GENERAL NEWS

About 95 nurses from Ghana were shuttled off a chartered flight into the Grantley Adams International Airport on Thursday. The 95 Ghanaian nurses arrived via Azores Airlines. The chartered flight was scheduled to arrive at 5.50 pm. Prior to the arrival, originally it was communicated that the cohort of nurses …

As UK Visas & Immigration continues its phased resumption of services, it will be reopening additional centres from the week of July 27th. The following countries are; Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa), Malta (Valletta), Mauritius (Port Louis), Nigeria (Abuja, Ikeja, Victoria Island). And from the week of August 3rd in …

Another woman accused of witchcraft, who has been brutally tortured by the two spiritualists is currently on admission at a hospital in Salaga. News of witches being tortured has started coming up at the police stations, following the recent brutal lynching of a 90-year old woman, Mariama Akua Denteh at Kafaba. …

Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia and his wife, Samira Bawumia, have sent well wishes to the Muslims as Ghana joins the world to mark Eid-ul-Adha. “As we celebrate Eid today, the sacred day of Arafat, let us thank the Almighty Allah for granting Muslims across the world another Eid. Let us …

For every five Ghanaians, two of them are identified as multidimensionally poor – meaning more than 45 percent of the country’s population are affected by multiple types of poverty, a Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) report has revealed. Multidimensional poverty considers the many overlapping deprivations that poor people experience. The Multidimensional …

A young woman in Tema New Town was nearly lynched on Thursday evening by her neighbours for poisoning her two children to death. The yet-to-be-identified woman, according to a neighbour, Eric, said on many occasions that she will poison her two children aged 3 years and one-and-half years. But Eric …

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of New Juaben South, Isaac Appaw-Gyasi, has appealed to the citizenry to support the central government’s efforts in fighting the novel coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19).   “So far the Akufo-Addo government has been very proactive in our nation’s battle against the coronavirus epidemic in …

President Akufo-Addo’s resolve maybe to stop illegal mining popularly referred to as galamsey but this vision of his is certainly not shared by all his appointees. One such appointee is the District Chief of Executive of Amansie West who has vowed to ensure the perpetuation of galamsey despite its devastating …

Government has handed over 100 buses to senior high schools in the country. The schools are drawn from the North Eastern, Northern, Savannah, Upper East, Upper West, Oti, Bono, Bono East and Ahafo regions. The buses were handed over in fulfilment of a promise made in March 2020 during the …

Asset declaration has been a useful tool in the fight against corruption identified among public officials. In Ghana, all information on asset declaration is only made known to the Attorney General, however, the majority leader in parliament, Osei Kyei-Mensah Bonsu believes that asset declaration which is kept at the “safekeeping …