The Ga Traditional Council (GTC) has placed a ban on drumming and noise-making in the traditional area effective Monday, May 15 to Thursday, June 15, 2023.   The one-month-long ban is a custom that precedes the celebration of the Homowo festival of the chiefs and people of Ga Mashie.   …

Former Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Prof Kwabena Frimpong Boateng has named some top government officials as being engaged in the illegal mining canker, popularly known as ‘galamsey’. The renowned professor who served under President Akufo-Addo during his first term insisted that the rot goes as high as …

The organisers of the annual Ghana Music Awards USA ceremony have released the list of nominations for the 2023 edition. The annual award show celebrates Ghanaian artists and musicians in Ghana and those based in the diaspora, particularly in the USA. Organizers of the event have recently announced the nominees …

The Member of Parliament for Subin constituency in the Ashanti region, Eugene Boakye Antwi, has made some shocking revelations about the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) presidential primaries held in 2007 at the University of Ghana Legon. According to him, most of the contestants tried to influence the outcome of the …

The Minister of Energy and also a Member of the Parliament for Manhyia South Constituency in the Ashanti Region, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has disclosed that some $2.5 million worth of crude condensate has gone missing at the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR). The Minister explains that his outfit secured a …

A report on the state of the Ghanaian media has revealed that the media is not financially viable with the majority of journalists poorly paid. The report compiled by the Communications Department of the University of Ghana and the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) also disclosed that the Ghanaian …

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has written to the Council of State to reconsider the appointments of Hajia Salima Ahmed Tijani and Dr Peter Appiahene to the board of the Electoral Commission. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Monday, March 20 swore in three new members of the Electoral …

Below are the major news headlines captured on the frontpages of the various newspapers in Ghana today, Thursday, April 20, 2023.   The Daily Dispatch                   The New Crusading Guide               The Insight       …

The Former Fomena Constituency Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party(NPP) Akwasi Nti is in the news again this time declaring his support for the Vice President’s campaign team. Mr. Nti in a news item that is circulating on various portals, claims he decided leave Mr. Alan Kyerematen’s camp because …

The Member of Parliament for Dormaa Central and the Minister of Health, Mr. Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, has expressed his dissatisfaction with certain service providers under Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), whom he accuses of extortion.   He claims that instead of benefiting from the scheme, poor subscribers are being overcharged …