As World Immunization Week (April 24-30) gets underway, doctors at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology are warning that children in Ghana are still dying from pneumonia even though the disease is preventable through routine vaccination. Health experts say vaccines for pneumonia, meningitis, measles and other deadly diseases are available free of cost,…
Education stakeholders including the West African Examinations Council have expressed concern over the increasing rate of absenteeism among candidates registered for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination with fresh research revealing a huge number of students who do not show up for the exams despite being registered. The Legon Centre for Education Research and…
Ghanaian businessman Richard Nii Armah Quaye has spoken about his reported divorce from his ex-wife, Joana Coffie, expressing willingness to reconcile amicably despite an ongoing court dispute. Speaking on The Delay Show on April 25, he said he holds no resentment toward her, remains committed to maintaining peace for the sake of their children, and…
The Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Authority, Godwin Edudzi Tameklo has stated that the National Democratic Congress has a number of competent people who can beat the New Patriotic Party’s presidential candidate, Mahamudu Bawumia. He said the strength of the party is not only former President John Dramani Mahama. On April 26, he…
Kurt Okraku, the President of the Ghana Football Association, has confirmed that Ghana will host the U-20 Africa Cup of Nations in 2027. This will be the first time the country has hosted the tournament since 1999, when the Ghana national under-20 football team finished second to Nigeria. This announcement marks a big step forward…
Assemblyman Kobina Abdul Razak was told early Sunday morning, April 26, 2026, that a body that had been badly cut up had been found between Eyisam and Ekumfi Techiman in Ghana’s Central Region. Because of how the remains look, it has been hard to identify them. The body has been moved to the Cape Coast…
Junior Adusei, a Ghanaian business owner and political analyst, has said that new xenophobic attacks in South Africa could have serious effects on the whole continent, such as hurting the goals of the African Continental Free Trade Area, which aims to increase trade and integration between African countries. He said on Newsroom that this kind…
Egg sellers at the Kantamanto Market in Accra are having a hard time because there aren’t enough people buying eggs, so a lot of them go bad. Some traders, who have been in the business for decades, say that the problem is caused by too much supply, which is partly due to fewer bulk purchases…
On Monday, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, the National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress, will begin a two-day tour of the Upper East Region. This is part of his nationwide Thank You Tour, which is meant to thank voters for putting the party back in power and to hold the government accountable for its actions. His…
The Ministry of Energy has said that the Akosombo Dam will be completely shut down because a terrible fire destroyed important infrastructure at the Ghana Grid Company substation in Akosombo, which caused power outages across the country. Richmond Rockson, a spokesperson for the ministry, said that the switch yard and its main control room were…
