The latest developments in Russia’s war on Ukraine. All times EST 1:00 p.m.: A Moscow court on Monday sentenced a popular cookbook author and blogger to nine years in prison after convicting her in absentia of spreading false information about the country’s military, The Associated Press reported. The trial …

  AK-47 gun The Upper East Regional Minister, Stephen Yakubu, is demanding immediate silencing of guns at Bawku. He sought for peace to reign in the region. “We have brought Ghana Education Service Director here, we have brought Health Director here, we have our security services here, we want them …

  Calm has been restored in the Minority Caucus in Parliament following agitations over the leadership reshuffle. This followed a closed-door meeting between the party’s Council of Elders, the National Executive Committee and both new and old parliamentary leadership. The former Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu and Whip, Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak …

  In Diyarbakir, north-east of Gaziantep, a search is now under way for people trapped in damaged buildings A powerful earthquake has struck in south-eastern Turkey, near the Syrian border, killing more than 1,000 people as they slept and trapping many others. The US Geological Survey said the 7.8 magnitude …

  The Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council has presented a communique to the government in Accra on Monday 6th February 2023 following its recent National Conference. The President of the Council Apostle Eric Nyamekye who led a delegation to present the document to the Minister for Information Kojo Oppong Nkrumah …

          A woman believed to be in her early 60s has been stabbed to death at Sepe- Boukrom in the Kumasi Metropolis of the Ashanti. The body of the deceased was reportedly hiding  in her own bathroom after she was killed by the suspect.   The …

  Idris Akuna Elba (L) President Akufo-Addo (R) Multiple award-winning movie star Idris Elba has informed President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo about plans to bring multiple filmmaking studios to Africa starting with Ghana. Friday, February 3, 2023, Idris and his team paid a courtesy call on the president at the …

  Mr Dan Botwe, Minister of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs Minister Ebenezer Kojo Kum has resigned from office with immediate effect. A statement issued by presidential spokesperson Eugene Arhin announced on Friday, 3 February 2023 that President Nana Akufo-Addo has accepted Mr Kojo Kum’s …

  Former Trades Minister Alan Kyerematen The worsening Ghanaian economy under President Nana Akufo-Addo is making it difficult for the governing New Patriotic Party to craft a message for the 2024 election, flag bearer hopeful Alan Kyerematen has said. Speaking to the Sefwi Wiawso Traditional Council during his campaign tour, …

  President Akufo-Addo and visiting German Finance Minister Christian Lindner President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Friday, 3 February 2023, urged Germany to “encourage” China, an ad hoc member of the Paris Club, to support Ghana’s debt restructuring efforts. He said it was critical that the Paris Club swiftly establishes, …