Residents of Dalun in the Kumbungu District of the Northern Region have staged a protest over the poor state of the road linking the community to the district and the regional capital. Hundreds of residents took to the streets to express their anger, saying the community had been neglected by successive governments for many years. […] The post Northern Region: Dalun
The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC), is disappointed that the government did not propose any policy in the 2022 budget statement to address the continuous hikes in fuel prices. COPEC’s grievance comes on the back of another increment in the price of fuel from GH¢6.90 per litre to GH¢6.99 per litre. Speaking to Citi News, […] The post COPEC
Cycling to work may soon be, if not already, an imperative as the consistent jump in fuel prices in the country since September has secured Ghana a top spot on the list of African countries with very expensive fuel prices. With an African average of GH¢ 5.978 ($0.98) per litre, fuel in Ghana is currently […] The post Ghana among countries with highest fuel prices in
Members of Parliament will begin debate on the 2022 Budget Statement later this week. The debate on the policy and principles of the budget statement will begin on Tuesday 23rd November and end on Friday the 26th of November. The Minister for Finance last Wednesday presented the 2022 budget to Parliament announcing various plans and […] The post Parliamentary
Families of the 9 JHS students who died in the Saboba District of the Northern Region last week Friday, November 19, 2021, have reiterated their plea for the headteacher at the centre of the drowning incident on River Oti to be pardoned. Their call comes after the Ghana Education Service (GES) announced the interdiction of […] The post Bereaved
The construction of constituency offices for all 275 Members of Parliament is expected to start in 2022 in phases. This is contained in the 2022 budget presented by the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta. The move, according to the Minister, is one of the many activities being undertaken under the Parliamentary Service Office Support Project (PSOSP) […] The post Construction
Convenors of the FixTheCountry Movement will later today, Monday, November 22, meet the Police ahead of their planned demonstration on Friday, November 26. The protest is to express their displeasure with the 2022 budget particularly the 1.75% e-levy imposed on electronic transactions. In August, the group organized a massive demonstration to drum home concerns of […] The post #FixTheCountry
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has hinted of an impasse between Parliament and the Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, in relation to budgetary allocation to the legislature. According to the Speaker, the Minister for Finance strongly disagrees with the request from Parliament for an allocation of 2% of the total revenue of the State […] The post Parliament
The Konongo District Court will later today, Monday, November 22, 2021, continue hearing the case of the five juveniles arrested in connection with the death of a first-year student of the Konongo-Odumase Senior High School. According to the police, the students went on a bullying spree on Friday, November 5, 2021, after prep hours, leading […] The post Konongo-Odumase
Police have said there were “some fatalities” after a car ploughed into a parade in Wisconsin. Footage posted online shows a red sports utility vehicle (SUV) driving through a Christmas parade in the city of Waukesha, west of Milwaukee, at around 16:40 local time (22:40 GMT). Police chief Dan Thompson said it hit more than […] The post Waukesha: Fatalities
WhatsApp is rewriting its privacy policy as a result of a huge data protection fine earlier this year. Following an investigation, the Irish data protection watchdog issued a €225m (£190m) fine – the second-largest in history over GDPR – and ordered WhatsApp to change its policies. WhatsApp is appealing against the fine, but is amending […] The post WhatsApp
The Sudanese Prime Minister’s Office on Sunday announced that the house arrest of Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has been lifted following a power deal reached with the military for his return to office. Sources said the army withdrew the security forces that were stationed in front of Hamdok’s house, and that the Sudanese prime […] The post Sudan PM Hamdok reinstated
The Ethiopian media watch has threatened to revoke licences of four foreign media houses against taking sides on their reporting in the ongoing violence in the country. The Federal Republic of Ethiopia Media Authority has sent a warning letter to Associated Press (AP) Reuters, CNN and British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) for disseminating news that sowed […] The post Ethiopia
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