GENERAL NEWS

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. …

Day two of Onua Maakye’s Peoples’ Assembly at the Obuasi East district of the Ashanti region is in limbo as some youth claiming to be members of the ruling New Patriotic Party have attacked the team. Before the commencement of the show Thursday morning, June 8, 2023, two young men, …

The 2020 running mate to John Dramani Mahama, Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, has joined executives from the national, regional, constituency, and branch levels of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to campaign on behalf of James Gyakye Quayson. This is towards the re-election bid being sought by the NDC member, whose …

The Ho Municipal Assembly is a governing body located in the Volta region of Ghana. Recently, the members of this assembly have requested that the finance officer vacate their office due to allegations of misconduct and disrespect towards the members. One of the primary concerns raised by the members of …

Several Members of Parliament have expressed their concerns and called for the implementation of legislation to govern the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the country. AI tools are software applications that utilise algorithms based on artificial intelligence to perform specific tasks and address various challenges. These tools have wide-ranging …

Former Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin North, James Gyakye Quayson who seeks to re-enter parliament, through the June 27, 2023 by-election, has some strong words for persons who indicate he is jail bound. While addressing National Democratic Congress (NDC) supporters who ushered him to the area ahead of the …