2021

A suspected pirate who was wounded in a gun battle with Danish navy forces in the Gulf of Guinea last month, has been brought to a hospital in Ghana and is being guarded by police. Ghana Business News has confirmed that the wounded…

The Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly (STMA) has secured a €3 million grant from the European Union (EU) under its Local Authorities Partnership for Sustainable Cities Project to strengthen governance structure and social…

Ghana records a growth rate of 6.6 per cent in the third quarter (July to September) this year compared to -3.2 per cent in the same period of 2020. Professor Samuel Annim, the Government Statistician, who announced this on Wednesday,…

The Ofaakor Circuit Court presided over by Mr Ebenezer Osei Darko, has handed a three-month jail term to a 21-year-old unemployed man, Gilbert Asamoah, for stealing six bags of cement valued GH¢300. Asamoah is said to have stolen the…

Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia Wednesday launched the National Electronic Pharmacy Policy and Guidelines (e-Pharmacy) to ensure inclusive pharmaceutical care in Ghana. It would also lead to full operationalisation of a digital…

The year-on-year Producer Price Inflation (PPI) rate for November 2021 rose to 13.6 per cent, up from 10.6 per cent the previous month. The rate represents a 3.0 percentage point increase in producer inflation relative to the rate…

A Sekondi High Court has directed parties in the Essikado-Ketan Constituency Parliamentary election petition to file their witness statements within 21 days starting from the day of the order. At a sitting in court on Tuesday at Adiembra…

Government has enrolled 35 beneficiaries of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) Girls in Mathematical Sciences Programme (GMSP) onto scholarships to pursue tertiary education. The gesture, the Government said, was to…

Mr Kwasi Yirenkyi, Volta Regional Director of the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) has called on the citizens to avoid extending merry-making on the road during the yuletide. He said the “road is a serious business” and should not…

A Sekondi High Court has rejected an appeal by the MP for Jomoro, Madam Dorcas Afo Toffey to amend her answer to a petition filed against her by one Joshus Emuah Kofie, a resident of Jomoro. The petitioner is questioning the locus and…