The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, will on April 7, 2022, speak on the Ghanaian economy, his spokesperson, Gideon Boako has confirmed. Following debilitating effects on the Ghanaian economy, including price hikes on fuel and commodities and depreciation of the Cedi, there have been calls on the Vice President to address the issues publicly. Speaking […] The post Bawumia to speak
Members of Parliament within the Eastern part of the Upper East Region are on a fact-finding mission in Bawku following recent disturbances in the area that have led to the loss of lives and property. At least over 14 people have lost their lives and several others including three military personnel injured. The mission of […] The post Upper East MPs embark
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta will on Thursday address the nation on decisions taken by the government to address recent economic challenges facing the country. Speaking at a meeting with members of the Council of State, Nana Akufo-Addo said the address will give details of the government’s plans to tackle […] The post Ofori-Atta
The Member of Parliament for the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba constituency, Andrew Dari Chiwitey, has made a passionate appeal to the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) to extend help to victims of last Saturday’s rainstorm in the Kalba community. The rainstorm on Saturday in Kalba in the Savannah Region affected 78 houses, displacing over a hundred people, according […] The post MP
Michael Jackson’s Earth song said it best. The track saw Michael sending a wakeup-call of sorts about the terrible conditions that mankind has caused to the world, from war to the killing of animals and of the earth itself. What have we done to the world? Look what we’ve done What about all the peace […] The post Cyril Enin
The Communications Ministry has announced an extension of the deadline for all SIM cards to be reregistered. In a statement on Tuesday, March 22, 2022, the ministry said the fact that many Ghanaians were yet to acquire their Ghana Card, which is the sole identification card for the purpose of the registration made it difficult […] The post Gov’t extends deadline
The Prosecution in the case involving the death of a social activist at Ejura, Ibrahim Muhammed, popularly called Kaaka has told the Asokwa District Court that, the Attorney General will soon make available its advice on the matter. This was after the Kumasi High Court granted bail to two of the suspects standing trial in […] The post AG will soon give advice on Kaaka’s
The Deputy Ranking Member on the Communication Committee of Parliament, Samuel Nartey George, has blamed the Communication Ministry for the stampede that happened at the National Identification Authority’s head office on Tuesday, leaving one person critically injured. The Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram attributed the incident to the poorly thought-through directions from the Minister […] The post Sam
The Deputy Ranking Member on the Communication Committee of Parliament, Samuel Nartey George, has blamed the Communication Ministry for the stampede that happened at the National Identification Authority’s head office on Tuesday, leaving one person critically injured. The Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram attributed the incident to the poorly thought-through directions from the Minister […] The post Sam
The Asokwa District Court has granted GHS 15,000 bail each with two sureties to 13 members of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Subin Constituency of the Ashanti Region for locking up of the party’s office two weeks ago. The accused persons who alleged some infractions in the polling station elections locked up […] The post 13 NPP
The Ministry of Transport, in collaboration with ZOIL (ECOZOIL), a subsidiary of Jospong Group of Companies (JGC), has launched an exercise to clean all landing sites along Volta Lake. The exercise, which kick-started along the Volta Lake in Oti Region on Monday, March 21, 2022, will also be replicated in Volta, Eastern, Northern Region, Bono […] The post Transport
The Kaneshie Divisional Police command has arrested two persons in connection with a break-in at New Times Corporation, publishers of Ghanaian Times newspaper, on Sunday. The thieves are reported to have broken into eight offices and made away with a Lenovo laptop, an unspecified amount of money, among others. According to the police, preliminary investigations […] The post Police
Fifteen persons aboard an Accra-bound Ford vehicle from Tarkwa are believed to have died in an accident at Asem Asa in the Shama District, near the boundary between Western and Central. A number of bodies at the scene of the accident were left charred after the crashed bus caught fire. According to an eyewitness, the […] The post Passengers on minibus die in fiery crash at
About 15 persons onboard an Accra-bound Ford vehicle from Tarkwa are believed to have died in a car crash at Asem Asa in the Shama District, near the boundary between Western and Central Regions. A number of bodies at the scene of the accident were left charred after the crashed bus caught fire. According to […] The post Passengers burnt to death in accident at Shama appeared
Various public sector institutions in Ghana will soon be ranked against each other on a corruption barometer and the results published on International Anti-Corruption Day. This is according to the Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng. This follows the launch of the Ghana Corruption League Table as required by regulation 31(2) of the Office of the Special […] The post Ghana corruption
There was a stampede at the premises of the National Identification Authority headquarters in Accra on Tuesday, March 22, 2022, that led to one person being rushed to the hospital. Confirming the news, Corporate Affairs Officer, Henry Myers-Aboagye, told Citi News that the incident happened at the entrance when the gates were opened on Tuesday […] The post Ghana
The Director of the Accra Psychiatric Hospital (APH), Dr. Pinaman Appau, has asked Ghanaians to disregard claims that the land that houses the facility has been sold to private developers. Dr. Pinaman Appau explained that the APH has rather been earmarked for a redevelopment project under the Agenda 111 program, which will begin in September […] The post Accra Psychiatric
The Health Committee of Parliament is set to meet the national COVID-19 Taskforce today, March 22, 2022, on liable measures to review the restrictions and protocols issued during the peak of the pandemic in 2020. This comes on the back of calls for some restrictions to be lifted as they are long overdue, like the […] The post National
The Kumasi High Court has granted bail to one of the suspects standing trial in relation to the disappearance of a staff of the Lands Commission in Kumasi, Rhodaline Amoah-Darko. According to the prosecution, Justice Appiah, the suspect who has been granted bail, allegedly bought a stolen phone of the missing staff of the Lands […] The post One
The Kumasi High Court has granted bail to one of the suspects standing trial in relation to the disappearance of an employee of the Lands Commission in Kumasi, Rhodaline Amoah-Darko. According to the prosecution, Justice Appiah, the suspect who has been granted bail, allegedly bought a stolen phone of the missing staff of the Lands […] The post Suspect
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