GENERAL NEWS

Four personnel of the Criminal Investigations Department of the Ghana Police Service, on Tuesday, 19 May 2020, arrested and questioned Major Kwadwo Boakye-Djan (Rtd) for allegedly saying on public radio that there would be civil war in Ghana should the Electoral Commission go ahead with its plan to compile a …

The stool name of the new Okuapehene, Oseadeyo Kwasi Akuffo II, has been amended to become Oseadeyo Kwasi Akuffo III. According to the Akuapem Traditional Council, it is in the national archives that the first Kwasi Akuffo, the current chief’s great grandfather, was known both as the first and the …

About 158 police facilities in the Ashanti Region are expected to be disinfested and disinfected by Zoomlion Ghana Limited (ZGL).The exercise, which will last for five days, is part of measures by the Ghana Police Service to fight and contain the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).   It …

The Criminal Investigation Department of the Ghana Police Service is in conversation with Major Rtd Boakye Gyan in the Jaman South Municipal Police Headquarters at Drobo. His arrest comes on the back of his ‘civil war’ comments he made last week on a radio station that “if the EC wants …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has assured Medium, Small and Micro Enterprises that he is determined to protect the means of livelihood of the people of Ghana that has been negatively impacted by the outbreak of the novel Coronavirus, Covid-19. Speaking at the “Presidential launch of the Coronavirus Alleviation Programme …

The High Commission of Ghana in South Africa has warned Ghanaian nationals in South Africa to ignore some supposed reports that there is a repatriation flight to transport Ghanaian citizens from South Africa to Ghana amidst coronavirus pandemic. According to the mission, there are audio messages circulating on WhatsApp and …

Like a game of dominoes, many businesses and organizations are taking a hit as the dreaded COVID-19 continues to sweep across the globe killing a significant number of the earth’s human population and incapacitating many. Ghana had recorded 5,735 cases of the virus with 29 deaths at the time of …

Techiman North District Assembly in the Bono East region has released 23.68 acres of  Assemly’s land in preparation for the implementation of the government’s 88 new District Hospitals. The land was donated to the Assembly by the Nananom of Tuobodom decades ago to enable the Assembly undertake developmental projects. The …

The Speaker of Parliament has ordered the immediate mass testing of Members of Parliament and the parliamentary staff for COVID-19. Prof. Aaron Mike Oquaye made this order today, Tuesday, May 19, 2020, when the House commenced sittings for the second meeting of this session. More soon… —citinewsroom

It has emerged that the District Chief Executive (DCE) of Amansie South, William Asante Bediako, paid a ransom of GH¢ 5,000 to armed robbers who threatened to assassinate him. This was disclosed by Mr Akwasi Abu, party chairman of the New Patriotic Party in the Amansie West constituency on Adom FM’s Dwaso …