Nigeria has unveiled a $500 million agricultural investment fund for the oil-rich Niger Delta region as part of efforts to boost food production, attract private sector investment and enhance the country’s food security. Speaking...
Environment
Markets, shops and corporate offices within Kumasi’s Central Business District will temporarily suspend operations on Friday and Saturday to allow residents and institutions to participate in the nationwide clean-up exercise. In a statement, the...
The government has directed that all markets, shops and commercial centres in the Greater Accra Region remain closed during the two‑day National General Cleaning Exercise scheduled for July 10 and 11, warning that violators...
Minister for Food and Agriculture Eric Opoku has said Ghana is likely to record a surplus of tomatoes within the next three to four months as the government intensifies efforts to expand local production...
Environmental and local governance experts have urged the government to prohibit informal tricycle operators, popularly known as Aboboya, from collecting household waste, arguing that the practice weakens Ghana’s formal waste management system and contributes...
Recurring floods in parts of Weija have reignited concerns about the sale and development of land in flood-prone areas, with residents questioning whether authorities are doing enough to prevent people from building in vulnerable...
The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has disbursed GH¢2.6 billion to Licensed Buying Companies (LBCs) to enable the prompt payment of cocoa farmers for purchases made across the country’s cocoa-growing regions. In a statement, COCOBOD...
The Weija-Gbawe Municipal office of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) has issued an emergency evacuation order for residents living along the Weija Dam spillway after authorities began controlled releases of excess water. In...
The government has launched a coordinated multi-agency emergency response to address the widespread flooding affecting Accra, Tema and nearby communities after days of heavy rainfall. Minister for Works, Housing and Water Resources, Kenneth Gilbert...
Dennis Miracles Aboagye, a senior aide to Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has expressed concern over delays in payments to cocoa farmers, calling on the government to release about GH¢6.5 billion allegedly still owed to them....
