GENERAL NEWS

Below are the major news headlines captured on the frontpages of the various news papers in Ghana today, Friday, April 21, 2023.     Speaker Bagban Recalls MPs For Urgent Parliamentary Business On May 2     The Ghanaian Observer           The Daily Statesman     …

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) Foundation has made a donation of GH¢50,000 to former Black Stars Coach Sellas Tetteh, to assist the ailing tactician who has been out of work for over one year. The  donation followed the launch in Accra last Tuesday of the GFA Foundation, the social investment …

The executive secretary of the Alliance for Footsoldiers Advocacy (AFFA) of the NPP, Kwaku Takyi Adomako, a.k.a. Sir Obama, has refuted allegations that the camp of the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, is paying delegates of the party to influence their decision for the upcoming primaries. According to him, a …

A leading member of the governing New Patriotic Party, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko has taken a swipe at former Minister for Environment, Science, Technology, and Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng following allegations the latter made against him in a March 2021 report. Mr. Otchere-Darko in an exclusive interview with Citi New’s Vivian …

Two elected MPs are to marry in what is believed to be a first for Kenya’s Parliament. Eric wa Mumbi, MP for Mathira, and Betty Maina, the Murang’a Woman Representative, are currently living together informally but have decided to formalize their relationship. Cupid’s arrow is said to have struck the …

The Africa vaccination week has been launched in Kumasi in Ashanti Region to commemorate the preservation of the health of children through vaccination. The launched took place at the Lancaster Hotel, Kumasi on Thursday, 20th April 2023. Joined by Dr. Patrick Kuma Aboagye, Director General of the Ghana Health Service, …

Apostle Paul Kofi Agyekum, a Socio-political analyst has labeled most politicians in the country as corrupt who don’t think about the interest of the country but only their parochial and personal interest which has rendered the country with no better improvement. Speaking in an interview with Kwaku Mensah Abrampa on …

About 700 metres (765 yards) from Ghana’s Parliament sits one of the world’s most controversial craters, a hole surrounded by weeds into which $58m has already been sunk for the building of an interdenominational national cathedral. “I made a pledge to almighty God that He was gracious enough to grant …

The Ga Traditional Council (GTC) has placed a ban on drumming and noise-making in the traditional area effective Monday, May 15 to Thursday, June 15, 2023.   The one-month-long ban is a custom that precedes the celebration of the Homowo festival of the chiefs and people of Ga Mashie.   …

Former Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Prof Kwabena Frimpong Boateng has named some top government officials as being engaged in the illegal mining canker, popularly known as ‘galamsey’. The renowned professor who served under President Akufo-Addo during his first term insisted that the rot goes as high as …