One of the coaches being offloaded from a ship at the Tema Port
One of the coaches being offloaded from a ship at the Tema Port

Tema-Mpakadan train arrives

A modern train meant to operate on the Tema-Mpakadan railway line has arrived in the country.

2 Picked up for illegal registration of WASSCE-SC 2024

Two persons have been picked up at Swedru in the Central Region for registering unqualified candidates to sit for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination for School Candidates (WASSCE-SC) 2024.

Pre-tertiary c unions call off strike

The three pre-tertiary teacher unions in the country have called off the industrial action they embarked upon on March 20, 2024.

 Bright Appiah — Executive Director of Child Rights International
Bright Appiah — Executive Director of Child Rights International

Abolish traditions harmful to children - CRI advocates

The Executive Director of Child Rights International (CRI), Bright Appiah, has called for a complete abandonment of traditions and customs that endanger the lives of children.

Court demands evidence of death of 2 Chinese suspects from prosecutors

The  Sefwi Wiawso District Court has ordered the prosecution in the trial of 10 persons accused of illegal mining, to produce documentary evidence of the death of two Chinese nationals in the case. 

Michael Balinga, Team Lead for Combatting Illegal Wildlife Trade, addressing participants in a workshop on combatting illegal wildlife trade in Accra. Picture: ESTHER ADJORKOR ADJEI
Michael Balinga, Team Lead for Combatting Illegal Wildlife Trade, addressing participants in a workshop on combatting illegal wildlife trade in Accra. Picture: ESTHER ADJORKOR ADJEI

Legislate to combat illegal wildlife trade - Biodiversity specialist advises nations

Ghana and other countries in West Africa have been urged to put in place measures at the policy and legislative levels to combat the illegal trade in wildlife.

Kenyan President Ruto commences three-day state visit to Ghana
Kenyan President Ruto commences three-day state visit to Ghana

Kenyan President Ruto in Ghana for three-day state visit

Kenyan President William Ruto arrived in Accra, Ghana, on Tuesday evening to commence a three-day state visit.

Frank Afari Ankamah (left), Board Chairman of GIDA, and Richard Oppong-Boateng (middle), CEO of GIDA, being briefed by Prince Selassie Tong-Kurug, Health and Safety Supervisor of Shinefeel Ghana Company Limited
Frank Afari Ankamah (left), Board Chairman of GIDA, and Richard Oppong-Boateng (middle), CEO of GIDA, being briefed by Prince Selassie Tong-Kurug, Health and Safety Supervisor of Shinefeel Ghana Company Limited

Management of GIDA charged to make schemes viable

The Board Chairman of the Ghana Irrigation Development Authority (GIDA), Frank Afari Ankamah, has charged the management of the authority to make the scheme viable and self-reliant.

 Keith McMahon — Deputy British High Commissioner to Ghana
Keith McMahon — Deputy British High Commissioner to Ghana

Report beyond scientific breakthroughs - Keith McMahon urges journalists

The Deputy British High Commissioner to Ghana, Keith McMahon, has urged journalists not only to report on scientific breakthroughs but also translate their significance and impact to the public. 

Prez Akufo-Addo names Stephen Amoah as Deputy Finance Minister following John Kumah's passing
Prez Akufo-Addo names Stephen Amoah as Deputy Finance Minister following John Kumah's passing

Stephen Amoah now Deputy Finance Minister following John Kumah's passing

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reassigned the Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry and Member of Parliament for Nhyiaeso, Stephen Amoah, as a Deputy Minister of Finance to replace John Kumah, who passed away on March 7, 2024.

Range Rover Sports
Range Rover Sports

Businessman in court over alleged GH¢1.7million luxury car fraud

A 54-year-old businessman has been arraigned at the Accra Circuit Court for allegedly swindling a car dealer of four luxurious cars worth GH¢1.78 million.

 Samuel Abu Jinapor, Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, cutting the  tape to inaugurate the Greater Accra Regional Lands Commission Office. INSET: The Greater Accra Regional Lands Commission Office
Samuel Abu Jinapor, Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, cutting the tape to inaugurate the Greater Accra Regional Lands Commission Office. INSET: The Greater Accra Regional Lands Commission Office

Greater Accra Lands Commission office inaugurated

The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has inaugurated the Greater Accra Regional Lands Commission office complex with an assurance that the government will go to any length to provide the needed infrastructure for effective land administration in the country.

Franklin Sowa (6th from right), Director Marketing, Graphic Communications Group Ltd, with Noah Tumfo (5th  from left ), Chief Director, Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources; Laud Mike Tagoe (3rd from right), Assistant Manager MSQ,  Zoomlion Ghana Limited; Bright Owusu-Kwarteng (3rd from left), Director of Finance, Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources, and some officials after the meeting. Picture: ELVIS NII NOI DOWUONA
Franklin Sowa (6th from right), Director Marketing, Graphic Communications Group Ltd, with Noah Tumfo (5th from left ), Chief Director, Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources; Laud Mike Tagoe (3rd from right), Assistant Manager MSQ, Zoomlion Ghana Limited; Bright Owusu-Kwarteng (3rd from left), Director of Finance, Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources, and some officials after the meeting. Picture: ELVIS NII NOI DOWUONA

Maiden regional sanitation ranking out May

The national sanitation campaign initiated by the Graphic Communications Group Limited (GCGL), in collaboration with Zoomlion Ghana Limited (ZGL), has entered the second phase, with the maiden league table of the cleanest regions expected to be released by May, this year. 

Mercy Larbi — A Deputy  Commissioner of CHRAJ
Mercy Larbi — A Deputy Commissioner of CHRAJ

CHRAJ 2023 brief: Children’s cases top complaints

Children’s rights cases topped the list of complaints received by the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) last year.

Attorney-General instructs Police to investigate Gborbu Wulomo's marriage to 12-year-old girl
Attorney-General instructs Police to investigate Gborbu Wulomo's marriage to 12-year-old girl

Attorney-General instructs Police to investigate Gborbu Wulomo's marriage to 12-year-old girl

The Office of the Attorney General and Ministry of Justice has directed the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service to commence investigation into the alleged traditional marriage between the Gborbu Wulomo and the 12-year-old girl.

Josephine Oppong-Yeboah, Media personality and Gender Advocate
Josephine Oppong-Yeboah, Media personality and Gender Advocate

Abolish harmful cultural practices - Josephine Oppong-Yeboah urges Traditional Leaders 

Media personality and Gender advocate, Josephine Oppong-Yeboah, has urged the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, to engage traditional authorities in the country to abolish traditional and cultural practices that undermine the fundamental human rights and development of children.

Anas denies Kwesi Nyantakyi's bribery allegations

Investigative Journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas has denied any involvement in soliciting or accepting bribes from a former President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Kwesi Nyantakyi before the publication of a documentary which exposed the latter’s alleged corrupt dealings. 

Ghana Psychological Association condemns alleged marriage of 12-year-old girl

The Ghana Psychological Association (GPA) has condemned the alleged traditional marriage between the Gborbu Wulomo, Nuumo Borketey Laweh XXXIII and a 12-year-old girl.

How organizations have responded to an alleged child marriage in Ghana
How organizations have responded to an alleged child marriage in Ghana

How organizations have responded to an alleged child marriage in Ghana

Numerous organizations in Ghana have reacted strongly to reports of an alleged marriage between a 12-year-old girl and Gborbu Wulomo, Nuumo Borketey Laweh XXXIII.

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