Nineteen persons, including three military personnel, have been arrested in Tamale by the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Special Operations Team as part of intensified security operations aimed at combating criminal activities. The offences targeted include robbery, kidnapping, drug peddling, sexual offences, attacks on mobile money vendors and other related crimes. A police brief issued on […]
Midwives at the Babile Polyclinic in the Lawra Municipality have been compelled to conduct deliveries on the floor due to limited space and inadequate delivery beds at the facility, while a maternity ward project remains abandoned. The Babile Polyclinic, which serves as a major referral centre for several communities in the Babile Zone and parts of the Jirapa Municipality, has only two delivery beds in […]
Atakli Christopher, a farmer, aged 48 years, has appeared before a Sogakope Circuit Court charged for defilement and incest, after allegedly abusing his 13-year-old biological daughter. Atakli, a resident of Mafi Devime in the Central Tongu District faces two counts: defilement of a female under sixteen years of age and incest, contrary to sections 101 […]
Students of Motoka No.2 D/A Basic School in the Krachi Nchumuru District of the Oti Region are facing severe challenges in accessing quality education due to inadequate infrastructure. The school lacks proper classrooms and furniture, compelling pupils to hold lessons outdoors under trees and sit on stones. This situation disrupts academic activities, with classes often […]
President John Dramani Mahama has appealed to the advanced nations of the global north to support the Accra Reset Initiative. The President made the appeal when he formally unveiled the Accra Reset Initiative at the Davos Commitment on the sideline of the 2026 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. “Friends, we didn’t come here to ask for […]
The United Kingdom has intensified action against Organised Immigration Crime (OIC) through measures to dismantle criminal networks and safeguard its borders. A statement issued in Accra said the actions included arrests, asset seizures and prosecutions aimed at preventing organised crime groups from operating at previous levels. It said that in 2022, several incidents involving the […]
The Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) has signed a deal with the Gold Coast Refinery Limited, which will make Ghana, Africa’s leading gold producer, locally refine one metric tonne, an equivalent of 52,000 kilogrammes of gold annually. The deal, signed on Tuesday, January 20, is part government’s efforts towards transforming the sector from raw producing war gold to value-addition before the export, while earning more from the precious metal. The refinery of gold will begin […]
Ghana’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Sabah Zita Benson, has assured Ghanaian PhD students studying in the UK that government is taking steps to address persistent delays in the payment of their tuition fees and stipends. The assurance was given during a meeting with executives of the PhD Scholars’ Cohort in the UK, after […]
Nigerian singer Tiwa Savage has spoken candidly about her dating experience, revealing that she has had only one good relationship. In an emotional interview with Korty EO, Savage disclosed that, unfortunately, her partner had passed away. The 45-year-old stated that aside from her late lover, she has been unlucky in her other relationships. “There is […]
Patricia Asiedua, the self-acclaimed evangelist, who is popularly known as Agradaa, has apologised and paid GH¢100,000 to gospel musician, Empress Gifty Oppong Adorye, following which the two have amicably resolved and mutually agreed on a settlement in the defamation suit filed by Empress Gifty against Agradaa. The consent settlement has since been filed and adopted […]
