GENERAL NEWS

Popular Ghanaian sports journalist, Papa Richie De Alcantara has resigned as an employee of Ghana’s Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah’s Akyem Oda based Akyemansa FM  after five years of working with the award-winning media network. Papa Richie announced his resignation via his various social media handles. In a post, he …

The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has increased tariffs for electricity and natural gas by 18.36% across the board for all consumer groups. The decision was taken after a review for the second quarter of 2023. PURC in a statement explained that the decision was taken to balance the prevention …

The Supreme Court has by a unanimous decision ordered Ghana’s Parliament to expunge the name of James Gyakye Quayson from its records as a Member of Parliament for the Assin North constituency. This follows a judgment of the apex court upholding an application invoking the original jurisdiction of the Supreme …

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will on Thursday, May 18 give details on the Ghana’s disbursements following a scheduled approval of the request for an extended credit facility by the country. The approval will be done on Wednesday, May 17 by the Executive Board of the Fund. In a media …

The Supreme Court is expected to deliver its judgement in the case in the restrained Member of Parliament for Assin North James Gyakye Quayson has been dragged to the court. The judgement of the court will put finality and clarity on whether the restrained NDC MP violented the Supreme laws …

Former President John Dramani Maham a is under investigation by the Special Prosecutor’s office over allegations of bribery. According to reports, Mr. Mahama paid over GHC14,203,680 to 355,092 delegates of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the party’s recently held primaries. The money, which was given under the guise of …

The Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has asked the British Museum to return gold items in its collection to Ghana. Otumfuo Osei Tutu II recently met the museum’s director Dr Hartwig Fischer for discussions. The museum’s collection includes works taken from the Asante palace in Kumasi during the war with …

Public transport fares are to go down by 10 percent effective today, Wednesday, May 17, 2023. Road transport operators attributed the reduction to consistent marginal reductions in the price of fuel. The reduction covers shared taxis, intra-city (trotro), intercity (long distance) and haulage. Announcing the reduction in a statement, the …

The sitting Member of Parliament for Sagnarigu constituency, Alhassan Bashir Fuseini, popularly known as Alhaji A.B.A Fuseini, will no longer return to Parliament in 2025. The lawmaker unfortunately lost his seat during Saturday’s primaries organized by the National Democratic Congress (NDC). He polled 333 votes while his opponent, Atta Issah …

Leadership of the National Democratic Congress in the Ashanti Region has rejected claims that the party tried to kick out its Member of Parliament for Asawase, Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak. The former Minority Chief Whip had accused the party’s leaders of scheming to oust him from the Asawase constituency during the …