A number of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) working on anti-corruption and good governance issues have asked for adequate funding of the Office of Special Prosecutor (OSP) to enable it carry out its functions effectively. They also want President Akufo-Addo to expedite action on the formation of the new OSP board to allow the office recruit […]
Category: Local
Exercise to halt ‘Aboboyaa’ operations on motorway begins
A combined task force from the Tema Metropolitan and the Tema West Municipal assemblies in the Greater Accra Region have begun an exercise to arrest and prosecute operators of motorised tricycles, popularly known as ‘Aboboyaa’, for flouting regulations restricting them from plying the Accra-Tema Motorway. The task force, jointly led by the chief executives of […]
Police slap Madina MP with two charges
The Ghana Police Service says it has served criminal summons on the Member of Parliament for Madina constituency in Accra, Francis-Xavier Sosu. The police say Francis Sosu will be arraigned before court on November 8, to face the charges of unlawfully blocking a public road as well as the destruction of public property after he joined […]
10,000 CCTV cameras to be installed in regional, district capitals — Minister
The government is to install 10,000 more CCTV cameras and cellular technologies at vantage areas in all regional and district capitals across the country to enhance the operational efficiencies of the security and intelligence agencies, the Minister of National Security, Mr Albert Kan-Dapaah, has told Parliament. He said the project would also provide for the […]
Ghanacard to serve as e-passport in 44,000 airports globally
By the end of the first quarter of 2022, the Ghanacard will be recognised globally as an electronic passport and can be read and verified in all International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) compliant borders. This means the Ghanacard, which is a unique biometric identification card, will be accepted as an e-passport in 197 borders globally […]
COP26: Honour your pledges – President tells wealthy nations
Wealthy nations have been asked to honour their commitment to make available $100 billion annually to assist poorer countries fight against climate change. Speaking at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP 26) in Glasgow, Scotland yesterday, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said honouring the pledge would help less-endowed countries chart a path out of the […]
‘It is wrong to resist arrest even if you have not committed a crime’ – Legal Practitioner
Private Legal Practitioner, Kweku Paintsil, has advised Ghanaians against resisting arrest by the police whether they have done anything wrong or not. According to him, once the police informs a person about a reason for which they are effecting an arrest, no one has the right to resist. Speaking on The Law, on Sunday, he stated […]
Woman remanded for stabbing mother over “Spiritual Marriage”
An Adentan Circuit Court has remanded into Police custody a 24-year-old unemployed woman for stabbing her mother whom she claimed was spiritually married to her. The accused name withheld stabbed her 46-year-old single mother in the hand, neck, and back severally on basis that her mother was having sex with her. Not satisfied, the accused […]
President Akufo-Addo Attends COP 26 Summit In Scotland
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is leading Ghana’s delegation to the World Leaders’ Summit of the United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference (COP 26) being held from October 31 to November 3, 2021, in Glasgow, Scotland. The COP26 Summit, which will be one of the largest gatherings of world leaders, will bring parties together to […]
5 reasons why the Ghana Immigration is disqualifying applicants
Some applicants in the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) recruitment exercise are being disqualified for imputing false data during the first stage of the exercise (online application). According to the GIS In-charge of Intelligence, Chief Superintendent Alfred Fiifi Ocran, when it is detected that an applicant imputed false data, he/she is immediately disqualified from the recruitment […]
Takoradi: Woman who faked kidnapping jailed six years
Joana Krah, the 29-year-old woman who faked a kidnapping incident last week in Takoradi in the Western Region has been jailed six years. She faked her abduction last week and confessed to the police that she did that in a bid to extort GH¢5,000 from a relative. She reported herself to the police after she realised […]
Treason: We don’t want to fail, it must happen – Dr Mac Palm
The brain behind alleged high treason, Dr Frederick Yao Mac Palm, was on Monday heard in an audio recording cautioning some of the accused members of the coup plot that they need not to fail. “Go in just destroy, we don’t want to fail, it must happen,” he was heard. “The atmosphere is bright for this, […]