GENERAL NEWS

A Member of the Osu stool, Nii Odoi Kwao II, has alleged that the current Owoo family which is claiming ownership of portions of the Achimota Forest Land is a “scam”. He argued that there is no such family name existing in Osu. According to him, if the government wants …

A Member of Parliament’s Privileges Committee, Kweku Ricketts Hagan, says the media would not be permitted to cover the hearing proceedings of three MPs who were referred to the Committee for absenting themselves from the house beyond the constitutionally required time period. The three MPs, Henry Quartey of Ayawaso Central, …

The President of Ghana,  Akufo-Addo has been selected to chair the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF), an international partnership of countries highly vulnerable to a warming planet. President Akufo-Addo takes over as Chair, following the end of Bangladesh’s two-year term as Chair of the Forum, which serves as a South-South co-operation …

Management of Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) has described as untrue claims that caterers who continue to cook food for beneficiary pupils will not be paid by the government. The secretariat says such claims are “misconception and misinformation” aimed at discouraging the caterers under the programme from doing their work. …

Ghana’s senior presidential advisor, Yaw Osafo-Maafo has said that the government cannot provide subsidies for petroleum products in Ghana.   Osafo-Maafo maintains that the Ghanaian economy cannot “stomach” any form of incentive to fuel.   “There is no way the economy can provide subsidy to fuel,” the former Finance Minister …

The President of the 4th republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has commissioned two ultra-modern IHC Beaver 50 dredgers and marine equipment of Dredge Masters Limited (DML), a subsidiary of the Jospong Group of Companies (JGC).     Unveiling the dredging equipment at the parking yard of DML at …

Gospel artist Daniel Toffey Jr, who has roots from the Jomoro area in the Western Region of Ghana but resides in the United States of America (USA) had come to Ghana with his father and mother to attend the funeral of an in-law.   The mother stayed behind while Daniel …

The Acting Head in Charge of Analysis and Forecasting Office of the Ghana Meteorological Authority (GMet), Felicity Ahafianyo, has asked Ghanaians to expect more rains this season. The Ghana Meteorological Authority (GMet) has been consistent in providing periodic weather forecasts over the past weeks. Speaking on Atinka FM’s AM Drive …

Speaker Alban Bagbin has said MPs do not get overpaid on purpose. Addressing the house after it resumed sitting on Tuesday, 24 May 2022, Mr Bagbin said: “It is important for us to erase the perception of the public on these matters of an overpayment which is politically called double …

The Office of the Special Prosecutor has charged Mr Alexander Sarfo-Kantanka, a former nominee for the position of chief executive of the Juaben municipality with 26 counts of corruption. A statement issued by Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng on Tuesday, 24 May 2022, announced that Mr Sarfo-Kantanka will be arraigned in …