GENERAL NEWS

The Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development (MOFAD) has placed a three-year moratorium on the entry of new canoe in Ghana’s marine sector. Statistics from MOFAD shows Ghana’s canoe fleet has increased from 8,000 in 1990 to over 12,000 in 2023. The moratorium is to help the government regulate the …

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has undertaken a major reshuffle exercise including a transfer of the Western Regional Director and others after the quarry explosion in Shama last Sunday. A letter dated Wednesday, September 13, 2023, signed by the Executive Director of EPA, Dr Henry Kwabena Kokofu, a copy of …

One’s freedom of speech they say ends at another person’s right to freedom of peace and tranquility. However, both rights are severely curtailed when one’s freedom to privacy and secrecy is disrespected by people near and far. Speaking to Akoma FM news in an interview, The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) …

Dome-Kwabenya executives of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) are telling their Member of Parliament (MP) Sarah Adwoa Safo that they will not re-elect her as their Parliamentary Candidate. According to them, they have had enough of her and thus want a new person to lead the party in the constituency …

The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) in Ada has confirmed that seven fishermen are missing after two fishing boats capsized in the estuary while trying to enter the Volta River on Thursday, September 14. NADMO says 12 of the fishermen have been rescued, while a search team is still combing …

  Below  are the major news headlines captured on the front pages of the various newspapers in Ghana today, Friday, September 15, 2023.     The Daily Searchlight       The Informer               The Ghanaian Observer         Daily Analyst   …

The Member of Parliament for Tamale Central, Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed has described President Akufo-Addo as the most corrupt president in Ghana’s history. The former Deputy Information Minister’s comments follow President Akufo-Addo’s claim that his government has waged the most robust fights against corruption since the country attained independence. According to …

The Member of Parliament for Dome-Kwabenya, Sarah Adwoa Safo, has rendered an unqualified apology to the leadership of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), especially the President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, and other party officials. In a video circulating on social media, Adwoa Safo explained that …

The Paramount Chief of Lower Axim Traditional Area, Awulae Attibrikusu III, criticized the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo government for its handling of the fight against illegal small-scale mining (galamsey). According to him, politicians finance nearly 90% of galamsey in Ghana, making the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo government’s effort in fighting …

The Eastern regional youth organizer for the New Patriotic Party, Mr. Adamu Musa Raha, has said the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is making a confusing argument with its position on the limited registration exercise. According to the youth organizer, the NDC is, in one breadth, insisting on placing a court …