Ghana’s Role In AU ‘solid’ – Ablakwa
Ghana’s contribution to the stability of the African continent over the years has been a good one, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Member of Parliament for North Tongu, has said. According to him, the...
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Man Kills Sister-In-Law At Akyem Akroso
A 45-year-old hunter, Kodjovi, has shot and killed his wife’s sister, Ama Kromaa, at Akyem Akroso in the Eastern Region of Ghana. The incident happened in the early hours of Wednesday, 24 May. Kofi...
MPs Meet Over ‘galamsey Soldiers’
The Parliamentary Select Committee on Defence and the Interior will be holding an emergency meeting today, May 24, to discuss news of the involvement of some military officers in illicit small-scale...
Crentsil and Family Squandered GSA Funds – PRO
The Public Relations Officer of the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA), Kofi Amponsah Bediako, has alleged that the Authority’s Chief Executive Officer, Dr George Crentsil, and his family squandered...
We’ve Also Fought Against Galamsey
Mike Gizo, Executive Member of the Small-scale Miners Association in the Ashanti Region, has said licensed small-scale miners have over the years contributed to the fight against illicit mining...
‘Hypocrite Gyampo Must Come Again’
Former Member of Parliament for North Dayi, George Loh, has accused political science lecturer Prof Ransford Gyampoh of hypocrisy. His accusation is a counter to Prof Gyampo’s description of the...
Minority Are ‘hypocrites’, Hush Up! – Gyampo
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) and its Minority in Parliament are being “politically hypocritical” with the Delta Force 8 saga, Political Science lecturer, Prof Ransford Gyampo, has said....
Government To Review Mining Laws
The government intends amending legislation on mining to include medium-scale mining activities, Benito Owusu-Bio, Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, has said. According to him,...
Go Away! Ridge Staff To Anaba
Workers at the Ridge Hospital, now Greater Accra Regional Hospital, have welcomed the transfer of Dr Thomas Anaba, the Medical Director. He was served with his transfer letter on Monday, 15 May and...
Cop In Alleged Extortion
A police officer whose name was only given as Sergeant Botwe has been caught on tape allegedly taking bribe from a driver he accused of violating road traffic regulations. Narrating the incident to...
Delta 8-Montie 3 Comparison Shocking – Ablakwa
Attempts to draw similarities between the freeing of eight members of the Delta Force, a private security arm within the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), for raiding a court and freeing persons...
CJ Has Been ‘exceptional’ – Boahen
Outgoing Chief Justice Georgina Theodora Wood has “raised the bar” with her achievements in office, leaving whoever will be named as her successor with so much to do in outperforming her, Nana...
Okyehene ‘disappointed’
The Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) report suggesting that elements within Ofori Panin Fie, the Okyenhene’s palace, are involved in illegal small-scale mining, are “unfortunate” given...
Compulsory French Can Work If Planned
The drive by the Akufo-Addo administration to make French a compulsory subject in Ghanaian schools can succeed with proper planning, Michael Nsowah, the Chairman of the Ghana Education Service (GES)...
140 Soldiers, Police Unleashed On Galamseyers
A team of 140 persons, drawn from the military and Ghana Police Service, have been deployed to flush out illegal miners in Obuasi and surrounding mining towns. This was disclosed by Ashanti regional...
Hotel Staff Dialled Wrong Number – GNFS
The Public Relations Officer of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), Billy Anaglate, has said workers of Coconut Grove Regency Hotel in Accra who were present during the fire outbreak on Saturday...
Fire Service Needs More Resources – Agalga
A former Deputy Minister for the Interior, James Agalga, has said the Ghana National Fire Service will need to be resourced to enable them fight fires more effectively. According to him, although the...
Firemen Feared For Their Lives – Keelson
The Corporate Affairs Manager of Groupe Nduom, Richmond Keelson, has revealed that firefighters who thronged the premises of the Coconut Grove Regency Hotel in Accra to douse the fire that gutted...
Uber Killing Our Business
The introduction of Uber taxi services in Ghana is driving local cab drivers out of business, Francis Appiah, Public Relations Officer of the Committed Drivers Association of Ghana, has said. Uber, a...
Promise To Clear NHIS Arrears Mere Rhetoric
Dr Kwasi Antwi, Secretary of the Society of Private Health Providers in the Ashanti Region, has said service providers cannot rejoice over the assurances given by government to pay their arrears by...