2021

A first look at the potential effect of stretching limited COVID-19 vaccine supplies has found that just one dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was 60 per cent to 70 per cent effective at preventing symptomatic disease in people age 70 and…

The Batsona Police Command on Wednesday arrested some 51 suspected criminals in its operational area following the robbery of a bullion van on Monday, March 1. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Effia Tenge, Head of Public Affairs…

Mr John Allotey, the Chief Executive of the Forestry Commission, has asked chiefs and community leaders to revive and revise taboos and totemic systems to protect forests and wildlife species. This is because the immense value of forests…

MTN Ghana has appointed four new members onto its Board of Directors after two board members officially stepped down. A statement issued in Accra by Mrs Pala Asiedu Ofori, the Company Secretary, said Mr Kwasi Abeasi and Mr Modupe Kadri…

The full impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is yet to be realized, but some 514 million Africans are already falling below the poverty line. According to the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Africa Sustainable Development Report, the…

The Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has held talks with Mr Wamkele Keabetswe Mene, Secretary-General, African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), at the Jubilee House, Accra. The meeting, among other things, deliberated on the…

Mr Joseph Osei-Owusu, Chairman of Parliament’s Appointment Committee has refuted claims by Minority members of the Committee that three nominees of the President for ministerial roles have been rejected by the committee. According to…

The Greater Accra Regional Police Command, has reminded Elikem E. Kotoko, and others to respect the High Court's order restraining them from picketing from February 24 to March 5, 2021. This was contained in a release issued by the…

Parliament on Tuesday resumed for business from a three-week shutdown over upsurge for Covid-19 cases, and would soon announce a roll out plan of vaccination for Members and Staff of the House. The House on February 10, 2021 closed down…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will on Tuesday, March 9, 2021, deliver a Message on the State of the Nation to Parliament and the nation, Speaker of Parliament Alban Sumana Bagbin has announced. And the financial statement and…