Some youth who claim to be supporters of New Patriotic Party (NPP) have stopped construction work on the Yendi-Bimbilla section of the Eastern Corridor roads demanding immediate employment. The youth on Monday seized construction equipment belonging the contractors, Andre Quadrez Construction Company. They vowed that they will not release the equipment till they are employed ...

Finally the time is here.The biggest celebration of Ada culture and traditions is set to kick off on August 2, 2017 with a homecoming and bonfire night at the Aqua Safari Resort. The festival, which is in its 80th year of existence is one of the biggest festival in Ghana, attended by over 3 million ...

When it became clear to me that We the People might not be allowed our democratic right to participate in the discourse leading to the enactment of the Office of the Special Public Prosecutor Bill, 2017 I raced against time to hurriedly research and write a lengthy constitutional and legal critique of the Bill. Now ...

When it became clear to me that We the People might not be allowed our democratic right to participate in the discourse leading to the enactment of the Office of the Special Public Prosecutor Bill, 2017 I raced against time to hurriedly research and write a lengthy constitutional and legal critique of the Bill. Now ...

The Minority in Parliament has called for an immediate withdrawal of the Special Prosecutor Bill. According to Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, the bill does not fulfill the mandatory 14 day constitutional process for its introduction in Parliament. He further stated that the since the Bill was gazetted on 14th July, it should have been laid ...

The National Service Scheme has apologized to service personnel who were beaten and harassed by some military and police personnel on Monday at the LaDMA Annex opposite the El-Wak Sports Stadium in Accra. It is said the incident was “regrettable” and called for calm among service personnel who are peeved over the incident. The registration ...

The National Service Scheme has apologized to service personnel who were beaten and harassed by some military and police personnel on Monday at the LaDMA Annex opposite the El-Wak Sports Stadium in Accra. It is said the incident was “regrettable” and called for calm among service personnel who are peeved over the incident. The registration ...

Newmont Ghana has reiterated that the health and safety of its employees, contractors and local communities remain a core value and are governed and assured by the country’s laws and regulatory bodies. Recently, WACAM’s local representative in Kenyasi, Yakubu Adusah, granted interviews to some media houses warning the public  not to consume food and water ...

Several houses and other properties running into hundreds of cedis have been destroyed in the Nanumba North district of the Northern Region following a day’s rainfall. The rains which started at dawn on Monday stopped on Tuesday morning. It left buildings collapsed and destroyed major roads including the one linking Tamale and Salaga. The only ...

You may have heard the maxim – that ‘all work and no play, makes Jack a dull boy’. This was the story of some Groupe Nduom subsidiaries over the weekend. Elsewhere, it may have been stressful; but to Gold Coast and GN Networks, the story was entirely different, as it was all joy and fun ...

The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC) , Charlotte Osei has sued the lawyer who signed the petition presented to the President by aggrieved employees of the Commission, Matthew Opoku Agyemang. The lawyer, Matthew Opoku Agyemang signed the petition for the workers who were not named in the petition. Some aggrieved employees of the Electoral ...

The National Service Secretariat (NSS) has blamed the chaotic incident recorded at the La Dade-Kotopon Municipal Assembly (LaDMA) annex, opposite the Elwak Stadium, on the refusal of prospective service personnel to follow laid down procedures. As Monday progressed, reports and images of military personnel beating persons massed up to register emerged online to some public ...

The Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) has challenged President Akufo Addo to publicly state how he intends to handle the petition against the head of the Electoral Commission (EC), Charlotte Osei. Per the constitution, the President is supposed to forward such an impeachment petition to the Judicial Council, headed by the Chief Justice, which has the ...

One of the accused persons in the ongoing Ghana Youth Employment and Entrepreneurial Development Agency, (GYEEDA) trial, Philip Assibit, has told the court he never received any payment before the regularization of a contract to provide for consultancy services to the National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP). According to Mr. Assibit, who was testifying in the case ...

The Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Aaron Mike Oquaye has approved an urgent motion filed by the Member of Parliament for Adansi Asokwa, K.T Hammond for the government to reverse its decision on the AMERI power agreement. The motion has since been tabled for debate by Members of Parliament. K.T Hammond, who was the ranking member of ...

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has shut down telecom operator, GLO over unpaid taxes. The telecom operator’s offices at the Industrial area and Spintex Road were shut down this morning by a GRA task force. According to the authority, GLO has failed to pay taxes close to GHS11, 884,396.89 million Ghana cedis. The company has ...

More than half the world’s children who are not being educated are in Nigeria, the country’s government has said. Acknowledging the scale of the problem the education ministry’s permanent secretary Adamu Hussaini said it was “sad to note” that Nigeria had 10.5 million children out of school. This is the first time senior officials have ...

Head coach of the Black Stars Kwesi Appiah has lauded the decision by the Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) to move the Africa Cup of Nations from January to June. The change was made last week at a CAF symposium in Morocco and will take effect from June 2019 as Cameroon host the tournament. “It ...