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A wave of optimism is sweeping through the Bono East Region as the second cohort of the Adwumawura Programme—the Government of Ghana’s flagship youth entrepreneurship initiative under the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme…
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has planted trees at the Jimi River near Obuasi to launch a major effort to reclaim lands and restore the river destroyed by illegal mining.
The National Security in the Ashanti region has arrested fifteen individuals for their alleged involvement in sandwinning activities on the Kumasi–Accra Expressway project.
In a significant boost to education in the Techiman North District, the Member of Parliament (MP) and Minister for Trade, Agribusiness, and Industry, Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare, has donated a large consignment of furniture to twenty schools…
The family of a 14-year-old student of Abomosu STEM Senior High School in the Eastern Region is calling for a thorough investigation into his death, raising questions about his reported illness, treatment and the condition of his body.
The people of Kokoago, a farming community in the Techiman North District of the Bono East Region, are breathing a collective sigh of relief following the commissioning and handing over of a fully furnished CHPS Compound, ending years of…
For many Ghanaians who depend on daily sales and irregular incomes, saving towards retirement remains a challenge as immediate financial needs often take priority.
The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has announced plans to extend its daily toll and market fee collection to night-time businesses and weekends, effective October this year.
For generations, the people of Asutia, a farming community in the Techiman South Constituency of the Bono East Region, have known only one reality—the daily struggle for water.
The Ghana Legal Aid Commission has launched its 2026 Legal Aid Week with a bold new approach to closing the country’s access-to-justice gap, bringing free legal services directly to the people who need them most.
A new large-scale laundry facility, FUA Xpress, has opened in East Legon, Accra, with a focus on creating employment opportunities while improving the delivery of laundry services.
GOMA – The Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC), the political coalition linked to the M23 rebel movement in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), has been replaced by a new political-military…
The Chief Executive of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), Richard Ofori Agyemang Boadi, has admitted that most public infrastructure in the metropolis, including his own office, is not disability-friendly.
The Member of Parliament for Kwesimintsim, Philip Fiifi Buckman, has described Legal Aid Commission services in northern Ghana as “pathetic”, saying Tamale and Bolgatanga had only one lawyer serving the Commission between them. Mr Buckman,…
The Paramount Chief of Avatime, Osie Adza Tekpor VII, has decried the deplorable state of roads linking communities in the Avatime Traditional Area, warning that it is choking eco-tourism and stifling economic growth.
The Dorimon Traditional Council in the Upper West Region has endorsed a policy framework aimed at formalising and streamlining the Pognaa (queen mother or female chief) institution to strengthen women’s participation in traditional…
The Chief of Yagaba in the Mamprugu Moagduri District of the North East Region, Naa Bigamso Salifu, has called on the government to deploy sanitation inspection officers to communities to ensure strict enforcement of environmental…
The third major commercial fire has destroyed stalls and merchandise at Tafo Moro Market in Kumasi.
The Bahass Foundation has marked this year’s World Mental Health Day with the official launch of a vocational skills training initiative aimed at economically empowering recovering residents and curbing relapses driven by unemployment and…
The Bamiri Community Center in Techiman came alive with energy and purpose as hundreds of schoolgirls, community leaders, and key stakeholders gathered to commemorate this year’s International Day of the Girl Child.
The Ghana National Fire Service is investigating a suspected power-restoration fault as a possible trigger for a fire that swept through part of the Kumasi Central Market near the Aboabo station. Ashanti Regional Fire Commander ACFO I…
The government has assured traders affected by a fire at Kumasi Central Market of possible state support, with the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) expected to assess the damage and determine the assistance required.…
President John Dramani Mahama has inspected ongoing works on the Poultry, Meat and Feed Processing Plant at Bechem in the Ahafo Region, as part of his Resetting Ghana tour, Ahafo Region edition.
The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has extinguished a fire that engulfed a Zonda tipper truck on the Lower Volta Bridge in the South Tongu Municipality of the Volta Region.