GENERAL NEWS

A United States-based Ghanaian Professor, Kwaku Asare has criticized Gender Minister, Sara Adwoa Safo for the error she made in dismissing the director of the school feeding programme. Prof Asare said in a statement that “this is just not an acceptable letter from a minister of state. “You compare it …

The Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Sarah Adwoa Safo has recalled her earlier letter terminating the appointment of head of Ghana’s School Feeding programme, Gertrude Quashigah. Adwoa Safo on 18th May 2021 issued a letter terminating the appointment of head of Ghana’s School Feeding programme. She directed Gertrude …

A 33kv Electricity cable connected to a Pylon (High Tension) belonging to the Electricity Company of Ghana, has been set ablaze by an unknown persons. The Pylon, which is fenced with a wire mesh adjacent to the Ghana Grid Company GRIDCo close to the Tema Oil Refinery, is suspected to …

Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom and his Groupe Nduom are fighting off money laundering and fraud claims made against them by US-based Birim Group. In a motion filed on 5 April 2021 for the dismissal of the case in a court in Illinois, United States, Groupe Nduom said the aspersions and …

A former Director-General of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), Mr Ernest Thompson and four others have pleaded not guilty to causing financial loss of more than $15.3 million to the state. They denied any wrongdoing when they appeared before the Accra High Court on Thursday, 20 May …

The European Commission has indicated the selection of Ghana as a possible manufacturing hub for covid-19 vaccines in Africa. This was after the two day working visit by the President of the Republic Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to Brussels, Belgium, from the 19th to 20 May, a statement signed by …

As a result of the two day working visit by the President of the Republic Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to Brussels, Belgium, from the 19th to 20 May the European Commission has announced the decision to remove Ghana from the list of countries that are deficient anti-money laundering and terrorism …

A Ho Circuit Court has remanded some twenty-one persons believed to be activists and members of Lesbians, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Society into police custody. The suspects were earlier arraigned before the court by the Volta regional police command. The suspects including sixteen (16) females and five (5) male counterparts …

The Ashanti regional police command has commenced investigations into the death of one Kwame Appiagyei believed to be in his 40s. Mr Appiagyei died during a Chieftaincy dispute at Offinso Asamankama in the Ashanti region on Thursday. Mr Appiagyei was stabbed and later shot in the chest after he had …

A Ghanaian man, who pretends to be a fetish priest and has scammed countless people, has come out to confess reasons for his actions. Coming from a very poor background where his single mother had to take care of him and his other siblings, he decided to come to Accra …