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  Prince Charles has said his father, the Duke of Edinburgh, "would have been amazed by... the touching things that have been said about him." He was speaking from Highgrove House, the day after Prince Philip died, aged 99, at Windsor Castle. Earlier, royal gun salutes across the UK and at sea marked the dukes death. There will be eight days of national mourning ahead of the televised funeral, which will be a ceremonial event rather than a large state affair usually associated with the death o...

  In the Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipality is a giant sleeping industry, Bonsa Tyre Company Limited (BTCL), once vibrant but sadly non-functional for a number of decades. With well-known brands of rubber products, from various sizes of tyres to tubes, the factory, in the 1990s saw heavy investment for refurbishment to bring it back to life, but that did not work and new equipment have been left to rot. The tyre factory has now been taken over by weeds and has become a den of reptiles. Firestone’s w...

  US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin reassured Israel of its continued military support on Sunday, in the first visit to the country by a member of new US President Joe Bidens Cabinet. Austin was received with military honours before meeting his counterpart Benny Gantz. Austin said after the talks that Washington would continue to guarantee the "qualitative military edge" of the Israel military. "Our commitment to Israel is enduring and iron-clad," he said. Gantz said after the meeting that Isr...

  Razak Kojo Opoku, the head of the Public Relations Unit of the National Lottery Authority has accused some private lotto operations of seeking to collapse the state lottery regulating body. In an interview with Okay FM, Razak Kojo Opoku said that the operators of Alpha Lotto are not respecting the conditions of the agreement they signed with the NLA. He noted that the ‘illegal’ acts of Alpha Lotto and some private lotto organization operators posed a great threat to the NLA and that it w...

  A naval officer with the Eastern Naval Command, Leading Seaman Umar Sahid Abubakar has been detained at Naval Base Sekondi for inflicting knife wounds on the left upper cheek and back waist of one Bernard Ababio, who is an Airforce personnel. Leading Seaman Umar Sahid Abubakar lost his temper after he caught Bernard Ababio having sex with his wife Linda Akosua Buabeng on their matrimonial bed at Ketan.   Sahid Abubakar was at the Sekondi Police station to lodge a complaint against Bernard A...

  First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei-Owusu, has accused the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) of interfering in Parliamentary businesses. He described the development as “strange” and an affront to the course of deepening Ghana’s democratic credentials. The Chairman of the Appointments Committee of Parliament recounted on Joy FM, how the opposition party instructed its members on the panel to fail about seven ministerial nominees prior to their vetting. �...

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  The National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, has urged the Speaker of Parliament, Mr Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, not to be partisan. He explained that although Mr Bagbin was an NDC member, his new position placed him above NDC issues. “I believe that even though your position places you above partisanship, NDC is in your DNA and we cannot disengage you from the party that has nurtured you from being an MP to the position of speaker,” he stat...

  The Missionary-in-charge of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission in Ghana, Maulvi Mohammed Bin Salih has commended Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia for his religious diversity and unifying approach. Dr. Bawumia who maintains a very good relationship with the various Islamic groups in the country, joined the Head of the Ahmadiya Mission and his congregation to observe the weekly Islamic congregational (Jummah) prayers Friday afternoon in Accra. Welcoming the Vice President in his office before pro...

  The Eastern Regional Minister, Hon. Seth Kwame Acheampong has paid a courtesy call on His Royal Majesty, Nene Sakite II, the Konor of Manya Krobo Traditional Council and the President of Eastern Regional House of Chiefs at his Palace in Odumase on Friday 9th April 2021. The visit was to formally introduce himself as the newly appointed Regional Minister for the Eastern Region and to solicit support and cooperation from His Royal Majesty Nene Sakite II, his Elders and the people of Kroboland....