GENERAL NEWS

The Ministry of Land and Natural Resources has said it has opened an investigation into claims that the late Chief Executive Officer of the Forestry Commission, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie had included some portions of the Achimota Forest in his Will.   Members of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) have …

The construction of the Eastern Corridor Road is Projects Progressing steadily. According to a report by the Ministry of Roads and Highways, Jasikan-Dodo Pepesu Road (Km0-56.4) is completed whiles the Oti Damanko-Gbinti Road (Lot 5 & 6), the reconstruction of the Hohoe-Jasikan (30Km) and the Nkwanta -Oti Damanko (B -12km) …

The Ministry of Works and Housing has charged the local authorities such as the municipal district assemblies (MDAs) to enforce the bye-laws to prevent flooding in Accra. According to the sector Minister, Francis Asenso-Boakye, the district assemblies are empowered by the Local Government Act to ensure that, for instance, building …

The Ghana’s Information Minister,  Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has said intelligence reports suggest that some Ghanaians have been involved in terrorist attacks in the Sahelian region. What this signals is that there has been the possible recruitment of Ghanaians by some of these terrorist groups in the West African sub region, …

It was tears and joy when the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and his Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia on Saturday defied a heavy downpour to join the outgoing Eastern Regional Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kingston Akomeng Kissi to bury his late mother, Obaapanin Abena Nyarko …

Some disgruntled supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Aowin Constituency of the Western North Region have set the party’s office on fire over a decision by the National Executive Council (NEC) to have the recent elections run again.   Their agitations follow attempts by the Council to …

Lawrence Nana Asiamah Hanson (BullGod), Artist Manager  has said that financial specialist ,  Freedom Jacob Caesar should be encouraged to bring in more tigers as part of efforts to boost Ghana’s tourism sector. He appealed to authorities not to act in ways that will discourage him from investing in the sector.. …

Monkeypox is not serious as Covid-19 but Ghana’s health authorities must scale up surveillance mechanisms against the outbreak in other countries, a Public Health Expert at Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, Dr Banda Khalifa, has said. Monkeypox is a rare disease caused by infection with monkeypox virus. Speaking on …

The Executive Director of the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD)-Ghana, Prof Henry Kwasi Prempeh, has expressed worry over the heightened political polarisation in the country. He says there is a clear state capture by ruling political parties, a development he says has fueled party-first ideologies that have replaced public and …

He made the comment when he cut sod for the construction of the University of Engineering and Agricultural Sciences (UEAS), in Bunso, in the Eastern Region on Friday, 20 May 2022. It will be recollected that in this year’s message on the State of the Nation to Parliament on 30 …