Senior high school students in the Upper East Region have called for the provision of changing rooms in schools and the removal of taxes on sanitary pads. These demands were voiced during World Menstrual Hygiene Day celebrations, highlighting the urgent need for improved menstrual hygiene facilities and affordability in schools. …

Senior Lecturer at the Department of Economics at the University of Ghana, Dr. Priscilla Twumasi Baffour, has emphasized the urgent need for structural change and transformation in Ghana to improve the lives of its citizens. Speaking on JoyNews’ National Dialogue titled “Should Ghana Look East or West,” Dr. Baffour stressed …

A Tarkwa Circuit Court has sentenced a 24-year-old mason, who abducted and defiled a 14-year-old girl, to 16 years imprisonment with hard labour. Francis Blay, who was charged with two counts of abduction and defilement, pleaded guilty. The court presided over by Hathia Ama Manu convicted Blay on his own …

Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has asked the High Court in Accra to dismiss an application filed by Richard Jakpa, third accused in the ambulance procurement trial seeking orders striking out the charges against him and terminating the proceedings. Jakpa also wants the court to stay proceedings …

A suspect, Andrew Amaechi, who was arrested in connection with the disappearance of two friends, Celine Ndudim and Afiba Tandoh, in Abia State has refused to reveal their whereabouts. LIB reported that Celine and her Ghanaian friend, Afiba, were declared missing after they travelled from Port Harcourt, Rivers State to …

The United Kingdom-based Nigerian man who was wanted for the alleged kidnapping of two friends has been reportedly killed. Andrew Amechi Ochekwo was killed during an attempt to escape while being transported to Abuja from Abia State. According to reports from prison report advocate, Harrison Gwamnishu, who has been following …

Takoradi artiste Kofi Kinaata has offered a detailed explanation regarding the omission of Ras Kuuku’s verse from the ‘Effiakuma Love’ track. Kinaata emphasized that he holds Ras Kuuku in high regard and has collaborated with him previously, even shooting a video for a remix together. It is for this reason, …

Actress and socialite Efia Odo has faced significant backlash over her comments regarding Stonebwoy and the upcoming Telecel Ghana Music Awards (TGMA). Her remarks were related to the Artiste of the Year category, where she suggested that an older artist like Stonebwoy should not win merely to equal the achievements …

The management of the National Medical Services Laboratories in Pennsylvania, United States of America, has refuted the claim by the Lagos State Government that a toxicology test to ascertain the cause of the death of singer Ilerioluwa Aloba, aka Mohbad, was conducted at its facility. The NMS Labs made the …

Ghana’s import bill has surged by $100 million in the first quarter of 2024 as the country grapples with the rapid depreciation of the cedi against major trading currencies. According to the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) 2023 and 2024 first-quarter trade vulnerability report, the total import bill for the first …