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 Bank of Ghana (BoG) has increased policy rate by 200 basis points to 19 percent at the Monetary Police Committee (MPC) meeting on Monday May 23. The MPC attributed the decision to up the policy to increasing inflation rate. Experts had … Read more →
The will of the former CEO of the Forestry Commission, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, has come under intense scrutiny. It is a long list of 75 properties including houses, parcels of land, bank accounts, investments, businesses, guns and clothes. Mr Afriyie, … Read more →
A swoop conducted by the Northern Regional Police Command to clamp down on criminal activities in the Tamale Metropolis and its environs has resulted in the arrest of 30 suspected criminals. The suspects were rounded up in their hideouts in … Read more →
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has issued travel advice against all travel to the Gao region of Mali and surrounding areas. The Ministry said the advice was in view of recent abductions and executions of travellers especially … Read more →
Officers of the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) have intercepted substances suspected to be narcotics in separate operations in Accra and Woe in the Volta Region. The first interception was made at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA), where a 46-year-old woman … Read more →
The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor has said plans are afoot to upgrade the Achimota Forest, into a world class asset. Addressing the press on Tuesday, the sector Minister emphasised that widespread reports about the supposed … Read more →
Many schoolchildren across the country could not enjoy their daily hot meal yesterday, following a strike by caterers of the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP). on Monday, members of the School Feeding Caterers Association began an indefinite suspension cover unpaid … Read more →
The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has commenced the 2022 Enlistment process for Regular Career Course and Short Service Commission Officers. “This has been advertised in the Saturday 14 May 2022 edition of the Ghanaian Times and Monday 16 May 2022 … Read more →
The University of Ghana (UG) is ranked the highest tertiary institution in Ghana by the Alper-Doger (AD) Scientific Index 2022 Version 2. It also has the first of the top 1,000 scientists in the country with more than 270 scientists … Read more →
State Prosecutors have closed their case in the trial in which William Baah, an Assemblyman for Denkyira-Obuasi and some 13 others have been charged for the murder of Major Maxwell Mahama, the military officer murdered in cold blood. This was … Read more →
A 34-year-old man has died in his girlfriend’s room at Asawase in the Asokore Mampong Municipality of the Ashanti Region. The incident reportedly occurred on Saturday when the deceased identified as Felix Arkoh went to visit his girlfriend and decided … Read more →
A pair of identical twins have joked it was “supposed to be” after giving birth to their sons – who weighed and measured exactly the same – on the same day. Jill Justiniani and Erin Cheplak welcomed sons Silas and … Read more →
The French Ambassador to Ghana, H.E. Anne Sophie Avé will complete her tenure in a few months. She has been working in Ghana since 2018. Through her many exploits, especially those in the creative arts industry, the diplomat has endeared … Read more →
President Akufo-Addo has appointed Samuel Dubik Masubir Mahama as Managing Director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). He is expected to take over at the helm after the statutory retirement of the outgoing boss, Kwame Agyeman–Budu. Earlier on May … Read more →
Somalia’s former leader Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has been elected President after a final vote that was only open to the country’s MPs. He defeated the current president, Mohamed Abudallahi Farmajo, who has been in office since 2017. The ballot was … Read more →
The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, has called for support for the Agyapa Deal to progress instead of it being abandoned. Responding to a question about the deal at a press briefing in Accra yesterday, the minister described the deal … Read more →
North Korea has confirmed its first death from Covid-19, with state media adding that tens of thousands more are experiencing fever symptoms. Six people died after suffering a fever with one testing positive for Omicron, state media reported on Friday. … Read more →
North Korea has ordered a strict national lockdown after confirming its first official Covid infections. State media have reported an Omicron outbreak in the capital, Pyongyang, but did not state the number of cases. KCNA said leader Kim Jong-un had … Read more →
Oil giant Saudi Aramco on Wednesday surpassed Apple as the world’s most valuable firm. Aramco’s market valuation was just under $2.43 trillion on Wednesday, according to FactSet, which converted its market cap to dollars. Apple, which fell more than 5% … Read more →
Google has unveiled its first smartwatch at its annual developer conference. The Google Pixel Watch combines its own Wear operating system with Fitbit health tracking. Fitbit was acquired by Google for $2.1bn (£1.7bn) in 2019. The watch can be paired … Read more →