The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has launched a Board of Inquiry to investigate the circumstances surrounding a fatal stampede that occurred during its 2025/2026 recruitment exercise at the El-Wak Sports Stadium in Accra on Wednesday, Novemb…
The government has unveiled the Nkoko Nketenkete household and backyard poultry production initiative to address the core of Ghana’s food security and inclusive growth agenda.
Under the initiative, a total of three million birds will be…
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Passport Office has confiscated 379 Ghana Cards of non-Ghanaians over the last 10 months.
At a press conference in Accra yesterday, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, said h…
Ghana’s long-awaited National Sports Policy will finally be completed and adopted by the end of the first quarter of 2026, the Minister for Sports and Recreation, Kofi Adams, has assured Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC).
T…
Google Photos has rolled out a series of new AI-powered features, including a way to edit objects and people in images, a new Ask button for AI-powered answers about the photo or edit requests, AI templates to create new photos, and the ex…
Leeds United set to move for Championship top scorer Brandon Thomas-Asante in the January transfer window
This latest update could mean that the Whites could do some business in their bid for survival. Sportsboom are exclusively rep…
Tottenham Hotspur played their crucial match against Manchester United last Saturday without one of its best players, Mohammed Kudus.
Mohammed Kudus finds himself on the sideline rather than on the pitch and according to the manager…
MTN Ghana, the leading sponsor of the Black Queens and proud supporter of all the national teams, has congratulated the senior women’s national football team for their spectacular qualification to the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (…
Protesters have targeted a new multi-million dollar museum in Nigeria and forced organisers to postpone Tuesday's planned opening.
Videos showed a group insulting foreign guests and ordering them to leave after entering the grounds of…
Health nurses and midwives from 11 districts in the Eastern Region have received training under UNFPA’s Eighth Country Programme, in partnership with the Eastern Regional Coordinating Council, to enhance maternal health, family planning, a…
Accra is set to come alive once again this festive season as Akwaaba UK which first started December events promotion in Ghana back in the early 2000s, rolls out its signature series of entertainment events, transforming the city into …
Wikipedia on Monday laid out a simple plan to ensure its website continues to be supported in the AI era, despite its declining traffic.
In a blog post, the Wikimedia Foundation, the organization that runs the popular online encyclope…
Professional boxing in Ghana is back. Last Thursday, the National Sports Authority (NSA) announced that sanctioned bouts could resume, following months of suspension that exposed deep flaws in the sport’s governance and safety systems.
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The Centre for Biodiversity Conservation Research (CBCR) has called for urgent and coordinated measures by the government and relevant state institutions to tackle the recurring flooding menace in Accra and other parts of the country.
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The Office of the Registrar of Companies (ORC) has commenced a four-day business registration and sensitisation exercise in the Volta Region as part of efforts to expand its presence and enhance public awareness of its mandate.
The exer…
Reigning Greater Accra Hockey Association (GAHA) men’s league champions, Exchequers of the Bank of Ghana, are gunning for an unprecedented double as they look to defend both their league and knockout titles at the 2025 GAHA Knockout tour…
Syria will join the international coalition to combat the Islamic State group, marking a shift in US foreign policy in the Middle East, a senior Trump administration official has confirmed.
The announcement came as President Donald Tr…
The Ghana Fixed Income Market (GFIM) has witnessed phenomenal growth over the past decade, with more than one trillion securities traded since its inception ten years ago, the Managing Director of the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE), Ms Abena…
Ghanaian boxer Elvis Ahorgah has been handed an indefinite suspension and fined GH¢5,000 by the Ghana Boxing Interim Management Committee (GBIMC) after flouting national boxing regulations by participating in an unauthorised bout in Lago…
The Manhyia Palace has announced that the final funeral rites of the late highlife musician Charles Kwadwo Fosu, popularly known as Daddy Lumba, will now be held on December 13, 2025, instead of the initially proposed date of December …
The New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) 2024 parliamentary candidate for Amenfi West, Akwasi Adrifa, has declared support for Dr Mahamudu Bawumia in the party’s upcoming presidential primaries, describing the Vice President’s proposed policies a…
Mr James Gunu, Volta Regional Minister has commended the Ghana Navy’s strategic role in national security and regional development.
He praised its “unwavering commitment to safeguarding the nation’s maritime domain,” noting that its ope…
The General Secretary of the Association of Technical Universities and Polytechnics in Africa, Dr George Mawusi Afeti, has urged government to provide substantial support for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), simila…
Nawat Itsaragrisil has been dismissed from this year's Miss Universe pageant following his confrontation with Miss Mexico Fátima Bosch.
