Some prosecution witnesses are unwilling to testify again in the new trial of a former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Stephen Kwabena Opuni, and a businessman, Seidu Agongo. A Deputy Attorney-General (A-G), Alfred Tuah-Yeboah, who made this known at the Accra High Court Tuesday [April 25, 2023] said one witness […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo yesterday launched the Accra World Book Capital, 2023, with the firm conviction that it will be a catalyst for investment, especially in the creative and cultural sectors. He said it was also an acknowledgement of the giant strides Ghana and Africa were making to develop the book and creative arts […]
The family of a young man, Victor Nasana Kungmaa, who was shot and killed by two unknown assailants believed to have crossed the border from Burkina Faso, have appealed to the police in the Lawra Municipality and the security agencies to find the culprits so they will face the law. The family said that would […]
The Individual Bondholders Association of Ghana (IBHAG) has withdrawn from the Technical Committee of the government’s Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP) due to concerns that the deliberations are not in the best interest of its members. The group argues that the process is causing pain to its members and deviates from promises made by the […]
The occasion was the inauguration of a barracks facility for the Ghana Police Service at Kwabenya in the Ga East District of the Greater Accra Region. And since that place is located in her Dome-Kwabenya constituency, as a Member of Parliament for the area, Sarah Adwoa Safo, recently touted by some of her colleagues and […]
The Catholic Archdiocese of Accra now has two auxiliary bishops. The two, both Catholic priests, the Most Rev. Anthony Narh Asare, Titular Bishop of Castellum in Numidia, and the Most Rev. John Kobina Louis, Titular Bishop of Fessei, had their episcopal ordination at the Holy Spirit Cathedral in a solemn but colourful ceremony yesterday. It […]
The Ga Traditional Council has announced a ban on drumming and noise-making for a month-long period, from May 15 to June 15, 2023, as part of preparations for this year’s Homowo festival. The ban applies to all forms of noise-making, including the use of loudspeakers, drums, tambourines, funeral rites, and roadside evangelism. The Public Relations […]
Mr Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, a prominent member of Ghana’s ruling New Patriotic Party, has criticized former Minister for Environment, Science, Technology, and Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, over allegations made against him in a report from March 2021. Otchere-Darko was accused of interfering with the work of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM) in the […]
The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) is calling for the immediate reinstatement of the headmaster of Ghana Senior High School (GHANASCO) in Tamale, Douglas Haruna Yakubu, by the Ghana Education Service (GES). This comes after Mr. Yakubu and the school’s senior housemaster were instructed to step aside for further investigation into a viral video […]
The Headmaster of Fijai Senior High School, Kenneth Agbomadze, has been interdicted by the Ghana Education Service (GES) over allegations of collecting illegal fees from students. The interdiction, which takes immediate effect, was announced in a press statement issued by the GES on Tuesday, April 18, 2023. According to the GES, Mr. Agbomadze is to […]
The Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCo) yesterday cut power supply to two educational institutions in the Upper East Region over their indebtedness to the company. The affected schools are the Bolgatanga Technical University (BTU) and the Bolgatanga Nursing Training College (NTC). As of February 2023, the BTU owed NEDCo more than GH¢1 million, while the […]
The Managing Director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has disclosed that the company has been able to retrieve in excess of GH¢2billion from debt in the last one month following the debt retrieval exercise the company embarked upon. The ECG MD, Samuel Dubik Mahama disclosed this in separate radio interviews monitored by Graphic Online on […]
