Foreign

Ivory Coast rain helps early growth of cocoa main crop, farmers say

June 20, 2022

Heavy rain last week in most of Ivory Coast’s cocoa-growing regions will boost the development of the next October-to-March main crop, farmers said on Monday. Ivory Coast, the world’s top cocoa producer, is in its rainy season which runs from April to mid-November. Farmers said they expected the April-to-September mid-crop to finish strong, with a […]Continue Reading

Business

Chief of Army Staff pays working visit to Consolidated Bank Ghana Limited

June 20, 2022

To cement the relationship between Consolidated Bank Ghana Limited (CBG) and the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) for future collaborations, the Chief of Army Staff has paid an official visit to the bank’s Head Office in Accra. Receiving Major General Thomas Oppong-Peprah and his team, the Managing Director of CBG, Daniel Wilson Addo, said his outfit […]Continue Reading

HEALTH

GHS records three Covid-19 deaths in two days

June 20, 2022

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has reported three covid-19 related deaths after the country began recording new cases over the past weeks. The three deaths were recorded between June 14 to June 16. GHS has also reported 243 new cases with 14 of the cases being severe and two people in critical condition. Health experts […]Continue Reading

Business

BoG holds financial literacy programme for Ghana Immigration Service

June 20, 2022

The Bank of Ghana has organised a financial literacy programme for officers of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) in the Volta Regional capital, Ho. The programme, dubbed ‘Public Sensitisation Programme on Banking Services, Consumer Rights and Responsibilities’, seeks to help officers of the Ghana Immigration Service understand the financial system and empower them with Continue Reading

NEWS

Couple dies in fatal accident at Konongo

June 20, 2022

A couple died in a ghastly accident at Konongo -Odumasi Three Line in the Ashanti Region. The accident involved a Toyota Corolla car with registration number GR 3860-19 and a truck also with registration number GT 9607-12. The deceased have been identified as Evangelist Augustine K. Twum and his wife, barrister Augustine Yaa Twum. Reports […]Continue Reading

Crime

IGP interdicts 4 more officers over Kumasi Islamic SHS violence

June 20, 2022

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr. George Akuffo Dampare has interdicted four more officers for their roles in the disturbances at Islamic Senior High School on Monday, June 13. These officers are part of the team that were said to have video-recorded the clash. They consist of a Chief Inspector, an Inspector, and two Corporals. […]Continue Reading

POLITICS

‘Government insensitive to plight of citizens’ – Ofosu-Ampofo

June 20, 2022

The National Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo has accused government of being insensitive to the plights of Ghanaians. According to him, the current Akufo-Addo regime has turned a deaf ear to the hardship being experienced by citizens from all walks of life. Speaking at a meeting with Chairmen of the […]Continue Reading

Business

Cheapest electricity cost: Ghana ranked 1st, 9th in West Africa, Africa

June 20, 2022

Ghana has been ranked 1st in West Africa and 9th in Africa with the cheapest cost of electricity for household. According to Global Petrol Prices. Com, the country is also ranked 27th in the world. The rankings are coming at a time when the utility tariff providers in the country are making a case for […]Continue Reading

SPORTS

Samuel Boadu bemoans ‘bad’ Hearts form after RTU defeat

June 20, 2022

Hearts of Oak coach, Samuel Boadu has expressed his disappointment with the way his side ended the 2021/22 Ghana Premier League campaign. The Phobians suffered a heavy 4-1 defeat at the hands of relegation-threatened Real Tamale United at the Accra Sports Stadium on Sunday. Before that, Hearts had failed to register a win in their […]Continue Reading

NEWS

Akufo-Addo leaves for Brussels, Kigali

June 20, 2022

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, left Ghana on Sunday to attend the 15th Edition of the European Development Days Forum in Brussels, Belgium, as well as the 26th Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Nations in Kigali, Rwanda. President Akufo-Addo is one of eleven leaders speaking at […]Continue Reading