GENERAL NEWS

Communications Minister, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful says persons who do not legitimately have the Ghana Card but have had their SIM cards deactivated must reach out to the National Communication Authority (NCA) for a resolution. According to her, the affected users would have to provide evidence to that effect. “In recognition of …

Below are the major news headlines captured on the frontpages of the various news papers in Ghana today, Friday, June 9, 2023     The Finder        I Am Still Chief of Asamankese – Osabarimah Atiabesa Kentinka     The Ghanaian Publisher      Daily Guide         …

The Supreme Court has referred a case involving the estate of a deceased pastor to the Chief Justice to investigate the conduct of the judge and a Court Registrar involved in that case. In a unanimous decision Tuesday [June 6, 2023], a five-member panel of the apex court, presided over …

The Chief  of Asamankese , Osabarimah  Atiabesa  Kentinka   Pobi Asomaning  IV, has refuted claims on social media that he has been destooled  and clarified that  those publications were false and that he remains the true and legitimate   Chief of Asamankese. In a press conference held on Thursday 8th June, 2023 …

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called on its patrons and the general public to contribute financially to support the party’s bid to retain the Assin North parliamentary seat in the impending by-election slated for June 27, this year. Persons willing to support the party have been asked to donate …

The Ministry of Communications has announced that almost 280,000 merchant SIMs have not been registered, offering fraudsters an opportunity to use them in perpetuating their activities. The Minister of Communications and Digitalization, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, provided an update on the SIM re-registration exercise in Parliament, stating that all unregistered merchant SIMs …

The Office of the Special Prosecutor has secured an order from the court to arrest former Secretary of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM). This order was secured after Mr Bissue failed to honour an invitation by the Special Prosecutor last month. Lawyers for Charles Bissue have as a …

Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has sacked more than 200 soldiers including senior military officers from the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF). Maj Gen Aloys Muganga – the commander of the army’s mechanised division who served as commander of the reserve forces from 2018 to 2019 – and Brig Gen Francis Mutiganda, …

The NEIP to disburse $7 million to Hubs as part of NEIP Hubs Acceleration Grant Programme under the Ghana Evonomic Transformation Project-GETP.   Speaking at signing of the NEIP acceleration hubs grant, the CEO of NEIP, Mr Kofi Ofosu Nkansah reiterated to the fact that, the Ghana Economic Transformation Project …

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has reversed his decision after initially ordering that Parliament retain the name of James Gyakye Quayson in its records. The Speaker expressed uncertainty regarding the clarity of the Court’s order and believed that Parliament as a whole should make a collective decision on the matter. …