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Akufo-Addo reverts to presidential jet for trip to Cape Verde

• President Akufo-Addo is in Cape Verde on official visit • He is attending the investiture of the country’s new president • His entourage travelled on board the presidential jet President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo left Accra on Monday, November 8, 2021, and arrived in Praia, capital of Cape Verde, where he …

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Explain why there are levies on fuel prices despite Ghana drilling oil – Nana Akomea to govt

• The increment in fuel prices has generated criticism for the government. • Critics say the government is being insensitive to the plight of Ghanaians • Nana Akomea believes it will be in the interest of government to explain to Ghanaians why it cannot remove the taxes Leading member of …

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GFA requests Thomas Partey’s release despite injury

The Ghana Football Association has said that it is engaging with Arsenal to have midfielder Thomas Partey travel to the country for further checks on his injury. Henry Asante Twum, the Communications Director of the FA said on Asempa FM that communication between the parties – GFA and Arsenal – …

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South Africa club release Ghanaian striker for carrying ‘bad luck’

Ghanaian forward Mohammed Anas, who once thanked his wife and girlfriend in a post-match interview, has been shockingly released by South African top-flight side TS Galaxy on the grounds of ‘carrying bad luck’. Some senior players of the Premier Soccer League (PSL) approached the club’s leadership that their current struggling …

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15 players in camp as Black Stars start preps for World Cup qualifiers

Black Stars on Monday started preparations for the 2022 World Cup qualifying games against Ethiopia and South Africa. The team trained for the first time at the Accra Sports Stadium with 15 out of the 28 invited players present. After the training, the Black Stars took on the Division One …

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E go reach everybody’ – A Plus reacts to Catholic Bishops’ critique of Akufo-Addo’s corruption fight

Kwame Asare Obeng, alias A Plus, a musician cum politician and activist has reacted to a stinging critique by the Ghana Catholic Bishops Conference, GCBC, on the pledge by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to protect the public purse. A Plus who once had a close relationship with the president and the …

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Parents of Ghanaian Islamist suicide bomber arrested

Intelligence officers have confirmed the arrest of two persons in the Karaga District of the  Northern Region in connection with a terrorist attack in Central Mali. Ibrahim Ali and Hafsa Abdulai were picked up at Nangun, a Fulani community near the district capital,  where they both lived with the suicide …

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Pokuase: Abensu residents cry over deplorable bridge linking community

Residents living around Teacher-Korpe, Abensu and Pokuase, are asking authorities to as a matter of urgency, reconstruct the only bridge that links the enclave to other communities to prevent needless deaths and injuries. The bridge constructed years ago got damaged some years ago and has since not seen any reconstruction. …

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‘Fake’ Mpohor kidnapping: Connect FM journalist granted GH¢50,000 bail

A journalist with Connect FM in the Western Region, Paa Kwesi Simpson, has been granted bail, by the Takoradi Habour Circuit Court A, to the tune of GH¢50,000 after he was arrested in connection with an alleged fake kidnapping incident at Mpohor in the Western Region. The bail conditions came with …

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Celebrating World Town Planning Day: Reflections on the State of Planning Practice in Ghana

As a country, World Planning Day offers us an important opportunity to reflect on the state of the professional planning practice in Ghana. We have pretended to plan far too long and this has resulted in several natural and manmade disasters in our urban centers. If the planning system is …

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