June 2018

The First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo, has commissioned a state of the art Newborn Unit for the Princess Marie Louise Children’s Hospital in Accra, after almost ten decades of operating the facility without one. The commissioning of the…
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Argentina legend Diego Maradona said he was "fine" after being seen by a doctor during the team's World Cup victory over Nigeria on Tuesday. The 57-year-old, who captained Argentina to World Cup victory in 1986, said his "neck hurt a…
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South African gold producer AngloGold Ashanti has announced that Ghana’s Environmental Protection Agency has issued permits for its Obuasi mine, paving the way for the redevelopment of the mine. “With the key permitting and regulatory…
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While graduation day was special for each member of the class of 2018, for Teni Agana 18, it was a day of a breakthrough. The simplest things are sometimes our greatest motivators. In Teni’s case, it was a photo of someone’s college…
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The camp of aspiring National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Stephen Ntim, has described as a scam, plans by fellow aspirant, Freddie Blay to buy 275 buses for each constituency of the party. Mr Blay, who is also acting…
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A micronutrient survey conducted by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has revealed that about 39 per cent of women in the country are obese. The report, which was conducted across the country between May and June last year, shows that 49…
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Former president Jerry John Rawlings has registered for his Ghana Card despite his party’s boycott of the registration. The founder of the main opposition National Democratic Congress got registered for the card by officials of the…
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The Government of Ghana has placed a wholesale ban on all fishing activity along the country’s coasts. The ban takes effect from August 2018. It is, however, unclear why that decision has been taken. Rev Kojo Nkrumah, President of…
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As part of efforts to bring sanity into the operations of private tricycle waste collectors popularly called ‘Borla Taxis' or 'Aboboyaa', the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has said it will begin registering all of them from Wednesday, 4…
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The government has described as false, a Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) claim that it breached the Petroleum Revenue Management Act (PRMA) 2011 (Act 815) in the disbursement of petroleum revenue. According to PIAC,…
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