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Eastern Regional Police Command Announces Comprehensive Security Measures for 2025 Odwira Festival in Akropong
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Eastern Regional Police Command Announces Comprehensive Security Measures for 2025 Odwira Festival in Akropong

The Eastern Regional Police Command has announced extensive security arrangements to ensure peace, safety, and order throughout this year’s Odwira Festival celebrations in Akropong, organized by the Chiefs and people of Akwapim. In a statement signed by Superintendent Ebenezer Tetteh, Head of Public Affairs for the Eastern Region, the Command assured the general public, particularly those travelling from across the country to participate in the festivities, that adequate security will be provided before, during, and after the festival. This year’s Odwira Festival commenced on Monday, October 20, 2025, and will climax on Friday, October 24, 2025, with a grand durbar of Chiefs and other commemorative activities. To maintain law and order, the Police Command outlined several key secu...
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Government Announces the Passing of Former First Lady Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings
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Government Announces the Passing of Former First Lady Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings

The Government of Ghana has announced, with deep regret and profound sorrow, the to passing of Her Excellency Mrs. Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, former First Lady of the Republic and Founder of the 31st December Women’s Movement. According to an official statement signed by the Spokesperson to the President and Minister for Government Communications, Hon. Felix Kwakye Ofosu, Mrs. Rawlings passed away on the morning of Thursday, October 23, 2025, after a short illness. The government described her passing as a great loss to the nation, noting her exceptional contribution to Ghana’s political and social development. Mrs. Agyeman-Rawlings was widely celebrated for her pioneering advocacy for women’s empowerment, leadership in social reform, and enduring influence on national policy duri...
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MoFFA Directs Unlicensed Mortuaries and Funeral Facilities to Regularize Operations Within One Week
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MoFFA Directs Unlicensed Mortuaries and Funeral Facilities to Regularize Operations Within One Week

The Mortuaries and Funeral Facilities Agency (MoFFA) has issued a directive to all mortuaries and funeral facilities operating without the required licenses to take immediate steps to regularize their operations within one week from the date of the announcement. The Agency, which was established under Part Two of the Health Institutions and Facilities Act, 2011 (Act 829), is mandated to license, control, and regulate all facilities connected with the storage, transportation, and disposal of human remains in Ghana. In a public notice, MoFFA expressed concern over the increasing number of mortuaries and funeral facilities operating without authorization, describing the situation as a violation of Section 55 of Act 829. The section explicitly states that “a person who practices in a fac...
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Osabarima Agyare Tenadu II Abdicates as Chief of Kade After 21 Years of Service
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Osabarima Agyare Tenadu II Abdicates as Chief of Kade After 21 Years of Service

Osabarima Agyare Tenadu II, the Chief of Kade and occupant of the Aduana I Stool, has officially announced his abdication after twenty-one years of service to the Kade Traditional Area and Okyeman. Enstooled in April 2004, Osabarima Agyare Tenadu II’s reign was marked by both progress and challenges. In a statement issued from Kade, he expressed profound gratitude to the Aduana family and the people of Kade for the trust and confidence they placed in him throughout his tenure. “My tumultuous reign is well known and I thank God I survived it all,” he stated. “I have decided to abdicate the stool after twenty-one years of being its occupant with the singular purpose that those who actively undermined my reign can now come together and seek the development and prosperity of Kademan and ...
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Oppong Nkrumah Scholarship Program Disburses GHS 134,000 to 9th Batch of Beneficiaries
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Oppong Nkrumah Scholarship Program Disburses GHS 134,000 to 9th Batch of Beneficiaries

The Office of the Member of Parliament for Ofoase Ayirebi, Hon. Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has announced the disbursement of GHS 134,000 to the latest cohort of beneficiaries under the Oppong Nkrumah Scholarship and Bursaries Program. A total of 22 students from 16 tertiary institutions across the country received financial support in this 9th batch of the initiative, which was established in 2017 to promote access to higher education for brilliant but needy students within the constituency. The beneficiaries are pursuing diverse academic programs, including Medicine, Marketing, Law, Public Health, Midwifery, Business Administration, Education, and Secretaryship. The MP’s office extended special commendation to the five students currently studying Medicine and Physician Assistantship, urgi...
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Government has released fund to initiate development projects – Keta MCE
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Government has released fund to initiate development projects – Keta MCE

