2020

A 37-year-old man has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly collecting over GH¢1.4 million from a retired civil engineer under the pretext of facilitating his appointment as the Director-General of Ghana Ports and Harbours…

A team of experts from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Health Facilities Regulatory Authority (HeFRA) and the Accra School of Hygiene has assessed Tema General Hospital's waste management programme as a COVID-19 treatment…

The Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has with immediate effect directed the Headmistress of the KNUST Senior High School (SHS), Ms. Felicia Asamoah Dankwaa, to step aside. This comes in the wake of a demonstration by…

The Ministry of Education on Wednesday said Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh, the Minister for Education, has been discharged from the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) in Accra after testing positive for COVID-19. A statement, signed…

The Ghana Stock Exchange has recorded a total of more than 262.2 million traded shares valued at GH¢194 million in the first six months of 2020 amid the uncertainty of the coronavirus crisis. The performance, from January to June 2020,…

Africa’s economic growth could rebound in 2021, provided that governments manage the COVID-19 infection rate well, according to updated forecasts from the African Development Bank, released on Tuesday. In a comprehensive…

Over 80 percent of inhabitants of the Kalakpa Forest Reserve in the Volta Region have agreed in principle to relocate outside the facility to aid its conservation, a Business Sector Advocacy Challenge Fund (BUSAC) report has indicated.…

More than two weeks after the re-opening of Senior High Schools (SHSs) for Final year and Second-year ‘Gold Track’ students, some thirty-nine students of the Mfantsipim School have not reported. Reverend Emmanuel Kojo Aidoo, Headmaster…

In spite of the outbreak of cases of COVID-19 in some senior high schools (SHSs) in the country, government has given the assurance that campuses will remain the safest place for students. Dr Yaw Adutwum, a Deputy Minister of…

A coalition of civil society organisations (CSOs) championing the fight against corruption, has called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to reconsider the decision to force the Auditor-General (AG) to take his ‘accumulated…