The absence of directional signs to tourist sites and inaccessible roads have been cited among challenges affecting the promotion of 25 tourism sites identified in 10 regions. The tourism sites, located in the Greater Accra, Central, Western, Eastern, Volta, Ashanti, Northern, Upper West, Upper East and Bono East Regions, also do not have adequate souvenirs […]
The Founder and Leader of the United Progressive Party (UPP), Akwasi Addai ‘Odike’ has explained his inability to appear before the Kumasi Traditional Council on Thursday. According to him, he failed to show up because he has been banished from entering the Manhyia Palace. Mr. Akwasi Addai said this in an interview on Joy FM‘s Top Story. […]
A radio station in Kumasi, Oyerepa FM, has shut down this morning. This is in compliance with an order from the Kumasi Traditional Council that the media house shuts down until further notice. The Council’s Acting President, Baffuor Amankwatia VI, who is the Bantamahene, made the announcement when a team from Oyerepa FM and TV […]
The Executive Secretary to the President is demanding an apology and a retraction from the founder of United Progressive Party founder, Akwasi Addai Odike for allegedly defaming him. Nana Bediatuo Asante said Mr. Odike comments on illegal mining against him are totally false. In a letter to Mr. Odike on Wednesday, August 24, Mr Asante’s […]
The Asokore Mampong Magistrate Court has issued a warrant for the arrest of 61 persons suspected to be involved in last week’s violence on the campus of KNUST. This comes after two people, arrested in connection with the incident, were denied bail by the court. Three suspects are currently in Police custody. The two suspects […]
The Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has said one of the key hindrances to fulfilling God’s purpose on earth is corruption. He said corruption inhibited economic growth and affected business operations, employment and investments. “It also reduces tax revenue and the effectiveness of various financial assistance programmes. The wider society is influenced by a high degree […]
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has been enskinned Chief under the stool name Yelemenga Naa, meaning the “Chief of Truth” at Issa in the Daffiama/Bussie/ Issa (DBI) District of the Upper West Region last Tuesday. This was in appreciation of his quick response to various requests put to him in his earlier visits to […]
The La Kpa Wulↄmↄ on Tuesday morning led the sprinkling of kpokpoi, the traditional corn meal and the pouring of libation to signify the return of the Homowo festival celebration to La after a four year break. The Chiefs and people of La have not celebrated the Homowo since 2019 following the death of the […]
One Student of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has been remanded in police custody for threatening to stab some students to death. The student, named as Elvis Nsiah, is in level 200 at the KNUST. He is said to be one of the perpetrators of last week’s hooliganism on the KNUST campus. […]
The police administration has received 1,500 new motorbikes to enhance visibility and effective policing in the country. The presentation of the bikes by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Monday was a sign of another commitment by the government to provide the Police Service with the necessary logistics it requires, to help the Service continue […]
The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has announced tariff increases effective September 1, 2022. Tariffs for electricity and water are expected to go up by 27.15% and 21.55% respectively. This was contained in a press release issued by the Commission today and sighted by MyJoyOnline.com. The PURC in the said release acknowledged the economic difficulties […]
The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) is about to launch a full-blown investigation into all rulings and benchmark values applied by the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) dating back to 2017. Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng, has directed the Commissioner of Customs, Col Kwadwo Damoah (Rtd), to submit all documents pertaining to […]
