GENERAL NEWS

The Minority Group in Parliament has urged President Akufo-Addo to instruct the Minister for Communications and Digitalisation, Ursula Owusu Ekuful to extend the deadline for the SIM card re-registration exercise. The call comes three days to the deadline of July 31. Addressing the press in Parliament on Thursday, Deputy Ranking …

Ghana’s President Akufo-Addo has sacked Sarah Adwoa Safo as the Gender Minster. This was contained in a press statement issued from the Presidency on Thursday, July 28, under the signature of the Communications Director, Eugene Arhin. According to the statement, President Akufo-Addo did so under Article 81(a) of the 1992 …

While several members of the Ghanaian public remain anxious over the ongoing SIM card re-registration exercise, the National Communication Authority has affirmed that there will be no extension of its stipulated deadline. After fixing a deadline for March 31 this year, the NCA announced an extension of its deadline to …

Government has announced that an amount of ₵57,460,000 has been released to the colleges of education across the country. The said amount is expected to cater for feeding as well as cover the students allowance of the 46 colleges. This was disclosed by the Spokesperson of the Education Ministry, Kwasi …

The Supreme Court has declared as unconstitutional the law which permits license to be granted for the cultivation of cannabis or ‘wee’ in small quantities for industrial and medicinal purposes. Section 43 of Act 1019 of the Narcotics Commission Act stipulates that “the Minister on the recommendation of the Commission, …

A young man name yet to be known is currently in the grips of the Ashanti Regional Police Command over identification theft and also defrauding residents of Ejisu, under guise of recruiting them into the Army.   The suspect, as gathered claimed to be the brother of the Deputy Minister …

A joint security team of armed police and Military has been deployed to Brenase in the Ofoase Ayirebi constituency in Eastern Region following deadly clashes between Ofoase Zongo youth and Brenase youth. One person has been confirmed dead by the Police with four persons sustaining gunshot wounds. The Akyemansa District …

Fresh details emerging over the fracas between the Atwima Kwanwoma District Police Commander and a Corporal of the Formed Police Unit in the Ashanti region indicate that Superintendent Albert Quansah allegedly attempted to snatch a service rifle from Corporal Boakye moments after the former was labelled a criminal in the …

The Ghana Police Service has expressed reservations about the report on corruption perception survey conducted by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). A research conducted by the GSS together with CHRAJ and UNODC …

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