Ahead of the December 7 polls, the United States of America (USA) has announced a new policy that will restrict US visas for any individual responsible for undermining democracy in the country. The US Department of State, which issued the … Read more →
The 2021 Population and Housing Census revealed that 79,733 girls in Ghana aged 12 to 17 have been married or living with a man. According to the Ghana Statistical Service, 25,999 are girls aged 12 to 14 years. The regions … Read more →
President Akufo-Addo has revealed that direct aid to education by bilateral donors fell by some three hundred and fifty-nine million dollars ($359 million) in countries due to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. He also said countries reduced their spending … Read more →
Some forex bureaus are selling the dollar at ¢11.2 to $1 as at Saturday, October 8, 2022. Some forex bureau operators expressed hope the the government and the the Bank of Ghana will institute strong measures to curtail the fall of … Read more →
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Monday, 10th October 2022, was presented with an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Sorbonne, in Paris, France, one of the most prestigious universities in Europe and the world. … Read more →
The Founder of Heaven Way Church in Accra, Patricia Asiedua formerly known as Nana Agradaa, who has been arrested for allegedly scamming some members of her church, has been denied bail. She appeared in court on Monday but her case … Read more →
A nine-month-old infant who had been missing for three days in Asankrangwa in the Western Region’s Wassa Amenfi West Municipality has been discovered dead. Akua Ago’s body was discovered in what was considered a fishpond in Asikafoabatem, a neighbourhood in … Read more →
Awulae Adjefi Kwame II, Paramount Chief of Nsein Traditional Council, situated in the Nzema East Municipal of the Western Region, has been admonished by the Chiefs of Axim Traditional Council to desist his illegal and relentless invasion of Axim territory. … Read more →
The Electronic Transaction levy commonly called E-levy has raked in ¢328.80million as at September 2022, the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has announced. According to Commissioner–General of the Ghana Revenue Authority, Rev. Ammishaddai Owusu-Amoah, on month-month basis the country continues to … Read more →
His excellency Nana Akufo-Addo, left Ghana on Saturday 8th October 2022 to Paris, France, for a six-day working visit. As part of the trip, the President will on Monday, 10th October 2022, receive an Award of Honoris Causa from Sorbonne … Read more →
The Ghana Police Service has arrested the self styled Evangelist, Patricia Oduro Koranteng alias Nana Agradaa, founder of Heavens Champion International Ministry at Kasoa for the second time following allegations of money doubling scam leveled against her by some members … Read more →
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has signed the final papers to annex four regions of Ukraine – even as his military suffered further setbacks. The Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions are “accepted into the Russian Federation” the documents say. But … Read more →
Gunmen have shot dead the mayor of a small town in western Mexico, and at least 17 others, officials say. Police say gunmen stormed the San Miguel Totolapan town hall at 14:00 (19:00 GMT) on Wednesday. Photos online show it … Read more →
Four labour unions in the public universities of Ghana have decided to embark on a nationwide strike, from Thursday, October 13, 2022, if government fails to resolve issues regarding their conditions of service. The unions are the University Teachers Association of Ghana … Read more →
Portion of Makola Market in Accra is on fire, DGN Online can report. Details of the cause of the fire are immediately unknown, but officials of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) are on the ground battling the inferno near … Read more →
The World Bank has classified Ghana as a high debt distress country as it projects the nation’s debt to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of 104.6% by the end of 2022. According to its October 2022 Africa Pulse Report, debt is … Read more →
The Chinese national, Xue Hui, who allegedly used a flip knife to cut the neck of a Ghanaian concrete mixer operator, Isaac Boateng, has been charged with attempted murder. The accused, a manager of Poly Changda Engineering Company was charged … Read more →
Founder of the now-collapsed UT Bank Prince Kofi Amoabeng has thrown light on how he has been living after his bank went down under during the banking sector clean-up by the Bank of Ghana (BoG) in 2017. Asked how he … Read more →
Prosecutors in the Mankessim murder case have amended the case to include a third accused person, Jonathan Obeng, 26, a mason and in-law to Christopher Clark Quansah, the Tufuhen of Ekumfi Akwakrom, who was arrested on September 28, 2022. The … Read more →
President Akufo-Addo will be meeting Municipal and District Chief Executives and also National House of Chiefs at Manhyia in Kumasi on Wednesday October 5, over issues surrounding illegal small scale mining (galamsey). This comes at a time concerns have been … Read more →
Yesterday, I read an inscription on a moving vehicle: “If you can read this, thank a teacher”. Initially, I ignored it but upon a sober reflection I realized the depth of the inscription and it kept me thinking the role … Read more →