GENERAL NEWS

Some teachers have petitioned President of Ghana, Akufo-Addo to declare Teachers Day which is observed on October 5 annually as a public holiday. Among other things, the teachers say some of their colleagues are sometimes declined permission to absent themselves to partake in activities to observe the day. In a …

Director for the Ghana Integrity Initiative and Board Chairperson for the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), Linda Ofori Kwafo, has asked President Akufo-Addo to immediately dismiss public officers who have not declared their assets.   According to her, this will give more weight to the President’s commitment to fighting …

A group of Ghanaians seeking to demonstrate for three days beginning June 4, 2022 have written to the Accra regional Police Command to allow them to demonstrate with their own private security. The individuals including broadcasters Captain Smart and Okatakyie Afrifa are also asking the Police to allow demonstrators carry …

A legal practitioner has petitioned the Attorney-General (A-G) to prosecute the Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) and other top officials of the bank over the sharp fall in the value of the Ghana cedi. Dr John E. Baiden is urging the A-G to go behind the BoG over …

The  British High Commissioner,  Harriet Thompson has said her tweet on Oliver Barker-Vormawor’s last arrest for a traffic offence was not intended, in any way to elicit a response from Ghana’s Inspector General of Police.   Dr George Akuffo Dampare wrote to the British High Commissioner describing her recent ‘I’ll …

The 2022 Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) has indicated globally, levels of hunger remain alarmingly high. In 2021, they surpassed all previous records as reported by the GRFC said, with close to 193 million people acutely food insecure and in need of urgent assistance across 53 countries/territories, according to …

The Assin Fosu District Police Command led by Chief Superintendent Cephas Arthur has arrested two suspected notorious drug dealers, in a special swoop operation at Assin Foso in the Central Region. The arrested suspects’ Awudu and Haruna both aged 22 years are assisting police in an investigation.   Several wooden …

Families of the 44 Ghanaians who were murdered in Gambia alongside some other West African nationals appear to be getting closer to securing justice and reparation. A white paper signed off by Gambian President Adama Barrow appears to clear earlier doubts about the commitment of the Gambian Government to prosecute …

Dr George Akuffo Dampare, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), has advised the British High Commissioner to Ghana not to interfere in matters that do not concern her. The advice is in reference to the High Commissioner’s tweet over the arrest of one of the conveners of the #FixTheCountry movement, …

The government has given more than 400 acres of state lands, including a section of the military barracks in Kumasi, to the Asantehene. The Fourth Estate has sighted a directive to public institutions to that effect. It is signed by the Chief Director of the Ashanti Regional Coordinating Council, Mrs. …