Mr Wisdom Seade, the Keta Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) says government has released enough funds to finish and initiate many developmental projects in the various communities. He said the projects, which include the renovation of Anlo-Afiadenyigba market shed, have been completed, while works on PWD premises and school infrastructure at Abor projects were still ongoing. Mr Seade, who made this known at during the thank you tour by NDC party Chairman Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketia at Keta, praised the government for implementing various initiatives to improve the development of infrastructure in the municipality. "Very soon, we are going to cut the sod for the construction of the CHPS compound at Tengekope, and we are also on the verge of completing Anyako water works to mitigate wate...
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Mfantseman-Saltpond Development Alliance undertakes water project for Saltpond Municipal Hospital
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Mfantseman-Saltpond Development Alliance undertakes water project for Saltpond Municipal Hospital

The Mfantseman-Saltpond Development Alliance (MSDA), a community-led development group, has cut the sod for the construction of a sustainable water project for the Saltpond Municipal Hospital to resolve persistent water challenges at the health facility. Perennial water shortage has been the bane of the ancient hospital for ages, affecting the delivery of quality health care, sanitation, and attendance. As the referral centre for the Mfantseman Municipality serving more than 125,000 residents, the Hospital is sometimes forced to refer patients to other facilities. Relatives of inpatients are sometimes compelled to carry water to the hospital owing to the severity of the water situation. But patients and staff of the Hospital can now have a sigh of relief because the solar-power...
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Nneka Youth Foundation, partner sensitises students/parents on smart business, leadership
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Nneka Youth Foundation, partner sensitises students/parents on smart business, leadership

A Business Leadership Forum has been organised by the Nneka Youth Foundation in collaboration with the AFFLUENT TEAM of Stanbic Bank Ghana, for parents and students of Mobole D/A Basic School, in the Ningo Prampram District. The forum focused on Smart Investment, Business Management, and Leadership. It was an interactive session that allowed participants to share innovative business ideas and receive valuable guidance, in addition to encouraging them to embark on their financial planning and business journeys. The Affluent Team encouraged parents to leverage on this platform to invest in their children’s education. The team generously donated a cheque for GHC20,000 to the Nneka Youth Foundation’s Summer Camp programme. Madam Cecilia Fiaka, the Executive Director of Nneka You...
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Ghana signs MoU to send nurses to Grenada
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Ghana signs MoU to send nurses to Grenada

Ghana and Grenada, a Caribbean Island nation, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the recruitment of Ghanaian nurses in Grenada. The signing ceremony took place at the Presidency in Accra during a luncheon, hosted by President John Dramani Mahama in honour of the visiting Grenadian Prime Minister, Dickon Amiss Thomas Mitchell. Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Ghana's Foreign Affairs Minister and Mr Joseph Andall, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Trade and Export Development of Grenada, signed for their respective countries. President Mahama in an address, said Grenada's interest in recruiting Ghanaian nurses and allied health professionals presented a valuable opportunity for structured collaboration between the two countries. “Ghanaian health workers have gain...
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BoG pledges to empower media to tackle mis/disinformation in digital economy
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BoG pledges to empower media to tackle mis/disinformation in digital economy

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has ended a two-day training workshop for selected media practitioners, with a pledge to empower the media to tackle the growing misinformation and disinformation in the digital space. Mr Bernard Ato Otabil, the Director of Communications of the BoG who gave the pledge noted that misinformation and disinformation threatened the digital economy, hence the need to enlighten the media about emerging financial and economic issues to deepen their understanding. The workshop held in Sunyani, was attended by media practitioners drawn from the Bono, Bono East and Ahafo Regions and among other objectives sought to sharpen their skills, build their capacities to better understand and report accurately on the economy. Mr Otabil explained that training was in line with...
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