GENERAL NEWS

Source: MyGhanaMedia.com

Assembly Members of the Akyemansa District Assembly in the Eastern Region have confirmed the president’s nominee, Hon Paul Asamoah as the District Chief Executive. The assembly members, at an election to approve or reject the nominee on Monday , September 27, 2021, gave Hon Paul Asamoah the adequate number of …

  The Governor of the Bank of Ghana has announced that the GHC 1 and the GHC 2 commemorative notes would soon be phased out from the system.   According to the Central Bank, the poor handling of the notes, that is torn and soiled, make it expensive to print …

Josephine Panyin Mensah (Simons), the 28-year-old woman at the centre of a supposed full-term pregnancy and kidnapping, on Monday (27 September) pleaded not guilty in court.   Simons, who has allegedly confessed that she invented the whole story to “satisfy” her husband, was granted GHC50,000 bail in her first court …

    In its quest to bridge the severe infrastructure deficit in the country, the government entered into a $2 billion Master Project Support Agreement (MPSA) with the Chinese state-run, Sinohydro Corporation Limited in September 2018.   Under the deal, Sinohydro, a hydropower engineering and construction firm, will finance and …

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The police administration has disclosed that it has fully paid for the medical bills of some residents in Tamale who were assaulted by its officers. It will be recalled that on Monday, September 20, 2021, some police personnel manhandled residents of Zujung, Lamashegu, and Nakpan Zou over alleged power theft. …

A policeman stationed at the Nkanfoa Police Station in the Central Region allegedly released a female suspect on Saturday (25 September) after having sex with her in the female cells. A police report on the incident said Lance Corporal Isaac Apomah freed Theresa Forson, who is awaiting sentencing for undisclosed …

The Accra commercial railway system is set to bounce back to life by the end of next month, the Ghana Railway Company Limited (GRCL) has disclosed.   For about two years now, moves to resuscitate railway infrastructure in the national capital had stalled, raising questions about the commitment of the …

The Ghana cedi has depreciated by 1.7% to the US dollar in the first nine months which will end next Thursday September 30th, 2021, according to data from the Bank of Ghana (BoG). The Central Bank pegged the rate of the cedi to the dollar at ¢5.86, though it is …