League leaders Berekum Chelsea lost two valuable home points when they drew 1-1 with their neighbours, Dormaa-Ahenkro-based Aduana Stars, in their league match played at the Berekum Golden City Park on Saturday afternoon.
As the homes…
The Upper West Regional Inter-Agency Coordinating Committee on Sanitation (RICCS) says it is poised to declare the Dafiama-Bissie-Issah (DBI) District a district-wide Open Defecation Free (ODF) status by the end of 2020.
It said out of …
Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), championing appropriate utilisation of public funds through social accountability strategies, have underscored the need for citizens to be involved in all development process in their communities.
The…
British officials have proposed granting Huawei a limited role in the UK’s future 5G network, resisting U.S. calls for a complete ban over fears of Chinese spying, two people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.
The recommendation…
Pop legend Madonna has canceled another show in Portugal’s capital Lisbon, the city that inspired her newest album Madame X, as she struggles to cope with pain from “ongoing injuries”, her tour promoter said on Wednesday.
Promoter Every…
A banker implicated in the embezzlement and money-laundering case against Africa's richest woman, Isabel dos Santos, has been found dead in Lisbon.
Nuno Ribeiro da Cunha, 45, managed the account of oil firm Sonangol, formerly chaired by…
Two hundred and eighty six cartons of electrical cables seized by the Ghana Standards Authority for being " sub standard" are on the market, three years after confiscation at the Tema harbour.
The Tema Police command after obtaining a s…
The number of police killings in Rio de Janeiro reached a record high last year, officials say, amid controversial hardline measures to tackle violence.
Police killed 1,810 people, an average of five per day, the highest number since of…
Despite ongoing speculation and investor pressure, Netflix is still declining to adopt an advertising-based business model as a means to boost its revenue, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings confirmed on Tuesday. The company on its Q4 earnings call…
The trial of ex-movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has begun in earnest in New York with graphic prosecution statements on his alleged crimes.
Prosecutor Meghan Hast said he was a "seasoned" sexual predator with vulnerable actresses as his pr…
UN human rights experts have demanded an immediate investigation into allegations Saudi Arabia's crown prince hacked Amazon boss Jeff Bezos's phone.
They said Mohammed bin Salman should also be investigated for "continuous, direct and p…
The Omanhene of Nsein Tradition Area, Awulae Agyefi Kwame II, has called on the government to help address controversies over a land demarcated for the construction of Axim fishing harbour project.
According to him, a report issued by t…
Chinese online giant Taobao has warned sellers using its platform not to profit from the deadly coronavirus outbreak by raising prices.
Fears over the spread of the virus in China have triggered a surge in sales of protective gear in As…
A preliminary investigation team has been constituted to investigate the cause of the overrun of a Ghana Air force aircraft CASA C295 on the apron at the Air Force Base, in Accra, on Wednesday morning.
They are to come out with their re…
A medical examiner has ruled Juice WRLD died after an accidental overdose of powerful painkillers.
The rapper - whose real name is Jarad A. Higgins - died in December 2019 at the age of 21 after having a seizure.
The Cook County Medi…
BONABOTO, a Civil Society Organisation made up of natives from Bolgatanga, Nabdam, Bongo and Tongo in the Upper East Region, has disagreed with the Aviation Minister, Mr Joseph Kofi Adda over his proposal to relocate the site of the region…
The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) in the North East Region significantly reduced the incidence of fire outbreaks in the Region last year through intensified fire safety education, engineering and enforcement of by-laws.
The Region …
The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, the principal leader of the Church of England, has visited Kiburu Boys Secondary School, a school he taught at in central Kenya.
During his visit, the archbishop said it was the Kenyan school w…
Google Cloud today announced Secret Manager, a new tool that helps its users securely store their API keys, passwords, certificates and other data. With this, Google Cloud is giving its users a single tool to manage this kind of data and …
US singer Jessica Simpson has revealed how being sexually assaulted as a child led to a reliance on drugs and alcohol.
The 39-year-old had top 10 UK chart hits in the noughties with I Wanna Love You Forever, These Boots Are Made For Wal…
Somalia is still ranked the world's most corrupt country, according to the just released 2019 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI).
The index is published annually by Transparency International (TI) and assesses the perceived levels of pu…
General Agricultural Workers' Union (GAWU) has organised a community durbar on child labour at Tontro, Kurantumi-Akim district of the Abuakwa North Constituency in the Eastern Region.
The durbar formed part of the implementation of GAWU…
Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) led by Vision for Alternative Development (VALD) have called on Food and Drugs Authority and Ministry of Health to expedite action on the development of alcoholic beverage regulations.
The other CSOs a…
Owners of Sonos products have reacted angrily to the firm's announcement that it will no longer issue software updates for its older devices from May.
Many say they have spent hundreds of pounds on Sonos speaker products for their homes…
Move over pop and rap. From Billie Eilish to Bon Iver and Rosalia, the top contenders at Sunday’s Grammy Awards are turning traditional music genres on their head with a striking fusion of styles.
Teen sensation Eilish, body-positive si…
GIZ Ghana has announced the appointment of Regina Bauerochse Barbosa as its new Country Director.
