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Ghana Cocoa Board has sold a record ¢11.7 billion ($2 billion) of six months cocoa bills between January and May 2021 to finance cocoa purchases. The cocoa regulator normally borrows from abroad to fund cocoa beans purchases. But indications are that the 2020/21 production has exceeded target, stretching the $1.3 …

The Upper East Region is set to receive a permanent Military Barracks to enable it deal with issues of terrorism around its borders. President Akufo-Addo made the announcement when he paid a courtesy visit to the Paramount Chief of Bawku Traditional Area, Naba Asigri Abugrago Azoka II, Monday, during his …

Some students of Wa Jamiat Islamic Girls’ Senior High School, on Monday, stormed the Wa police station to protest the arrest of some teachers in their school. The teachers were arrested for allegedly assaulting a young man who was accused of attempted rape. The man had, allegedly, tried to rape …

A visual arts student of Akro Senior High Technical School has beaten his teacher to pulp for asking he and his colleagues to stop disturbing other students who were writing mock exams. He also stabbed one of the school’s security officers in the chest when he was overpowered by security …

Former Deputy Attorney-General, Dr Ayine has insisted that his comments regarding the Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling on the 2020 election petition had no dire effects on the reputation of the Justices. His position comes as a response to a petition filed by the Chief Justice, Kwasi Anin-Yeboah to the General …

Pressure continues to mount on the founder and leader of the Lighthouse Chapel International (LCI), Bishop Dag Heward-Mills after his sermon criticizing the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II went viral. Five traditional youth groups in the Asante Kingdom have threatened to shut down the over seventy branches of the church …

  The Bawku Naba, who is also President of the Kusaug Traditional Council, Asigir Abugrago Azoka II, says the Chiefs and People of the Kusaug Traditional Area, and, indeed, all Ghanaians appreciate the policies of the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, evident in his re-election on 7th …

A sister of Majority Leader and Member of Parliament (MP) for Suame, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has been laid to rest. She is said to have passed a few months ago after battling a short illness. The funeral, held on Saturday, June 19, 2021, saw members of both the Minority and Majority …

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Marrer Ghana Limited and Susagtad Boat Building, Novihoho Afaglo, has expressed disappointment in successive governments’ neglect of the Volta Region. According to him, Volta Region is one of the most neglected regions in the country in terms of development despite the region being thwarted …

      The former WBO super bantamweight champion Isaac “Royal Storm” Dogboe saw off a late rally by Adam Lopez to claim a ten-round majority decision win on Saturday evening in Las Vegas. Judge Dave Moretti had the action even at 95-95, overruled by judges Chris Migliore (97-93) and …