GENERAL NEWS

One of the people arrested for ripping up parts of the astroturf at Drobo-Faaman in the Bono Region has reportedly been jailed for seven years. Journalist, Saddick Addams, who broke the initial story, reported that a 21-year-old, Gideon Asuako, one of the people who was detained for the act had …

Students in their final year at Usher Mills School in Accra say they will blame President Akufo-Addo if they fail the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). The students made this comment during an interview with JoyNews on the impact of the strike action by their teachers on studies.   On …

Police in the Upper East are searching for an assailant who attacked a Police Officer at Zebilla on Wednesday, July 6, 2022. According to a statement released by the Upper East Regional Command and signed by Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) David Fianko-Okyere, “The officer was attacked near the Zebilla …

The President of Ghana Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, is expected to open the Symposium Of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) on July 26, this year. The conference which opens on July 26 at the Christ The King Parish, will end July on 31, 2022 at Holy Spirit Cathedral …

The Interior Minister,  Ambrose Dery, has disclosed that a total of 670 inmates have been enrolled in formal education as part of efforts to rehabilitate and reform them for their reintegration into society, after their discharge from prison.   According to him, the Ghana Prisons Service continues to provide and …

A former Youth and Sports Minister, Kwame Saara Mensah has shared his opinion on how the trophy drought for the Black Stars team could end. Kwame Saara Mensah says the Ghana Football Association (GFA) and the Ministry of Youth and Sports must focus on developing football in the country by …

Workers in the public sector say they can no longer shoulder the burden brought onto them by the prevailing economic hardship in the country. Staff of about 69 public sector institutions have therefore decided to put to vote a motion on whether or not to lay down their tools as …

The President of Ghana  Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed optimism that the country will succeed with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme. He stated that the IMF intervention is for repairs of the nation’s finances in the short term. In the long term, he said, the country will continue …

The Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has dismissed claims that government is the cause of the country’s decline in the 2022 Press Freedom Index. Speaking in Parliament, the Minister noted that after comprehensive investigations, the slump can be attributed to poor remuneration of journalists. In May, it came to light …

The rising concern about the denigration of local languages has taken center-stage once again.   This time, coming from former Speaker of Parliament, Prof Aaron Mike Oquaye.   The statesman is peeved about the way the Twi language is used as voice-overs to promote foreign content on Ghanaian televisions. According …