GENERAL NEWS

The 2021 Population and Housing Census (PHC), which began on the night of Sunday, June 27, officially ends today, Sunday, July 18.   The nationwide exercise was originally scheduled to end on Sunday, July 11 but was extended by one more week to enable enumerators mop up in districts where …

The Interior Minister Mr Ambrose Dery has declared Tuesday July 20 as a statutory public holiday. The day marks the Eid-ul-Adha celebration.   The day should be observed as such throughout the country, a statement signed by Mr Dery said “The general public is hereby informed that Tuesday, 20th July, …

The Bolt driver, who was beheaded at Feyiase in the Ashanti Region, has been laid to rest. A funeral service was held for Israel Agyei Manu, who was also headteacher at Rogel Montessori & Basic School at Atonsu, at Gyinaase on Sunday, July 18. Israel Agyei Manu, who was initially …

    The National Chief Imam, Sheikh Dr Osman Nuhu Sharubutu, has announced that this year’s national Eid-ul Adha prayers will be marked inside the newly commissioned National Mosque of Ghana Complex.   This year’s Eid-ul Adha is set to be marked nationwide on Tuesday, July 20.   In a …

      The Minister of Finance, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, is expected to move for the adoption of the Mid-Year Review Budget Statement and Economic Policy of Government next week.   The Mid-Year Budget, which is the Government’s supplementary estimate for the 2021 financial year, would be proposed to the …

    Three persons have been confirmed dead and ten others injured in a crash on the Kumasi-Obuasi road in the Ashanti Region.       The accident happened on Friday, July 16, 2021, after a Toyota Tundra vehicle collided with a taxi at Afoaka Junction.     According to …

  The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has banned the importation of poultry products into the country  from neighbouring countries where the prevalence of bird flu has been confirmed with immediate effect. It follows a confirmed outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza  in the Greater Accra , Central and Volta Regions. A statement issued by the Ministry …

A conflict resolution, peacebuilding, and development professional, Emmanuel Bombande, has noted that there will be more protests in Ghana to ensure that duty bearers work in the interest of the general public. To that end, he said there needs to be changes in how the Military and other security officers …

    The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Friday, 16th July 2021, commissioned the National Mosque of Ghana Complex, at a brief ceremony at Nima.     The edifice contains a grand mosque which is the second largest in West Africa, an office complex for the …

Member of Parliament for Assin Central Constituency Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has asked for the forgiveness of the Paramount Chief of Wa Traditional Area for the military and, by extension, the people of Ghana for the incident of Thursday, July 1. Leading a delegation of members of the Parliamentary Select Committee …