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. […]
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Boost for visibility policing with 1500 new motorbikes
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 […]
Electricity, water tariffs increased by 27.15%, 21.55% respectively; effective September 1
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 […]
Special Prosecutor launches full investigation into issuance of customs rulings, benchmark values
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 […]
Parliament was not transparent in passing Narcotics Control Commission Act – Supreme Court
The Supreme Court says Parliament did not act transparently in the passage of the Narcotics Control Commission Act. Specific reference is made to portions of the law (Section 43) which permitted the cultivation of cannabis for medicinal and industrial purposes. The court on July 27 declared this provision unconstitutional. The full decision of the highest […]
Permanent security team to fight galamsey on rivers
A team of security men has been deployed to clamp down on illegal mining activities on six major river bodies that have come under heavy attack by illegal miners. The security men, working with five speed boats, are currently patrolling the Offin, Pra, Birim, Ankobra and Black Volta rivers. They have the marching off orders […]
Former STC boss Samuel Nuamah Donkor passes on at 63
Samuel Nuamah Donkor, a former Managing Director of Intercity STC Coaches Limited, has passed on at age 63. He died on Sunday. Mr Nuamah Donkor served as Minister of Health in the Rawlings administration and later as the Ashanti Regional Minister until the National Democratic Congress (NDC) lost Election 2000. He became Managing Director of […]
Chief of Staff threatens to sue Editor of The Herald
The Chief of Staff at the Presidency, Akosua Frema Osei-Opare, has given the Editor of The Herald, Larry Alans Dogbey, a 24 hour ultimatum to retract a publication accusing her of corruption at the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST). Lawyer for the Chief of Staff, Gary Nimako Marfo of Marfo & Associates, in […]
Kofi Baah Agyepong replaces Justin Kodua Frimpong at YEA
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appointed the Deputy Director of Communication at the Presidency, Kofi Baah Agyepong as the Chief Executive Officer of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA). A letter dated August 9, 2022, and signed by the Secretary to the President, Nana Bediatuo Asante said Mr Agyepong’s appointment takes effect from August 10, […]
Ada Traditional Council defends decision to bar Radio Ada from Asafotufiami
The Ada Traditional Council has justified the decision to bar journalists from community radio station Radio Ada from covering the just-ended Asafotufiami festival. The Asafotufiami Festival Planning Committee in an August 1 letter to the management of Radio Ada said the station was barred from mounting a stage at the festival grounds (Ada Asafotufiami Park) […]
US lauds President for peace, security in West Africa
The US Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, has lauded President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for what she said is his exemplary contribution to peace and security in West Africa, as well as Ghana’s role on the UN Security Council. “I have come to express our gratitude to Ghana for your leadership here in […]
More funds needed to reconstruct Appiatse community – Rev. Dr Joyce Aryee
The Appiatse Support Fund had accrued GH¢45 million as of yesterday, August 8, 2022. The amount is, however, GH¢25 million short of the GH¢70 million estimated for the rebuilding of the community. The Chairperson of the Appiatse Support Fund Committee, Rev. Dr Joyce Rosalind Aryee, who made this known, said the remaining amount must be […]