Six persons have been arrested in connection with the murder of the 21-year-old soldier, Private Imoro Sherrif, in Ashaiman in the Greater Accra Region on Saturday, March 4, 2023. The arrests followed an intelligence-led, week-long police operation. Those arrested separately at their various hideouts include two persons who are believed to have stabbed the soldier […]
The Electoral Commission (EC) has stated that it will not compile a new register for the 2024 elections. Rather, the commission said it would begin an all-year-round limited registration exercise for only people who would turn 18 years and persons who had not previously registered as voters. The Chairperson of the EC, Jean Mensa, who […]
Parliament has passed the National Pensions (Amendment) Bill, 2021. The object of the bill is to exclude the Police Service, the Immigration Service, the Prisons Service, the security and intelligence agencies and the Ghana National Fire Service from the unification pensions. The bill seeks to amend the National Pensions Act, 2008 (Act 766) to exclude […]
The Minerals Commission is to install tracking devices on 4,000 excavators and earthmoving equipment as part of measures to clamp down on illegal mining activities. Currently, 75 excavators have been affixed with tracking devices and their activities being monitored from a control room at the commission. The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu […]
The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Jean Mensa, has told Parliament that the use of the Ghana Card as the sole identification document for continuous voters’ registration will guarantee the credibility and integrity of the country’s voter register and aid elections as a whole. For the part of the Executive Secretary of the National […]
Ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu has been declared the winner of Nigeria’s disputed presidential election. The 70-year-old veteran politician got 36% of the vote, official results show. His main rival Atiku Abubakar polled 29%, and Labour’s Peter Obi 25%. Their parties had earlier dismissed the poll as a sham, and demanded a rerun. Mr Tinubu […]
Two people said to have stolen US$1,600 from a forex bureau at the Accra Mall on Monday have been put on the police wanted list. The two suspects, according to the victim, entered the forex bureau under the pretext of changing money. They however reportedly stole the US$1600 from the counter of the bureau on […]
Finance Ministry says payment of coupons and principals in respect of the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP) will start on March 13, 2023. According to a release issued by the Ministry, this only applies to old bondholders who did not sign up for the DDEP. “Secondly, in fulfillment of the assurance given by Government to […]
Trading activity on the bond market rebounded sharply as total turnover jumped by 453.25% to ¢750.36 million. This is coming following the beginning of trading of new bonds. The new Government of Ghana bonds saw an aggregate traded volume of ¢44.47 million. According to trading activity, the market saw very little activity in the opening […]
Former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo has alleged that the results of last Saturday’s presidential election have been doctored and manipulated. He has therefore called on President Muhammadu Buhari to demand a review of the results collation process. In a statement he personally signed and issued on Monday, Mr Obasanjo alleged that most of the results […]
About 85 police officers have petitioned the Police Council over delays in their promotions. The petitioners are seeking “academic promotion” due to their attainment of higher academic degrees after being granted study leave by the Police Administration. In a petition signed by their lawyer, Ayikoi Otoo, the police officers said all attempts to impress on […]
Nearly 150 experienced nurses and other health professionals from the Pantang Hospital have left the shores of the country in search of greener pastures in the last six years. Of the number, 100 are specialised psychiatric and general nurses while the rest consist of doctors, pharmacists, technicians and other experienced personnel in the healthcare delivery […]
