Day: October 4, 2025

Lawra: Mobile Telecommunication Network (MTN Ghana) has donated GH?20,000.00 and assorted items to the 2025 Kobine Festival Planning Committee to support this year’s celebration of the annual cultural event of the Lawra Traditional Area. The company also supported side activities in the run-up to the climax of the festival, including the football gala, where the winning teams received prizes such as cash and souvenirs. According to Ghana News Agency, in addition to the cash donation, MTN Ghana provided airtime worth GH?1,000.00 and hampers to the festival committee. The Mobile Telecommunication Network had also mounted service stands at the Kobine festival

Accra: The Ghana China Friendship Association (Ghachifa) has extended a congratulations message to the people of China on the country’s 76th national day anniversary celebration. Ghachifa extended the message in a statement signed by its General Secretary, Dr. Benjamin Anyagre, and copied to the Ghana News Agency (GNA). According to Ghana News Agency, the message highlighted Ghachifa’s pride in celebrating the occasion of China’s National Day on October 1, 1949, marking the founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) by Chairman Mao. Ghachifa took the opportunity to congratulate the government and people of China for their achievement against fascist

Accra: A Travel and Tour operator, who allegedly collected GHC388,621 from an entrepreneur under the pretext of providing him and four others with Schengen visas, has appeared before the Dansoman Circuit Court. Evans Mensah Kankam is said to have collected the money at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle in November 2024, to help them acquire the visas so they could travel to France. The accused is alleged to have taken the complainants to Nigeria to travel to France, but their visas were found to be fake by the Nigeria authorities. Kankam’s accomplice, whose name was given as Shadrack Nti, is at

Accra: A couple and four others have appeared before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly engaging in gold trade without a license. They are Smart Philander and his wife Nina Elfseky, Nana Yaw Sarpong Boateng, Sowa Elisha, Evans Arhin, and Arnold Otutey. The accused persons face charges of conspiracy to commit a crime, engaging in a business in gold trade and marketing without a license, and conspiracy to commit a crime, namely smuggling of gold. They have pleaded not guilty before Circuit Court 10 in Accra. According to Ghana News Agency, the court has admitted each of them to bail

Accra: The National Media Commission (NMC) has committed to providing the necessary support to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in its efforts to achieve digital transformation. Professor Akua Opokua Britwum, the Chairperson of the NMC, made this assurance during a familiarisation visit to the headquarters of the national news agency in Accra. The purpose of the visit was to understand the operations, vision, and challenges faced by the Agency and to discuss the path forward. According to Ghana News Agency, the visit to the GNA followed similar trips by the NMC to other state-owned media organisations such as the New

Accra: Some aggrieved farmers and stakeholders in the Tano North Municipality of the Ahafo Region have expressed their displeasure about the wanton pollution and destruction of the ‘Bisi’ River course by some alleged Chinese illegal miners, operating in the area. They called on the security agencies to be expeditious and stem the activities of the miners to create a safe living environment for them and also protect the water body, their farms, and other properties. According to Ghana News Agency, during a visit to the area, the visibly angry farmers insisted that if nothing was done immediately, they would take