Live FM’s Jeshurun Okyere Ties the Knot
Traditional rites for the union of Jeshurun Okyere and his bride, Christiana Ofori Onwon was held over the weekend at Ashalley Botwe, a suburb of Accra. Okyere is the host of Light on Live, the...
Tag: Geography of Africa
Ghana Rated Among the Best Aviation Spots In Africa
Ghana is one of the best aviation regions in West Africa, that according to International Air Transport Association (IATA). The country carries the second highest number of passengers in West Africa...
Government To Accelerate Regional Airports Expansion – Aviation Minister
Government is keen on accelerating the expansion of other regional airports to ease the pressure on Kotoka and boost domestic economic activity, Aviation Minister, Cecilia Abena Dapaah, has said. She...
Ghana Rated Among the Best Aviation Hub In Africa
Ghana is one of the best aviation regions in West Africa, that according to International Air Transport Association (IATA). The country carries the second highest number of passengers in West Africa...
We’ll Empower Customs To Check Dumping – Deputy Trade Minister
A Deputy Trade and Industry Minister, Carlos Kingsley Ahenkorah, has indicated that the government is working to curtail the influx of cheap, substandard goods into the country on the domestic market...
Assembly Members Warned To Approve DCEs Or Be Sacked
Sources within the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Upper East Region have hinted at plans to hand dismissal letters to appointed assembly members, and have them replaced, should the municipal...
Ban On Noise-Making and Drumming Takes Effect Today
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has urged residents in the Accra Metropolis to observe this year’s ban on drumming and noise-making which comes into force today, May 8, 2017. It said during...
Fidelity Bank Holds 10th Anniversary Grand Ball
The largest privately owned Ghanaian Bank in Ghana, Fidelity Bank has treated its customers and partners to a grand ball as part of its 10th Anniversary Celebration. The Grand Ball which was attended...
South Sudan Child Refugees Top One Million
War has now forced more than one million children to flee South Sudan and uprooted 1.4 million others within the country, the United Nations said on Monday. Children make up 62 percent of the 1.8...
Industrial Sector In Terrible Shape …ends 2016 With -1.4% Growth
Erratic power supply, high inflation, high taxes, exchange rate volatility, and the high cost of credit, among a host of other business crippling factors, led the industrial sector down a negative...
Ban On Drumming, Noise-Making Takes Effect Today
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has urged residents in the Accra Metropolis to observe this year’s ban on drumming and noise-making which comes into force today, May 8, 2017. It said during...
Fisher-Folk Protest Against ‘Fisheries Watch Volunteers’
Some fisherfolk of Akplabanya in the Dangme West District in the Greater Accra Region, on Friday, protested against the inauguration of the pilot Fisheries Watch Volunteers taskforce. The group...
Egypt Parliament Passes Investment Law
Egypt's parliament on Sunday adopted a law whose aim is to attract foreign investors to the country as authorities seek to redress its struggling economy. Political instability and jihadist attacks...
20 Injured In Weija Church Building Collapse
Some of the victims receiving treatment at the hospital A church building at Gbawe Borla in the Weija-Gbawe Constituency in the Greater Accra region has collapsed injuring at least 20 congregants....
Frenchman Kidnapped In Chad Freed In Sudan
A French mineworker who was kidnapped in Chad and taken to neighbouring Sudan has been freed after more than six weeks in captivity, French and Sudanese officials said on Sunday. Thierry Frezier, 60,...
3,000 Rescued In Mediterranean Sea
About 3,000 people have been saved in the Mediterranean Sea in a single day while trying to make the journey from northern Africa to Europe, according to the Italian coastguard. They were picked up...
Kotoko Coach Admits Club Clueless About Causes For Slump In Form
Interim coach Frimpong Manso admitted says the club are struggling to find causes for the team downward spiral after Saturday's ignominious 2-0 defeat to relegation battlers Great Olympics. The...
AMERI Approached Me Over Power Deal – Agyarko
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...
6,000 Migrants Rescued In Mediterranean In Two Days
Some 6,000 migrants hoping to head to Europe were rescued in the Mediterranean on Friday and Saturday in dozens of frantic operations coordinated by the Italian coastguard. Some 3,000 were picked up...
Filth, Weeds Engulf Accra As Ghanaians Ditch Sanitation Day
A few years ago, political, traditional and religious leaders together with citizens were seen in gutters with gloves and boots; wheelbarrows and shovels cleaning the country on the first day of...