GENERAL NEWS

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has left Ghana to attend the 7th Session of the Ordinary Summit of the Heads of State of G5 Sahel, in his capacity as Chairperson of the Authority of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).   He left Accra on Monday February 15. He …

  Ghana’s finance minister-designate Ken Ofori-Atta is alive contrary to widespread rumours that he was dead, his top aide confirms to Daily Mail GH. Michael Bediako, a personal assistant to the minister, on Monday confirmed that his boss arrived safely in the US where the top government official is under …

The Appointments Committee of Parliament will later today, February 15, 2021, resume hearings for the nominees of the President for various ministerial roles. The Minister of Communications and Digitalization nominee, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful and the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Dan Botwe are expected to be vetted today. The …

Source: MyGhanaMedia.com

Fifteen more deaths have been recorded from COVID-19 infections in one day. After 518 deaths from figures on February 9, the death toll has risen to 533 as of February 10.   This means 39 persons have died in 48 hours, according to the Ghana Health Service’s updates.   In …

Minister for Finance-designate Ken Ofori-Atta has left Ghana to the U.S. for medical attention, an official statement from the Ministry of Finance stated. Ofori-Atta will be out for “medical review” and he is expected to return after two weeks, the statement added. “The Ministry of Finance wishes to inform the general public and stakeholders …

Renowned heart surgeon, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng has initiated a legal action against a Colorado-based Ghanaian engineering student, one Solomon K. A. Owusu before an Accra High. Also cited in the said suit for defamation is Blessed Nana Godsbrain Smart alias ,Captain Smart, a television personality and administrator of WhatSapp platform …

Pupils of Twifo Ashire A.M.E. Zion Primary and D/A JHS in the Twifo Atti-Morkwa district of central region, who are forced to sit on bare floors to learn due to the lack of furniture, are appealing to the government for support.   When MyGhanaMedia.com visited the school, some pupils were …

First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo, has received a humongous, love-shaped fresh-flower bouquet from her husband, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, as a Valentine’s Day gift. Sharing a photo of the gift on her Twitter handle, a delighted Rebecca wrote, “Thank you my hubby dearest @NAkufoAddo Happy Chocolate Day.” The red flowers blended with red …

The International Court of Arbitration has awarded a cost of $134 million and an interest of $30 million against the Government of Ghana over the cancellation of an Emergency Power Agreement with GCGP limited. The Contract was cancelled under the former Energy Minister Boakye Agyarko as part of several other …