This August, Mr Iain Walker, the British High Commissioner to Ghana will be cycling over a distance of about 1,000km from the north to the south of Ghana. A statement issued by the British High Commission said the High Commissioner’s cycling dubbed, “Ghana Grand”, is an initiative stemming from a genuine desire to effect a […] The post British High Commissioner

The Ashanti Regional police command has confirmed the retrieval of one body from a collapsed illegal mining pit at Akrokerri in the Adansi North District of the Ashanti Region. It took nearly seven hours to dig into the earth to retrieve the body. “One person has been confirmed dead and he was retrieved from the […] The post Akrokerri: Body of illegal

The Ministry of Finance has started auctioning some 86 Hyundai galloper vehicles that were abandoned at the Institute of Local Government Studies at Madina in Accra for almost two decades. Government had in the past paid a huge judgement debt as a result of disagreements over the procurement of the vehicles. Only eleven of the […] The post Abandoned Hyundai Gallopers

The National Democratic Congress’ constituency Chairman for Keta, Dr Senanu Kwesi Dzokoto has resigned from his position as chairman of the party and filed forms to contest for the slot to represent the people of Keta in Parliament.Qua Dr Dzokoto and some five others have picked up nomination forms, seeking to replace Richard Quashigah who […] The post NDC

The Ghana Immigration Service has indicated that it has intensified screening at the Kotoka International Airport. This follows the rescue of six ladies who were being trafficked to Lebanon. According to the Service, it has therefore increased its profiling of prospective travellers to avert such incidences. In 2018, the Ministry of Employment and Labor Relations […] The post Immigration

Mubarick Masawudu, a contender in the National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary primaries in the Asawase constituency is alleging plans of sabotage by some leaders of the party at the constituency and regional level. He said the utterances of some executives of the party give clear indications of efforts to stop him from contesting the incumbent […] The post Asawase

The Minority in Parliament has cautioned Government to ensure that the mid-year budget review is devoid of populist vote-buying gimmicks. According to the Minority, Ghanaians are expecting a realistic mid-year budget that will address hardships they are currently enduring under the NPP government. The Minority’s call is ahead of the presentation of government’s mid-year budget […] The post ‘You

Dozens of supporters of the governing New Patriotic Party from the Central Region on Thursday besieged the party’s Headquarters in Accra, to present a petition requesting for the reinstatement of the region’s 1st Vice-Chairman, Horace Ekow Ewusi. The supporters drawn from the 23 constituencies of the region accused the party’s Regional Chairman, Robert Kutin Jnr., […] The post C/R:

The Minister of State in charge of Public Procurement, Adwoa Safo, says the government is prepared to probe the processes that led to the award of about 12 contracts to Adjaye and Associates. This follows a petition forwarded to the President by the Ghana Institute of Architects raising concerns about procurement breaches and unfair practices […] The post Gov’t

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has said the Electoral Commission’s (EC) just ended limited voter registration exercise was fraught with widespread irregularities and massive challenges that prevented most qualified voters from accessing registration facilities. The NDC in a statement said the challenges associated with the exercise vindicates the party’s “earlier suspicions of collusion between […] The post Limited

A Lecturer at the GIMPA Faculty of Law, Clara Kassa Tee has called for a liberalization of legal education in the country. The backlog of students either trying to get into the Ghana School of Law or to pass the Bar exam has led to heightened public concern over the process. Chairman of Parliament’s Constitutional, […] The post Liberalize legal education in Ghana –

A National Democratic Congress Parliamentary candidate hopeful in the Madina Constituency, Sidii Abubakar Musah, has called on the party to put unity first as it heads into its constituency primaries in the coming days. According to him, the NDC is on a mission to snatch the Madina seat from the governing New Patriotic Party. Sidii […] The post We’re on

The Minority in Parliament is demanding the removal of the luxury vehicle tax which it deems as “economically inefficient.” “Ghanaians expect the outright withdrawal/removal of the economically inefficient luxury vehicle tax,” the Minority said in a statement. The Minority’s call is ahead of the presentation of government’s mid-year budget review on Monday [July 22, 2019]. […] The post Mid-year

Supporters of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Central Region have demonstrated against their Regional Chairman. They accuse Chairman Robert Kutin of taking some unfair decisions against some executives of the party in the region. According to the angry demonstrators, Chairman Kutin is the reason for the cracks in the party in the […] The post C/R:

The Association of Black Woman Attorneys, New York recently celebrated their week-long retreat in Ghana. This event, themed ‘Reinforcing Bonds and Connecting with the Diaspora’ saw a large delegation of ABWA in Ghana. A highpoint of the visit was a mixer where the ABWA team bonded with a selection of female Ghanaian lawyers at a […] The post New York Attorneys

A woman was allegedly tortured and gang-raped by seven police officers while being illegally detained in India. The 35-year-old had her nails pulled out during the ordeal while she was being held at Sardarshahar Police Station in Rajasthan’s Churu district, her husband claims. He also alleged that his 22-year-old brother Nemichand was murdered while being held […] The post Indian

Government has shifted forward its earlier announced deadline for the competition eight hospital projects across the country. The facilities include two regional hospitals and the six district hospitals with a total bed capacity of 810. The hospitals were part of the many uncompleted health facilities highlighted by Citi FM in its campaign for the completion […] The post Gov’t

Government is organising a stakeholder engagement aimed at curbing the increasing spate of abuses and violence against journalism in Ghana. In a statement signed by the Deputy Minister for Information, Pius Enam Hadzide, the Government is taking recent cases of brutalities on journalists very seriously. He disclosed that Government is working to implement a plan […] The post Gov’t

The Ministry Of Inner Cities and Zongo Development has disclosed that the unpaid allowances for Arabic teachers will be paid by close of this week. It says the Ministry of Finance has handed over funds to the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) for onward payment. This follows a threat from some Arabic instructors in the Northern […] The post Arabic instructors to

Japan has supported Ghana with a grant of $1.38 dollars (149 billion Japanese Yen) for human resource development scholarship. The signing of the agreement for the fourth batch of the second Phase of the Japanese Grant Aid for Human Resource Development Scholarship (JDS) took place on Wednesday in Accra. Mr Charles A. Owiredu, a Deputy […] The post Japan supports