GENERAL NEWS

The Coalition of Commercial Transport Owners has announced its intention to embark on a nationwide indefinite strike beginning Monday, November 6 as part of measures to compel the government to scrap some taxes on fuel to enable reduction at the pumps. According to the Coalition, the government for the past …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has placed a temporary ban on all Ministers of State and their deputies at least for the next one month except travels for motivated by serious medical emergencies sources close to the Presidency has confirmed to Asaase News. This action by President Akufo-Addo, will be …

A teacher union, known as All Teachers Alliance Ghana (ATAG), has announced its decision to embark on a demonstration to express its displeasure over the deduction of GHS 509 from the teachers’ professional development allowance for the payment of the government’s one-teacher one laptop policy. The demonstration, slated for December …

The Paul Adu-Gyamfi led administration won prestigious awards in nine (9) different categories in one night during the Ghana Union of Professional Students (GUPS) PRO Awards. The event took place at the Ministry of Information GNAT Hall on the 26th of November 2021 as Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, Minister for …

President of the 4th republic of Ghana, Akufo-Addo has been adjudged African of the Year, 2021 by Forbes Africa magazine for its latest issue that was unveiled on Friday 3 December 2021. The award which is in its fourth year, recognises Africans that have made an impact on the continent …

The ECOWAS Commission in collaboration with the West African health Organisation (WAHO) is organising a Sectoral Ministers virtual meeting on the reopening of land borders in the region to facilitate the free movement of persons.     In a statement issued by the regional body on December 3, 2021, it …

At least 23 people have drowned after a bus travelling to a wedding plunged into a flooded river in Kenya. Video footage shows the bus was swept away after the driver tried to cross fast-flowing water over a bridge in the Enziu River, about 200km (125 miles) east of the …

As part of the Inspector-General of Police’s (IGP’s),Dr. George Akuffo Dampare , Community Engagement strategy, he and his team, on the third day of his visit to the Ashanti Region, engaged community members of Kwaafokrom, a cocoa farming community, about 5 kilometres from Mabang.       Inspector-General of Police …

The Ashanti Regional Police Command on Thursday, 2 December 2021, arrested two robbers and shot one other dead in Oseikrom, in the Ashanti Region.   According to a Saturday December 4,2021 statement from the Ghana Police Service, signed by Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Kwesi Ofori, Director General, Public Affairs …

It was a display of a mixture of different Ghanaian cultures of drums and dance as Juaben re-enacted its traditional roots to climax a year-long celebration of 50 years of Nana Otuo Siriboe II as the Omanhene of Juaben Traditional area. The reenactment covered every aspect of the lives of the …