A new High Court judge, Justice Elfreda Amy Dankyi, has taken over the case involving a former Minister of Works and Housing, Alhaji Collins Dauda, and four others facing 52 counts of causing financial loss of $200m to the state over the Saglemi Affordable Housing Project. This is because, Justice Comfort Tasiame, who presided over […]
The Pastor, Stephen Kwesi Appiah aka Jesus Ahuofe of the New Life Kingdom Chapel, who prophesied Shatta Wale’s shooting incident has been granted bail. He has been charged for causing fear and panic with his prediction of a shooting incident involving dancehall artiste, Shatta Wale on October 18, 2021. An Accra Circuit Court on Monday morning […]
The government has given the green light for the commencement of regulated, responsible and sustainable community mining, aimed at helping to get rid of illegal mining in the Tarkwa area of the Western Region. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo commissioned it on Monday morning at Tarkwa. The programme, which is being rolled out in all mining […]
The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has asked all applicants who were selected when they submitted their online application, but were yet to receive an SMS for the second phase of the recruitment exercise, to report at their various regional screening centres. The second phase of the exercise began Monday (October 25, 2021) at the designated […]
The National Association of Law Students (NALS) have hit the streets of Accra to protest the Ghana School of Law entrance exam failures. The aggrieved candidates are accusing the General Legal Council (GLC) of their inability to gain admission following a new quota system. For this year’s exam, the rule changed, so candidates had to […]
The Kaneshie Magistrate court has granted the Police permit to subject Benson Nana Yaw Oduro Boateng, popularly known as Funny face to psychiatric examination and drug use test. This followed a request by the police for an order from the court. Funny Face was arrested last Monday [October 18, 2021], for allegedly threatening certain individuals via […]
Ghana’s largest bulk electricity supply point located in Pokuase in Greater Accra has been commissioned. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo commissioned the Pokuase Bulk Supply Point, a 330/34.5 kilo-volt substation designed to improve the supply and distribution of electricity for consumers in the northern areas of Accra. Funded by the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) to […]
Action Movement, a group affiliated to the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has described Dr Kwabena Duffuor as the person with the magic wand to secure a resounding victory for the party in the 2024 general election. The group said Dr Duffuor was an excellent Governor of the Bank of Ghana and former Finance Minister who […]
The Western Regional Police Command has arrested two employees of Mon-Trans Limited to help in investigations into Monday morning’s bullion van robbery in Tarkwa in the Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipality. Two armed robbers amidst sporadic shooting, robbed a bullion van of more than GH¢107,000 in front of a supermarket in the centre of Tarkwa. The robbers […]
The 2021 Population and Housing Census (PHC) report on the Residential Proximity to Essential Services facilities reveals that 73 per cent of residential clusters in rural areas nationwide do not have access to basic education. The Deputy Government Statistician, Mrs Fautina Frempong Aiguah, who announced this on Tuesday during a presentation of the preliminary findings of […]
Dancehall artiste Charles Nii Armah Mensah popularly known as Shatta Wale has been arrested by the police for creating public fear and panic by feigning a shooting incident. He has been detained together with two other accomplices at the Ministries Police station for publishing false information. This was after he reported himself to the police on […]
The directive by the Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAGD) for all public sector workers to register with the National Identification Authority (NIA) and obtain a Ghana Card or forfeit their salaries by December 1, 2021 has been put on hold. Instead, the Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAGD) has been tasked to port the names […]
