GENERAL NEWS

The President of Ghana, H.E Akufo-Addo has had cause to advise journalists to desist from churning out lies and vile speculations about the prevailing economic conditions in the country. He believes any such negative reports tend to affect any gains the government is making in the country’s economic recovery programme. …

The University Students Association of Ghana (USAG) has expressed displeasure with the increment in the fees of public universities for the 2022/2023 academic year. USAG has bemoaned students cannot adequately prepare to meet up with the new fees, considering the few weeks they have to resume academic activities. Parliament recently …

Unsuccessful National Youth Organiser aspirant of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Brogya Genfi has withdrawn his suit challenging George Opare Addo’s victory. In a press release issued on Thursday, Mr Genfi said the decision was after the former President, John Dramani Mahama’s counsel. According to him, out of the respect …

The much-applauded Gold for Oil Policy will be implemented beginning next month, Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has announced. The Oil for Gold initiative, announced by the Vice President last month, will see Ghana pay for imported oil products with gold, in a move which the Vice President explained will …

Some disgruntled clients of Databank have threatened to attack the company for failing to honour withdrawal requests. Chief Executive Officer of the firm, Kojo Addae-Mensah who disclosed this to JoyNews on Thursday, said the situation is serious and could get out of hand. “It is a very serious matter. We …

A former National Democratic Congress (NDC) Deputy Women’s Organiser hopeful for Sunyani West Constituency, Irene Amankwaa Karikari, has denied being the newly wedded wife of National Communications Officer of the party. Outspoken NDC National Executive, Sammy Gyamfi, tied the knot in a traditional ceremony to a lady who bore some …

Thousands of supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) have stated that the series of attacks, threats and blame games meted out to the NDC Presidential hopeful, Dr. Kwabena Duffuor by some self seeking elements of the NDC including the Vice Chairman of the party in the Klottey Korley Consistency, …

The Gambia’s government says it has thwarted an attempt to stage a coup. Four soldiers had been arrested and three alleged accomplices were on the run, a statement said. It is unclear who exactly was behind Tuesday’s attempt to overthrow President Adama Barrow, who won a second term in elections …

The Joint Health Sector Unions and Professional Associations say all public health facilities will be completely shut down by January 9, 2023. This will arise if the government fails to exempt the pension funds of organized labour from the Debt Exchange Programme. It comes on the back of threats of …

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