May 2021

Lieutenant General Emmanuel Alexander Erskine (Retired), one of Ghana’s celebrated military officers, has passed on at the age of 86. In 1978, Lt. Gen. Erskine was appointed the first Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in…

Ghana will on Wednesday, May 19 begin administering the second doses of Covishield, the Oxford AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, to the segmented groups who received their first doses in March. The exercise, which would be undertaken in 43…

Ghana Armed Forces on Friday deployed 400 soldiers of all ranks to begin the second phase of 'Operation Halt' to rid the country's water bodies of illegal miners. The operation is aimed at removing all persons and logistics involved in…

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has announced that the ban on drumming and noise-making will commence on May 10 and end on June 10, 2021. It said during the period the usual form of worship should be confined to the premises of…

President of Liberia, George Weah has been appointed as the first Ambassador of the Pan-African Inter-School Championship. He is the only African to have won the FIFA World Player of the Year award. The appointment follows a joint…

The Ghana Police Service, on Thursday obtained a restraining order from the High Court, presided over by Mrs Justice Ruby Aryeetey, against the FixTheCountry protest march slated for Sunday, May 9, 2021, or any other date until the…

Dr Kwaku Afriyie, the Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation has urged the public not to throw away their used batteries, but hand them over to e-waste collectors to be recycled. Dr Afriyie said government was…

Dr Kwame Pianim, a renowned Economist, says the youthfulness of Ghana’s population will remain relatively at its peak level from 2030 till 2050 before it starts transitioning to the structure of a matured demography. He said 15 to 29…

Four persons, accused of evading tax to the tune of GH¢1.6 billion, have appeared before an Accra Circuit Court. Frank Kwadwo Ofori, Chief Executive Officer of K. Ofori Enterprise and three other officials of United Steel Company, namely…

A security man in the house of murdered Legislature has recounted to an Accra High Court, how he was struck with fear when he saw a ladder placed in front of the house of his former boss on February 9, 2016. Stephen Apreko, the former…