Contractors will soon return to continue with work on the Saglemi Affordable Housing project, the Minister of Works, Housing and Water Resources, Kenneth Gilbert Adjei, has assured. “We know of the Saglemi housing project, among other projects, has stalled halfway. When I resumed office, I started engaging with key stakeholders, and very soon, we will […]
An Indian pharmaceutical company is manufacturing unlicensed, highly addictive opioids and exporting them illegally to West Africa where they are driving a major public health crisis in countries including Ghana, Nigeria, and Cote D’Ivoire, a BBC Eye investigation has revealed. Aveo Pharmaceuticals, based in Mumbai, makes a range of pills that go under different brand […]
Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah, has painted a disturbing picture of Ghana’s fight against illegal mining (galamsey). According to him, illegal miners have taken over nine forest reserves, preventing the Forestry Commission from accessing them. The Minister told Parliament that galamsey continues to cause severe destruction to Ghana’s lands and […]
The National Identification Authority (NIA) has announced the receipt of 700,000 blank Ghana Cards to address a backlog of unprinted cards dating back to 2023. However, the Authority is grappling with a more pressing issue: over 600,000 Ghana Cards, already printed and ready for collection, remain unclaimed at various regional and district offices across the […]
Former executives of the National Service Authority (NSA) have dismissed allegations made in a recent investigative report by The Fourth Estate, describing it as misleading and sensationalized. The investigation accused the NSA of inflating personnel figures, facilitating ghost names on the payroll, and failing to conduct proper verification of service personnel. However, in a press […]
The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has issued a stern warning to the public, dismissing as false a social media flyer claiming that the government has announced an increase in cocoa prices. The regulatory body has described the flyer, which alleged that the Minister for Food and Agriculture, Eric Opoku, declared cocoa farmers would be paid […]
The Rapid Response Team of the Bekwai Forest District has burnt an excavator, changfan machines, and water pump machines at the Apamprama Forest Reserve. This was part of efforts to clamp down on illegal mining activities in the area. This was disclosed by Bekwai Forest District Manager, Ernest Adofo, in an interview with Adom News […]
The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has brought charges against six individuals at the High Court in Tamale, Northern Region, for offences relating to payroll fraud and corruption. The accused—Yakubu Tahidu, Abdulai Abukari Sadic, Sammy Suuk, Mohammed Yusif Jay, Stafford Korletey Azudey-Barres, and Osman Issahaku—face 17 counts of corruption, alleged to have caused financial […]
The Acting Director of the Ghana National Service Authority, Felix Gyamfi, has assured National Service personnel across the country that all outstanding allowances will be fully paid starting tomorrow, following a directive from President John Mahama. Speaking on Joy FM’s PM Express on Wednesday, February 12, Gyamfi praised the President for swiftly addressing the backlog, […]
The National Security has said it has made a huge bust, seizing a large, unspecified amount of US dollars and Ghana cedis, including counterfeits, hidden in twelve 20ft shipping containers. The containers, according to National Security were tracked to a warehouse around Sapeiman in the Ga South Municipality in Greater Accra, where a special late-night […]
The former Managing Director of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST), Dr Edwin Alfred Nii Obodai Provencal has robustly defended Ghana’s ‘Gold for Oil’ (G4O) initiative against recent criticisms. This comes in response to remarks by Dr Riverson Oppong, CEO of the Association of Oil Marketing Companies (AOMC), who questioned the programme’s […]
A fresh attack on students of Salaga Senior High School in the East Gonja Municipality of the Savannah Region has left one student unconscious and hospitalised. Several other students, mostly boys from the Salaga township, have fled the school, and their whereabouts remain unknown. Sources in the community indicate that on Thursday, 6th February, students […]
