GENERAL NEWS

The Management of Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) as part of its efforts to build a social security conscious generation, has commenced the training of students as brand ambassadors on selected university campuses. The maiden program took place at the Navrongo campus of the University for Development Studies …

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has held a program to train SSNIT Brand Ambassadors (SBAs) for the Trust at the University of Energy and Natural Resources, Sunyani.   The SSNIT Brand Ambassadors’ training which was organized for some selected student opinion leaders who are assumed to be …

Ghana is to observe a national day of fasting and prayers to seek the face of God in the fight against the novel Coronavirus pandemic, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has announced. In a televised broadcast to the nation, the President indicated that, “whilst we continue to adhere to these measures, and ramp …

Ghana’s Ministry of Health is currently mobilizing new and retired healthcare professionals to augment the nation’s covid-19 fight. President Akufo-Addo in a national broadcast on Saturday night said such personnel will help deal with a possible surge in infections in the coming days as Ghana struggles to contain the spread …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged all Ghanaians to observe Wednesday, 25th March 2020 as a national day of fasting and prayers for God to save the nation from Coronavirus. In a third broadcast to the nation following the outbreak, the President said: “I urge all of us also …

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has ordered the closure of Ghana’s borders from Sunday, March 22, 2020. This is to help reduce further escalation of the Coronavirus infection rate in the country. “Anybody who comes into the country, before midnight on Sunday, will be mandatorily quarantined and tested for the virus.” President …

Ghana has recorded its coronavirus-related death. A 61-year-old Lebanese man who was diagnosed with the disease recently is believed to have died at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi. There is no official confirmation yet from the Ghana Health Service about the death. But Deputy Health, Alexander Abban, has …

Why the ‘legalization’ of cannabis not what Ghanaians think it is On Friday, Parliament passed the new Narcotics Control Commission Bill, 2019, which makes the country’s Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) a Commission. Why the legalization of cannabis is not what Ghanaians think Reuters The new law also enhanced the powers …

The Winneba District Court presided over by His Honour Isaac Oheneba Kuffour has granted bail to the National Democratic Congress(NDC) Parliamentary Candidate for Effutu, Dr. James Kofi Annan. He has been charged on two counts: Conspiracy to commit crime to wit Stealing contrary to Section 23(1) and 124 of Act …

The Fantekrom community in the Prestea Huni-valley Constituency in the Western Region was on Tuesday, 10 March, 2020 elated when Lawyer Barbara Oteng-Gyasi, Member of Parliament (MP) for the area cut sod for the commencement of an ultra-modern six-unit classroom block. The project which is expected to be completed within …