2020

The enormous scale of Kenya's betting addiction can now be revealed. Leaked figures from the betting regulator show that punters wagered more than Sh30 billion ($300 million) in a single month last year. (The exchange rate is $1…

Ghana has recorded 173 new cases of COVID-19, increasing the tally to 6,269. There are, however, 125 new recoveries, which bring the total to 1,898. The fatalities remain at 31 from the last update on Tuesday, May 19. The Ghana…

Parliament on Wednesday approved four nominees by President Nana Addo Akufo-Addo to the Supreme Court. They are Justice Clemence Jackson Honyenuga and Justice Issifu Omoro Tanko Amadu, both Justices of the Appeals Court; Mr Emmanuel…

The Producer Price Inflation (PPI) rate for April 2020 was 7.4 percent. The rate represented a 0.6 percentage point increase in producer inflation relative to the rate recorded in March 2020 (6.8 per cent). The month-on-month change in…

The Environmental Health Officers Alliance-Ghana has called on government to develop guidelines for the disposal of face masks, used tissue paper and hand gloves to contain the spread of COVID-19. Mr Yaw Akwaa Lartey, the President of…

An Accra High Court has fixed June 23, to rule on an interlocutory injunction filed on the suit challenging Presidential directives over the Emergency Instrument (EI 63), which seek to violate the rights of mobile phone users. Mr.…

Four persons were on Wednesday sentenced to a total 44 years imprisonment in hard labour by the Tarkwa Circuit Court for conspiracy to commitment crime, attempted robbery, carrying offensive weapons and being in possession of firearms…

Ghana has received samples of Madagascar’s highly publicised COVID-19 remedy and preventive herbal medicine, known as 'Covid-Organics'. The Ministry of Information announced this in a tweet on its official Twitter page. We have…

Members and Staff of Parliament are to be immediately tested for Covid-19, Professor Aaron Michael Ouaye, the Speaker of Parliament, has announced. As Speaker Oquaye welcomed them back from recess to commence sitting for the next…

Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin, Overlord of Akyem Abuakwa, has ordered the removal of alien shrines linked with ritual murders, fake currency racketeering, and other violent criminal activities, in the Akyem Abuakwa area within two weeks…