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The First Lady of the Republic of Ghana, Rebecca Akufo-Addo has disclosed that the elimination of child marriages in Ghana and the retention of girls in school is top on her priority list. Delivering her welcome address at an event held at the forecourt of her office at Ridge to mark International Women’s Day under the theme “Press for Progress”, ...

Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration Minister Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, has renewed the call to Ghanaians to resist any temptation to travel to the North African country of Libya, saying, that could be perilous. She added that it would be ill-advised for anybody to do that – they would be risking their lives. She confirmed reports of active involvement of some ...

Counter-terrorism officers are working to uncover the origin of the nerve agent used in the attempted murder of ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, in Salisbury. The pair were found unconscious and are critically ill in hospital, along with a policeman who went to their aid. A source told BBC News the chemical used on Sunday was likely ...

Seven Ghanaians; Kwabena M. Bonsu, Kwasi A. Oppong, Kwame Ansah, John Y. Amoah, Samuel Antwi, King Faisal Hamidu, and Cynthia Appiagyei have been indicted by a US court in Columbus Ohio for romance scam, mynewsgh.com has learnt. An eighth person, Nkosiyoxoxo Msuthu, a South African was also indicted. The eight people were indicted on charges relating to an online romance ...

A three-member panel of the Court of Appeal presided by Justice Victor Osei has dismissed as unfair the findings of the Judgement Debt Commission in the controversial the GH¢51.2 million judgement debt wrongfully paid businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome. The amount was paid Woyome by the erstwhile John Evans Atta Mills administration after claiming he helped Ghana raise funds to construct ...

The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has barred its deputy General Secretary Nana Obiri Boahen from speaking on behalf of it. The decision follows the National Steering Committee meeting of the party Wednesday March 7 to consider among other issues Mr. Boahen’s leaked tape and related matters. “The steering committee, after listening to him [Nana Obiri Boahen] and taken cognizance ...

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service is investigating the staff of a branch of a major bank in Tema in the Greater Accra Region, where armed robberies have occurred recently, leading to two casualties. The police are trying to unravel circumstances under which the deadly attacks occurred only after the victims had withdrawn huge sums of ...

Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Charlotte Osei, has called for full protection for young girls who are abused sexually. She called on religious bodies, the security and organisations working to promote children’s welfare to collaborate efforts to build and strengthen child protection systems at different levels, in different contexts. Mrs Osei was speaking on Joy FM’s flagship programme, Super Morning ...

Ghana must legislate new measures to boost revenues by at least 0.5 percent of gross domestic product before the IMF reviews a $918 million credit deal next month, the Fund said. The West African nation must also outline plans to clean up the financial sector and show stronger commitment to cut debt, including limiting its next Eurobond for budget support ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has lauded Ecobank over a partnership deal with the National Youth Authority (NYA) to create 3000 jobs. The Pan-African bank is offering to absorb 3000 unemployed youth after undergoing a three-month training programme. The NYA on Thursday, February 08, 2018 launched the Digital Marketing and Entrepreneurship Programme for persons between the ages of 15 to ...