The 2021 Population and Housing Census (PHC) has shown that females and the youth between the ages of 15 and 24 years are the hardest hit by the country’s unemployment situation. The report indicated that the unemployment rate among the female population is 15.5 per cent higher than the rate for males, which is 11.6 […]
Two persons died in the early hours of Sunday after fire swept through Railway Line, a slum near Circle in Accra. The fire which started around 3am destroyed several wooden structures. A statement issued by the Ghana National Fire Service said it took six fire tenders almost four hours to douse the fire. “The fire […]
The Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has charged West African states to implement robust systems that will help cut the flow of financial resources to criminals who cause terrorism and political insurgence in the sub-region. He noted that Africa was losing an average of $88 billion a year to illicit financial flows, with a chunk of […]
The Tema High Court has dismissed a habeas corpus application by Oliver Mawuse Barker-Vormawor who has been charged with treason felony and is currently in police custody. He is expected to reappear at the Ashaiman District Court on February 28, 2022. A habeas corpus is a writ issued by a court directing one who holds […]
The Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST) has surcharged six transporters for adulterating petroleum products worth GH¢3,445,200.00 at its Kumasi depot last year. This follows the discovery of adulterated fuel by the company during pre-discharge testing processes at its depot last year. Investigations by the committee set up to probe the incidence showed […]
The Minister of Finance, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, has called for increased political commitment from the governments of West African states to combat illicit financial flows. He said such commitment and political will would help eliminate the criminal activities such funds were used to support. He noted that a reduction in the menace would help reduce […]
Ghana, Rwanda and Senegal are partnering with German biotechnology company, BioNTech SE, to fill, finish, and package BioNTech mRNA vaccines in Africa, as a first step in the chain of domestic vaccine production which will help improve vaccine supply in Africa. This was announced at a high-level meeting in Marburg, Germany, on Wednesday [February 16, […]
The Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe, popularly known as Abronye DC who alleged on radio that Former President John Dramani Mahama was involved in a coup plot has been granted bail by an Accra Circuit Court. Appearing before the court Wednesday morning (Feb 16, 2022), Abronye pleaded not guilty […]
The Majority in Parliament has disagreed with the move by the Minority, initiating a process for the removal of the Minister of Health, Mr Kwaku Agyeman-Manu over the botched Sputnik-V deal with Sheik Al Maktoum of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). According to the Deputy Majority Leader, Mr Alexander Afenyo Markin, the Minority was acting in […]
One of the lead suspects in the rivalry groups behind last January’s violent clashes at Nima-Mamobi in Accra, has been granted bail by an Accra Circuit Court. Ibrahim Hussain, aka Kumodzi – the leader of the “Kumodzi group’, was admitted to bail with three other suspects, Farouk Dawda aka Omoni, Aziz Suleman and Zakari Mohammed aka Miller, […]
The Labour Division of the Accra High Court has put an injunction on the strike by the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG). The court, presided over by Justice Frank Aboadwe Rockson, on Tuesday afternoon [February 15, 2022] halted the strike which is currently in its fifth week. The order followed an application for interlocutory […]
The Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe, popularly known as Abronye DC has been detained by the police. He has been charged on two counts of publication of false news and offencive conduct conducive to breaches of the peace. Baffoe had alleged on radio that Former President John Dramani Mahama […]
