Home / GENERAL NEWS (page 511)

GENERAL NEWS

Anti-galamsey Group Fumes Over Lack Of Prosecution Of Akonta Mining Directors

The Media Coalition Against Galamsey (MCAG) has expressed frustration at the seeming lack of action in the prosecution of the directors of Akonta Mining Limited. MCAG sent two petitions to the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Dr. George Akuffo Dampare in January 2023, to carry out swift investigations into the …

Read More »

GES Cancels Pillow Fight In Basic And Second-cycle Schools

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has decided to suspend the introduction of tug-of-war and pillow fights as sports in basic and second-cycle schools in the country. The GES had earlier approved the request from the Tug of War and Pillow Fight Federation to introduce the sports in second-cycle schools. However, …

Read More »

Odeneho Nana Oppong: Former Jubilee House Transport Officer Enters NPP Flagbearership Race

Odeneho Nana Oppong (aka Candidate 2), a former transport officer at Jubilee House, the seat of Ghana’s presidency, has picked up a nomination form to contest the upcoming New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential primaries, scheduled for 4 November 2023. Representatives of Nana Oppong secured the nomination form from the NPP …

Read More »

Video: Ghana’s Vice President Bawumia Is A British Citizen – Former Ambassador Reveals

A former Ambassador to India under the erstwhile John Mahama administration, Sam Pee Yalley has alleged that Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia holds a British citizenship in addition to his Ghanaian one, in breach of the constitution.   Speaking in an XYZ TV interview on Thursday, June 8, 2023, Mr. …

Read More »

Photos: Asantehene Plants 3rd Commemorative Tree As 2023 Green Ghana Day Kicks Off

The Asantehene, His Royal Majesty, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II on Friday, 9th June 2023 demonstrated his unwavering belief in government’s reforestation program by performing the official tree planting exercise for the third consecutive time. The Asantehene who is a Chief patron of the flagship Green Ghana project has consistently demonstrated …

Read More »

Minority Cautions Against Turning Green Ghana Day Events Into Corruption Schemes

The Minority Caucus in Parliament is warning the government to ensure that the Green Ghana Day is not used as an avenue of exploitation to enrich a few. According to members of the caucus, such programmes in the past, have been used to siphon money from the state and the …

Read More »

Article: Avatime SHS Ranked As Low Performing School; Stakeholders Pay Lips Service.

  Avatime Senior High School (AVASEC) in the Ho West – District of the Volta Region ranked as low performing school: Stakeholders pay lips service.   In recent years, there has been growing concern over the quality of education in many schools across Ghana. One such school is Avatime Senior …

Read More »

NDC Fears Charles Opoku – NPP Chairman Explains Reason For Antics

The National 1st Vice Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Ekow Danquah Smith popularly known as Chairman Butey has rejected assertions that one of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) contenders for the Assin North by-election, Charles Opoku, is not qualified to participate in the impending by-election. According …

Read More »

Charles Bissue’s Lawyer Slams Special Prosecutor Over Court Warrant

Charles Bissue

The lawyer for Charles Bissue, the former Secretary of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on illegal mining, says despite the issuance of a court order for his client’s arrest, he will not be turning himself in. Speaking on Top Story on Joy FM, the legal practitioner, Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah said this …

Read More »

Next NDC Gov’t Will Undertake A Proper SIM Card Re-registration Exercise, Says Minority

The Minority in Parliament has disclosed that the next National Democratic Congress government will embark on another SIM re-registration exercise. This comes in response to the current government’s SIM card re-registration initiative, which commenced on October 1, 2021, with the aim of combating fraud and monitoring individuals engaged in criminal …

Read More »
x