President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo left Ghana last Saturday for a six-day working visit to France. President Akufo-Addo will receive an Honorary Award of Doctor Honoris Causa from Sorbonne University in Paris, France today. A statement issued by the presidency said the award would be the third Honorary Doctorate Degree to be conferred on him. […]
Senior Vice President and Policy Analyst with Imani Ghana, Kofi Bentil has eulogized the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia on the occasion of his 59th Birthday. According to him, the Vice President is blessed and it is clear. Mr. Bentil who took to his Facebook Page to celebrate the Vice President and sighted by BestNewsGH.com, […]
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called on the government to prosecute all persons involved in illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, irrespective of their political affiliation. The party claimed it had enough evidence to prove that some politicians were ‘ neck deep’ in the illicit activity. Addressing a press conference held in Accra yesterday, […]
A teacher at the Adenta Community Junior High School (JHS) in the Greater Accra Region, Stella Gyimah Larbi, has been crowned the 2022 National Best Teacher. For her prize, she received a three-bedroom house worth GH¢300,000, an educational trip to Dubai, promotion on return and a Ghana Education Trust Fund scholarship to study abroad. A […]
With family members of some injured persons in the Ejura shooting incidents agitating for compensation, it has emerged that the Attorney-General (A-G) gave a piece of legal advice in July this year for compensation to be paid. In a letter cited by the Daily Graphic, the A-G, Godfred Yeboah Dame, advised the government to compensate […]
The Police have arrested the man who was seen flogging a toddler in a viral video. Richard Kofi believed to be the father of the boy was arrested on Wednesday afternoon at Akaa Buem in Jasikan in the Oti Region. A report by the Fourth Estate said the wife of the suspect was also arrested […]
The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) has established that about 2,000 people have been affected directly by the flooding at Weija. Communities close to the Weija Dam, including Weija, Oblogo and Tetegu, have been submerged by loads of water after the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) opened the five spill gates of the dam to […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said that due to the successful implementation and completion of compacts One and Two of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), he will make a case at the highest level in the United States for a third compact. He expressed the hope that the US authorities would sit around the […]
HUNDREDS of houses around the Weija Dam have been flooded, leaving many residents displaced and in low spirits. The flooding has also led to the destruction of items running into millions of Ghana cedis. They include vehicles, home appliances, uncompleted structures, documents and other personal effects. The flooding follows the opening of some spill gates […]
The Ghana Police Service is offering a GHS2,000 reward for information that could lead to the arrest of a man seen abusing an infant in a widely circulated video. The Police in a statement said the reward is part of ongoing efforts to track down the individual involved, have him arrested and rescue the child. […]
The National Service Scheme (NSS) has projected a bumper harvest from its farms in the country this year. According to the Executive Director of the scheme, Osei Assibey Antwi, investments in the NSS agricultural programme, coupled with favourable weather conditions, had made prospects for a bumper harvest, especially of maize, look good. “Everything is going […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will today at 10am hold talks with members of the National House of Chiefs and Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executive (MMDCEs) in Kumasi over illegal small-scale mining (galamsey) in the country. The meeting will take place at the National House of Chiefs premises at Manhyia in the Ashanti region […]
