The Ghana Health Service (GHS) is calling for stricter enforcement of the country’s air quality standards, warning that rising pollution is pushing respiratory illnesses to alarming levels across Ghana. Health facilities nationwide are reporting spikes in asthma attacks, acute respiratory infections, especially among children, chronic coughs, and severe breathing difficulties. Officials say these conditions are […]
The Domestic Violence Victim Support Unit of the Ghana Police Service (DOVVSU) has encouraged the public, especially women who are going through domestic abuses, to promptly report to save their lives. Madam Victoria Larbi, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), at Adenta DOVVSU, speaking with some selected women in the area, said the Unit was […]
Ghana is recording declines in skilled delivery, immunisation, adolescent health, and postnatal care despite increasing numbers of trained health workers. Dr Kennedy Brightson, Director for Public Health at the Ghana Health Service, observed that it was unusual that despite rising health education, specialists, and midwives, the country continued to lose more women. “In 2022, 806 […]
Five suspects have been arrested by the Eastern Regional Police Command following the alleged murder of a civilian employee at Burma Camp, Kwadwo Yeboah, who was reported missing at Ahyia Yeboah, near Sokode-Juaso in the Abuakwa North Municipality. Police have also launched a manhunt for one other suspect who is currently at large in connection […]
The United Kingdom has banned 1,632 Ghanaians for a visa for 10 years for using fraudulent means to acquire the document. The 1,632 represented four per cent of the total applicants for a visa last year. “In 2024, 1,632 applicants from Ghana used fraudulent means when applying for UK visit visas. While that represents only […]
Government has announced the distribution of 720,000 birds under the Nkoko Nkitinkiti programme to boost local poultry production. The birds were given to 13,000 farmers in twelve districts, including Tamale Metro, Wa Municipal, Nanton, Savelugu, Mion, Krachi East, Bawku West, West Gonja, Nandom, Sissala East, East Mamprusi, and Mamprugu Moagduri. Mr Eric Opoku, Minister of […]
Two employees of a Chinese-owned company, Asomdwie Rubber Company, have been found dead in a parked vehicle at the premises of a shoe factory at Atonsu Agogo in the Ashanti Region. The deceased, identified as Baba and a female colleague whose name is yet to be confirmed, both worked at the company, which specialises in […]
Tropo Farms, operators of the Volta Catch—the largest tilapia farm in West Africa—has revealed that the company produces around 20,000 tonnes of fresh tilapia annually. Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show on Tuesday, November 25, 2025, the company’s Marketing Manager, Rebecca Avomo Diallo, highlighted the farm’s ability to meet growing national demand with a variety […]
OLIVIA YACÉ STANDS TALL AS SHE RESIGNS MISS UNIVERSE AFRICA & OCEANIA TITLE, HIGHLIGHTING LONG-STANDING BIAS AGAINST AFRICAN BEAUTY Miss Côte d’Ivoire Olivia Manuela Yacé has officially stepped down from her titles as Miss Universe Africa & Oceania and 4th Runner Up, a decision announced on November 24 in Bangkok. According to OMICI, the Miss […]
The National Treasurer of the Ghana Institute of Foresters (GIF), Vicent Kusi Kyei, says Ghana’s fight against illegal mining is collapsing due to poor leadership and lack of knowledge among those mandated to solve the problem. Speaking on Adom FM’s morning show, Dwaso Nsem, he said the country is battling two major issues: failed leadership and a […]
