The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has debunked claims that transportation fares will go up from Monday, October 25, 2021. Leadership of the transport union says it is still in talks with the government to scrap some taxes and levies placed on petroleum products. Speaking on Eyewitness News, General Secretary for GPRTU, Godfred Abulbira Adogma […] The post Transport
The Governing Council of the University of Ghana has appointed Prof. Nana Aba Appiah Amfo, as Vice-Chancellor of the institution. The appointment takes effect from Tuesday, October 26, 2021. She becomes the first woman to occupy the position in the history of the nation’s premier university, joining the likes of Professor Mrs. Rita Akosua Dickson and Prof. […] The post Prof.
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has 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 the tune of US$47 million, the Supply Point, according to the President, is […] The post Nana
Popular dancehall artiste, Charles Nii Armah Mensah known in showbiz circles as Shatta Wale will be spending another night in police custody. He has been charged with the publication of false news and causing fear and panic. He is expected to be arraigned on Thursday, October 21, 2021. The musician was arrested on Tuesday night […] The post Shatta Wale to spend another night
The Special Development Initiatives Secretariat has denied claims that a number of government ambulances parked at the Tafo Government Hospital have been abandoned. The ambulances procured as part of the 1-Constituency 1-Ambulance initiative has been at the premises of the hospital for some time and has been widely reported by local media including Silver FM […] The post Ambulances
The Australian High Commissioner to Ghana, Gregory Andrews, has commissioned a soap factory at Akumadan, a suburb of Kumasi in the Ashanti Region. The project is expected to employ about 200 people with disabilities and serve as a source of livelihood in order to make them independent. The High Commissioner said, “Our decision to support […] The post Australia
Lawyers for Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, also known as Chairman Wontumi, continued cross-examining former Trade and Industry Minister, Dr. Ekwow Spio-Gabrah on Wednesday, October 20, 2021, in the case where the latter has sued the former for defamation. Dr. Spio-Gabrah had dragged Chairman Wontumi to court, for allegedly […] The post Defamation
A 45-year-old security guard has been stabbed to death by some unknown assailants at Ahenema Kokoben in the Ashanti Region. The deceased identified as Bosompem Andoh was stabbed after the yet-to-be-identified men robbed two shops and took away huge sums of money. He was found dead with his hands and legs tied at his back. […] The post Ashanti Region: 45-year-old
Viviana Appiah, wife of the embattled pastor, Bishop Stephen Kwesi Appiah also known as Jesus Ahoufe of New Life Kingdom Chapel, has accused the Ghana Police Service of handling her husband unfairly. She believes the police have been manipulated to unnecessarily delay the case involving her husband. Madam Viviana Appiah in a Citi News interview […] The post Shooting
The paramount chief of the Aflao traditional area, Torgbui Amenya Fiti has handed the government a four-month ultimatum to operationalize the E-block high school facility in the area. The GH¢9 million project, started under the erstwhile National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration, has 26 classrooms, five departments, and a science block. Torgbui Amenya Fiti, who was […] The post Complete
The Ranking Member on the Education Committee of Parliament, Peter Nortsu-Kotoe says the Minority will continue to pile pressure on the government to complete abandoned E-block projects across the country. Members of the Minority on the Education Committee visited uncompleted E-block sites in Oborpah, Sekesua and Apesua on day two of their tour of such […] The post Abandoned
The Kaneshie District court has directed the police to refer comedian Benson Nana Yaw Oduro Boateng, popularly known as Funny Face, to the psychiatric hospital for examination. The court gave the order following a request by the police to have the comedian psychiatrically examined over his recent actions and comments. Funny Face during the hearings […] The post Court
The People’s National Convention (PNC) has dragged its 2020 presidential candidate, David Apasera, and the National Chairman, Moses Danibaah, to court for allegedly embezzling party funds. The National Executive Committee of the PNC wants the court to compel the two to refund GH¢150,000 and another GH¢ 70,000 back into the party’s coffers. Internal wrangling within […] The post PNC
The Peoples’ National Convention (PNC) has dragged its 2020 presidential candidate, David Apasera and the National Chairman, Moses Danibaah to court for allegedly embezzling party funds. The National Executive Committee of the PNC wants the court to compel the two to refund GH¢ 150,000 and another GH¢ 70,000 back into the party’s coffers. Internal wrangling […] The post PNC
The Minority in Parliament has called on the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to establish a Legal Education Reform Committee to review legal education challenges in the country. Speaking after receiving a petition from protesting LLB graduates demanding reforms to legal education, the Minority leader, Haruna Iddrisu, said he was in full support of their […] The post Minority
Two persons are in the grips of the La Nkwantanang Madina District Division of the Ghana Police for allegedly sodomizing a 16-year-old boy. The two are Daniel Arthur, 25, and Clinton Adofo, 39. The police said the boy reported that he went to sleep in Clinton Adofo’s house and at about 1:00 am, he felt […] The post Two men arrested for allegedly sodomizing
Before the dawn of the Industrial Revolution (IR), the demand for energy was scanty, with most of the work being provided for by manual labor (humans and animals muscles) and natural resources which neither caused environmental pollution nor depleted finite natural resources. For purposes of heating and cooking, humans depended on the sun. Muscular and […] The post Eradicating
The Minority in Parliament has asked the Minister for Attorney General and Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, to make public the government’s position on the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill. The Minority says it will be interesting to know the position of government on the bill to shape the surrounding […] The post Clarify
A lawyer, Jerry John Asiedu, has described as laughable the arrest of Bishop Stephen Kwesi Appiah after the controversy over a prophecy interpreted to mean that dancehall artiste, Shatta Wale, would be shot. In a Citi Breakfast Show interview, Mr. Asiedu suggested that the arrest of Bishop Appiah may have been unwarranted after Shatta Wale […] The post Arrest
A lawyer, Jerry John Asiedu, has described as laughable the arrest of Bishop Stephen Kwesi Appiah (Jesus Ahuofe) after the controversy over a prophecy interpreted to mean that dancehall artiste, Shatta Wale, would be shot. In a Citi Breakfast Show interview, Mr. Asiedu suggested that the arrest of Bishop Appiah may have been unwarranted after […] The post Shatta
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