GENERAL NEWS

The government has fulfilled the pledge to pay compensation to families of the two youth who were killed during a disturbance in the Ashanti Region town of Ejura last year.   The deputy minister for the Interior Naana Eyiah Quansah on Saturday (5 February), handed over a cheque of GHC250,000 …

The official vehicles of the Eastern Region Director of Education and that of the regional accountant have been impounded to defray judgment debt on 102 teachers. The vehicles are yet to be auctioned to settle the judgment debt as the bailiff makes effort to get 17 more vehicles marked by …

The construction of a 3.0km long bridge that will link Kwahu to the Afram Plains has been given a major boost following the approval by Parliament, of an agreement for an amount of €230million Atradius credit facility to finance the project.   The credit facility secured from the Deutsche Bank …

The President of the republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Friday (4 February) left Ghana to attend the 35th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union, which is being held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.     The meeting of the heads of state will take place …

The communications director of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP),Yaw Buaben Asamoa has emphatically stated that military takeovers in some parts of the continent are not the solutions to the problems of Africa.   He maintains that coup is disruptive and has no answers to the challenges confronting the African …

An Associate Professor of Law at the University of Ghana, Kwadwo Appiagyei Atua, has asked the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) to move away from just condemning Coup d’etat and address the main issues that influences the decision to overthrow the government. He proposed this on Newsfile as …

The Executive Director of the Africa Centre for Local Governance (ACELOG), Nana Kwame Obeng Akatii, who is also Communication and Media studies lecturer at the Kessben University College, Kumasi, has applaud His Excellency the President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Danquah Akufo Addo for suspending Sekondi-Takoradi Municipal Assembly’s …

A first-year student of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) is feared dead after a private vehicle knocked down a number of students at Ayeduase close to the KNUST campus. Eyewitnesses say the female student was not responsive after the incident involving the black saloon car with registration …

The story of a 16-year-old physically-challenged boy who uses his mouth to carry a bucket of water for household chores and aspires to become a great footballer at Kpandai is offering hope and inspiration to many. Wahab Kadir suffered paralysis in both legs and found himself in an unfriendly environment. But he is shrugging …

One hawker is feared dead while three others are injured after a driver ran into them at the Oda lorry station in the Birem Central Municipality of the Eastern Region.   According to the report one food seller called Abena dead and three men are seriously injured as a driver …