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The Three-Member Committee set up by the Government to investigate recent disturbances that led to deaths in Ejura, Ashanti Region, has recommended the immediate transfer of the Ejura District Police Commander. It also recommended the structural expansion of the Ejura Police Station, as well as an increase in personnel to enable …

The Ghana government is in the process of acquiring a bigger aircraft for presidential travels, Mr Eugene Arhin, Director of Communications at the Presidency, has disclosed. “Government is already in the process of acquiring a bigger jet for use,” he said at a press briefing at the Jubilee House on …

Two suspected armed robbers, Joseph Dagodzo, and Mujahid Abubakar, alias Sule, were on Saturday shot by the police. The two robbers later died on admission at the Police Hospital, a statement signed by Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Kwesi Ofori, Acting Director-General, Public Affairs, and copied the Ghana News Agency, …

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of Ghana has kept the policy rate unchanged at 13.5 per cent, saying the risk to inflation and growth were broadly balanced. “Given these considerations, and the fairly balanced risks to inflation and growth in the outlook, the Committee decided to keep …

A report by Global Water Partnership, an international Organisation with a focus on water resources management, found Ghana in the medium to low range in the implementation of gender mainstreaming policies. The report said although Ghana and other medium-low ranked countries had good policies detailing the roles of women in …

A Sekondi Circuit Court, presided over by Justice Michael Cudjoe Ampadu, has granted bail in the sum of GH¢50,000 with two sureties one to be justified, to Josephine Panyin Mensah Simon, the alleged pregnant and kidnapped woman in Takoradi. She would reappear in court on Thursday October 14, 2021, on …

Ghana will participate in an international business and investment exposition in the capital of the United Arab Emirate, Dubai, from October this year to March 2022. The six-month event dubbed: “EXPO 2020 Dubai” will showcase the business and investment opportunities in Ghana to the global business community, to attract Foreign …

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) said evidence locally and internationally shows that vaccination against the COVID-19 accounts for the steady decline in positive cases. Additionally, improving adherence to Covid-19 safety and enforcement protocols also contributed significantly to the decline. Ghana has recorded 128 positive cases of COVID-19 this September, 273 …

Illegal small-scale miners encroaching on the AngloGold Ashanti’s (AGA) Obuasi Mine concession at Kokoteasua in the Ashanti Region, have been warned to stay off the enclave in their own interest. They have no right to conduct any mining activities within the AGA’s concession, Mr. Simon Osei-Mensah, the Regional Minister, stated. …

Air pollution, from both outdoor and indoor activities are dangerous to the environment and human health, but infants and the elderly in Ghana are at greater risk as they make the majority who fall ill from the pollution, a World Bank study has found out. In a presentation at a …