2021

Despite the increase in COVID-19 cases in the country, people continue to ignore safety protocols with ‘business as usual’ attitudes at funerals and other social gatherings. Majority of patrons at three funeral grounds the Ghana News…

Security forces in Ethiopia's Oromia regional state have killed or arrested more than 1,100 Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) rebels, an Ethiopian official said on Friday. Ararsa Merdasa, commissioner of the Oromia Police Commission, said more…

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) says plans are afoot to map FDA registration numbers with importer Tax Identification Numbers (TIN) under the Integrated Customs Management System (ICUMS). The move, the Authority explains, would not…

The Ghana Education Service (GES) says all necessary measures have been put in place ahead of the official re-opening of basic schools on Monday, January 18, 2021, for effective teaching and learning. The Service, in a statement issued…

The Ministry of Roads and Highways has rejected a call by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Caucus in Parliament for the abrogation of the $570 million Accra-Tema Motorway expansion contract. The NDC Caucus in Parliament at a news…

Italy's privacy regulator on Friday formally opened up a probe into the policies of digital messaging app WhatsApp, a day after the entity called on the European Commission to look into WhatsApp's new terms and conditions initially set to…

The Kaneshie District Court on Friday ordered the police to put their house in order following detection of defects in the charge sheet of the murder case of Professor Emmanuel Yaw Benneh, the law lecturer, who was killed in cold blood at…

Speaker of Parliament Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin says it was a majority vote that propelled him into the position of the Speaker of the Eighth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana. In his maiden address to the 275 member…

The Denkyira Traditional Council (DTC) has formally announced the death of Denkyirahene, Odeefo) Boa Amponsem III. Odeefuor Boa Amponsem III, who was the Paramount Chief of Denkyira Traditional Area in the Central Region, reigned for 60…

India on Saturday started inoculating health workers in what is expected to be the world’s biggest coronavirus vaccination programme. A health worker at a government hospital in Delhi became the first person to receive a vaccine shot in…