GENERAL NEWS

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 …

The Deputy Majority Leader and MP for Effutu, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has offered support to Assin Central MP, Kennedy Agyapong, who has been referred to Parliament’s Privileges Committee for allegedly threatening the life of a journalist. Speaking on the floor of Parliament, Mr. Afenyo-Markin, who has served as legal counsel for …

The Management of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has said it is working to address the concerns of students who protested on Friday, July 16, 2021, over the extreme hikes in private hostel fees. In a statement, it agreed with the students that the recent hikes …

The Food and Agriculture Ministry through its Veterinary Services Directorate has confirmed the outbreak of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza disease, otherwise known as Bird flu in some parts of the country. These are the Greater Accra, Central and Volta Regions. The outbreak of the disease follows the detection of …

Residents of Tsibu in the South Dayi District of the Volta Region, have taken the bull by the horn to fix the 800-meter inner access road wthin the community. They have raised funds to construct a drainage system and rehabilitate 700 meters of the stretch and provide bitumen surfacing on …

Member of Parliament (MP) for Tamale North, Alhassan Suhuyini, has said that an apology, for inciting attacks against Luv FM journalist, Erastus Asare Donkor, from his colleague, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong will not be enough to repair the damage caused to the image of Parliament. According to him, the Assin Central …

The Gyaasehene of the Apinto Divisional Council, Dr Nana Adarkwa Bediako II, has denied being kidnapped as widely reported on Thursday. On Friday, the Western Regional Police PRO, DSP Olivia Ewurabena Adiku, told the media that the chief told them he went into hiding but was not kidnapped.     …

A young police officer, Constable Prince Fordjour of the National SWAT, is ending the week more than GHS10,000 richer owing to his kind gesture of returning money he found at a bank’s ATM.         Constable Fordjour’s honesty was rewarded on Friday, July 16, 2021, at the Police …

Fire has razed down 4 four bed room house in Asanso, a suburb of Bekwai in the Ashanti Region.   An eyewitness speaking to ASP Sampene of Dess fm, she saw the fire on the roof but can’t tell source of the raised fire. She quickly called Bekwai fire station …

Persons within Ghana’s food production value chain are warning of looming food shortage if measures are not immediately taken to resolve the unavailability of fertilizer in the country by the end of the year.   They say Ghana faces a potential food crisis by 2022 if the challenges they face …