The Ada Traditional Council has justified the decision to bar journalists from community radio station Radio Ada from covering the just-ended Asafotufiami festival. The Asafotufiami Festival Planning Committee in an August 1 letter to the management of Radio Ada said the station was barred from mounting a stage at the festival grounds (Ada Asafotufiami Park) […]
The US Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, has lauded President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for what she said is his exemplary contribution to peace and security in West Africa, as well as Ghana’s role on the UN Security Council. “I have come to express our gratitude to Ghana for your leadership here in […]
The Appiatse Support Fund had accrued GH¢45 million as of yesterday, August 8, 2022. The amount is, however, GH¢25 million short of the GH¢70 million estimated for the rebuilding of the community. The Chairperson of the Appiatse Support Fund Committee, Rev. Dr Joyce Rosalind Aryee, who made this known, said the remaining amount must be […]
Effective October, this year, all drivers under the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU), will be required to subscribe to a mandatory vehicle towing system for the prompt removal of their disabled vehicles from the road. The new towing system, which is being rolled out by the GPRTU in partnership with the Road Safety Management […]
Police at Abuakwa in the Ashanti region are looking into the strange circumstances that led a man to keep his wife’s dead body in their flat for several months. The man’s body was also discovered by police in the family’s bathroom, sitting on the toilet. Two children of the couple, aged 11 and 13, were also rescued […]
One would like to enjoy a cold bottle of ‘brukina’ (or bokina), a dairy milk and millet mixture, to release some stress on a sunny afternoon. But have you bothered to know what this meal contains? A research conducted by the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research at the University of Ghana has found that […]
A Level 100 student of the University of Ghana is currently in the grips of the police for allegedly murdering her boyfriend at Ashaley Botwe School Junction in Accra. Twenty-three-year-old Safina Mohammed Adizatu, according to the police, was assisted by one Michael Fiifi Ampofo Arku a Technical Officer, in committing the crime. The police narrated […]
A former National Security Minister, Francis Poku, has called on the government to provide effective regulatory measures to guide the operations of private security firms in the country. He said despite the critical role of private security operations in safeguarding the security of the state, their activities could produce miscreants who would impede the fight […]
The National Identification Authority (NIA) says about 800,000 Ghana cards are yet to be picked up by the owners from NIA’s regional and district offices across the country. According to the NIA the non-collection of printed cards is creating storage challenges for them. “Our immediate challenge has to do with cards that have been printed […]
An unidentified young man has been stoned to death by a mentally challenged woman. The incident is reported to have happened on Monday afternoon atop the Kwame Nkrumah Circle. In a video circulating on social media, the unknown man was seen lying in a pool of blood with a large stone near his right hand. […]
The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia on Monday inaugurated the first phase of 100-kilometres of rehabilitated Kumasi inner city roads. Dubbed, “Rehabilitation and Auxiliary Infrastructure of Kumasi Inner Ring and Adjacent Streets Project,” it is a turnkey project, in line with the vision of the Akufo-Addo led government to provide an integrated urban transport system responsive to the […]
Varied public opinion and discussions have greeted the decision by the Independent Examinations Committee (IEC) of the General Legal Council (GLC) not to disclose the pass mark for this year’s entrance examination into the Ghana School of Law (GSL), and also for the candidates to sign an undertaking not to challenge the results. Critics including […]
