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Vice president, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia on Thursday, July 30, 2020, handed over 100 Hyundai buses to some selected Senior High Schools in the country, specifically, the North East, North West, Savannah, Upper East, Upper West, Oti, Bono, Bono East and Ahafo regions. The handing over of vehicles to the education sector, the vice president said was in fulfillment of President ...

The immediate past Chairman of the Church Of Pentecost Apostle Professor Opoku Onyinah has blamed the lynching of the 90-year-old woman in the Savanna region on false beliefs. According to him, Some Ghanaians are increasingly becoming victims of the teachings of false prophets who misinterpret the bible. The comments come in the wake of the killing of Madam Akua Denteh ...

The importance and usefulness of herbal medicines haven’t been more profound than this period of global health crisis. In an era where the strength of one’s immune system holds the key to the person’s survival, the patronage of herbal medicine has witnessed a dramatic rise. In Ghana, health experts have advised that people rely on indigenous foods to boost their ...

General Secretary of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), James Kwabena Bomfeh, has called on the public to stop referring to the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo administration as a New Patriotic Party government. According to him, tagging the government with the name of a political party is unconstitutional. He expounded that government is about the person who is elected to lead ...

A massive legal tussle is threatening to stall the progress and completion of the $84 million four-tier Pokuase Interchange in the Ga West Municipality of the Greater Accra region. The completion date of the interchange has had to be postponed a couple of times for various reasons, with the latest delay in the completion date attributed to the coronavirus pandemic. ...

A former appointee of former President Jerry John Rawlings, Professor Kwamena Ahwoi has said the founder of the opposition National Democratic Congress was a listening head of state during the transistion to a constitutional rule but he was never ready to leave power. According to Professor Kwamena Ahwoi, it took a great deal to convince the then head of state ...

The Electoral Commission has suspended the voter registration exercise on Friday, July 31, 2020. A press statement issued by the EC on Wednesday, July 29, 2020 said the decision was to allow the Eid-ul-Adha celebration by the Muslim community. The exercise will resume on Saturday August 1. “The public is hereby informed that the Commission will not undertake the Voters ...

Ivory Coast’s ruling party RHDP has officially nominated President Alassane Ouattara to seek re-election for a third term. Mr Ouattara on Wednesday asked for more time to consider the nomination, indicating he would announce his decision in a speech to the nation on 6 August. “I have heard messages from the various party structures, elected officials and RHDP bodies as ...

The Northern Regional Minister, Mr Salifu Saeed, has said the continuous staying at home by students will permanently truncate their chance of getting education and put them away from school forever. According to the minister, lots of the female students currently at home because of Covid-19 are getting pregnant because some of them, their families cannot guarantee them three square ...

A latest update from the Ghana Health Service (GHS) as regards the country’s Coronavirus case management shows that 7 more people have succumbed to the disease. The death toll, thus stands at 175. According to information available on GHS’s website, 5 of the deceased are males while 2 are females. All the males are from the Ashanti region while the females are from the ...