The featherweight boxer Samuel Takyi has won his Olympic quarter-final to guarantee himself a medal at Tokyo 2020, a first Olympic medal for a Ghanaian athlete in 29 years. Takyi beat Colombia’s 32-year-old southpaw David Ceiber Avila, a far more experienced fighter, in the quarter-final in the men’s 52-57 kilogram category, taking two …

The Ministry of Roads and Highways, through the Ghana Highway Authority, has announced a disruption in the flow of vehicular traffic on the Tema Motorway. The disruption will begin from August 1 to August 22, 2021. This is to make way for repair works on the damaged beam on the …

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President Nana Akufo-Addo says his government is likely to introduce a free tertiary education programme as part of increasing access to education for more Ghanaian youth. The President, however, did not disclose further details. “For now, what has been put in place is a system where students at the tertiary …

The 1D1F is a private sector-led initiative introduced by President Nana Akufo-Addo to create the necessary conducive environment for businesses to access funding from financial institutions and other support services from government agencies so as to establish factories and production units in the various districts of the country.     …

Former Water Resources, Works and Housing Minister, Alhaji Collins Dauda, has been charged with causing financial loss to the state in the Saglemi Housing deal. Mr. Dauda, who supervised the initiative at the time the project was approved by Parliament, has also been charged with intentionally misapplying public property. In …

Former Youth Organizer and current National Organizer of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Sammi Awuku, has been appointed as the new Director General of the National Lottery Authority (NLA). His appointment has been approved by the Council of State in line with the law governing the appointment of the …

Yet another one of Chelsea’s Champions League winners has been hanging out with one of Chelsea’s most recognisable fans in Ghana, King Promise. The Ghanaian artiste, a close friend of Callum Hudson-Odoi, hosted the winger in Ghana last month as the pair partied in Accra and played against each other …

Popular Ghanaian actor Apostle John Prah, who doubles as a man of God, has said that he is not active on social media anymore because his Social Media Manager got him disappointed by sharing pornographic materials on his official Facebook page. The Kumasi-based actor opened up on this with Tony …

Member of Parliament for Ajumako-Enyan-Esiam Casiel Ato Forson has described the mid-year budget statement presented to Parliament by Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta as cosmetic. He said the budget is empty and has no hope for Ghanaians. The member of the Finance Committee in Parliament told journalists after the budget …