GENERAL NEWS

The Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has raised concerns about the lack of progress in solving the murders of some Members of Parliament belonging to the New Patriotic Party (NPP). Speaking on JoyNews’ PM Express, Mr Nketia highlighted the alarming trend of violence in Ghanaian …

Some residents of Nerebehi are currently living with a situation which could be best described as an epidemic waiting to happen. Illegal miners are reported to have mined the community cemetery at Nerebehi in the Atwima Nwabiagya Municipal Assembly of the Ashanti Region in an overnight operation.       …

Officers from Ghana’s Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) have intercepted a package containing suspected cannabis at one of the central points of the courier services department in Accra. This was during a routine check around noon on Thursday, April 4, 2024, when the officers identified suspicious items in a box bound …

The Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) has interdicted all staff implicated in the recent cocaine smuggling incident at the Kotoka International Airport. The Herald Newspaper reported that the scandal emerged following the arrest of a significant quantity of illegal drugs at Brussels Airport in Belgium, with reports indicating that the …

Oheneba Kwame Kyeretwie, the son of Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has accomplished a significant academic milestone. Kwame Kyeretwie, a student of DPS International School, has been elected by his colleagues as the school prefect (head boy). The Otumfuo’s last-born, Kwame Kyeretwie and other elected prefects were installed to their …

Over 400 acres of cocoa farms are being threatened in the Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality in the Ashanti Region as a foreign-owned gold mining firm is carrying out exploration in the area. Five cocoa-growing communities will be affected when the firm, MIGOP Mining Limited begins full operations after carrying out …

The Deputy Communications Director for the National Democratic Congress Malik Basintale has indicated that Ghana’s Chief Imam will choose John Dramani Mahama as President of Ghana as against Dr Mahamudu Bawumia if he was given the ballot today. According to him, the Chief Imam will choose former President John Dramani …

The Ghana Revenue Authority is now led by Ms. Julie Essiam as Commissioner-General, according to a statement from the Finance Ministry. She becomes the first woman to serve in that role and replaces Rev. Dr. Ammishaddai Owusu-Amoah who was relieved from his duties on March 27. President Akufo-Addo at the …

A South African court has ruled that former President Jacob Zuma can run for office in the country’s upcoming general election, overturning an earlier decision that had barred him from contesting the polls. The Electoral Court decision on Tuesday (9 April) allows Zuma to run for president on behalf of …

President Akufo-Addo has appointed Kofi Bosompem Osafo-Maafo as the Director General of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT). The new Director-General of SSNIT is the son of President Akufo-Addo’s Senior Advisor, Yaw Osafo-Maafo. The younger Osafo-Maafo takes over from Dr. John Ofori Tenkorang who has been instructed to …