The Frontier Healthcare Services (FHS), the company awarded the contract to undertake COVID-19 Antigen Test at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) pays $10 per passenger to the Ghana Airport Company Limited (GACL), as rent royalty for operating in an office space at the Terminal Three. The agreement for the contract was signed on September 1, … The post Ghana

Madam Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration-designate, has appealed to Serbian investors to come and invest in Ghana. The Foreign Minister-designate, made the appeal on Tuesday, when Mr Djura Likar, Ambassador of Serbia to Ghana, paid a courtesy call on her in Accra. She noted that though bilateral trade between … The post Ayorkor

The Managing Editor of Ghana Business News, who is also the Executive Director of NewsBridge Africa, a not-for-profit journalism training organization, Emmanuel K. Dogbevi has joined three other investigative journalists from Lebanon, Chile, and South Korea on the Network Committee of the Noble Peace Prize nominee, International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The Committee is … The post Emmanuel

An Accra Circuit Court has ordered prosecution to comply with its order of serving Lawrence Nana Asiamah Hanson, aka ‘Bulldog’, accused of threatening President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in a video recording, with disclosures. When the matter was called, Hanson informed the Court that he had not been served with any witness statements or any … The post Prosecution

Vince Muscat, one of three men accused of murdering Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in 2017, was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Tuesday after changing his plea to guilty. The judge accepted the plea bargain presented by Muscat’s lawyers and prosecutors after he had told the Valletta courtroom that he was admitting … The post Man

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Tuesday swore the eighth Council of State into office, charging the body to be proactive partners in the common effort to improve the lot of Ghanaians. At a ceremony at the Jubilee House, Accra, he urged the 31-member Council to proffer honest advice that would enrich Ghana’s democracy and enhance … The post President

Car Washing Bay Operators in Tema on Tuesday said increment in water tariffs is gradually grinding the business to ground zero, “we are charge commercial rate but due to economic constraints we cannot transfer total cost to customers”. Mr. Eric Sarpong, Supervisor at Jordan Washing Bay near Unilever Company Limited, noted that periodic increment in … The post Increment

This morning Ghana received 600,000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines, making the country the first to receive the vaccines under COVAX. The objective of COVAX is to ensure that all countries have access to safe and effective vaccines. These doses are part of an initial tranche of deliveries of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine licensed to … The post Ghana

Ghana’s COVID-19 death toll has gone beyond the 580 mark to 582, following the confirmation of five more deaths by the Ghana Health Service (GHS), on Monday. Additionally, the country’s active cases have also surged to 6,812, from a previous 6,658 as of Sunday, February 21, 2021. Out of the cases, 95 of them according … The post Ghana records five

Seif Bamporiki, Coordinator of Rwanda National Congress, a Rwandan opposition group in exile, was shot dead in Nyanga, Cape Town on Sunday, said South African police. Western Cape police said on Monday that an investigation into the shooting is still underway. “The circumstances surrounding a murder are being investigated by Gugulethu police following an incident … The post Exiled

Madam Cecilia Abena Dapaah, Sanitation and Water Resources Minister-designate, says government is on course in making the national capital, Accra, the cleanest city in Africa. Currently, she said, government had not achieved the target, noting that it required an all-inclusive approach from everybody to making it a reality. The Akufo-Addo-led government during its first term … The post Accra

The Northern Youth for Peace and Development (NYUPED) has declared support for Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia to lead the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the 2024 presidential elections. The Group said Dr Bawumia was well accepted in both Christian and Muslim communities, and would be the best candidate to lead the New Patriotic Party … The post Bawumia

Ghana is among 92 countries that will receive a no-fault compensation claim of serious side effects for people who are vaccinated with a COVID-19 vaccine acquired from the COVAX facility. This follows an agreement by the World Health Organisation (WHO) that a no-fault-lump sum would be provided for serious COVAX vaccine side effects to reduce … The post Ghana

Several people in Russia have been found to be infected with avian flu of the subtype H5N8, in cases of animal-to-human transmission, the authorities said on Saturday. This is the first time this has happened anywhere in the world, Russia’s chief public health officer Anna Popova told state television. Seven employees at a poultry farm … The post Russia

The Supreme Court has fixed March 4, 2021, to deliver the final judgement on the 2020 Election Petition trial. This follows the grant of leave to the petitioner’s lawyers to file their closing addresses by Tuesday, February 23. The seven-member panel, on February 11, ordered lawyers in the petition to file their closing addresses by … The post Election

Police searched the workplace of the mayor of Halle in central Germany on Monday as part of an investigation into why he got the coronavirus vaccine sooner than he should have, authorities said. Mayor Bernd Wiegand, who is not a member of a political party, is accused of securing a vaccination for himself “in disregard … The post German

Campaigners against the military coup in Myanmar called a general strike on Monday as enormous crowds flooded towns and cities across the country despite threats of violence from the new regime. The latest efforts by the military to stop the protests have led to warnings of sanctions from the European Union, as the bloc’s foreign … The post Myanmar

Britain has temporarily banned Boeing 777 jets from its skies, following an engine failure in the US at the weekend that resulted in pieces of the plane raining down on houses below. British Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said in a statement on Monday that Boeing B777s with Pratt & Whitney 4000-112 series engines would be … The post Boeing 777

The Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement Systems (GhIPSS), a subsidiary of the Bank of Ghana, and partner institutions have embarked on public education to create awareness and to drive patronage of Ghana’s Universal Quick Response code for payment. Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia launched the GhQR last year to add up to Ghana’s existing electronic payment channels … The post GhIPSS,

The number of female students gaining admission to Senior High Schools in the Ashanti Region has seen significant increase over the last four years, the Ghana Education Service (GES) has said. Ms Mary Owusu Afriyie, the Regional Director of Education, said a major factor to the increase was the implementation of the Free Senior High … The post Female enrolment