The Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) is the most important football tournament in Africa. It has been contested by the male national teams of countries on the continent since 1957. Egypt is the most successful country in the tournament’s history, with seven wins, the most recent in 2010. Previously, Ghana was the dominant force with four wins. In […] The post Ghana

Africa’s biggest football festival – the men’s Africa Cup of Nations 2023 – is being hosted by Côte d’Ivoire in west Africa and will culminate in its final match on 11 February 2024. More than ever before, the world will be watching the action at the 34th edition of the cup, given that some of football’s greatest […] The post Afcon:

The Senior Staff Association of the Public Universities in Ghana (SSA-UoG) and the Federation of Universities Senior Staff (FUSSAG) have declared an indefinite strike with immediate effect over the blatant disregard for their welfare by the government. This follows, among other things, the failure of the government to address their concerns regarding pensions and the […] The post Nationwide

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Osabarima Agyare Tenadu II, the Kadehene has asserted his authority as the Kadehene, emphasizing the need for the enforcement of November 13, 2023, Supreme Court ruling that grants him legitimacy as Chief of Kade. The chieftaincy dispute traces back to December 21, 2022, when the National House of Chiefs in the Eastern Region entered the […] The post I’m the legitimate

Management of Citi FM and Citi TV has officially handed over a resettlement centre to displaced victims at Tokpo in the Shai Osudoku Municipality. The centre is designed to accommodate approximately 280 people who were displaced due to the Akosombo dam spillage. It would also free up classrooms which had been used by these persons […] The post Akosombo

The Office of the Special Prosecutor has waded into the controversial contract between Strategic Mobilization Ghana Limited (SML) and the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA). The OSP has disclosed that it has commenced a preliminary investigation into the contractual arrangements between the two entities. The Office of the Special Prosecutor, in its half-yearly report released on […] The post OSP

The Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng, has released his outfit’s half-year report for the year 2023 in accordance with the laws governing the office, providing updates on a litany of cases it is either investigating or prosecuting. Among the cases it gave an update on in the 20-page report dated December 29, 2023, included the Cecilia […] The post OSP

The Functional Executive Committee (FEC) of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), has suspended its northern regional vice chairman, Alhaji Abdul Hamid, popularly known as Alhaji Gbewaa, over allegations of assault on the party’s regional treasurer, Hajia Shamima Yakubu. Alhaji Gbewaa allegedly assaulted the NDC Northern Regional Treasurer, Hajia Shamima Yakubu, during a party executive […] The post NDC

After serving a successful three-year term in office from January 2021 as President of the Ghana Association of Banks (GAB), Mrs. Mansa Nettey, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Standard Chartered Bank Ghana Plc, has handed over to Mr. John Kofi Adomakoh, the Managing Director of GCB Bank Plc effective January 2024 for the next […] The post Mansa Nettey hands over

Some residents of Dominase in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region took to the streets to demonstrate over what they say is medical negligence on the part of staff at the Potsin Polyclinic, leading to the death of a resident. On January 4, 2024, some angry residents of Gomoa Dominase besieged the Gomoa […] The post Gomoa

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) says it has restored power to the Ankoma-Nteso area in the Mpraeso district after it disconnected power following a bushfire incident that caused damage to two service poles. Some unidentified persons over the weekend set fire to a bush, which spread across a vast area and burnt two service […] The post Mpraeso:

The Directorate of Research, Innovation, and Development (DRID) of the University of Media Arts and Communication (UniMAC) is gearing up to explore new trends in modern public relations practices in the 2024 New Year Public Lecture with a mix of industry and academic perspectives. The lecture is scheduled to take place online on Friday, 19th […] The post UniMAC-

Russian police have cracked down on a large protest in the far eastern region of Bashkortostan after an activist was jailed. The protest broke out after a court in the town of Baymak sentenced Indigenous rights activist Fail Alsynov to four years in a penal colony on Wednesday. About 3,000 supporters were involved in the […] The post Protest turns violent as

Public transport users will face a 30 percent increase in fares, effective January 22, 2024. The Commercial Transport Operators of Ghana, in a press release, stated that the increase is a result of a “substantial rise in the costs of lubricants and spare parts, coupled with increment on DVLA service charges” which it indicated is […] The post Transport fares to go

Some Ghanaian students who were evacuated from Sudan by the government have petitioned Parliament to support their request for integration into tertiary institutions in the country. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration evacuated 82 Ghanaian students from Sudan in May 2023 following a deadly conflict in the country that resulted in casualties. Forty-seven […] The post Evacuated

The Supreme Court has set April 10 to deliver judgment on a case seeking to quash a directive by the Food and Drug Authority (FDA) that bans well-known persons and professionals including musicians from advertising for alcoholic beverages. The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) in 2016 instituted guidelines for the advertisement of foods and beverages, […] The post Supreme

The Supreme Court has set April 10 to deliver judgment on a case seeking to quash a directive by the Food and Drug Authority (FDA) that bans well-known persons and professionals including musicians from advertising for alcoholic beverages. The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) in 2016 instituted guidelines for the advertisement of foods and beverages, […] The post Supreme

The Secretary of the National Council of the Parents Teachers Association in Ghana, Gapson Kofi Raphael, has expressed dismay in the Ghana Education Service over its guidelines on PTAs. He described the actions by the GES as unlawful and illegal. The GES has developed new guidelines for Parent Associations, formerly known as Parent-Teacher Associations (PTAs), […] The post GES