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A policeman attached to the Workshop of the Ghana Police Service in Accra has been crushed to death by a motorist on the Accra-Tema Motorway. The deceased, identified as Chief Inspector Donnie Ahiable, was said to be traveling on his motorbike from Accra to Tema when the unfortunate incident occurred. …

There has been some form of confusion as to whether or not a landlord should grant a tenant grace period to vacate a premises after the expiry of the tenancy agreement. Many tenants say they are entitled to such an arrangement while they find a new place. However, the Public …

A former Executive Director of the Ghana Standards Authority, Dr George Ben Crentsil, has been cited in a 2020 Auditor-General’s report for receiving double salary for 6 years. According to the report, Dr Crentsil is alleged to have received payment of allowances twice monthly from January 2011 to January 2017, …

The coalition of Concerned Teachers has revealed that the government through the Ghana Education Service (GES) has directed teachers to stop using the new curriculum for basic schools which implementation begin last month and return to using the old one.       It is recalledthat somewhere April 2019, the …

A group calling itself, ‘FixingTheCountry Movement’, has petitioned the Ag. Inspector General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akufo Dampare, to invite and investigate leaders of the ‘FixTheCountry’ protesters, for allegedly making treasonable comments at their recent demonstration in Accra. According to the group, some leaders of the FixTheCountry protesters, whilst …

        Source: MyGhanaMedia.com

Abandoned and delayed projects cost Ghana GHS35.4 million in 2020 according to an audit report released by the Auditor-General on the use of the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF). The figure forms part of contract irregularities committed by various Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) totalling GHS45.69 million. Despite these …

The Ghana Health Service is expected to begin giving out jabs of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine against the COVID-19 virus in the Greater Accra Region today, Friday, August 13, 2021. Vaccine shots in other coronavirus hotspots such as the Ashanti Region will begin on Monday, August 16, 2021.   …

The Chief Executive Officer(CEO) of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), Dr. K.K Sarpong, has debunked speculations that President Nana Akufo-Addo has dismissed him from office. Peace FM’s ‘Kokrokoo’ programme host, Kwami Sefa Kayi, in an interview with the GNPC Boss on Thursday, August 12, 2021 monitored by MyGhanaMedia.com, asked him about …

UN human rights experts have called on the government to reject a proposed anti-gay bill, saying it seeks to establish a system of state-sponsored discrimination and violence against the LGBTI community. The first reading of the bill took place on 2 August 2021, and its consideration is expected to resume …