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Africa World Airlines (AWA), a private airline operator, yesterday organised a historic test fight from the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) in Accra to the newly completed Ho Airport in the Volta Region. The 50-capacity Embraer-145 aircraft landed at the Ho Airport after 22 minutes of takeoff at the KIA. Travelling by road from Accra to Ho takes almost four hours. ...

The timely intervention by the police on Thursday foiled violent clashes between two groups within the New Patriotic Party in the Ablekuma Central Constituency in Greater Accra. A group known as the Concerned NPP Grassroots of Ablekuma Central had planned to hold a press conference Thursday at the party’s constituency office at Shukula in Accra to express their misgivings about ...

Ghanaian Actress, Rosemond Alade Brown, aka Akuapem Poloo was Friday slapped with a 90-day imprisonment for the publication of a nude picture with her seven-year-old son in June 2020. Brown, was sentenced 90 days each to all three counts of publication of obscene materials, engaging in domestic violence namely a conduct that in any way undermined another person’s privacy or integrity, and ...

The four-tier Awoshie-Pokuase Interchange and Local Roads Project located in the Ga North Municipality of the Greater Accra Region is 96 per cent done and scheduled for full completion by June this year. The project,which is estimated to cost $70 million, began on July 3,2018,after the sod had been cut by the then Senior Minister,Mr Yaw OsafoMaafo,on behalf of the President,Nana Addo ...

There is simmering tension at the Kwahu Pitiko traditional area in Afram Plains South District of the Eastern region following a near-deadly attack on the Chief of Pitiko Nana Frimpong Akoamire II by unknown thugs. The thugs, wielding guns, knives, sticks, and other dangerous implements invaded the house of the Chief in the evening around 9:00 pm and subjected him ...

Work on the reconstruction of the Beach Road is progressing and looks set to be completed on schedule. The 10.6-kilometre stretch, known as the Beach Road Expansion Project — Phase Two, is expected to be completed by December next year. The road, which is being constructed by China Railway Major Bridge Engineering Group Company Limited (CRMBEGCL), connects Accra from the ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo left Accra on Thursday for Brazzaville, the Capital of the Republic of Congo, to attend the swearing-in of that country’s President-elect, Denis Sassou Nguesso. He is attending the event in his capacity as Chairperson of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The President was ...

President Akufo-Addo has picked the Member of Parliament for the Sekondi constituency, Andrew Egyapa Mercer as the deputy Energy Minister-designate, Starrfm.com.gh can confirm. The former head of the National Petroleum Authority, Alhassan Tampuli has also been nominated as the deputy Transport Minister-designate while John Kumah and Abena Osei Asare have been nominated as the Deputy Ministers designate at the Finance ...

Top executives of Betway-sponsored teams across Africa were hosted by the leading online sports betting company in a virtual session. The leadership roundtable is one of the many initiatives set up by Betway to offer support to its sponsored clubs in Africa. The country’s leader in sports betting has continuously supported its sponsored clubs through various initiatives including equipment donations ...

Actress Rosemond Brown popularly known as Akuapem Poloo has been convicted on her own plea by the Circuit Court in Accra. Akuapem Polo who has been charged with publication of nude pictures with her seven-year-old son earlier pleaded not guilty when she was first arraigned, but changed her plea on Wednesday. In Court today, the accused person pleaded guilty to ...