President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has visited the Ghana House Project site in Rome, Italy to familiarize himself with its operations. The president who met the initiator of the project, Massimiliano Colasuonno Taricone, said the cardinal objective of the Ghana House project is to promote Ghanaian culture and heritage. The president took to his Intagram page […]
Police have arrested three (3) persons in connection with the killing of a man whose body was found at Fiankonya near Dodowa in the Shai Osudoku District of the Greater Accra Region The suspects include a self-acclaimed honourable said to be vying for the position of vice chairman of a popular political party in the […]
Two lower courts in Aflao in the Ketu South District of the Volta Region have been closed because of the unsafe environment within which the courthouses operate. The courts, which were closed down on March 31, 2019, comprise one circuit court and district court. Consequently, Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo has directed that all pending cases […]
The National Service Scheme has released the postings of some 9,018 nurses for the 2019/2020 service year. To this end, all nurses who have registered for National Service are requested to log onto the NSS website www.nss.gov.gh to check their placement before proceeding to the various NSS registration centers to complete the registration process. A […]
The Member of Parliament for Bulisa North Constituency in the Upper East Region James Agalga is angry that drug addicts who require rehabilitation and cure, are usually arrested and prosecuted. According to him, confining addicts of hard substances to prison rather than helping them out of their predicament only exacerbate their condition. Mr. Agalga who […]
Water shortage has hit the Koforidua Prison at Effiduase in the Eastern Region, leaving the inmates unable to bath and wash their clothes regularly. The situation has led to skin irritation and infections among the 800 inmates. The prison was originally built to accommodate 400 inmates. Due to the heat and the overcrowded nature of […]
The government has cautioned actors within the subscriber identification module (SIM) registration value chain to ensure compliance with the SIM registration and activation processes in line with the relevant statutory provisions. The Minister of Information Kojo Oppong Nkrumah says government through the Ministry of Communications is concerned about a number of deficiencies with the existing […]
There is shock and some seeming tension at Kwabenya in Accra following the refusal of the Queen Mother of the area, Naa Korkoi Djugbatey II to allow the burial of the corpse of a member of the royal family. According to BestNewsGH.com sources, the funeral celebrations were in motion and were hitched when it was […]
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has urged leaders in Africa to use the enormous wealth the continent is endowed with to develop and empower their respective youth populations. With Africa possessing the largest generation of young people in history, President Akufo-Addo indicated that “I place great hope in their capacity to […]
The Association of newly recruited teachers has again threatened to take further action if the Ghana Education Service (GES) fails to pay their salary arrears by the May deadline. According to them, though several promises have been made by GES, it has not fulfilled any of them. The association is also giving the GES until […]
An anti-racist campaigner, Zudana Azudaa has offered to use his own money to pull down the controversial racist statue erected by the Catholic Church at Tepa in the Ashanti Region. He is also willing to pay the one who designed the statue and built it, to mold a new one that will be acceptable to […]
The Rastafarian Council of Ghana has served notice that it will head to the Supreme Court to seek an interpretation of the law that bans the use of marijuana, as part of measures to pile pressure on parliament to decriminalise the herb. The Council’s chairman, Khex Ponto, said the laws of the country have been […]
