pFive persons have been confirmed dead, while five others sustained injuries in a gory lorry accident that occurred at Okanta along the Nsawam-Accra highway in the Eastern Region, last Sunday.

A fund to raise money to finance research activities leading to a cure for HIV/AIDS has been launched in Accra.

The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has set up a seven-member committee to investigate allegation of corruption in rosewood trade in the country.

Facebook as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme has hosted about 40 African youth leaders and entrepreneurs in Accra to give them opportunity to network and build business relationships.

A contingent of 18 players and five officials of the national deaf football team, the Black Wonders will leave for Sierra Leone on Wednesday for an African Deaf football championship.

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Strategic Communications Africa (Stratcomm), Ms Esther Cobbah, has reiterated the call on Ghanaians to embrace floriculture and horticulture, to boost the economy.

A creative art business and intellectual property and copyright workshop to educate practitioners in the arts and entertainment industry on local and international laws that protect them from unfair business competition, illegal usages of ideals and benefits would be held in Accra on September 6.

Although the Ghana's fisheries laws, as spelt out in the Fisheries Act, 2002 (Act 625), are very clear on what constitutes fisheries offences, illegal fishing practices abound on the country's high seas with wanton abandon.

The 2019 edition of the International Women's Summit on Leadership Training and Sustainable Funding for Women in Business has taken place in Accra.

Following the outbreak of polio in the Chereponi District in Northern Region, the Ministry of Health (MoH) and the Ghana Health Service (GHS) have deployed a team of medical officers to investigate and map out areas affected for a reactive vaccination campaign.

Access to medicines and health is a human right as well as a developmental issue, for which reason Governments have continuously made interventions to remove barriers as well as increase access.

Ghana is one of the few countries in Africa where more than 50% of the population is permanently resident in cities. This urban population is located primarily in two cities; the capital Accra, and Kumasi. Both Accra, and Kumasi are home to 2 million people.

The Ghanaian police have reportedly asked for the extradition of a Nigerian, Chika Nnodim, who was mentioned in the alleged kidnapping of four Ghanaian girls.

The Managing Director of Zenith Bank Ghana Limited, Henry Oroh, has been appointed the Executive Director of Zenith Bank Plc.

The Vehicle and Asset Dealers Association of Ghana (VADAG) says a comprehensive support system is needed to ensure that local players in the automobile value chain do not lose out from the implementation of the recently launched Ghana Automotive Development Policy.

The National Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu Ampofo has congratulated all members who participated in the Saturday's party parliamentary primaries, especially the winners.

Akatsi -The Avenor Rural Bank has posted a profit before tax of GH¢433,185 last year, a jump of 36.64 per cent recorded in 2017.

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, left the country on Saturday, for Japan, to attend the 7th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), at the invitation of the Japanese Prime Minister, Shinz? Abe.

A total of 310 Ghanaians have been given scholarships to further their studies in China for the 2019 edition of the Chinese Government Scholarship scheme.

Asante Kotoko yesterday posted a 2-0 victory over Kano Pillars of Nigeria at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi to qualify to the next stage of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Champions League competition.