Northern Regional Minister commends Zoomlion in its fight against COVID-19

Northern Regional Minister, Salifu Said has showered praises on the management and staff of waste management experts Zoomoion Ghana Limited for their stelling performance in the fight to curb the Coronavirus pandemic in the country. Launching the Northern Regional Military Garrisons, Senior High and Basic Schools’ Mass Disinfection Exercise at the Northern Military Command, the […]

German airline Lufthansa plans to cut 22,000 jobs

German airline Lufthansa has said it will cut 22,000 jobs as it struggles to deal with the slump in air travel caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The carrier predicted a slow recovery in demand and expected to have about 100 fewer aircraft after the crisis. Lufthansa said half the job cuts would be in Germany. […]

Annual Inflation rate rises to 11.3% in May

The year-on-year inflation rate increased to 11.3 percent in May up from 10.6 percent in April on food prices. The rate rose by 0.7 percentage points from the 10.6 percent recorded in April, Professor Samuel Annim, Government Statistician, said on Wednesday. The month-on-month inflation between April 2020 and May 2020 was 1.7 percent. The Food […]

Minister leads team to retrieve eight excavators from illegal mining sites

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Kwaku Asomah-Cheremeh, has retrieved eight excavators and mining-related equipment at some illegal mining sites in Tugakrom in the Suaman District of the Western North Region.  The Minister was accompanied by some military personnel for the exercise. The team observed that about 100 acres of land had been destroyed […]

Kano state serial rapes: Man arrested after 40 rapes in Nigerian town

Nigerian police say they have arrested a man after 40 people were raped in one town over the period of a year. A mother in the northern town Dangora caught the man in her children’s bedroom, according to police spokesman Abdullahi Haruna. The man ran away but neighbours gave chase and caught him, he added. […]

Veteran Ghanaian actress ‘Miliky MiCool’ dies

Veteran Ghanaian actress, Madam Beatrice Chinery has passed on, at age 54. Popularly known as “Miliki Mi Cool”, Madam Chinery passed away on Wednesday (June 9) morning, after she was rushed to Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital for treatment. According to information gathered by Ghana News Agency, the actress had not been feeling well for a while […]

NADMO urges people in flood-prone areas to evacuate – NADMO

People living in flood-prone areas within Southern Ghana, have been advised to move to safer grounds as the rainy season peaks in the South. “This is because, with more rains being expected, there is bound to be flooding in flood-prone areas, and one of the best means to protect life, is for people to vacate […]