GENERAL NEWS

The Parliamentary Select Committee on Local Government and Rural Development has expressed worry over the continuous award of contracts from the central government for the implementation of capital projects at the local level. According to the committee, the practice has, over the years, disempowered the technocrats at the local level, …

Indigenes of Salom, a salt winning community in the Ada West District, on Friday attacked a security investigative team from the Sege Police Command, vandalising a private vehicle used by the team. District Police Commander, DSP George Aboagye, confirmed to the Ghana News Agency at Sege that one Amartey Anim, …

Member of parliament for Old Tafo in the Ashanti Region incurred the wrath of Tafohene, Nana Agyen-Frimpong Ababio when he failed to honour an invitation to the commissioning of an AstroTurf. The traditional ruler said the absence of Vincent Ekow Assafuah doesn’t speak well of him and for the development …

Social Commentator and economic writer, Coach ‘Opeele’ Boateng, has predicted that it will take the country about two thousand years to grasp the meaning of democracy and its practice. He believes that the happenings in our political space prove that we are still young in the practice of democracy. Explaining …

Aggrieved students of the School for the Blind at Akropong in the Eastern Region have called for the removal of their headmistress, Mahela Narh. The students, who embarked on a demonstration to that effect, accused Ms Narh of mismanagement, misappropriating funds and selling foods donated to the school by philanthropists. …

Ghanaian twin photographers, Twins Dnt Beg, have confirmed that they have been fired as official presidential photographers. Twins Dnt Beg with Samira Bawumia Samuel and Emmanuel Appiah Gyan became official photographers for H.E Nana Addo after the 2016 elections. Before that, they have travelled with the NPP campaign team with …

Stakeholders in the Ghanaian film industry have resolved to stop the showing of feature films on television stations from Thursday, July 1. “From 1st July, 2021 no film producer or film maker shall sell any feature film to any TV station in Ghana to air until further notice,” a notice …

The President of the Ghana Journalist Association Affail Monney has expressed regret over his initial comments on the arrest of Citi FM’s Caleb Kudah by officials of the National Security. Mr Monney had said the journalist breached the code of ethics of the profession when he entered the premises of …

The Chiefs and Elders of Larteh in the Eastern Region say they are losing confidence in the Akufo Addo led government over neglect the community. According to the chiefs, the community has always voted for the ruling New Patriotic Party, therefore was expecting that the party fulfils its part of …

A motor rider, Kwasi Adane 40, have met his untimely death at Prosohene Nkwanta, in the Juaboso District of the Western North Region. The sad incident happened at about 8:00 am on Friday, May 14, 2021, as he was heading towards Bonsu Nkwakanta from Juaboso after dropping his wife at …