GENERAL NEWS

    The Executive Director of STAR-Ghana, Mr. Ibrahim Tanko Amidu has urged civil society organisations (CSO’s) to introduce sustainable programs that will help finance local development interventions considering the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on donor countries.   Speaking at a media and stakeholder engagement organized by the light …

A fire on Wednesday dawn destroyed several musical instruments in a shop in Koforidua. The New Juaben South Municipal Fire Command responded to a distress call at about 4.28 am and arrived at the scene of the fire two minutes later. According to the station officer, Edward Martinson, they had …

A Seven-Member panel of the Supreme Court has adjourned the suit challenging the National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) celebration of the 31st December coup d’etat (sinie) indefinitely. The panel chaired by Justice Jones Dotse had support from Justice Yaw Appau, Justice Samuel Marful-Sau, Justice Nene Amegatchar, Justice Prof Nii Ashie Kotey, …

The National Health Insurance Authority has asked staff at its Head Office with underlying health conditions to stay home after eight of its executives including the CEO Dr Lydia Dsane-Selby tested positive for COVID-19. The company is also barring persons who do not work there from entering the premises. This comes …

Legal practitioner, Mr Lamtiig Apanga has stated that the maximum 25 years jail term given to rapists in the country should be able to deter people from the act but some people are still very recalcitrant to obey the law. According to him, perpetrators who engage in unscrupulous practices, including …

The Ghana Prisons Service has said it is “almost impossible” for it to observe social distancing protocols among inmates due to the congested nature of the holding facilities. The Director of Public Affairs of the Ghana Prisons Service, Superintendent Courage Atsem, told Valentina Ofori-Afriyie on Class91.3FM’s mid-day news 12Live, social …

23-year-old Jamila Hajia speaking to DJ Nyaami on SVTV Africa disclosed that she spends GH¢20 on weed each day. According to her, she has been smoking weed for 9 years with influence from nobody. She said she can smoke weed from morning till 12 midnight. The mother of two revealed …

A three-month-old baby has died of COVID-19 in the Northern Region, bringing the death toll in the region to three. The baby was referred from the Savelugu Hospital to the Northern Regional Hospital but died shortly afterward. The two others are an 80-year old lady who died in May and …

    The Volta Regional Director of Zoomlion Ghana Limited, Mr Solomon Denyo, has assured the Ministry of Education (MoE), the Ghana Education Service (GES), teachers, parents and all stakeholders in the education space in the Volta and Oti Regions that his outfit will complete the disinfection of private and …

Alfred Woyome, businessman and member of the opposition National Democratic Congress says he could refund the GHC51 million judgement debt money wrongfully paid him by the state if his shares in business ventures he invested in are released back to him. Woyome says his shares in some 14 companies have …