Ghana Airlines will start operations this year as the country’s national carrier after the government awarded Ashanti Airlines and its operational and financial partner Zotus Group a tender to commence business. “The time has come to return Ghana to the aviation map,” the Minister of Transport, Kwaku Ofori Asiamah said …

The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has revoked the licences of 30 Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) for non-compliance with the rules and regulations of the downstream petroleum regulator on the acquisition and maintenance of their licences.   In a statement on Thursday (12 January 2023), the NPA said, it “will bear …

The Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD – Ghana), under its Local Economic Development (LED) programme, has on Tuesday handed a fully equipped three Skills Enterprise Centers (SECs), to the Asutifi North District Assembly (ANDA).   Located at Kenyasi No 1, Ntotroso and Kenyasi No 2, the SECs has trained …

A 15 – Member Bono Regional Advisory Board (RAB) to ensure religious and chieftaincy cohesion in zongo communities has been inaugurated on last Friday at Sunyani. Held under the auspices of the Bono Regional Chief Imam, Sheikh Umar Abdul – Kadre, the inauguration was aimed at consistently enhancing peace and …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has dismissed eight students of the Chiana Senior High School in the Kassena-Nankana West District of the Upper East Region for making derogatory comments against President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. It will be recalled that the eight students in a viral video, last year, were …

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) has interdicted four members of staff who were implicated in JoyNews’ ‘Money over Human Lives’ investigative piece. The investigation was carried out in two regions, the Greater Accra Regional Office located at 37 and the Tamale Regional Office in the Northern Region. The …

Five games from matchday 12 of the 2022/2023 Ghana Premier League were played on Wednesday at various league venues. At the Aliu Mahama Sports Stadium in Tamale, Tamale City and Asante Kotoko fought to a 1-1 tie. In the 83rd minute, Issah Nyaabila scored an own goal to give Seydou …

Gabon’s President Ali Bongo has appointed the country’s first female Prime Minister Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda to the role of vice president and named a new PM to replace her, his secretary-general said. The announcements were made on Monday. Former Defence Minister Ossouka Raponda, 59, who had been appointed premier …

The head of the Huahi Royal Family of Boadi in the Ashanti Region has filed a suit against the Inspector General of Police (IGP) over his unlawful arrest by officers of the Ghana Police Service. According to him, before his release, he was humiliated, subjected to torture and embarrassed at …

The Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, has taken a swipe at the former Trade Minister, Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, arguing that he has already lost his bid to become the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) ahead of the 2024 elections.   Sammy Gyamfi claims …