Western Region Director of the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) Nana Akua Ansaah Cobbinah has disclosed that 17 persons were killed using either a motorbike or tricycle, also known as Aboboya or Pragiya, in the first quarter of 2021. “Statistics of road accidents involving Pragiya, Aboboya and motorbikes are very alarming. From January to date, […]
When the Champion of Champions edition of the popular Ghana’s Strongest show commenced early last month, all 10 contestants had the same goal – to win – and they were unsurprisingly super confident. But after more than seven shows, which saw contestants take on each other in grueling tasks, only four are still in contention […]
This year’s Vodafone Ghana Music Awards is fiercely competitive across all categories. And the Kumerican musicians are out in full force, prepared to leave their mark on the music industry. Kumericans have indeed taken over our airwaves and TVs with massive hits. Their consistency is very admirable as they dominate whichever genre they find themselves […]
Angry residents and road users on the Atwima Tekyiman-Denkyemouso stretch of the Ashanti Region have blocked the road to traffic to demonstrate and drum home their grievances. The enraged residents including drivers and commuters say they cannot sit unconcerned while dusty roads riddled with deep gullies, potholes and erosion take a toll on their health. […]
The Feed the Future Advancing Local Leadership, Innovation and Networks (ALL-IN) program has launched four research projects aimed at testing the impacts of existing rural development programmes in the Northern part of the country. Led from Ghana, with support from USAID, the projects will also test the innovations of the communities and create new opportunities […]
The Deputy Minister-designate for Education, Gifty Twum Ampofo, has reportedly rendered an apology to the minority caucus in parliament over an altercation she had with the Tamale North legislator Alhassan Suhuyini. Her name was expunged from the list of deputy ministers approved by parliament last week following disagreements between the chairman of the Committee Joseph […]
Some three persons have been burnt beyond recognition by an angry mob following an attempt to steal cattle in Biu in the Kassena-Nankana District of the Upper East Region. They were arrested by the mob on Friday, June 18 and lynched before being set ablaze. According to a police report, by the time law-enforcement officers […]
The Delta strain of Covid-19, popular in India and responsible for several deaths is reported to have been recorded in Ghana. According to experts, the strain high transmissibility and is highly infectious. Head of the West Africa Center for Cell Biology and Infectious Pathogens at the University of Ghana, Professor Gordon Awandare says this variant […]
Denmark set up a last-16 tie with Wales in the European Championship after an emphatic and emotional victory over Russia on a frantic night in Copenhagen. The Danes embraced each other at full-time, just nine days after team-mate Christian Eriksen collapsed on the same pitch in their tournament opener against Finland. After suffering cardiac arrest […]
Lionel Messi earned a record-equalling 147th cap for Argentina as they progressed to the Copa America quarter-finals with victory over Paraguay. Papu Gomez scored the decisive goal early on, meeting a pass from Angel Di Maria before producing a fine finish. Messi, 34, equalled Javier Mascherano’s appearance record for the national team in the hard-fought […]
The negative impact of Ghana’s partial lockdown affected all the 16 regions of Ghana but three regions that stood out were Ashanti Region, Volta Region and Upper East Region. The three regions combined had more than one-fifth of agribusiness closed down during the May 2020 lockdown. In the Ashanti Region, 21.2% of agribusiness firms were […]
Three driver unions – Ghana Committed Drivers Association, Concern Drivers Association and True Drivers Union – have announced an upward adjustment of their fares. But they are yet to tell the percentage by which they are increasing the fares. They stated in a press release on Monday, June 21 that the decision was taken following […]
A large number of poorer countries receiving Covid-19 vaccines through a global sharing scheme do not have enough doses to continue programmes, the World Health Organization has said. WHO senior adviser Dr Bruce Aylward said the Covax programme had delivered 90 million doses to 131 countries. But he said this was nowhere near enough to […]
Ghana’s Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has been elected the first Chairman of the Steering Committee of the Ghana-Côte d’Ivoire Cocoa Initiative at its first meeting in Abidjan on Monday, June 21. The two countries unanimously elected Dr Afriyie Akoto to chair the Committee for the next 15 months. His chairmanship […]
The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Godfred Dame, on Monday, June 21 urged the High Court hearing the case between organisers of the yet-to-be-staged #FixTheCountry demonstration and the Ghana Police Service to make same a criminal matter. He, therefore, said he was competent enough to intervene as the Chief Prosecutor of the Republic. This […]
Students of Wa Islamic Girls Senior High School in the Upper West Region on Monday besieged the premises of the Regional Police headquarters, demanding the release of some three teachers and four students. The staff and students were arrested earlier in the day, Monday, June 21, following a complaint lodged by a man who was […]
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