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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has welcomed the decision of the African Export-Import Bank (Afrexim Bank) to pilot the Pan African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) in the West Africa Monetary Zone. He explained that West Africa had been grappling with the single currency for nearly three decades, and apart …

Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Asantehene, is expected to receive the first shot of COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday (2 March 2021) in the Ashanti Region as the country begins vaccination for the next two weeks. It follows the successful vaccination of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and vice-president Dr Mahamudu …

The Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Prof Kwasi Amankwah says government must reconsider a continuation of the double-track system in some Senior High Schools (SHS). This follows the suspension of the double-track system employed across the country after the reopening of schools for the 2020/21 academic year. The …

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The Judicial Service has responded to the Ghana Journalist Association (GJA) over that latter’s statement demanding a complete reversal of the former’s “obnoxious threats” to media practice in the country. “The statement issued on behalf of the Judiciary dealt with “incendiary, hateful and offensive statements against members of the Judiciary.” …

A young man, Evans Amenyo has been arrested by the Adeiso Police for allegedly attempting to engage in an unnatural carnal knowledge with a motor rider. Narrating the incident on Rainbow Radio FM, reporter Prince Collins Bening said the young man attempted to lure the rider to have sex with …

Hon Francis Addai Nimoh, former member of parliament for the Mampong Constituency and 2014 NPP Flag-bearer aspirant has stated that the LGBTQI activities is alien to the customs and traditions of Africans especially in Ghana here and for that matter we shouldn’t cosset it as H.E President Akufo-Addo has lamented. …

The Minority MPs on the Appointments Committee today voted on the ministerial nominees so far vetted and have unanimously rejected three of the President’s nominees. Information Minister-designate Kojo Oppong Nkrumah; Minister-designate for Fisheries and Aquaculture, Mavis Hawa Koomson and Minister-designate for Food Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto has been rejected …

It’s Ghana Month and once again, in a series of features, GhanaWeb seeks to put into perspective the history behind many of the country’s places, towns, cities, tourist sites among others. We begin with the etymology of names of some popular places in the country. Today, we take a look …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Monday, March 1, 2021, became the first person in the country to take the much-awaited coronavirus vaccine that arrived sometime last week. The President’s jab which was telecast on national television was to among other things done to allay fears of a section of the …