The Supreme Court has dismissed a review application challenging its decision to struck out a law that allowed the cultivation of cannabis [wee] for medicinal and industrial purposes. In a 5-4 majority decision Wednesday [May 24, 2023], the court held that the review application filed by the Attorney-General (A-G) did not satisfy the criteria for […]
City authorities from the Ayawaso Central Municipal Assembly on Monday supervised the cleaning and clearing of the debris that was left from the inferno that razed stores and their wares within the neighbourhood of the Kwame Nkrumah Interchange (Circle) last Sunday. The fire, which began around 1 p.m., gutted over 50 shops that deal in […]
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture is set to roll out a credit system for agricultural inputs to enable farmers to boost food production and stabilise food prices. The Input Credit System initiative, expected to begin next month, is currently before Cabinet for approval to make way for its implementation. The new credit system will see […]
Some 82 police officers have filed a suit against the Attorney General (1st defendant), the Ghana Police Service (2nd defendant), and the Inspector General of Police (3rd defendant). The plaintiffs contend that the Ghana Police Service failed to promote them after they finished their studies under the organization’s study leave with pay policy. In the […]
The Electoral Commission (EC) has assured all stakeholders in the upcoming Kumawu by-election in the Ashanti Region that the electoral management body is adequately prepared to conduct the elections as mandated. In an interview with the Ashanti Regional Director of the EC, Benjamin Bano- Bioh last Wednesday (May 17), he stressed that the EC had […]
Investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas has declined to show his face to Kwesi Nyantakyi and his lawyers in chambers, before court proceedings in a case Anas is expected to testify against Nyantakyi, a former President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA). Consequently, Anas has turned down an invitation by the prosecution to testify in the […]
The Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has launched this year’s Green Ghana Day project in Kumasi and charged institutions to take responsibility for their role in the continuous degradation of the environment. He said both the chieftaincy and government institutions could not claim innocence of activities of illegal miners within their respective jurisdictions. Consequently, the […]
Only five miners out of suspected 30 who were trapped under an illegal mining pit that caved in on Monday at Korley Teye in the Birim North District of the Eastern Region have so far been rescued alive. Seven of the miners died in the ordeal, with locals frantically trying with all manner of implements […]
Transport operators have reached a consensus to lower fares starting from Wednesday, May 17, 2023, following a continuous decrease in the prices of petroleum products in recent weeks. In a press release issued on Monday, May 15, the Road Transport Operators announced their decision. The statement, jointly signed by Emmanuel Ohene Yeboah, General Secretary of […]
Twenty-two people from Agou, farming community in the Nkwanta South of the Oti Region have been hospitalised due to an alleged food poisoning. The victims are said to have suffered acute diarrhoea and other symptoms after eating at a funeral on Sunday morning. While 13 of them have been admitted to Nkwanta South Municipal whilst […]
The nine schoolchildren who drowned in a canal at Fanaa, a suburb of Bortianor in the Ga South municipality in the Greater Accra Region, have been buried. They were buried yesterday at the Bortianor Cemetery after a burial service at Tsokome, also in the municipality. The event was attended by the Greater Accra Regional Minister, […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has disclosed government is prioritising value addition in the natural resources sector to ensure the state derives optimal benefits. The government, he said, is also strengthening local content and local participation as well to ensure Ghanaians have more roles in the extraction of these resources. According to him, this is […]
