GENERAL NEWS

Parliament’s Appointments Committee continues Day 5 of its ministerial vetting process with nominees Ambrose Dery and Kwesi Amoako Atta. Interior Minister-designate, Ambrose Dery and Minister-designate for Roads and Highways, Amoako Atta will Tuesday, February 16, appear before the Committee chaired by First Speaker Joseph Osei Owusu. Both appointees would retain …

  The country’s death toll has risen to 542 with nine (9) more Ghanaians succumbing to Covid-19. In its latest update, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) indicated that as of February 11, Ghana recorded a total of 76,492 confirmed cases. The surge in total cases reported by the Service is …

e National Concerned Drivers Association of Ghana has taken a swipe at the Ghana Road Transport Coordinating Council, (GRTCC) for its failure to deal decisively with the low transport fares in Ghana. The concerned drivers are demanding a 10% increase in transport fares effective next week. The concerned drivers in …

Minister-designate for Communications and Digitalization, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, says government is in the process of taking over AirtelTigo, Telecommunication giant soon. Speaking to the Appointments Committee of Parliament, the minister-designate said the decision by the government comes after shareholders of the network indicated that they want to exit the Ghanaian market. She noted …

The Ghana Education Services has suspended the 64th Independence Anniversary parade following a spike in COVID-19 cases. This came following a press release signed by the Deputy Director-General -MS, Mr Anthony Boateng. The statement read that the suspension followed a directive from the Office of the Chief of Staff to …

  Residents of Sefwi Adiembra near Chirano, in the Bibiani Anhwianso Bekwai Municipality of the Western North Region, were thrown in shock on Sunday, February 14, 2021, when a man called Kofi Twene a.k.a Ebeyeyie, 55years, allegedly killed his ex-wife Rose Oppong popularly called Afua Kye at age 38 in …

The Communication Minister-designate, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has revealed that the Covid-19 App launched by the Communications Ministry in 2020 to augment government’s fight against the pandemic did not cost the government any money. According to her, the Covid-App, which helped in tracing people who have come into contact with Covid-19-positive individuals …

The National Investigative Bureau (NIB) has arrested the CEO of the Bluegrass Group Ltd, Kwadwo Darko-Mensah, also known as Onasis.   According to reports, the suspect is to assist in an ongoing investigation in regards to the procurement of some 853,000 pieces of mathematical sets. Mr Darko-Mensah is said to …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has left Ghana to attend the 7th Session of the Ordinary Summit of the Heads of State of G5 Sahel, in his capacity as Chairperson of the Authority of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).   He left Accra on Monday February 15. He …