GENERAL NEWS

Veteran journalist and Managing Editor of the Insight Newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr, has revealed a conversation he had with President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on the latter’s politics as a young man. Pratt authoritatively alleged that Akufo-Addo as of 1966 was a card bearing member of the Convention Peoples Party, the ruling party …

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, says youth groups such as the #FixcTheCountry movement should rather be commended and not condemned for challenging the status quo. Rt. Hon. Bagbin believes the #FixTheCountryNow movement and other youth groups must be encouraged because their activities are in response to the President’s clarion …

Thirteen drivers including the MP for Sissala West, Mohammed Sukparu, and the Greater Accra NADMO Director, Archibald Cobbinah, have been apprehended for various traffic infractions. The errant drivers were arrested on the Legon bypass in Accra for driving against traffic, unauthorised use of sirens and strobe lights.   Some erring …

Former Central Regional Minister, Kwamena Duncan, has slammed government over the leakage of the list of the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) ahead of their announcement by the Minister for Local Government, Dan Botwe.   The delayed list was finally out and nominees announced to the public but …

A 45-year-old Night Guard at the Tema Central Sub Metro, has been found dead at post.   According to officials of the Tema Central Sub Region, the deceased whose name was given as Salifu Abugri, was found lying in a supine position in one of the offices of the sub …

Two primary six pupils of Ahafo Kenyasi No.2 R/C Basic school have drowned after taking a dive in the Newmont dam in Ahafo Tutuka. The pupils have been identified as 13-year-olf David Opoku and 14-year-old Thomas Opoku. It is unclear their reason for visiting the dam. Okyeame of Ahafo Tutuka, …

The Government Statistician Professor Samuel Kobina Annim, has announced that Greater Accra Region is now the most populous region in Ghana, with 5,446,237 people overtaking the Ashanti Region, 5432485 which has been the most populous region since 1970. Ashanti Region closely follows as the second most populous region. These regions, according …

The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has announced on Wednesday that provisional results from the 2021 Population and Housing Census indicate that Ghana’s population is now 30.8 million. Speaking at a press conference in Accra, Professor Samuel Kobina Annim, the Government Statistician, said the provisional results show that Ghana’s population has …

Michael Simons has denied claims that his wife, Josephine Simons, was not pregnant when she was allegedly kidnapped last Thursday (16 September) in Takoradi in the Western Region. Josephine Simons was reported to be nine months pregnant when she went missing after going for her usual morning exercise.   Speaking …

The husband of a 29-year-old pregnant woman, Josephine Simon, who went missing in Takoradi before being found at Axim has broken his silence on the matter.   Michael Simon told Adom FM’s morning show Dwaso Nsem Wednesday that his wife was in the eighth month of her pregnancy when she …