GENERAL NEWS

The informal sector economy in Ghana makes up about 80-85% (Eban Tawiah Anuwa- Armah, 2015) of the Ghanaian economy and is identified as the largest workforce of the population but without any form of attractive pension scheme arrangement to provide a regular source of income and to improve the standard …

A Senior Lecturer at the Department of Economics at the University of Ghana Dr. Ebo Turkson says the promise by the opposition National Democratic Congress to construct a domestic Airport in the Upper East region is needless. According to him, the region has pertinent needs which do not include an …

Vigilant Immigration Officials on duty at Beat six and two unapproved route bordering neighbouring Burkina Faso on Tuesday evening busted twenty-seven Burkina Faso nationals for attempting to enter Ghana. The irregular Burkina Faso migrants comprised 24 males and 03 females. Their ages ranged between 01 and 38. They were busted …

The Okada Riders Association of Ghana (ORAG) has said it will hold former President John Mahama’s “feet to the fire” to fulfil his promise of legalising the use of motorcycles for commercial transportation purposes if he wins the 7 December 2020 polls. ORAG made the comment in a statement issued …

The Ghana Police Service (GPS) has dismissed 28 personnel, including two females, for unprofessional acts. This was as a result of complaints lodged by the public, of which they were found culpable of 181 cases of unprofessional conduct, from January to August, 2020. Director of Public Affairs of the Ghana …

In yet another example of his love for humanity the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has built, furnished, and formally handed over a two-bedroom house to an 82-year-old cured leper who had been abandoned by her family at Motori in the Wa West District of the Upper West Region. Dr …

One person has died in an accident on the Kasoa-Winneba road at Gomoa Mampong in the Central Region. The accident occurred on the afternoon of Tuesday, 8th September 2020. Eyewitnesses say that a driver’s mate got down from a Trotro bus to cross the road in order to ease himself. …

The spillage of the Bagre Dam in Burkina Faso coupled with torrential rains in the Upper East Region have submerged the White Volta bridge at Kobore in the Bawku West District of the Upper East Region. The situation has left hundreds of passengers stranded with a lot of livestock washed …

The Fuel Tanker Drivers Association operating at the Buipe depot in the Savannah region has declared an indefinite sit down strike over the refusal of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transport, BOST management to fix malfunctioning loading meters at the depot. While protesting over the issue, the drivers on Monday, …

The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) in the Adaklu District of the Volta Region, has engaged the people of the Adaklu Abuadi community on what Social Auditing really seeks to address at a forum.   The People were made to understand that the aim of Social Auditing is to …