GENERAL NEWS

Renowned journalist and Managing Editor of the New Crusading Guide newspaper, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako Jnr says COVID-19 has exposed fake pastors in the country. He is wondering why the so-called Prophets who are often seen and heard prophesying the deaths of some persons could not foresee the emergence of the pandemic. …

The government is set to extend its free water and electricity relief packages for the next three months. Ghanaians enjoyed free water and electricity supply between the months of April, May and June. The move was the government’s own way of reducing the economic impact of the Coronavirus pandemic on Ghanaians. The …

The Electoral Commission has made public an approved rate for personnel who have been engaged in the 2020 voters registration exercise. The development comes after a GhanaWeb publication which projected the plights of some registration officials. The personnel had expressed discontentment over the decision by the body to pay them an amount …

The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta is set to announce a temporary financial relief programme for persons who lost their jobs as a result of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). To be known as the National Unemployment Insurance Scheme, the initiative is to be a temporary income and will be paid to …

Utility consumers are to enjoy free water and electricity supplies for the next three months. It follows plans by the government to extend the free electricity and water relief packages that ended in May for three more months. The new measure is to be announced in the mid-year budget review …

The Country Director of Amnesty International, Robert Akoto Amoafo, has urged government to deal with human trafficking issues as one of its priorities. His call follows several harrowing experiences by some Ghanaian and Africa migrants who survived or died from ‘modern-day slavery’ in Libya and some Arab states like Saudi …

Police at Ejura in the Ashanti Region have nabbed a 35-year-old woman alleged to have killed her two children at Yeboah-Akosua near Sekyedumase. According to police, the bodies of the suspect’s one-month-old baby and a two-year-old child were found at separate locations when police followed up after the father of …

The Government of Ghana has urged its citizens to brace themselves for difficult years due to the negative impact of COVID-19 on Ghana’s economy. The Finance Minister made the comments Thursday when he presented the mid-year budget review to Parliament. “COVID-19 pandemic is far more than a crisis and Ghana’s …

The Director-General in charge of Welfare of the Ghana Police Service (GPS), COP Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah, has lamented what she calls the seeming increase of sexism and harassment faced by women in leadership positions in the country. According to her, female bosses continue to suffer gender discrimination, claiming there is still …

The Minority in Parliament has accused the Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta of rewriting the Mid-year Budget statement after over a 2-hour delay. The government had advertised Thursday, July 23 at 10 am for Mr. Ofori-Atta to present the statement to Members of Parliament. However, as at 1 pm, the Finance Minister …