The Government says it has acquired mini vehicles to be used for the promised ‘Okada for Car’ initiative. The governing New Patriotic Party promised to offer commercial motorbike operators, popularly called ‘Okada’ riders a better and safer alternative should it win a second term. The initiative was announced by Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia in […]
The National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) has busted a 42-year-old man with 656 ATM cards connected to nine banks operating in Ghana and Nigeria. Bachir Musa Aminou, who claims to be a Nigerian but holds a Nigerien passport, concealed the cards in a black plastic bag containing kola nuts bound for Dubai in the United Arab […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo last Friday left Accra for the United States of America (USA) to attend the 76th Session of the United Nation’s General Assembly. During the trip he is billed to hold bilateral engagements with some colleague Heads of State; NATO Secretary General, Mr. J. Stoltenberg; top Economist Jeffery Sachs; WTO Chief, […]
The Minister of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development, Mr Dan Botwe, on Sunday afternoon, September 19, 2021, released the list of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) nominees by President Akufo-Addo. The list contains 260 MMDCEs to head the 260 Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Assemblies (MMDAs) in the 16 political administrative regions of […]
The West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) says it has put 11 schools under surveillance after receiving information that the institutions intend to cheat in the ongoing West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). Speaking to the press on Wednesday, the Head of Test Administration Division, George Ohene-Mante, said the schools are being closely monitored for […]
The Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) has placed a travel ban on all the members of the military junta in Guinea and their immediate family members. In addition, the regional political and economic bloc has placed a freeze on the financial assets of the coup makers and their immediate family members. This was […]
The Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) rose from their Extraordinary Session on Guinea with demands for presidential and legislative elections in six months. The meeting in Accra, Ghana, on Thursday, 16 September, 2021 concluded that the Republic of Guinea remains suspended from the fold […]
The National Health Insurance Scheme card will be phased out at the end of the year, with the function to be transferred to the Ghana Card. Nearly half of the Ghanaian population have registered onto the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), enabling them to access healthcare services in public facilities and some private outfits. In […]
Ghana is hosting an Extraordinary ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) Summit on Thursday, September 16, 2021 to deliberate on the coup d’état in Guinea. About 13 Heads of State are expected to attend the Thursday meeting. Ghana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Ms Shirley Ayorkor Botchway, at a press briefing on Wednesday, said that Guinea […]
The General Overseer of the Glorious Word Power Ministry International, Rev. Isaac Owusu Bempah has been granted bail in the sum of Two Hundred Thousand (200,000) Ghana Cedis. Rev. Owusu Bempah has been charged for threatening to kill the self-acclaimed evangelist, Patricia Oduro Koranteng, aka Nana Agradaa. BestNewsGH.com sources reveal that an Accra High Court […]
The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has revealed that the preliminary report on the 2021 Population and Housing census will be published on September 22. The preliminary report will contain the provisional results of the 2021 census as well as provide information on population by administrative units and sex; household size by administrative unit, number and […]
The Ghana Journalist Association (GJA) has demanded swift action against some followers of the Head Pastor of the Glorious Word Power Ministries International, Rev Isaac Owusu Bempah who attacked journalists and prevented them from doing their job when Owusu Bempah and three others were arraigned in court on Monday for threatening to kill Nana Agradaa. In a press […]
