes after birth. Speaking to Skyy News at … Read more →
One person has been apprehended by police in connection with the killing of a 28-year-old man at Ayiem in the Western Region on 25th August, 2023. Preliminary investigation indicates that the suspect, Emmanuel Quayco, together with five other accomplices currently … Read more →
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has spoken for the first time about the plane crash in which it is said that Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin died. He said news of his presumed death came after his return from Africa. “Only yesterday … Read more →
Former President Donald Trump has posted for the first time on X, formerly known as Twitter, since the final days of his term in office. The post, which included his mug shot, contains the same message he posted earlier tonight on Truth Social, … Read more →
The country imports an average of $4 million worth of sunflower oil every year. As a result, a sunflower project to bolster farmers’ capacity to go into large-scale cultivation of the crop has been launched in Accra. Given the huge … Read more →
In an effort to foster a stable and sustainable energy sector in Ghana, the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has finally settled its outstanding debt to the Independent Power Producers (IPPs). The payment, which was part of the commitment made … Read more →