GENERAL NEWS

The introduction of improved security features into the administration of the Defective Vehicle (DV) number plate system by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) this year has led to a significant improvement in the revenue performance of the author. Whereas the DVLA generated less than GH¢4 million from the …

A group of fisher folks from the Western Region has asked former President John Mahama to clarify some corruption allegations including the Airbus Bribery scandal leveled against him. Speaking on behalf of the fishermen who paid a courtesy call on Mr Mahama at his office on Wednesday, the Lower Axim Chief fisherman, …

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has assured that Ghanaians living and studying in China are safe from the deadly coronavirus and will be evacuated when it becomes necessary. According to the MoH, no Ghanaian has been infected with the virus in China or anywhere else across the globe. This comes …

Some concerned residents of Afram Plains South District in the Eastern Region are to embark on a massive demonstration next week over rampant highway robberies in the area. According to them, the highway robbery menace has created panic among commuters particularly traders affecting the local economy as many traders are …

Actress, Moesha Bodoung says social media has changed lives in the country and the world and young girls must take full advantage. According to her, due to the existence of social media, the movie industry has been transformed and has made room for new entrants. To her, gone were the …

The building housing the Akuse Police station is in a state of dilapidation and needs urgent attention to avoid a collapse. The walls of the two-storey building is full of cracks in a video filmed by a concerned citizen. The CID office had several structural cracks which are opening up. …

Former Executive Director of the Media Foundation West Africa, Prof Kwame Karikari, has chastised the media in Ghana over the lack of intellectual capacity to probe issues of national interest due to the lack of reading. According to him, most journalists only depend on what they are taught in school …

A second year student of Dwamena Akenteng Senior High School (SHS) in the Ashanti region has reportedly died after battling a short illness. The deceased, John Billey, was found helpless in his dormitory by school authorities and was rushed to the hospital but died upon arrival. Nhyira FM’s Nana Awuku, …

An Accra High Court has granted bail to former Finance Minister Dr Kwabena Duffour, a former Second Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana Dr Johnson Pandit Asiama, and seven others for being complicit in the collapse of the now-defunct uniBank Ghana Limited. The accused persons earlier pleaded not guilty …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appointed Major General Thomas Oppong-Peprah, currently Chief of Staff at General Headquarters of the Ghana Armed Forces, as the new Chief of Army Staff. A statement signed by the Director of Communications at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin, stated that “following the completion of the …