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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has directed the removal of all structures on watercourses as a key intervention to stop the perennial floods in parts of the country. He has also charged metropolitan, municipal and district chief executives (MMDCEs) to ensure that, with immediate effect, every obstruction to the free flow of water, as well...

The special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyabeng, is lacing up his boots to commence investigations into the mind-boggling assets acquired by the Chief Executive Officer of the Forestry Commission, the late Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, aka Sir John. This follows public outcry about the number of assets acquired by the late New Patriotic Party (NPP) former General Secretary,...

An unidentified woman has met her untimely death at EMEFS Estate Junction off the Tema-Akosombo highway on Wednesday, May 25, 2022. The incident happened when a Howo tipper truck with registration number GN 1926-15, loaded with gravels and heading towards Tema crashed into a Toyota Hiace bud with registration number GN 578-22, fallen on the...

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has broken his silence for the first time about his presidential ambition in Ghana. He has confirmed that he will contest the forthcoming presidential primary of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) with the aim of becoming President of Ghana in 2024. According to...

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin has qdismissed a motion filed by the Minority Chief Whip, Alhaji Muntaka Mubarak, for the referral of the matter in connection with the three purported absentee Members of Parliament (MPs) to the Privileges Committee to be reversed. He has therefore directed the Privileges Committee of Parliament to go ahead to...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo – Addo revealed that since 2017, his government has spent an amount of ¢450million to curb floods in the country. He stated that the money was spent on the Flood Control Programme and has resulted in reduced incidents of flooding in, especially, Accra. Mr Akufo-Addo said these at the commissioning...

A 20-year-old woman, Ellian Zumeseh, is in the grips of the Bono Regional Police Command for drowning her three-month old male twins in a well. The incident happened at Mama Lawson, a Suburb of the Sunyani Municipality in the Bono Region. Cecilia Dumpaka, a businesswoman whose worker’s daughter committed the act, narrated the incident to...

The former Chief Executive Officer of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA), Adjenim Boateng Adjei and his brother-in-law, Francis Kwaku Arhin have been granted bail to a tune of ₵5 million each. The Criminal Division of the Accra High Court demanded that they present two justified sureties. The duo pleaded not guilty to all counts of...

Head coach of England’s U-21 side, Lee Carsley, has confirmed Tariq Lamptey has been approached by the Ghana Football Association over the possibility of playing for the Black Stars. The British-born Ghanaian youngster has been mentioned in the last few months as a Black Stars target ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Lamptey has...

Eastern Regional Director of Lands Commission, Alhaji Issah Mahama, has cautioned citizens against acquiring land without proper investigation and documentation. Speaking in an interview with the Ghana News Agency on land issues in the region, Alhaji Mahama called on people interested in acquiring lands to research and thoroughly investigate to find the actual owners of...