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President John Dramani Mahama says that it would hurt Ghana’s experts if the Cedi hits 4 Cedis against the Dollar. He states that the true value of the Cedi is estimated to be between 10 and 12. “Letting the Cedi reach 4 to the dollar would hurt exports. Its true …

Microsoft founder Bill Gates says that most of his fortune will be spent on improving health and education services in Africa over the next 20 years. The 69-year-old said that “by unleashing human potential through health and education, every country in Africa should be on a path to prosperity.” Speaking …

Japan has reaffirmed to President John Mahama its keen interest in financing the construction of a bridge over the Volta Lake at Volivo, a vital element of Ghana’s Eastern Corridor road project. Miyazaki Katsura, senior executive vice president of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), conveyed this commitment during a …

A 22-year-old man, Jebril Hamidu, has been found dead after reportedly drowning in an abandoned galamsey pit in Juaboso, Western North Region. According to police reports, on the morning of June 1, 2025, at about 9:00 AM, Hamidu Azumah and Abednego Anyim, both residents of Sefwi Antobia, informed the Juaboso …

A video has emerged of the embattled Chairman of the NPP for the Ashanti Region, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, in a hale and hearty mood. The embattled regional chairman was released yesterday after meeting a 50 million bail condition by EOCO after spending five days in their custody. While in custody, …

A lightning strike at Awaso in the Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai Municipality this evening has resulted in the tragic death of four children, with one other critically injured. According to Kennedy Ayitey Wisdom, Assembly Member for Awaso Centre, the children were playing football on a ceremonial ground at the Awaso Compound …

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has discredited a purported medical report suggesting that former Finance Minister Mr. Kenneth Ofori-Atta is medically unfit to travel.   The office has stated categorically that it has not received any such report from Mr Ofori-Atta or his legal representatives. The disputed document, …

The Municipal Chief Executive for Offinso South in the Ashanti Region, Hon. Owusu Amoah Frank, has initiated a series of market and institutional visits following his confirmation. The primary goal of these visits is to familiarize himself with the institutional heads and traders, understand their challenges, and explore ways to …

The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has launched a citywide enforcement exercise to ensure full compliance with the newly approved 15% reduction in public transport fares, following an agreement between transport operators and the Ministry of Transport. Speaking to the Kumasi Mail, Randy Wilson, KMA’s Urban Transport Director, emphasized that the …

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has signed into law a contentious bill that requires all motorists to buy a radio license before acquiring vehicle insurance. There has been an outcry from some motorists as they will now have to pay $92 annually in order to listen to the radio in their …

2,637 missing ECG containers traced at Tema Port—Investigation reveals A joint investigative committee has traced a total of 2,637 previously unaccounted-for containers consigned to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), far exceeding the initially reported 1,300. In an interview with 3News.com, the Spokesperson and Head of Communications for the Ministry …

This was disclosed during the announcement of the revised guidelines for the selection of schools for candidates preparing to write the upcoming Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). Under the new guidelines, candidates will now be allowed to select seven schools, up from the previous six choices. The selection process is …

Candidates sitting for this year’s BECE will now be required to select seven schools for placement before they write the exams. According to the Free SHS Secretariat, the move is aimed at easing the pressure on parents and pupils during the placement process. National Free SHS Coordinator Okiti Duah announced …

President John Dramani Mahama has revealed that Ghana’s total debt burden has dropped by nearly GH₵150 billion over the past five months, attributing the reduction to the cedi’s appreciation and strategic fiscal and monetary policies implemented by his administration. Speaking at the African Development Bank’s Annual Meeting in Abidjan, President …

Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has served a warning to members of Parliament who may misconduct themselves in the course of their duties. During sitting in January 2025, before the House went on recess, some incidents of chaos and disorderliness were recorded, which brought the House into disrepute. Alban Bagbin …

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a 24-year-old woman to 12 months’ imprisonment for stealing a 50-inch television (TV) at Teshie Military Barracks in Accra.   Mawuena Tamakloe was convicted and sentenced after she pleaded guilty to charges of unlawful entry and stealing a TV valued at GH¢8,900. The court …

New Patriotic Party (NPP) Ashanti Regional Chairman Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as “Wontumi,” has been arrested by officials from the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO). This came shortly after leaving the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) headquarters in Accra. Chairman Wontumi had been at the CID headquarters for further questioning …

The Supreme Court has set Wednesday, May 28, to hear the injunction application filed by suspended Chief Justice Gertrude Esaaba Araba Sackey Torkornoo against the Committee of Inquiry probing the petitions seeking her removal. The interlocutory injunction filed on May 21, 2025, seeks, among other things, to restrain the five-member …

Ashanti Regional Chairman of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, has been released by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service.   Chairman Wontumi, as he is popularly known, left the premises of the security agency accompanied by his lawyers. The party official told …

Professor Christopher Ameyaw-Akumfi, a former Board Chairperson of the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIIF), was this morning hauled before the High Court in Accra in a wheelchair for his plea to be taken in the case in which he has been accused of conspiring with the fund’s CEO to cause …

17 Suspects, including 7 Chinese nationals, were arrested in the Samreboi anti-galamsey operation The Ghana Police Service has confirmed the arrest of 17 individuals, including seven Chinese nationals and ten Ghanaians, in connection with illegal mining activities (galamsey) in Samreboi, located in the Western Region.   The arrests were made …

The Supreme Court has thrown out another injunction application that sought to halt the impeachment process against the Chief Justice, Justice Gertrude Sackey Torkornoo. In a 4-1 majority decision today, the court presided over by the Acting Chief Justice, Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, held that the application by the Centre for …

  In a heartbreaking incident, two toddler siblings, 4-year-old Kwame Cobbinah and 2-year-old Kwame Essiam, have met their untimely deaths after drowning in an abandoned water-filled pit at Assin Yaw Boamah, near Assin Homaho in the Assin South District of the Central Region.   According to their grandmother, Agnes Baidoo, …

  Mss Wendy Adjeley Adjei, a Ghanaian scholar and health communication expert, is currently influencing how maternal healthcare is perceived and practiced in the United States. Her journey from the classrooms of La St. Paul’s Anglican JSS and Ningo Secondary School in Ghana to the forefront of US health research …

The Mayor of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly, Mr Richard Ofori Agyemang, also known as King Zuba, paid a surprise visit to the Asante Kotoko dressing room after their 4-1 victory over Dreams FC at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium. He expressed his heartfelt gratitude to the players and technical team …