GENERAL NEWS

The Minority in Parliament have accused the government of deliberately frustrating the work of Members of Parliament (MPs) and the growth and development of the country. They stated that the President and his Cabinet had failed to present major bills to the House for consideration and constitution of boards of …

    President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has commissioned a newly-constructed building for the Ministry of National Security and launched the National Security Strategy document, the first such document in the history of the country. Speaking at the ceremony on Monday, 7th June 2021, President Akufo-Addo expressed his satisfaction that …

Eight persons are feared dead in a gory accident which occurred at Soko, a farming community in the Afigya Kwabre North District of the Ashanti Region, on Monday, June 7. The cause of the accident is not known but an eye witness told Akoma FM‘s Kwame Yeboa that a Sprinter …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged the Minister for Youth and Sports to explore the possibility of having Callum Hudson-Odoi switch nationality to play for the Black Stars. This was after the Chelsea winger paid the President a courtesy visit at the Jubilee House on Monday. Sports Minister Mustapha …

Fire has gutted parts of the Elmina Fish Market in the Central Region, ravaging property worth thousands of Ghana Cedis. Unconfirmed reports say the fire may have started after a combustible material came into contact with fuel. The fire is said to have spread quite fast towards some fishing boats …

Obuasi (Ash), June 7, GNA – The Obuasi Government Hospital has inaugurated its newly-constructed Maternity Block to improve maternal healthcare in the Municipality and adjoining districts. The 16-bed capacity project, funded by the AngloGold Ashanti Obuasi Community Trust Fund (AGA-OCTF), aims primarily to reduce maternal and neonatal deaths. It comprised …

Government has revealed that it will spend more than ¢1.5 billion to end the controversial double-track system by 2024. According to the Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, the said amount will be spent on infrastructure in senior high schools nationwide. The double-track system was introduced in the wake of …

THE HEAD of Transport at the Presidency (Jubilee House), Nana Oppong, has been sacked, reports suggest. According to insiders at the presidency, he lost his job following allegations that he was involved in some malfeasance. What exactly led to Nana Oppong’s unexpected sack from the presidency are scanty, but numerous …

In April 2020, the Chief Executive Officer of COA FS, Samuel Ato Duncan, had an invitation to meet the Head of Legal Affairs at the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), Mrs. Cynthia Dapaah-Ntow in Accra. That meeting did not take place in the office of the FDA, where Mrs. Dapaah Ntow …

  There is renewed hope among a growing number of residents of Atwima-Nwabiagya Municipality that the Chief Executive (MCE), Michael Amoah Awuku would finally be kicked out of his position. Apart from ordinary residents who demonstrated against him until police had to disperse them, there have been complaints from chiefs …