Following the violence that characterised the Arise Ghana street protest in Accra on Tuesday, June 28, 2022, the police has shared public educational tips on the law that guides the holding of special events including demonstrations. POLICE PUBLIC EDUCATION ON THE HOLDING OF SPECIAL EVENTS INCLUDING DEMONSTRATIONS 1. Background Following the violence that characterised the […]
A Nigerian has been extradited from Ghana to the United States over his alleged involvement in fraud and information theft against some victims in Northern Ohio, and other places. 31-year-old Blessing Adeleke had earlier been arrested in Accra by the Ghana Police Service on Monday, March 14, 2022. He is facing 17 counts of indictment […]
The Ghana Police Service has interdicted an officer alleged to have aided the murder of a bar operator during a chieftaincy dispute at Adum Afrancho in the Atwima Kwanwoma District of the Ashanti region. Chief Inspector Emmanuel Opoku Addai of the Kokoben Police Station together with four others who were arrested in connection with the […]
The government has urged pre-tertiary teacher unions to restore their services while they engage to find amicable solutions to their demands. A Deputy Minister of Education, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, who made the call in an interview with the Daily Graphic, said the government was sensitive to the demands of the teacher unions and would […]
Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has urged Central Banks in Africa to endeavour to create combined sovereign reserves that could expand their balance sheets to respond to financial challenges amongst African Union member states. He was of the view that whereas the combined sovereign reserves stood at about $300 billion to $500 billion making it a […]
A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is expected to arrive in Ghana on Wednesday, July 6 to begin negotiations with government on the economic support it is seeking. The IMF officials – comprising senior officers from the Fund and local staff – will meet the Finance Ministry, the Economic Management Team and the […]
The government is optimistic that the resort to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will help stabilise the economy and restore buffers to make it stronger. It said it had been compelled to approach the IMF because the COVID-19 pandemic had depleted the buffers, throwing the economy into an 11 per cent deficit, against the regulated […]
It appears that calls for Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta’s head over Ghana’s current economic misfortunes may have come to naught. Government spokesperson, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah says justifications so far for Ken Ofori-Atta to step down are neither here nor there. Many critics including former President John Mahama have called for him to be sacked after […]
A total of 516 firemen and firewomen yesterday passed out from the National Fire Academy and Training School (FATS) in Accra after nine weeks of training. The Recruit Course 54 comprised 294 males and 222 females who were selected from across the country. They were trained in the rudiments of firefighting techniques. Commendation The Minister […]
Ban single-use plastics in the country, a former Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Prof. Agyeman-Badu Akosa, has said. He said this would help reduce the danger posed by plastic waste which has life-threatening implications on human life and the environment. Prof. Akosa was speaking at a high-level panel discussion at the University of […]
President Akufo-Addo has directed the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, to begin formal engagements with the International Monetary Fund, for an economic programme, Joy Business can authoritatively confirm. A statement signed by the Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, and dated July 1st, 2022 indicates that there had already been a conversation between the IMF boss, Kristalina […]
The 40th Martyrs Day, which commemorates the abduction and killing of three Justices of the High Court and a retired Army officer, was yesterday[June 30, 2022] marked with a solemn church service at the Christ the King Catholic Church in Accra. The victims were Justices Frederick Opoku Sarkodie, Cecelia Koranteng-Addo, Kwadwo Agyei Agyapong and Major […]
