Two persons are said to have been arrested at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital for allegedly trying to steal several pints of blood from the health facility. In a statement issued by the hospital’s Public Relation Unit, the suspects were apprehended through a special operation after their activities came to Read more…
The Appointments Committee of Parliament is to vet the President’s nominees for the positions of a Minister of State and 39 Deputy Ministers, from Wednesday, June 2, 2021. The Director of Public Affairs of the Parliament, Kate Addo, confirmed this in an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA), in Read more…
Inspector-General of Police (IGP) James Oppong-Boanuh has announced the establishment of an air wing of the Ghana Police Service. Speaking at a closing ceremony of a three-day National Police Command Conference, the IGP indicated that the construction of hangars have been completed and are awaiting the arrival of helicopters promised Read more…
The Board and Management of the KGL Group responded to a call on Corporate Ghana by President Nana Akufo-Addo to lend support to the country’s sports development. This is part of its corporate social responsibility to improving its consumer connection and supporting socially relevant causes. The sponsorship package from the Read more…
Stakeholders in cassava production are exploring effective ways for Ghana to produce high-content starch to generate revenue through export. Ghana is the second-largest cassava producer in Africa, but the export of cassava starch is by no means close to its production. In 2019, for instance, the country produced about 22 Read more…
Four men and a lady have allegedly attacked one Kenneth Opoku Kwarteng of the Bob Figures Methodist Junior High School in the Bole District of the Savannah Region rendering him unconscious. The group, allegedly led by a 38-year carpenter, Mogstawu, also chased out the students who were being supervised by Read more…
For this morning’s edition of The Exchange, Alex Wilhelm studied information recently released by mobile gaming studio Jam City as it prepares to go public in a $1.2 billion blank-check deal with DPCM Capital. “Jam City is a bit like Zynga, but unless you are a mobile-gaming aficionado, you might Read more…
Blowchem Industries Limited, producers of Bel-Aqua and Bel-Beverages has attained the Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) Status. This was revealed at a certificate presentation ceremony and press launch organized in Tema, in which the Food and Drugs Authority handed HACCP certificates to the company and its HACCP team. HACCP Read more…
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Apple’s boss Tim Cook appeared on the witness stand in the high-profile legal row with Epic Games. Source: BBC
With vaccination rates slowing in the U.S., the White House is getting creative about getting shots in arms. Beyond protecting yourself and others from a deadly disease, the latest incentive to get vaccinated could help you find love (or get laid). The White House COVID-19 response team announced Friday that Read more…
Members of the Senior Staff Association of Universities of Ghana at the University for Development Studies (UDS) in Tamale have complied 100 per cent with the directive to strike. All the offices from the three campuses in the Northern Region were all locked up with no single staff around. A Read more…
Fisker Inc., the EV startup-turned publicly traded company, is working on a modified version of its all-electric Ocean SUV for Pope Francis. The company said Friday that it plans to deliver to the Vatican late next year a Popemobile based on its upcoming Fisker Ocean SUV. An initial agreement was Read more…
The Ghana Medical Association’s (GMA) General Secretary has stated the Association is unperturbed about recent calls from health groups to have two KATH physicians removed from their post. In an interview on Joy FM, Dr Justice Yankson opined the Association is in the right by demanding Lesley Osei and Eunice Agyemang Read more…
The organisers of Ghana Music Awards UK (GMA-UK) has called on artistes, producers and others to submit their works for nomination for the 5th edition of the awards show. In a press release, the organisers stated that it is accepting works released within the year under review (1st April 2020 Read more…
Chinese robotaxi startup Pony.ai has been given permission by California regulators to pilot its autonomous vehicles without a human safety driver behind the wheel in three cities. While dozens of companies — 55 in all — have active permits to test autonomous vehicles with a safety driver, it’s far less Read more…
Being invisible to its contenders, Nkoranza SHTS has defied all odds to emerge Champions in the first maiden edition of the Bono-Ahafo Zonal Championship of the 2021 National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ). Thursday’s finale involved St. James Seminary SHS, Nkoranza SHTS, Sunyani and Techiman SHS. Bono-Ahafo Zonal Championship Congratulations Read more…
Two accountants who stole GH¢970,000 belonging to Perseus Mining Ghana Limited, a gold mining company at Ayanfuri in the Central Region, have been sentenced to a fine of GH¢36,000 by an Accra Circuit Court. Ebenezer Sackey Aidoo and Michael Abekah, employees of the mining company, in default, would serve 36 Read more…
The Savelugu Police Command has picked up two suspected armed robbers at Pigu, a community in the Savelugu Municipality of the Northern Region. The two, Issaka Dawuda, 25, and Belco Bukari, 26, were first detained at the Palace of the Pigu Chief but after receiving a tip-off, the Police rushed Read more…