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US imposes visa restrictions – Ban targets election troublemakers

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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 →

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Spio-Garbrah appeals High Court ruling on case against Wontumi

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Former Trade and Industry Minister, Dr. Ekwow Spio-Garbrah has filed an appeal after a Kumasi High Court dismissed his $10 million suit against the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Bernard Antwi Boasiako popularly known as Chairman Wontumi. … Read more →

28,485 candidates sit for WASSCE in Western and Western North Region

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422,883 final-year senior high school (SHS) students in total across the country will write this year’s West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for School Candidates. The high school exams, which will begin with the practical session today, August 1, … Read more →

Food shortage may hit Ahanta West Municipality soon

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There are fears that food shortage may hit Ahanta West Municipality in the Western Region due to the poor road network. Ntaakrom is said to be the food basket of the Ahanta West municipality, the town that produces food for … Read more →

Shocking: 99-year-old woman’s shocking dying wish causes massive stir (PHOTOS)

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A great-grandmother had a singular request for her grave: a 5½-foot-tall, nearly 600-pound penis statue. Catarina Orduña Pérez’s family erected the monument in “recognition of her love and joy for life,” according to Vice. “She wanted to break the paradigm … Read more →

PHOTOS: 3 Injured in accident on KNUST campus

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A Toyota Corolla with registration number AW 5256-21 has been involved in an accident on the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) campus. Reports indicate the accident occurred on Saturday night on the Brunei hostel road. It led … Read more →

Police recruits: 2,973 personnel pass out

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Three thousand two hundred and twenty-four police recruits have passed out from five police training schools in the country. They are made up of 1,953 males and 1,020 females who constitute the first batch of recruits for 2022 who have … Read more →

Instagram U-turns on TikTok-style revamp

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Instagram says it is pausing a rollout of new features on its app following backlash online from users, influencers and celebrities. Among the new features was an increase in recommended video content, in a similar style to rival app TikTok. … Read more →

Takoradi: Construction of nurses’ bungalow, market in EKMA in the pipeline – MCE

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The Effia Kwesimintsim Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Mr Kojo Acquah says the assembly will soon embark on a massive infrastructure drive in some selected communities in the Municipality. Among them is the construction of a nurses’ bungalow for the Adientem … Read more →

Takoradi: BU residents cry of dusty roads

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The progress of work on the BU to Adiembra road in the Sekondi Takoradi Metropolis is in a slow pace as Kingspok Construction Company Limited, the Contractors responsible for the road has abandoned the site. Residents in the area say … Read more →

PHOTOS: British High Commissioner enstooled queen mother of Gbese

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The British High Commissioner to Ghana, Harriet Thompson, has been enstooled as Development Queen mother of Gbese in Accra. Madam Thompson will serve with the stool name Naa Okaitso Mnalimi I. She was enstooled by His Majesty Nii Ayi-Bonti II, … Read more →

Prince Charles accepted £1m from Osama Bin Laden’s family – Report

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The Prince of Wales accepted a payment of £1m from the family of Osama Bin Laden, the Sunday Times reports. Prince Charles accepted the money from two of Osama Bin Laden’s half-brothers in 2013, two years after the al-Qaeda leader … Read more →

SIM card re-registration extended to Sept 30

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The nationwide SIM cards re-registration exercise has been extended to September 30, 2022 The Minister for Communications and Digitalisation, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful announced this at a press conference in Accra Sunday. “Upon consultation with stakeholders in the industry, I have reluctantly … Read more →

Vice President and others mourn with Dr Boadi Nyamekye

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Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has led high-ranking government officials to grace the one-week ceremony of the late father of lead Pastor of The Maker’s House Chapel International, Dr Michael Boadi Nyamekye. The father, Charles Kofi Nyamekye, died on Friday, July 22, … Read more →

E-levy target revised downwards from ¢6.9bn to ¢611m

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Expected revenue from the E-Transaction Levy (e-levy) has been revised downwards from the initial ¢6.9billion as stated in the 2022 budget statement to ¢611million in the mid year budget review. The initial target as stated in the 2022 budget document … Read more →

Nigeria headteacher sentenced to death after pupil’s murder

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A high court in the northern Nigerian city of Kano has sentenced a primary school owner and his friend to death by hanging for the kidnapping and subsequent killing of a five-year-old pupil. Abdulmalik Tanko and his friend Hashimu Isiyaku … Read more →

Ritual killing in Sefwi Bekwai: Youth calls on IGP

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Sefwi Bekwai Youth Association, a pressure group in the Western North Region in the Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai Municipality today, July 28, are on the street chanting war songs in their black and red attire demonstrating over recent ritual killings in … Read more →

Takoradi: Pupils sustain injuries as tipper truck crashes into school bus

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A tipper truck with registration number AS 7462 -17 on Wednesday afternoon, July 27, crashed into a school bus (school’s name withheld) at Anaji on the Nkroful-Apollo highway. Some school Children on board the bus who sustained minor injuries were … Read more →

SSNIT saves over GH¢312 million by deactivating 21,337 ‘ghost pensioners’

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The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has been able to save GH¢312.27 million as a result of the deactivation of 21,337 “ghost pensioners” from its database. The savings follows the non-renewable of life certificates by some pensioners from … Read more →

Facebook owner Meta in first ever sales fall

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The owner of Facebook and Instagram was hit by a fall in advertising sales in the three months to July which caused the first year-on-year revenue decline in the firm’s history. Meta’s total revenue slipped 1% to $28.8bn (£23.7bn), but … Read more →

Gas prices jump as Russia cuts German supply

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Gas prices jumped after Russia further cut gas supplies to Germany and other central European countries after threatening to earlier this week. European gas prices rose almost 2%, trading close to the record high set after Russia invaded Ukraine. Critics … Read more →

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