2020

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Wednesday said he has directed the Minister of Finance to make available the cedi equivalent of $100 million to enhance Ghana’s Coronavirus (COVID-19) preparedness and response plan. The…

Directors of Health in all 16 regions across the country on Wednesday met in Accra to update the leadership of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) on the regional preparedness, response plan and challenges to contain any suspected case of the…

Mr Daniel Mminele, the Chief Executive of Absa Bank Group, has expressed fears that the COVID-19 outbreak can impact the Bank’s revenue growth this year. He said although the Bank generally had an improved revenue growth for the 2019…

Consulting services for feasibility studies to construct a sea port in the Keta Municipality of the Volta Region is expected to begin next month, April 2020, Mr Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, Minister for Transport has announced in Accra. He…

The Ashaiman circuit court presided over by Mr Charles Boateng has sentenced Seth Ocloo, Assembly man for Tebibianor, Ashaiman Municipal Assembly, to a fine of GH¢1,800 for assaulting a police officer. The court fined him after he…

Undue delay in the dispensation of justice to people involved in corrupt activities is affecting efforts in the fight against corruption and discouraging people from reporting such cases. Mr Joseph Makido Azam, the Northern Regional…

Togo's National Assembly has summoned opposition leader Dr. Agbéyomé Messan Kodjo to the National Assembly on Wednesday, March 11 for allegedly plotting a coup. Agbéyomé, who continues to contest the February 22 Presidential election…

As the world reels under the spread of COVID-19 with more than 100,000 people infected, with forecasts that say the infection would get worse, global foreign direct investment is being negatively affected, according to the UN agency on…

Ghana has signed on to the African Union (AU) Protocol on Free Movement, but yet to ratify it, Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration Minister Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey said on Tuesday in Accra. She explained that the said protocol…

The Ashanti Regional Health Directorate has started the immunization of more than 200,000 children below the age of five, in 13 districts, under the monovalent type 2 oral polio vaccine (mOPV2) campaign. The goal of the four-day exercise…