She takes over from Mr. Alan Walsch, who now heads GIZ Malawi operations.
Having served in various senior leadership positions within G…
Dr Kodjo Mensah-Abrampah, the Director General of National Development Planning Commission, has called on Ghanaians to see elections as a developmental decision and not only the election of leaders to govern the country.
This, he explai…
Asos sold one black dress every second and one wedding dress every minute during record trade on Black Friday last year.
That helped sales at the online fashion retailer jump 20% to £1.1bn in the last four months of 2019.
Asos shares…
Hajia Alima Mahama, Minister of Local Government and Rural Development on Tuesday charged Coordinating Directors of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to explain the revised Standing Orders to guide Presiding Members.
…
Takoradi Gold Ghana Limited (TGGL), a Ghanaian-owned gold mining company, has been granted 15 years mining lease in the Kutukrom area of Prestea in the Prestea–Huni Valley municipality of the Western Region.
The Kutukrom lease, dated Ja…
Twitter is pouring a little more fuel on the messaging fire. It has added a heart+ button to its direct messaging interface, which lets users shortcut to a pop-up menu of seven emoji reactions so they can quickly express how they’re feeli…
THE ink has probably not dried on the deal signed between government and Event Horizon Entertainment Ltd to host the Afro Nation concert in Ghana for five consecutive years and already there is grumbling among industry players in GH.
Si…
Mrs Cynthia Morrison, the Member of Parliament for Agona West, has presented three motorbikes to the Swedru Divisional Police Command to help fight crime in the Agona West Municipality, which has surged recently.
Mrs Morrison, who is al…
An appeal has been made to the Minister for the Interior to promote Fire Personnel at the Buipe Station, who helped put out the recent fire involving some fuel tankers at the yard of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST) at Buipe.…
Mr Joseph Atura Amiyuure, the Bolgatanga Municipal Chief Executive, has urged people of the municipality to take advantage of the one village, one dam (1V1D) projects to undertake dry season farming to improve their earnings.
Mr Amiyuur…
The chiefs and people of KpareKpare in the Krachi East Municipality of the Oti Region have appealed to government to rehabilitate the KpareKpare Dam to save the community from water crisis.
The dam, which serves as a source of drinking …
The Chartered Institute of Bankers Act, 2019 (Act 991), which was recently assented to by the President, will be fully operational by the second quarter of the year, the President of the Chartered Institute of Bankers, Rev. Mrs Patricia …
Mr Ambrose Dery, the Minister of the Interior, on Wednesday, interacted with the security agencies in the Upper West Region as part of his three-day visit to the region to ascertain their challenges.
The interaction was also to inform t…
The Ningo-Prampram Education Directorate in the Greater Accra Region has received 1,000 mono and dual desks to be distributed to local schools.
The desks, which were presented by the Ningo-Prampram District Assembly (NiPDA) formed part …
Professor George Gyan-Baffour, Minister for Planning has said despite the commendable progress made in reducing malnutrition over the last three decades, Ghana still suffers from the triple burden of malnutrition, under-nutrition, over nut…
Statistics from the Ghana National Household Registry (GNHR) has rated the Garu and Tempane Districts the poorest among the 15 Districts and Municipalities in the Upper East Region with Bolgatanga being the least extreme poor.
The GNHR …
The Ministry of Health has issued an alert message and guidance information to health facilities in the 16 regions following the confirmation of the outbreak of Coronavirus in China.
It said enhanced surveillance at the points of entry,…
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has appointed referee Emmanuel Eshun as the central referee for the sixth week league game between Accra Hearts of Oak and Asante Kotoko at the Accra Sports Stadium on Sunday, January 26.
He would be…
The benchmark index moderated by 23.60 points (-1.04%) as a result of losses in three banking, telecom and insurance counters to close at 2,227.85 with a -1.30% year-to-date return while market capitalization decreased by 0.41% to settle…
HCL and Fast Company hosting dialogues to set the agenda on critical issues of the next decade
HCL Technologies (HCL), a leading global technology company, today announced its participation in the upcoming World Economic Forum’s Annual …
Superior support empowers Hearing Australia to free up resources and enable digital transformation
Rimini Street, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMNI), a global provider of enterprise software products and services, the leading third-party support provi…
Western Union (NYSE: WU) today announced that it is one of 325 companies across 50 industries included in the 2020 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index (GEI). The GEI expanded in 2020 to represent 42 countries and regions, including firms headq…
Some 50 Mayors and Governors have confirmed their attendance so far from cities in Africa, Europe, Asia and North and South America
Policy makers, mayors, academics, business people, community leaders, artists and urban planners are amo…
Mr Kurt Okraku, President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), has said Sunday's Super Clash between Accra Hearts of Oak and Kumasi Asante Kotoko will be used as a tool to preach against hooliganism and to promote the "Bring back the …
UK Aid, through the UK Department for International Development (DFID) continues to invest heavily in Rwanda’s long-term growth and transformation
British High Commissioner to Rwanda, Joanna Lomas, writes on the importance of this year …
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