The New Patriotic Party electoral area coordinators within the Asokwa constituency of the Ashanti Region are calling on the party’s constituency chairman, Rev Benjamin Fosu Nkromah to render an unqualified apology to them and their newly elected General Secretary for making some “unsavoury comments” ahead of the party’s national conference. …
Read More »NPP Has Failed Ashantis – PPP Says
Leadership of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) has urged the residents in the Ashanti Region to lower their expectations on the government’s promise to construct the Suame interchange and other monumental infrastructure. PPP, which arguably happens to be the third-force party in Ghana, has cast doubt on the government’s …
Read More »Police Staff Die In Accident On Tema -Aflao Road
A Staff of the Ghana Police Service met his untimely death at Tema Community 25 Estate Junction on the Dawhenya stretch of the Tema-Aflao road on Sunday, July 24, 2022. The Motorway Command of the Ghana National Fire Service received a distress accident call at 9pm and got to …
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Free SHS Under Review Or Not: Finance Minister Sets Records Straight
The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has said the Free Senior High School (SHS) and TVET education are not under review. Presenting the 2022 Mid-Year Budget Review to Parliament for approval, Mr Ofori-Atta said the government will continue to fund and improve them. “We shall not compromise on President Akufo-Addo’s commitment …
Read More »Over 700 Burkinabes Who Fled Terrorist Attacks Arrive In Ghana
Over 700 Burkinabe nationals who fled terrorist attacks in Burkina Faso have arrived in Ghana. This was confirmed by the Ghana Refugee Board. Most of the refugees who are women and children, are seeking refuge in communities in the Bawku Municipal and Bawku West district. The refugees, are from communities …
Read More »Ashanti Region: ‘Sakawa Boy’ Gunned Down Over $250,000
Collins Asumadu, the 22-year-old internet fraud boy aka ‘Sakawa’, who was shot dead in Kumasi last Tuesday, allegedly suffered his fate after he duped his crime partners a staggering US$250,000. According to reports reaching the paper, Asumadu had strong links with some banking institutions in the country, therefore, he usually …
Read More »NSS Registration Pin Codes Released
The Management of the National Service Scheme (NSS) on Monday, July 25 released a total of 127, 999 registration PIN Codes for eligible Ghanaian final year students from all accredited tertiary institutions in the country to enable them to enroll for their mandatory national service for the 2022/2023 service year. …
Read More »Keep Faith With President Akufo-Addo, He Can Do It – Ofori-Atta Tells Ghanaians
The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, has called on Ghanaians to offer President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo the much-needed support to turn the economy around. “I want to appeal to Ghanaians to keep faith with the President and his team,” he said. “We know things are tough now but …
Read More »Finance Minister: NaBCO Will End By September 1
Ghana’s Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has said the Nation Builder’s Corps (NABCO) programme will end on September 1, 2022. He said this while presenting the mid-year budget review in Parliament on Monday, July 25. “Mr. Speaker, our iconic National Builder’s Corps (NaBCo) programme, which was initially to run for three …
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