GENERAL NEWS

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Chairman in the Manhyia South Constituency, Richard Adjei Mensah Ofori Atta, has issued a warning to the National Organiser of the party, Henry Nana Boakye to retract and apologise for what he describes as the latter’s blatant lies. Nana Boakye, popularly known as Nana B …

The National Executive Council (NEC) of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has announced the final aspiring candidates to contest in the party’s upcoming parliamentary primaries. The announcement follows a report by the National Parliamentary Appeals Committee (NPAC) and the National Parliamentary Vetting Committee (NPVC) regarding the eligibility of aspirants to …

Comoros President Azali Assoumani has won a fourth term with 62.7% of votes despite opposition marking his re-election as fraudulent. After attempting a coup d’etat in 1999, Assoumani was President of Comoros in 2002, 2016, and 2019 and is currently the African Union chairperson. President William Ruto of Kenya withdrew …

Mr Mark Owen Woyongo, a former Minister of Defence, Interior, and Member of Parliament(MP) for Navrongo Central Constituency has died at age 78. Family sources say the former MP, who had been unwell, died in Accra in the late hours of Wednesday, January 17, 2023. The former Interior Minister recently …

The Ministry of Transport has asked the public to disregard reports of a purported hike in the cost of public transportation across the country. The Ghana Private Road and Transport Union (GPRTU), in a statement on Wednesday, revealed that at a national management meeting held at the Trades Union House …

The Founder of the New Force Movement and Ghanaian Entrepreneur, Nana Kwame Bediako, popularly known as Cheddar or Freedom Jacob Caesar, finds himself in a series of tax evasion scandals as documents from the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) reveal that he has been slapped with significant penalties for failing to …

Below are the major news headlines captured on the front pages of the various newspapers in Ghana today.        The Daily Searchlight             Supreme Newspaper         The Business Analyst         The National Voice       Press …

The Senior Staff Association-Universities of Ghana, and the Federation of Senior Staff Association Ghana, have declared an indefinite strike, with effect from January 17, 2024. The decision is as result of what they describe as the Government’s persistent disregard for the welfare of their members and other conditions of service. …

Public transport users will face a 30 percent increase in fares, effective January 22, 2024. The Commercial Transport Operators of Ghana, in a press release, stated that the increase is a result of a “substantial rise in the costs of lubricants and spare parts, coupled with increment on DVLA service …

In a response to alleged disrespectful remarks by Mr Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as ‘Wontumi’, the Ashanti Youth group has imposed a ban on the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP). The ban, announced during a press conference in Kumasi today, Wednesday, 17 January 2024, …