GENERAL NEWS

Acting District Chief Executive (DCE) Emmanuel Avoka, has blamed the rise in the number of accidents especially in the Northern part of the country on the amount of sales car owners expect from their drivers. There has been several accidents in recent times in the Northern part of the country …

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), James Oppong Boanuh, has urged officers of the Ghana Police Service to enforce the laws in cases involving lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI) persons. realityapp This comes in the wake of the closure of an office space for a group, LGBT+ …

Earlier this week, the President of IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe indicated that his outfit is opened to receiving donations from groups that promote the LGBTQI agenda. Franklin Cudjoe stated that IMANI Africa will welcome such donations as long as there are no conditions attached to the offer. He also declined …

The Ghana Education Service has announced that the 2020 Computerized School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) into Senior High Schools and Technical and Vocational Education and Training Schools (TVETS) will be published on Sunday, February 28, 2021. In a statement issued by the Service, out of the total number of …

Lawyers of the Judicial Service of Ghana have cautioned all media houses in the country to desist from publishing hateful, indecent and offensive statements against judges. Their concern, they say “arises from the publication and/or permitting the publication of a series of incendiary, hateful and offensive statements, and speeches on …

The Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs Minister-designate has stated that he cannot compel churches to pay tax if mandated as Minister for Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs. Ebenezer Kojo Kum told Parliament’s Appointment Committee during his vetting Friday, that per the laws of the state, churches are not mandated to pay tax …

The Environmental Sanitation Taskforce of the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly, on Friday, 26th February 2021, arrested 14 people for defecating openly in drains and other public places. The arrest is the Assembly’s effort to reduce open defecation in the metropolis to ensure a clean and hygienic environment for its people. According …

Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu has questioned the rationale behind the nomination of Freda Prempeh as a Minister of State at the Ministry of Works and Housing. This is because the President has already appointed Francis Asenso-Boakye as the substantive Minister. Mr. Iddrisu feels the appointment is a duplication of roles …

  The Trade and Industry Minister-designate, Alan Kyerematen says 139,331 jobs have so far been created from the government’s One District, One Factory initiative.   Mr. Kyerematen, who announced this when he appeared before the Appointments Committee of Parliament on Friday, February 26, 2021, also disclosed that “76 of the …

Contractors working on some health facilities in the Ashanti Region have assured government of the speedy completion of the projects. According to them, most of the main components of the projects are completed with equipment fixed.   This was disclosed when the Ashanti Regional Minister nominee Simon Osei Mensah visited …