On Wednesday, Nov. 4, Miss Universe President Raúl Rocha announced multiple sanctions against Itsara…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Asante Akim South, Kwaku Asante-Boateng, has expressed his commitment to advancing the party’s vision for national transformation and prosperity under the principles of democracy, di…
The Eastern Regional Minister, Rita Akosua Adjei Awatey, has urged young people to become advocates of regional integration and continental unity to promote sustainable development and peace across West Africa.
She made the call at th…
The Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) has marked a historic double victory at the 29th World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) World Investment Conference in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
Under the leaders…
People often think about tech bubbles in apocalyptic terms, but it doesn’t have to be as serious as all that. In economic terms, a bubble is a bet that turned out to be too big, leaving you with more supply than demand.
The upshot: It…
The extraordinary rise of artificial intelligence has turbocharged data centre growth in India, Asia's third largest economy.
Data centres - the centralised physical facilities that enable our growing digital existence by hosting comp…
Parliament will not shield any member of Parliament (MP) from being investigated by law enforcement agencies for their actions and inactions, the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has assured Ghanaians.
He, ther…
THE country records an estimated 28,000 deaths annually as a result of air pollution, the Director of Infinity 970, a Non-governmental Organisation (NGO), Mr Emmanuel Lamptey, has stated.
According to him, air pollution poses seriou…
The Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr Johnson Pandit Asiama, has described the country’s remarkable economic rebound as evidence that credibility, transparency and disciplined policy reforms can restore confidence and stability, ev…
Veteran musician Innocent Idibia, popularly known as 2Baba, has opened up about how his iconic hit song ‘African Queen’ has been both a turning point and a source of challenges in his music career.
Appearing on the Entertainment & Lif…
The Oti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Evans Yaw Dapaah, has made a strong appeal to party members across the region to retain former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia as the party’s presidential candidate for the …
The Star-Ghana Foundation, in collaboration with Youth Advocates Ghana, Kofkro Partners, the New Juaben South Municipal Assembly, and the National Youth Authority, with support from the Botnar Foundation, has organised the 2025 Ghana You…
Tsunamis are notoriously difficult to spot on the open ocean as they race towards shore. But in the summer of 2025, scientists watched one unfold as it happened.
It was the most powerful earthquake anyone had seen for nearly 15 year…
The local oil industry, once heralded as a catalyst for the country’s economic transformation, is facing a series of challenges that threaten its sustainability and long-term contribution to national development, the Minister of Energy a…
From Thursday, November 13 to Sunday, November 16, four African powerhouses — Nigeria, Gabon, Cameroon, and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) — will battle for a place in the FIFA World Cup 2026 Intercontinental Play-Off Tourna…
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has expressed concern about the monetisation of politics on the continent.
He explained that the monetisation of politics had only deepened corruption and turned leadership int…
The Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), in collaboration with the STAR-Ghana Foundation and Democracy Hub, has officially launched the CSO Platform on Constitutional Reform to advocate a comprehensive review of the 1992 …
Professional boxing resumed in the country after the National Sports Authority (NSA) announced the resumption of sanctioned bouts effective last Thursday (November 6), following successful consultations with the Ministry of Sports and Re…
The Pilgrims Affairs Office of Ghana (PAOG) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to commence preparations for the 2026 Hajj pilgrimage.
The Chairman of PAO…
More than 60,000 hectares of forest land, equivalent to 84,000 football fields, have been destroyed by illegal mining activities in southern Ghana alone in the last 17 years, remote sensing data from the Ghana Space Science and Technolog…
The oldest existing football club in the country Accra Hearts of Oak, born on November 11, 1911 marked their 114th birthday on Tuesday November 11.
Congratulations to the Centurion club for surviving all the intricacies in the footba…
In a landmark step toward transforming the UAE’s agricultural and food production landscape, Emirates Rawabi PSC (www.EmiratesRawabi.ae), one of the nation’s leading integrated agribusiness groups, has entered into a strategic part…
Canon celebrates Nigerian filmmaker Nora Awolowo’s creative excellence with the exclusive Lagos screening of Racket Queen, shot entirely on the Canon EOS C400.
The event highlighted Canon’s support for Africa’s filmmaking communi…
Founder and Leader of the United Party (UP), Alan John Kwadwo Kyerematen, says Africa’s progress depends on the collective growth of all its nations, stressing that the continent can only become a global economic and political force thro…
A new international alliance of policymakers, creative leaders, and innovators has come together under the banner of BRIDGE Alliance to advance inclusivity, investment, and sustainable development in the global media, entertainment and c…
The Energy Commission has announced plans to roll out a clean cooking campaign aimed at protecting the environment and promoting cleaner cooking options.
This was disclosed at the West African Clean Energy and Environment Trade Fair…
Lyvely, the fast-rising social monetization platform redefining how creators connect, share, and earn, has officially launched in Africa with a first-of-its-kind integration with M-Pesa, marking a new chapter for the continent’s digital ec…