A new legislation that has rocked the Parliament of Ghana and meant to disband political party vigilante groups is proposing a 10-25-year prison term for anyone who participates in the activities of a political party vigilante group with an offensive weapon. Clause 3 of the legislation known as Vigilantism and …

Abdul Rashid Meizango alias Zongo Chief , the 29-year-old suspect who is in police custody for allegedly playing a role in the murder of Ahmed Hussein-Suale, MyNewsGh.com has gathered from the Accra Regional Police Command is also being investigation to a case of fraud. The suspect our sources reveal, was alleged to …

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has announced a digital tax filing platform that will now allow Ghanaians to file their tax returns online with the Authority’s new app, Integrated Tax Application Preparation System (iTaPS). Speaking on Asempa FM’s Ekosiisen programme, Wednesday, the Principal Revenue Officer at GRA, Mr Alex Oppong-Poku explained that the …

Pope Francis has told leaders of South Sudan that peace is possible and urged the country’s leaders to seek what unites and overcome what divides. At the end of a two-day meeting in the Vatican, the pope shocked those present by kneeling and kissing the feet of South Sudan’s former …

A former Deputy Minister of Roads and Highways, Mr. Isaac Adjei-Mensah has criticized the Akufo-Addo government for failing to fix the bad roads in the Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipality in the Western Region. He said the Mahama-led government in which he served as a minister awarded many road contracts in the …

The great Nana Kwaku Bosam, the renowned Ghanaian fetish priest has angrily blasted Bishop Daniel Obinim, founder and leader of International Godsway Church for disgracing him in his church despite the fact that he knew what he was saying was false. According to Kwaku Bonsam, Bishop Obinim is a liar …

The Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Aaron Mike Oquaye has directed that the house comes back on the April 29, 2019, to consider the passage of the vigilantism bill. The vigilantism and other related offences bill, 2019 Will be taken through a certificate of urgency as determined by the committee on …

A husband and his wife have reportedly been struck to death by thunder in Assin Andoe Sibo Nkwanta in the Assin South District of the Central Region of Ghana. The husband has been identified as Emmanuel Botwey 27 and his wife has also been identified as Rita Nketia 26. According …

Former President, John Mahama, has predicted a fall in quality education at both junior and senior high school levels due to excessive investments in the Free Senior High School programme. He said education in the country is bound to suffer if the government continues to expend all its financial resource …

VIGILANTISM AND RELATED OFFENCES BILL, 2019 MEMORANDUM The object of the Bill is to disband political party vigilante groups and proscribe acts of vigilantism in the country. Recent public elections including by-elections held in the Fourth Republic have been characterised by violence particularly by-elections held in the following constituencies: Akwatia, …