Month: January 2023

Ghana’s ECOWAS passport has been ranked 80th out of 199 globally, and it can access 65 destinations without visa requirements. This is according to the 2023 Global Passport Ranking Index by Henley and Partners, a passport rating agency. The ranking which was based on visa-free destinations accessible by a country’s passport has ranked Ghana’s passport… Continue reading Ghana’s passport ranks 80th globally in 2023

Former Minister for Trade and Industry, Alan thirteen-million-dollar, has revealed a thirteen-million-dollar strategic investment fund from the World Bank for the development of the Greater Kumasi Industrial City and Economic Zone project. It is in anticipation of a 150 million dollar facility from the South Korean government for extension of the offsite industrial facilities. Mr.… Continue reading Alan Kyerematen updates Asantehene on Greater Kumasi Industrial City project

Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy has been found not guilty of six counts of rape and one count of sexual assault against four young women. The jury failed to reach verdicts on one count of rape and one of attempted rape and a retrial will take place. Louis Saha Matturie, 41, was also found not… Continue reading Benjamin Mendy found not guilty of six counts of rape.

Hawa Koomson is caretaker Minister of Food and Agriculture after Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto resigned to concentrate on his presidential campaign. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, after accepting Dr Akoto’s resignation has directed Hawa Koomson, who is the Minister of Fisheries to take charge of the Agric Ministry until a substantive minister is appointed. Below… Continue reading Hawa Koomson is caretaker Agric Minister

Seven people have perished in an accident at Gomoa Antseadze on the Cape Coast to Accra highway in the Central Region. Eight others, including an infant, have sustained various degrees of injuries and have been rushed to Mankessim and St. Luke’s Catholic Hospital at Apam for treatment. According to an Apam District Fire Service Officer,… Continue reading 7 dead, 8 in critical condition after Gomoa Antseadze accident

Founder of Heaven Way Champion International Ministry, Patricia Asiedua Koranteng, popularly known as Nana Agradaa yesterday escaped a bench warrant for not showing up in court after the Accra Circuit Court decided to pardon her. Agradaa, who is standing trial on a charge of charlatanic advertisement and six counts of defrauding by false pretense, failed… Continue reading Agradaa spared bench warrant.

Eight Senior High School students have been dismissed for allegedly insulting President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. The female students who attended the Chiana Senior High School in the Kassena Nankana West District of the Upper East Region were suspended last year prior to the dismissal which the Ghana Education Service says is to serve as… Continue reading 8 SHS students dismissed for insulting Prez Akufo-Addo in viral video.

The Dormaahene, Osagyefo Oseadeeyo Agyemang Badu II, has reacted to last Sunday’s chieftaincy dispute at Bomaa in the Ahafo Region which resulted in the death of one person and injuries to five other persons. At a press conference in Sunyani Wednesday (Jan 11, 2023), Osagyefo Oseadeeyo Agyemang Badu II said it was unfortunate that the… Continue reading If you dare authority of newly installed Bomaa chief, I’ll fight till last blood – Dormaahene

1/11/2023 General News The Head of Organised Crime and member of the Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs) Unit at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning¸ Abdulai Bashiru Dapilah, said the defaulting companies concealed the funds in gold exports without remitting proceeds into the country. They did that through breaches of the Foreign Exchange Act, money… Continue reading Unaccounted gold export: Ghana lost $1.1b in 2 years

1/11/2023 Political News Presidential aspirant Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen has said he believes there are certain things that could have  been done differently by the present government led by Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Announcing his decision to contest the flagbearer position of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in a televised message Tuesday night (Jan 10, 2022),… Continue reading I believe things could’ve been done differently in Akufo-Addo’s govt-John Kwadwo Kyerematen