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A young man believed to be in his early thirties has hunged himself to death at the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) in the Central Region. He killed himself on Sunday at portion of a reserved land of the school. It is unclear if he’s a student. According to Journalist Benjamin Amuzu, a female sanitation officer of the school who ...

The Electoral Commission (EC) has suspended the limited voter registration exercise which was scheduled to begin from Friday, June 7, 2019 to Thursday, June 27, 2019 in all its district offices and selected electoral areas across the country. The exercise was to offer the opportunity to Ghanaians who have attained 18 years since the last registration exercise, as well as ...

Professor John Gatsi, Head of Finance at the University of Cape Coast on Monday painted a worryingly grim picture for rural participation in Ghana’s economy following the revocation of the licenses of some 347 microfinance firms in the country. The Central Bank last month withdrew the licenses of 347 microfinance companies in the country to get rid of insolvent and ...

The Bank of Ghana has fined Barclays Bank Ghana an amount of GH¢4,579,256.36 for making frivolous quotes on Ghana’s Interbank Foreign Exchange Market. A statement issued by the Central Bank stated that the action is in breach of the Ghana Interbank Forex Market Conduct Rules. The statement added that the Bank of Ghana is committed to ensuring sanity, transparency and ...

It has emerged from the Criminal Division of the Accra High Court that, Daniel Asiedu the self-confessed killer of the late Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North refused an order for him to be sent for a mental examination at the Accra Psychiatric Hospital. But three weeks after his initial refusal, the accused agreed to the request for assessment. The ...

A four-year old boy has drowned in a manhole at Fijai Hills in the Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis of the Western Region. Perez Quarm, a kindergarten pupil, was said to be playing with his colleagues in the area when he accidentally slipped into the newly constructed manhole left uncovered by the owner. His father, Anthony Quarm who was called by neighbours, rushed ...

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has in a meeting with the Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, Shi Ting Wang, stated that the United States is wary of the growing economic power of China hence the heightened trade war with the Asian giant. “The bullish and military behaviour of the West came as no surprise because it was obvious it was going ...

A 75-year old ex-drug baron who pushed drugs for 26 years, Paa Joe Donkor has disclosed that drugs only make rich folks poor and miserable admonishing the youth to desist from it and save their lives from becoming the kind of person he is today. The once fabulously rich man who is now a pauper said drugs addiction is the ...

Imagine Ghana has unveiled the winner of its Imagine Ghana Logo Competition, which was launched earlier in April this year. Imagine Ghana, which is positioning itself to become an information hub on all tourism opportunities in Ghana, initiated the competition as part of its efforts to find an authentically Ghanaian logo. Ghanaian designers were called upon to submit designs which ...

National Communication Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi has described President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and his NPP government as ‘talkatives’ and ‘braggarts’. According to him, appointees of the NPP government including President Akufo-Addo are braggarts, always talking more but delivering little, hence, their inability to dredge the Odaw and the Korle lagoon to manage the heavy ...