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1,696 I woke up to the news of Ghana’s Minerals Income Investment Fund (MIIF)’s decision to invest US$32.9 million in Atlantic Lithium and its Cape Coast Lithium Portfolio subsidiaries in Ghana to support the development of the company’s Ewoyaa Lithium Project. This comes a little over a year when MIIF acquired 14.4 million ordinary shares […]
1,889 Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a hereditary blood disorder that affects millions of people worldwide, with a significant prevalence in regions like sub-Saharan Africa. Despite its prevalence, there is often a lack of awareness, particularly when it comes to understanding one’s genotype and the importance of genotype compatibility in relationships. As of my last […]
1,655 Cocoa farmers are calling for a 72.5% upward adjustment of the farm gate price of cocoa beans from ¢800 to ¢1,380 per bag for the next cocoa season. Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) announced that the 2023/2024 cocoa crop season will start from this week Friday, September 8, 2023 as against the initial date of […]
1,889 MTN Ghana Foundation has presented scholarships to the first batch of the 2023 MTN Bright Scholarship beneficiaries at the MTN house in Accra. Another batch of awards will be presented to beneficiaries in a second ceremony in Kumasi today, 8th September 2023. This year, a total of 120 students from public tertiary institutions are […]
1,573 Ecstatic about Ghana’s qualification for next year’s AFCON after victory over the Central African Republic on Thursday, former President John Dramani Mahama has posted a congratulatory message to the national team on social media. The Black Stars sealed a place at the AFCON in Cote D’Ivoire with a nervy come-from-behind win over CAR at […]
1,986 The CEO of Ryanair, Michael O’Leary, was pied in the face during a Thursday visit to Brussels in a stunt by climate activists. O’Leary was outside the European Commission preparing to deliver a petition calling for “overflights” to be protected during air traffic control strikes when he was hit with cream pies by two […]
1,654 A draft law banning speech and dressing “detrimental to the spirit of Chinese people” has sparked debate in China. If the law comes into force, people found guilty could be fined or jailed but the proposal does not yet spell out what constitutes a violation. Social media users and legal experts have called for […]
1,735 Residents of Dome Pillar 2 in Accra have expressed concerns over what they perceive to be exorbitant bills delivered by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG)’s electronic billing system. They allege that they have been on the ECG’s electronic billing app since September 2022 but the app does not accurately depict their actual consumption, […]
2,186 The NDC, CPP, APC, LPG & GCPP have today filed a suit against the Electoral Commission of Ghana in the Supreme Court over the latter’s unlawful and unreasonable decision to restrict centers for the upcoming Limited Voter Registration exercise to their District Offices. The parties are of the view that EC’s decision to restrict […]
2,009 Ghanaians ought to wake up to the fact that the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) is gradually being turned by Mr. Kissi Agyebeng, the Special Prosecutor, into an inquisitorial institution and not the anti-corruption law enforcement and prosecutorial office envisaged under sections 2 and 3 of the Office of the Special Prosecutor Act, […]