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...
AS Roma coach Jose Mourinho has hilariously revealed why he bought a pair of new trainers for Ghana and Black Stars striker Felix Afenya-Gyan. The young prodigy broke into AS Roma’s first team after making his debut in November 2021 against Cagliari, and followed up with a Man of the Match display against Genoa, a...
The government has said that the YouStart initiative will support youth-led enterprises with Soft loans, Starter packs and standardized loan packages at concessional rates for Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) from financial institutions. It will also provide skills development, entrepreneurial support, business advisory services, access to competitive credit.” President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo earlier said that...
The Spokesperson of the Chief Imam, Sheikh Aremeyaw Shaibu, has hinted at efforts by the leadership of the Muslim community in Ghana to go round and monitor messages preached in mosques. He said it is out of these messages that some young followers of the religion are radicalised. Speaking in an interview with TV3‘s Laud Adu-Asare...
Executive Secretary of the Lands Commission, James Dadson has said there is no record of the former late Chef Executive Officer of the Forestry Commission Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie (Sir John) at the commission owning portions of the Achimota Forest Reserve. “There is nothing in our records concerning that. What you read is what I have...