GENERAL NEWS

The youth of Bantama in Kumasi have resolved to provide stiff competition for the forty-seven parliamentarians in the Ashanti Region during any elections that will be organised by the party. According to the Bantama Youth Group, their decision is aimed at protesting the inability of the incumbent MPs to lobby …

Transport Minister, Kwaku Ofori Asiamah has told Parliament that the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) did not breach the Public Procurement Authority (PPA) laws in the award of a contract to Frontiers Healthcare Services Limited to test for Covid-19 at the Kotoka International Airport. Under the agreement, Frontier Healthcare Services …

Former President John Mahama has proffered some solutions to the Akufo-Addo-led government to implement in order to save the ailing economy. According to him, if fiscal discipline is not ensured, Ghana is likely to go “entirely broke like Sri Lanka.”   Mr. Mahama was speaking at the launch of a …

The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) says the date for announcing the new utility tariffs has been moved from July 1 to July 15, 2022. “This was necessitated as a result of the broadening of the tariff consultation process to solicit for more independent views; ensure independent verification of submitted …

The number of police officers who were injured during the first day of the Arise Ghana demonstration increased from twelve (12) to fifteen (15), the Police have announced in a statement on Thursday, June 30.   All the officers are being treated at the Police Hospital with two undergoing emergency …

The Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) has warned that fraudsters are taking undue advantage of the exercise to link the Ghana Card to bank accounts. EOCO said these fraudsters send messages to suspecting customers demanding their bank account details, Mobile App PIN and Mobile numbers. A statement by EOCO …

The Controller and Accountant General Department is reported to be readying to make a payment which will further entrench some irregularities at the Northern Development Authority (NDA) next week. The Department is set to pay some ¢5 million to the NDA in a deal currently at the office of the …

The Lawyers for Arise Ghana demonstrators say they cannot trace the whereabouts of protestors who were arrested on the first day of the march. According to the group of lawyers, the police have refused to give them access to their clients telling them it is an ‘order from above’. The …

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Ejura Sekyeredumase, Bawa Braimah has accused the police and the municipal Assembly of creating unnecessary tension with an injunction against the organisation of Islamic prayers for victims of killings by security personnel in the community.   Families of Kaaka and others who were killed …

The Faculty of Academic Affairs & Research director at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) has praised former President Mahama for being tolerant of divergent views during his tenure. According to Prof. Kwesi Aning, he could vociferously criticise the former President and still sleep soundly after such critiques. …