GENERAL NEWS

Ghana’s President Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo has been named among top 50 African disruptors for the year 2020. Also named among the list are Africa’s leading undercover Journalist, Anas Aremeyaw and Nelson Boateng of ‘ plastic bricks’ who placed 44th. The award is in recognition of are African women and …

Self-styled farmer, Yaw Antwi Boadu has poured scorn on assertions that apple trees cannot survive in Ghana. Last week, news went viral that an apple tree had been sighted in Wiamoase in the Ashanti Region. The news was monumental because for so long the notion was that apple fruits could …

A pressure group in the Volta Region, Volta Youth, has called on President Akufo-Addo to as a matter of urgency ensure a fair distribution of the country’s resources to cover the construction of abandoned roads in the region. In a press release on Friday, the group noted with concern that …

National Chief Imam Sheik Usman Nuhu Sharubutu is holding a virtual Eid-ul-Fitr ceremony for the first time. The decision to hold a virtual occasion is influenced by restrictions by government to prevent the spread of Coronavirus in the country. The government has placed a ban on public gatherings, including religious activities as …

As part of measures in curbing the increasing insecurity in the area such as illegal activities of nomadic Fulani herdsmen and other heinous crimes, the government plans to build a military base in Asante Akim North District capital, Agogo in the Ashanti Region. “There have been a number of consultations …

The Minister for Health, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu has been elected to serve on the Executive Board of the World Health Organisation (WHO). The 34-member Executive Board is composed of technically qualified members who were elected to serve a three-year term. The Board is tasked with the functions of implementing the decisions …

Ranking Member on Foreign Affairs  Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has blamed the deportation of some 245 Ghanaians by the Kuwaiti government on the inaction of the government of Ghana, stressing that if the government of Ghana had acted earlier in bringing them back to Ghana, they should have been saved the …

Ace investigative and Award-winning Journalist, Manasseh Azure Awuni, has challenged President Nana Addo Danquah Akuffo-Addo to fight corruption fairly without being selective in who to prosecute. In reminding the Attorney General about the Zoomlion case, he noted that,” what has led these three people at the National Communication Authority(NCA) to …

A mass burial has been organized for the 30 victims who lost their lives in the fatal accident, that happened in March, on the Kintampo-Tamale Highway, involving Grand Bird bus and Tamale-bound Sprinter vehicle. This unfortunate accident killed 30 individuals, leaving few survivors as the two vehicles collided and got …

Zoomlion Ghana Limited on Friday (May 22, 2020) begun the exercise of fumigating and disinfecting police facilities in the Upper East Region.    The five-day exercise will cover police facilities in nine districts in the region.   The exercise is collaboration between the Ghana Police Service and Zoomlion Ghana Limited, …