Make Internal Auditors Independent
The Auditor-General (A-G) has asked Government to make internal auditors at the Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) staff of the Internal Audit Agency, to ensure their independence and to...
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28-Year-Old Cop Killer Arrested
The police have arrested the man suspected to have pulled the trigger that killed the Chief Inspector Emmanuel Ashilevi, during a dawn raid at the Kwabenya police station. The suspected killer,...
BoG Reduces Policy Rate By 150 Basis Points
The Bank of Ghana has reduced its policy rate to 21 percent. The figure represents a 150 basis points reduction from the 22.5 percent. This is the third consecutive time that the policy rate has been...
Gov’t To Ban Mercury Imports By End of Year
Government has disclosed it will ban the importation of mercury to augment efforts to curb the impact of illegal mining activities in the country. The move is expected to take effect by the end of...
Suspected Car Snatchers Grabbed In Swedru
A Circuit Court in Akim Swedru has remanded into Police custody, Louis Adomako, a 33-year-old phone repairer charged with robbery of taxi cabs from their drivers around villages near Akim Akoroso...
Stakeholders Call For Summit On Political Vigilantism
Participants at a day’s public forum in Tamale which focused on the need to disband political parties’ vigilante groups have called for a national security summit to deliberate on the human...
Akufo-Addo To Visit Zambia June 26
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, will pay a 3-day state visit to the Republic of Zambia at the invitation of the Zambian President, His Excellency Edgar Lungu. The visit by President Akufo-Addo...
Upper West NHIS Achieve 2016 Key Performance Targets
The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in the Upper West Region, has despite the odds achieved most of its key performance targets for 2016. With hard work, determination and commitment, the...
China Angry With Zambia For Detaining Nationals Over Illegal Mining
China has condemned Zambia for detaining 31 of its nationals for alleged illegal mining without providing strong proof, Reuters news agency reports. Those detained include a pregnant woman and two...
Prof. Badu Akosa Can’t Be Our Chief – Kwahu Queen Mother
Nana Adwoa Gyamfua III, the paramount queen mother of the Kwahu Traditional Area in the Eastern Region, has stated categorically that they (Kwahuman) will never allow Professor Agyemang Badu Akosa...
India To Build 10 Domestic Nuclear Power Reactors
India on Wednesday said it will develop 10 domestically-built heavy water reactors to increase its nuclear power capacity, as it looks to ramp up clean energy generation. The federal cabinet headed...
I’ll Abdicate Throne If I’m Not the Legitimate Person
Gbese Manste, Nii Ayi Bonte, has again vowed to give up the stool if Nii Okaija III is able to produce valid and historical documents to support the assertion that he is not the legitimate person...
I Stole GHC15, Not GHC300 – Armed Robber
There was drama at the Manhyia Divisional Police headquarters last Friday when a suspected armed robber admitted to robbing his victim of GH¢15 and not GH¢300 as alleged by the police. The suspect,...
Lands Minister Orders Shanxii Mining To Stop Work Following Tragedy
Lands and Natural Resources minister John Peter Amewu has directed Shanxii Mining Ghana Limited in the Upper East region to stop work following the tragic death of seven miners. The death of...
More OMCs Threaten Layoffs Over Illegal Trade
More workers are set to be laid off in the petroleum downstream sector as the illegal sale of petroleum products continue unabated. Already, the CEO of the Association of Oil Marketing Companies,...
Ban On Drumming In the Ga State Announced
The ban is to herald the celebration of the Homowo festival The Ga Traditional Council has announced that the ban on drumming and noise making takes effect from the 8th of May to the 8 of June this...
Chieftaincy Minister Defends Suspension of Nkonya, Alavanyo Chiefs
The Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs Minister Samuel Ahiave Dzamesi has supported the decision of the Volta Regional House of Chiefs to suspend the chiefs of Nkonya and Alavanyo. The Volta Regional...
Suspending Nkonya, Alavanyo Chiefs Unfair – Queen Mother
The Paramount Chiefs and Queen Mothers of Nkonya and Alavanyo in the Volta Region, have described as unfair the Regional House of Chiefs’ decision to suspend them indefinitely for failing to...
House of Chiefs Suspend Nkonya, Alavanyo Chiefs Over Clashes
The Volta Regional House of Chiefs has suspended indefinitely, the Paramount Chiefs and Queen Mothers of Nkonya and Alavanyo for their inability to maintain peace between the two traditional areas....
Nkonya Killings Will Be Treated As A Criminal Matter – Minister
The Volta Regional Security Council will hand the recent killing of two persons at Nkonya Zongo in the Volta Region on Wednesday evening as a criminal matter. During a media briefing on Thursday, the...