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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has admonished Ghanaians not to underestimate the coronavirus pandemic but to stay consistent with set safety and hygiene protocols to win the fight against the disease. “The experience in other parts of the world show us that the virus can return with a vengeance, once …

Facilitators of Men and Boys Club in the Central Region have called on the judiciary to as a matter of urgency issue stiffer punishment for perpetrators of child marriage in the country. The facilitators said the judiciary should give sentences that will instill fear and discipline in people and also …

Five persons died and seven got injured in recent floods in the Upper Region, preliminary data from the Regional Directorate of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) has shown. According to the report, dated September 16, three of the deaths occurred in the Binduri District, while one each occurred in …

The Police Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) has cited speeding as the major contributory factor resulting in last Saturday’s (September 19) fatal accident, which claimed the lives of six Ghanaian colts’ players. Four other juvenile players on board the KIA mini bus involved in the disaster, and whose condition …

Ghana might be the largest producer of gold in Africa, but as available information shows, the country very likely is not getting its fair share of money from gold exports. The activities of the Dubai-based gold trader and refiner, Kaloti Jewellery Group was being looked into by US investigators – …

The Attorney-General (AG) is praying an Accra High Court to dismiss the case of seven Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and four persons who sued government over alleged mining of bauxite in the Atewa Forest Range. According to the AG, the seven CSOs and four private citizens were “mere crying wolf.” …

A research conducted by the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) has shown that beneficiaries of some projects under the Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Programme (IPEP) were barely involved in the projects’ initiation plans. It also showed that decisions about the projects were usually taken at the national and district …

The National Chief Imam, Shiekh Dr Osman Nuhu Shurubutu, has suspended, indefinitely, Alhaji Khuzaimah Osman, his Personal Assistant. “The National Chief Imam, in consultation with his Advisory Board, has indefinitely suspended Alhaji khuzaimah Osman from acting as an Officer at the National Chief Imam’s Office with immediate effect,” a statement …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Friday received the letters of credence of five new envoys accredited by their respective countries to begin their duty tour of Ghana. The envoys are: Tiemoko Moriko of Cote D’Ivoire, Daniela d’Orlandi from Italy, Austrialia’s Gregory Andrews, Mohammed Abdelrahman Yasin Mohamed from Sudan and …

The African Cancer Organisation (ACO) has called on government to develop a coherent and comprehensive cervical cancer control plan and scale-up effective programmes and resources, appropriate for citizens. It reiterated that it was necessary for government to establish a technical working group to develop an effective national cervical cancer elimination …