GENERAL NEWS

The Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afiriyie Akoto has announced the new producer price of cocoa for the year 2021/2022 season as Six Hundred and Sixty Ghana Cedis (Gh 660) per bag of 64 kilogram gross weight which takes effect from Friday 8 October 2021.   He explained …

President Akufo-Addo has been cautioned by the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, not to act on reports from his appointees without independent verification. According to the Asantehene, leaders might be misled by trustworthy officials who only give favorable feedback. He therefore admonished the President to regularly visit key projects to …

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has endorsed Rocksure International as the strategic partner of the Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation (GIADEC), selected to implement Project 2:- development of a mine at Nyinahin-Mpasaaso and a refinery solution. At a courtesy call on Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, at the Manhyia Palace …

A 54-year-old ex-serviceman has been burnt to death after a motorbike on which he rode crashed into a stationary truck at Gumani, near Tamale in the Northern Region.   The deceased identified as Seth Kofi Osei, popularly known as Old Soldier, was the chief security officer at the Prudential Bank …

Members of the Atwima Nwabiagya Municipal Assembly in the Ashanti Region have finally confirmed the president’s nominee Mr. Michael Amoah Awuku as the Municipal Chief Executive. The nominee polled  23 YES votes representing 74.19% while 8 voted NO representing 25.81% out of the 31 assembly members who voted.     …

The Commander-In-Chief of the Ghana Armed Forces, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has assured the people of Ghana that the Police and other security agencies will deal decisively with threats posed by criminals. His assurance comes after parts of the country have lately been saddled with robbery cases and other …

Guinea’s military leader Col Mamady Doumbouya will on Friday be sworn in as the interim president.   The ceremony will be held at the presidential palace and will be attended by those who have been invited only.   Col Doumbouya led the coup that ousted President Alpha Condé early last …

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Wednesday, 29th September 2021, received a three-member delegation from the Guinean military junta, the National Committee for Reconciliation and Development (CNRD), at Jubilee House, Accra.   The delegation, led by Colonel Sadiba Koulibaly, Second-in-Command of the CNRD, was at the …

Mr George Kwasi Amankwa aka Spanky,  General Manager of Akyem Swedru Based Bosome 89.1 FM and CEO of Spanky Media College has passed on this morning. The General Marketing Manager, Mr. Odehyeba Nartey announced the demise on behalf of the management of Akyem Swedru Based Bosome 89.1 FM in the …

Parts of Ghana’s capital Accra and Kumasi in the Ashanti Region have flooded again following a brief downpour between Thursday night and Friday dawn. In Accra, areas such as Kaneshie First Light, Abbosey Okai and Adabraka Sahara are flooded. The situation has resulted in heavy vehicular traffic in different parts …