GENERAL NEWS

The Minister of Education Dr Yaw Osei  Adutwum has said most of the state-owned senior high schools have received food items after weeks of shortages in the system. Responding to questions in Parliament, he confirmed that the government owes the National Food Buffer Stock Company an outstanding amount of GHC 340 million …

The President of Ghana Nana Akufo-Addo has assented to the Criminal and other Offences (Procedure) (Amendment) Act, 2022 (Act 1079) to provide for plea bargaining in the administration of criminal justice. This took place on Friday, July 22, 2022. The law will, among other things, ensure the speedy trial of …

Electricity consumers across the country must brace themselves in the coming weeks for Electricity Company of Ghana’s intended meter audit operations that will begin on August 1, 2022. Addressing the press after over a month’s moratorium, the Managing Director of ECG, Samuel Dubik Mahama noted that the company will deploy …

Foreign direct investment (FDI) flows to Ghana increased by 39% to US$2.6 billion for the year 2021, according to the World Investment Report 2022. This placed Ghana second in West Africa, and seventh in Africa, in terms of FDI attraction. The rise in Ghana’s FDI flows was attributed to major …

It has emerged that one of the newly nominated Justices of the Supreme Court by President Akufo-Addo is a known card-bearing member of the New Patriotic Party and the Parliamentary candidate for Ho Central in the 2016 elections. Justice Ernest Gaewu was captured in a 2016 poster as a contestant …

The Tema West Municipal Director of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), Michael Teye Larweh, and a businessman, Lordking Adotey Akrong, have been dragged before an Accra Circuit Court for their alleged involvement in the fraudulent sale of a parcel of land priced at GH¢30,000. The two, according to court …

The Russian Embassy in Ghana has provided evidence to reiterate its earlier claims that the invasion of Ukraine is not to be blamed for Ghana’s increasing food prices. The Russian Embassy July 1, tweeted that it was wrong to blame Russia for increasing food prices on the African continent. According …

The Ministry of Roads and Highways has disclosed that portions of the Kwame Nkrumah Interchange in Accra will be closed for repair works. The Ministry disclosed this through the Department of Urban Roads in a press statement issued on Tuesday, July 26. Per the statement, the specific portion to be …

The Okyeman Youth Association has served notice to a Private Estate Developer, Mr. Kofi Anokye, not to step foot at Okyeman for his personal safety following his recent attacks on the Okyenhene.   The Okyeman Youth Association has further given Mr. Kofi Anokye a 48 hour ultimatum to produce evidence …

Award winning journalist, Evans Manasseh has officially resigned from Oti based Radio Safari. The FOKLEX MEDIA Best Newscaster 2020/2021 award winner in both Volta/Oti has not disclosed his reasons but believed to manage his own business. In a letter, Manasseh express gratitude to the CEO of Radio Safari, Mr Evans …