Ghana recorded four deaths and 116 confirmed cases of the Monkeypox disease in 2022, in 14 out of the 16 regions. Two deaths were recorded in Upper East and one each in the Greater Accra and Central regions. The Savannah and Ahafo regions did not record any cases, Dr Farida Abdulai, the Deputy Director, Ghana Health Service (GHS), disclosed during ...

Roro, one of Ghana’s most prominent and award-winning record producers who doubles as a sound engineer, has said on record that he doesn’t believe that Daddy Lumba’s latest song, Ofoo Na Odi Nsɛm Foo, was targeted at him or Great Ampong. This revelation is in contrast to what Great Ampong had asserted previously on Happy FM with radio presenter Nyansa ...

Private legal practitioner Mr Kofi Bentil has told the Special Prosecutor Mr Kissi Agyebeng to retrieve funds meant for the fight against Covid but were diverted. In his view, the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) will prove its usefulness by acting to retrieve the cash and jailing the culprits. “This will be the truest test of the OSP. If ...

The Director of Communications for the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) Richard Ahiagbah has said Ghanaians must support the government in building the economy. He said the government is building long-term economy. “Ghana is building long-term, and it is all coming together! Let’s support the government in regenerating the economy,” he tweeted after the Government of Ghana and the Ghana ...

The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Music Rights Organisation (GHAMRO), Abraham Adjatey, has called for the closure of the office of the Auditor-General. The Auditor-General of Ghana, who is the head of the Ghana Audit Service, undertakes audits of the public accounts of Ghana and all public offices as mandated by Article 187 of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana. ...

Brighton have rejected a second bid from Arsenal for Ecuador midfielder Moises Caicedo and told the Premier League leaders he is not for sale. The latest bid is thought to be in the region of £70m. Arsenal and Chelsea both had offers for the 21-year-old turned down last week. Caicedo informed Brighton in an open letter that he wanted a ...

An American Football delegation, made up of top executives of the NFL from the United States, the governing body of the sport, and nine young Ghanaian boys and girls who have been selected to participate in a tournament this week in the US, have called on the Vice President at the Jubilee House. The NFL delegation, led by Senior Director ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has told African countries to collectively institute measures to fight illicit financial flows out of the continent. The president said this while speaking during the closing session of the maiden African Prosperity Dialogues dubbed, ‘the Kwahu Summit’,. “We need to pay serious attention to and arrest illicit financial flow out of the continent which is ...

The Institute for Energy Security (IES) is predicting between 7% and 13% jump in the prices of petrol, diesel and Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), from February 1, 2023, for the next two weeks. This means petrol will sell at about ¢15 per litre, whilst diesel will go for over ¢17 per litre. According to the IES, the rise in domestic ...

A delegates-based survey conducted by Outcomes International Ghana and Centre for Sustainable African Development Initiatives (C-SADI) UK has projected Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia to win the flagbearer elections of the governing New Patitoc Party (NPP) ahead of the 2024 general elections. the survey stated that Ghana is an emerging democratic country seen as a good example for countries in sub-Saharan Africa. ...