GENERAL NEWS

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchway has revealed that the government is working to bring back home about 3,000 stranded Ghanaians in some countries. She said the evacuees included seven Ghanaians, who arrived in the country by a charter flight on the afternoon of Thursday, June …

A Kia truck rammed into traders and cars at Kumasi, injuring several traders and crashing into cars. The incident which happened at the Adehyeman market on Monday, June 8, 2020 reportedly affected 7 persons, with 2 feared dead and 5 sustaining various degrees of injury. The truck with registration number …

THE PERENNIAL floods that cause havoc for most of the residents of Kumasi in the Ashanti Region look likely to stop this year. The Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei-Mensah, has announced that most of the bridges in the flood-prone areas in Kumasi will be fixed and big drains desilted, because …

Commercial sex workers known in local parlance as “Ashawo”, who usually stand on the shoulder of major roads in Kumasi to operate, has significantly reduced lately. The Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei-Mensah, who made the observation, attributed the sharp drop to two major factors, one of which is the coronavirus …

Ghana’s incumbent president in the person of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Sunday night lifted the ban on social gatherings including places of worship. In line with social distancing rules amid the coronavirus pandemic, he said, mosques and churches should host worshippers at one-fourth of their capacity. “An abridged format …

The National Identification Authority’s mass Ghana card distribution exercise which was scheduled for Monday, 8 June 2020, has been postponed to Wednesday, 10 June 2020. The exercise will take place in all the 16 regions of Ghana. The Authority said 3,875,441 printed cards will be issued to the applicants at …

Details are emerging about how $200 million earmarked for the construction of 5,000 housing units by the Mahama-led National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration was started and could not be completed despite huge sums paid to the contractor. The deal was approved by Parliament but by the time it was being …

Tension is escalating at the Abeka District Court as family and friends of the late Benjamin Okyere, who was shot dead by his landlord at Ofankor, are demanding Justice. According to the family present, the accused ought to be killed in the manner their relative was murdered for Justice to …

Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced a 7-hour dumsor in part of Accra beginning today, Monday, June 8, 2020. The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), has explained that the power cuts are necessary to undertake planned maintenance works to improve service delivery The exercise is scheduled to end on Thursday, …

Following his arrest on Friday, June 6, 2020, after he led a protest at the Black Star Square over the gruesome murder of African-American, George Floyd, the leader of Economic Fighters League, Ernesto Yeboah is opening up about his arrest. After the George Floyd incident in the United States, the …