The rich culture of the Ga Dangme people was in full display last Saturday during the celebration of this year’s Homowo festival. Although the annual festival was held without the usual funfair because the people were still mourning the death of the Queen mother of the Ga State, Naa Dedei Omaedru III, it was still […]
The University of Ghana, Legon, has held a congregation for graduates of the School of Law, Medical School and the School of Biomedical and Allied Health Sciences. In all, 310 students were awarded certificates following the successful completion of their respective courses during the 2022/2023 academic year at the Great Hall of the university last […]
Stakeholders have converged on Accra to make inputs into a Legislative Instrument seeking to integrate targeted interventions on online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (CSEA) into the Cybersecurity Act 2020 (Act 1038). The move is to ensure that online CSEA is incorporated into National Child Protection systems and the wider cybersecurity agenda. The stakeholders included […]
The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has confirmed that a shooting incident which occurred at a Base Ammunition Depot at Michel Camp on Saturday morning which resulted in the death of a solider was accidental. “Preliminary investigative report indicates the soldier was seen sitting on his bed, waiting to relieve his colleague at a duty post […]
The High Court in Accra will, on Thursday, August 31, this year, deliver its ruling on whether or not the Special Prosecutor should continue freezing the bank accounts of former Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources Cecilia Dapaah. The court presided over by Justice Edward Twum, fixed the date after Dr Isidore Tuffour, who represented […]
Security analyst Rtd Colonel Festus Aboagye has said that the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) may take a while to deploy a military force to Niger in its attempt to restore constitutional rule. Speaking on PM Express, he explained that a standby force, which the regional bloc has plans on assembling, relies on contributions […]
Two officials from the Saboba District Assembly have been killed in a road accident on the Tamale-Yendi road in the Northern Region. They are the District Coordinating Director, Zakariah Abdulai and Internal Auditor, Bakari Gan who were traveling from Tamale to Saboba on an official duty. The pick-up vehicle they were travelling with reportedly collided […]
The Greater Accra Regional Coordinating Council (GARCC) has reinforced its ban on the operation of tricycles, popularly known as “Pragyia” and “Aboboyaa”, on some principal streets in Accra. The affected areas include the central business districts (CBDs) of the Accra and Tema Metropolitan Assemblies as well as the Krowor, Korle Klottey, La Dade Kotopon and […]
A Nigerian hairdresser who trafficked seven victims from Nigeria to Ghana to engage in prostitution has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment. Promise Obianu Awayiaka compelled her victims to shave their pubic hair for ritual. The said ritual was to intimidate the victims to comply with her demands and ensure that they do not escape. […]
The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) says it has not disclosed or revealed any information or details in respect of the bank accounts of Cecilia Abena Dapaah, which are under a frozen order issued by the Special Prosecutor. The OSP in a statement urged the public to disregard media accounts on purported bank balances reported to have […]
The Ministry of Roads and Highways has been assessing the extent of damage to road infrastructure in the North East Region following Wednesday’s floods in the area. In the mean time, temporary bridges and pathways are to be constructed as a matter of urgency on sections of roads in the Mamprugu area washed away by […]
Studio – $13,800 One bedroom – $20,700 Two bedroom – $34,500 Three bedroom – $42,550 The amounts are payable in cedis at the prevailing exchange rate and developers cannot sell above the agreed price ceiling but they can sell below; Meanwhile, Graphic Online’s Donald Ato Dapatem & Joshua Bediako-Koomson reports that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo […]
