Day: October 21, 2025

Accra: The Coconut Federation of Ghana (COCOFeG) has distributed 83,000 hybrid coconut seedlings to the Nkoranza South Municipal Directorate of Agriculture, facilitating support for 570 farmers in the Bono East Region. This initiative is part of the Presidential Initiatives in Agriculture and Agribusiness (PIAA), which aims to boost the nation’s agribusiness sector and expand the economy. According to Ghana News Agency, the PIAA was launched by President John Dramani Mahama with the support of the Ghana Exim Bank. The initiative aims to create job opportunities through various stages of the coconut industry, including nurseries, cultivation, harvesting, vending, processing, and export.

Accra: The Ghana Gold Board (‘GoldBod’) has secured the arrest of Abdul Karim Alhassan and Sadique Abubakar, two of the four individuals earlier declared wanted for their roles in an ongoing criminal prosecution. They were charged for gold smuggling, conspiracy to smuggle gold, transportation of gold without a license among others. According to Ghana News Agency, both suspects voluntarily turned themselves in and have since been arraigned at an Accra High Court to face prosecution for their alleged involvement in the gold smuggling syndicate. The court has granted them bail, the conditions of which are yet to be met. Consequently,

Accra: It began as another viral moment in Ghana’s ever-busy social media space. A TikTok user made a short clip of a woman arguing with a man in traffic. Within hours, the video had spread widely – reposted on WhatsApp, X, and Facebook. The caption claimed that the woman was a prostitute demanding payment from a client who had refused to pay after their encounter. Thousands laughed, shared, and commented, feeding the frenzy. According to Ghana News Agency, the story was false. The woman in question was not a sex worker. The altercation, it later turned out, had nothing to