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The average rate of unemployment in the country has risen to 14.7 per cent in the first three quarters of 2023. The number of unemployed youth aged between 15 and 35 rose from about 1.2 million to over 1.3 million during the same period, with the rate among females consistently …

Traders at Kumasi City Market Limited (KCML), popularly called Kejetia Dubai, have asked for transparency in the metre allocation for the market. The issue of the whole market connected to only one metre has been a major concern to the traders. Due to the exorbitant ECG bills, traders have flouted …

A professor with the University of Ghana has been robbed at Dixcove, a community in the Ahanta West municipality of the Western region, with two police officers sustaining serious injuries in an attempt to arrest the suspects. The Assemblymember of Upper Dixcove, Joana Koomson, who narrated the incident to our …

The Akyem Abuakwa traditional council has cautioned the Begro Ankobeahene Baffour Owiredu Agyarko Mintah against repeating statements that may be deemed partisan and called off the case brought against him. The decision was taken after a closed-door meeting at the Ofori Panin fie, Kyebi. It was an anxious atmosphere before …

  A husband and his wife have been burned to death at Tepa in the Ahafo Ano North district of the Ashanti Region. They have been identified as Kwabena Tabi 45 and Pinamang 40 years. According to the information gathered, the couple was on a motorcycle going to market on …

The death toll in Thursday’s afternoon ghastly accident involving a school bus has risen to five following the death of another pupil. The deceased, Josephine Asare, 9, and five others, including a female teacher, Bernice Agyei, were rushed to the Agyarkwa Hospital after the accident. A Nissan Patrol vehicle, believed …

  The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has said that Ghanaians cannot wait until after ten months before what they describe as draconian taxes are abolished. The main opposition wants the government to abolish those taxes now. “The time to scrap the draconian taxes is now, not the next ten months.” …

Parliament has announced that President Akufo-Addo will present the 2024 State of the Nation Address (SONA) to the House on February 27, 2024. This is contained in a press release signed by the Deputy Clerk to Parliament, Camillo Pwamang, dated February 12. “The President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana …

Four more suspects have been picked up by the police in connection with the killing of the owner of the safari resort in Jirapa in the Upper West Region, commonly referred to as “Jirapa Dubai.”. This brings the number of suspects picked up by the police to five. They are …

Organized labour has suspended its planned demonstration over the Value Added Tax (VAT) on electricity following the government’s decision to suspend the controversial tax. Secretary General of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), Dr Anthony Yaw Baah, announced the suspension of the demonstration at a press conference in Accra on Friday, …