2020

As part of government's ambition of decentralising and enhancing infrastructural development at the local level, a total of GH¢4.5 billion was transferred to the 260 Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) over the last…

In 2019, the Birth and Death Registry registered 707,064 infant births (359,532 males and 347,532 females) out of targeted 879,483; representing 80.40 per cent, Hajia Alima Mahama, Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, has…

Government has released a whopping GH¢1.6 million to complete asphalting works on the Gomoa Afransi/Gomoa Dawurampong road to enhance transportation of goods and services. Mr Alexander Kwadwo Kom Abban, Member of Parliament (MP) for…

The Central Regional Office of the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) has expressed concern about the blatant disregard for COVID-19 protocols at public places especially pubs. It described the social distancing arrangements, ‘no nose mask,…

A government delegation has visited some alleged witches' camps in the Northern Region to interact with inmates to ascertain their conditions of living. The move was to help seek the inputs of inmates in terms of what they wanted…

An Accra Circuit Court has granted a GH¢50,000.00 bail with two sureties to a mason for allegedly possessing 120 wraps of dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp, popularly known as “Wee”. The Court ordered that the sureties must be…

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic which hit the world in late 2019 starting from the Chinese city of Wuhan and has continued to ravage the rest of the world causing havoc, pain and misery, has caused the African continent to…

The World Health (WHO) Organization says 172 countries are currently engaging with the COVAX Global Vaccines Facility, the largest and most diverse COVID-19 vaccine portfolio in the world. This comes after it sent a letter to all Member…

A Circuit Court in Accra has revoked the bail of Nelson Selasey Moredey, a businessman for absenting himself from Court severally. The court had earlier on issued a bench warrant for Moredey’s arrest after he absented himself from court…

The United Kingdom's (UK) efforts to stop wild polio in Africa have contributed to the continent being officially declared free from the disease, which can kill or maim children for life. The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday…