The Police have taken control over Kwahu-Abene in the Eastern region following tensions arising from the enstoolment of the renowned pathologist, Professor Agyeman Badu Akosa as the chief of the area. Some Chiefs and heads of families have questioned the enstoolment of Prof. Akosa alleging that the practice was uncustomary. The Chief of Abetifi and ...

Islamist militants of the Boko Haram group have released 82 schoolgirls from a group of 276 they abducted in north-eastern Nigeria three years ago, the president’s office says. They were handed over in exchange for Boko Haram suspects after negotiations. The girls will be received by President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja on Sunday, a statement ...

Donkey Kong and Pokemon Red and Green have been inducted into the World Video Game Hall of Fame. Halo: Combat Evolved and Street Fighter II were also honoured with places in the permanent exhibition at The Strong Museum of Play in Rochester, New York. They join titles such as Sonic the Hedgehog, The Sims, Doom, ...

Great Olympics head coach, Tom Strand, has said that his players were very prepared to face Kotoko and thus, they were able to show their best hand in their 2-0 win on Saturday at the Accra Sports Stadium in the Ghana Premier League. Olympics found the win via goals from a first half Paul Fiatsi ...

Mr Samuel Bentil Aggrey, the President of the Ghana Library Association, has called on the Government to create a national library to help keep relevant national information. He said a national library was important because it would help to collect and preserve all publications of the country and perform other critical roles. Mr Aggrey made ...

Arsene Wenger says managers must be “careful” when criticising their own players and “control what you say”. Wenger’s Arsenal side face Jose Mourinho’s Manchester United on Sunday (kick-off 16:00 BST), battling to reach the Premier League’s top four places. Mourinho has questioned the desire of defenders Luke Shaw, Chris Smalling and Phil Jones to return ...

The campaign to bring down teen sex and teen pregnancy has been scaled up in the Ashanti Region with the training of more young people for reproductive health advocacy. This is being done under the Ghana Adolescent Reproductive Health (GHARH) project, an intervention to improve youth access to health information and quality reproductive health services. ...

French voters are choosing their next president after an unpredictable campaign that has divided the country. The second round contest pits centrist Emmanuel Macron, a 39-year-old former investment banker, against the far-right nationalist Marine Le Pen, 48. Citizens in some overseas territories and many French expats abroad have begun voting. The polls opened in metropolitan ...

Islamist militants of the Boko Haram group have released 82 schoolgirls from a group of 276 they abducted in north-eastern Nigeria three years ago, the president’s office says. They were handed over in exchange for Boko Haram suspects after negotiations. The girls will be received by President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja on Sunday, a statement ...

The chief of Sagnarigu in the Northern Region, Naa Yakubu Abdulai has declared zero tolerance for child marriage within his traditional area. He has served notice that any parents or guardians found practicing child marriage or betrothal would be severely reprimanded. He thus tasked all his divisional chiefs and elders to support the fight against ...

Government is seeking to reduce the cost of remittances to Ghana by at least forty percent within the next three years. This will represent a third of the average cost of remitting money to Ghana currently. It follows a 2.6 million dollar grant facility to the government of Ghana to support organizations or individuals within ...

The Environmental Service Providers Association (ESPA) believes that Ghana’s sanitation problems can best be addressed when the government takes serious steps to enforce the country’s sanitation by-laws. It said there is the need for the creation of a sanitation authority to coordinate efforts of all sanitation stakeholders to ensure that the cities are clean. The ...

The Member of Parliament for Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency, Emmanuel Agyarko has revealed that he was approached by Africa and Middle East Resources Investment Group LLC (AMERI Energy) to help soften government’s stance in investigating the deal signed under the previous administration. “I was approached by AMERI. I am not the first person they approached ...

A leading member of Pressure Group, OccupyGhana, Sydney Casely-Hayford has said creating additional regions is not necessary. According to him, the move is a waste of time. “We are separated into ten regions. If some people they call politicians have their way, we are going to get about 14. And that for me is another ...