The Bono Region recorded the highest HIV prevalence rate of 2.12 per cent in 2023, exceeding the national prevalence rate of 1.53 per cent, Mr Ahmed Ibrahim Bimbilla, the Bono, Bono East and Ahafo...
The Bono Region recorded the highest HIV prevalence rate of 2.12 per cent in 2023, exceeding the national prevalence rate of 1.53 per cent, Mr Ahmed Ibrahim Bimbilla, the Bono, Bono East and Ahafo Regional Technical Coordinator of the Ghana AIDS Commission (GAC), has said. He said the region...
An Accra Circuit Court has issued an arrest warrant for a military ocer accused of being involved in a GHC136,000 recruitment scam. Captain Abel Nartey, stationed at Army Headquarters, Burma Camp, Accra, is alleged to have collected GHC120,000 out of the 136,000 to facilitate the enlistment of some persons...
Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin, the Majority Leader in Parliament, has advised the political class in Ghana to take cue from what is happening in Kenya to address public discontentment. He says politicians should be proactive in taking measures to address the issues of the people collectively to avoid agitations and...
Asante Kotoko have reached an advanced talks to acquire the services of Accra Lions goalkeeper Andrews Owusu. Despite having Frederick Asare and Fatao Seidu, the Porcupines are eyeing another shot-stoppers to bolster their squad, with Owusu emerging as a prime target. The Kumasi-based club’s quest for a new goalkeeper...
Former President John Dramani Mahama is currently projected as the leading candidate for Ghana’s upcoming 2024 Presidential and Parliamentary elections. According to a recent poll conducted by Global Info Analytics, Mahama is expected to secure 51.1% of the vote, making him the most likely candidate to win the presidency. The...
The leadership of the National Health Insurance Authority (NIA) Division of the Public Services Workers Union (PSWU) has petitioned the presidency for the removal of the Executive Secretary of the Authority, Prof Kenneth Attafuah. In a letter dated July 1, 2024, addressed to the Executive Secretary at the Office...
The High Court in Accra has given lawyers for Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia 24 hours to file a medical excuse duty to justify why the defendant failed to show up to mount his defence in a GH¢ 20 million. defamation case. The suit,...
I am from a well-to-do family. A very respectable one too. I didn’t live a reckless life when I was young. I played by the rules. I did all the things my mother taught me good girls did. I didn’t date anybody’s husband even when married men threw themselves...
Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Okudzeto Ablakwa has insisted that SSNIT discriminated in choosing to sell four of its hotels to Rock City Hotel. In a post shared via social media, he indicates that the transaction advisor kicked against choosing Rock City because the company was not solvent...
Sierra Leone has brought in a new law banning child marriage with much fanfare at a ceremony organised by First Lady Fatima Bio in the capital, Freetown. Invited guests, including first ladies from Cape Verde and Namibia, watched as her husband President Julius Maada Bio signed the Prohibition of...