A former New Patriotic Party parliamentary candidate for Prampram Sylvester Tetteh is set to take over as new head of the National Youth Authority (NYA), Starrfm.com.gh has gathered. He replaces Emmanuel Sin-nyet Asigri, who was removed along with his two deputies,  over procurement breaches. One Nelson Owusu Ansah and Christopher …

The Special Prosecutor, Martin Alamisi Amidu, in his capacity as a private citizen, has dragged the Attorney General and construction firm, Waterville to the Supreme Court over the nonenforcement of a judgement debt retrieval order directed at the Government of Ghana and the company in 2013. The Supreme Court made …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appointed new set of top Managers for the National Youth Authority (NYA) barely a week after firing three others. MyNewsGh.com understand that the Ashanti Regional Youth Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nelson Owusu Ansah as the Deputy Chief Executive (CEO) of the …

The Ashanti Regional Minister, Hon. Simon Osei Mensah has placed a distress call for Zoomlion to speed up the process in establishing its’s Integrated Recycling and Compost Plant (IRECOP) in the Ashanti Region to help manage the overwhelming waste being generated in the region. The Ashanti Regional Capital, Kumasi which …

The Chairman of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Environment, Science and Technology and Innovation, Yaw Addo Frimpong has proposed an increment to the Value Added Tax (TAX). The revenue to be derived from the increased VAT percentage, he noted, should be used to address the teething sanitation challenges confronting the …

A Palm wine tapper has met his untimely death after a falling palm tree trapped him in the bush at Assin Acheano, a farming community in the Central Region. According to relations of the deceased, he had earlier revealed he was going to the farm to fell some palm trees …

South Africa has concluded a new trade deal with the UK, which will kick in if Britain leaves the European Union without an trade agreement. The UK is set to leave the EU on October 31, and no trade deal currently exists between the two. While UK Prime Minister Boris …

The woman whose body was found dumped and beaten next to a primary school in Gugulethu on Friday was a 24-year-old mother of two children, says Ilitha Labantu spokesperson Siyabulela Monakali. He said the activist group and her grieving family were holding off on releasing her name for now. This …

Former President John Dramani Mahama and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) have begun a number of consultative meetings with various stakeholders ahead of the development of the party’s 2020 manifesto and campaign for the general elections. Mr Mahama disclosed this at a meeting with executives of the Ghana Pentecostal and …

A 45-year-old woman identified as Maame Adwoa, slipped and fell into a community reservoir when she attempted to fetch water leading to her death at Anomabo. Mr Eric Arthur, Central Regional Director of Communications of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), confirmed the tragedy to Ghana News Agency. He said his …