GENERAL NEWS

Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan has cancelled Independence Day celebrations scheduled for Friday and directed that the budget instead be used to build dormitories for children with special needs. The 61st Independence Day event was to cost $445,000, money that will be used to build eight dormitories in primary schools …

A self-styled ‘senior military officer’ is currently in the grips of the Police for impersonation. The imposter, Rufai Abubakar, was nabbed by men from the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF), for posing as an officer of the army.   In a statement confirming his arrest, the Ghana Armed Forces noted that …

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A Deputy Finance Minister, Dr John Kumah, has conceded that government might have over-borrowed in its quest to transform the economic fortunes of the country. According to him, it is not wrong for a nation to accrue debt in its developmental journey, however, borrowing must be done judiciously. When asked …

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Tuesday, 6th December 2022, commissioned the Afienya Road Over Bridge, a key component of the of the new 97.7-kilometre standard gauge railway line from Tema to Mpakadan railway project.     Describing the project as “a brainchild of the first …

The University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) says it will limit the 2023/24 admissions to applicants who will score an aggregate six in their WASSCE examinations.  The Vice Chancellor of the University, Professor Abednego Feehi Okoe Amartey, who disclosed this at a ceremony in the school explained that this is …

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has announced an upgrade on the the One Ghana (GH¢1) coin with enhanced security features. A statement from the BoG said it will issue the upgraded GH¢1 coin into circulation from Monday,12th December 2022. The coin, according to the Central Bank, is similar to the …

The National Democratic Congress National Organizer aspirant, Henry Osei Akoto is moving far into all areas in Ghana to spread the message NDC and to also canvass votes for himself. On Monday, December 5, 2022, he made a trip using the boat to cross the River Volta into the hinterlands …

The Central Region had 18,127 persons living with HIV in the region as of December 2021. Out of the number, 12,119, representing 66 per cent, were women, with 4,365 being men. Children aged from zero to 14 with HIV were 1,443. The region also had 863 new infections in the …

A man who inflicted cutlass wounds on a helpless woman has gone into hiding to escape arrest. The Suame Police in Kumasi have identified the suspect as one Iddrisu, but what influenced him to attack the lady still is unknown. The unexpected attack, reportedly, happened on the night of November …