Voice of America (VOA) has reinforced its commitment to social responsibility and youth development by supporting the second edition of Shaft FM’s ‘Mofra Mr3’ kids talent show. At the event’s opening ceremony, Suzy Ansah, Regional Marketing Specialist for the United States Agency for Global Media/Voice of America, presented an array of branded materials including school […]

The United States on Sunday blamed Lebanon-based Hezbollah for a rocket attack in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights that killed 12 children and teenagers on a football field while raising the threat of a wider war in the Middle East. Israel also blamed Hezbollah and said it would strike hard against the Iran-backed group after the […]

At least 19 people are dead in Ethiopia after a boat capsized on a river in the country’s northwest, a state-run media outlet said on Sunday. The tragedy occurred in the Amhara region on Saturday as a group of people were crossing the river Tekeze, which partly forms the border between Ethiopia and Eritrea, the […]

Great Britain’s Kimberley Woods clinched Olympic bronze in a dramatic women’s kayak single (K1) final at the Vaires-Sur-Marne Nautical Stadium. The 28-year-old qualified third-fastest with an impressive semi-final performance and produced another clean run in the final, clocking 98.94 seconds to clinch her first Olympic medal. Woods, third from last to start, moved into second […]

Thousands of people gathered on Sunday for the funerals of children and young people killed in a rocket strike in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, as world leaders scrambled to contain the attack’s political fallout. Members of the Druze community wept as they carried caskets through the streets of Majdal Shams, while some yelled in anger […]

Mobile Money (MoMo) indicators largely took a nose dive for June 2024, according to data from the Bank of Ghana. The total number of MoMo transactions dipped significantly, falling to 644 million compared to the 668 million recorded in May 2024. This translated into a fall in the total value of MoMo transactions from GHS […]

The sale of weekly treasury bills to domestic investors fell short of its target by appropriately GHS 700 million. The reduction in the auction of the short-term instruments could largely be due to government’s decision to keep yields stable in the last couple of weeks to reduce the cost of servicing the debt instruments going […]

Okyenhene Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin has denounced a circulating document featuring his image titled “Agyapadie” as a complete fabrication. The King of Akyem Abuakwa claims the document is part of a long-standing hate campaign against the Ofori Panin household and Okyeman. The document, which resurfaced recently, outlines a supposed strategy for Akyem people to dominate […]

History has been made at the Mamprugu kingdom by the King of Gonjaland, HRM Yagbonwura Bii-Kunuto Jewu Soale I as he paid a courtesy call on the Overlord of the Mamprugu, Nayiri Mahami Sherigah at the Nayiri palace in Nalerigu. This visit is historic as this is the first of its kind in the history […]

Richard Ahiagbah, Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party, is receiving positive treatment after being involved in a serious accident in a town near Konongo, the party has confirmed. The incident occurred early Saturday morning around 1:30 am on the Kumasi-Accra highway near Aduapompo, while Ahiagbah was en route to Kumasi for a scheduled programme. […]

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has disclosed plans to launch its manifesto in the Central region in August. The manifesto launch will detail the party’s blueprint for policies to be implemented when the party wins the December 7 polls. Speaking during the campaign launch in Tamale, the flagbearer of the NDC, John Dramani Mahama, pledged […]

Ghana’s 4th Republic has given eight years to ruling parties, not more. Beyond the loyalists of the various political parties, voters believe that when one political party governs for some time, they must leave for another political party to come. That voter belief is coming from something we hear all the time: “All politicians are […]

Kwaku Kwarteng, Member of Parliament (MP) for Obuasi West and spokesperson on the Economy Committee has attributed Ghana’s economic crisis to decades of bad politics and economic mismanagement by past and present governments. In an opinion piece, Mr Kwarteng said Ghana’s economy is being run like a Ponzi Scheme. “The economic problems Ghana is facing […]

Residents of Mangoline a community in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra Region are living in fear over the activities of landguards who parade themselves as Asafo groups terrorising residents to pay digging fees. Quite recently an entire family including a three-year-old baby were slashed with a knife after the family refused to […]

Yaa Achiaa Osei Boamah, one of this year’s competitors in Citi FM/Channel One TV’s 2024 Literacy Challenge, overcame significant challenges to make it to the second phase of the competition. The top 50 candidates in the 2024 edition of Citi FM/Channel One TV’s ‘Literacy Challenge for Junior High School Students’ were scheduled to take an […]

The Government of Ghana through the Ministry of Finance on Tuesday, July 16, 2024, launched a groundbreaking initiative which seeks to assist Ghanaian Small and Medium-sized Enterprises to scale up and build their capacity to make them sustainable and compete favourably in the international marketplace. It is dubbed the Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (SME) Growth […]

Yam traders at the Kokomba market have raised concerns about the sharp increase in yam prices, lamenting that the situation is putting a strain on their livelihoods. They urged the government to implement measures to address the situation. At the Kokomba yam market, a typical day sees young men unloading yams from trucks arriving from […]

Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has reiterated his promise to revamp the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy, which has faced numerous challenges and calls for review from stakeholders. During the NDC’s campaign launch in Tamale, Mahama expressed his commitment to enhancing the government’s free education initiative if elected in […]