GENERAL NEWS

There is confusion at the Eastern Regional branch of Progressive Transport Owners Association (PROTOA) after a vote of No Confidence was passed on the Regional Chairman, Yaw Adongo. Out of the 36 members, 28 voted against him. The embattled Chairman has been accused by the members of the private commercial …

Former President Jerry Rawlings is the latest to have added his voice to the deteriorating roads in the Volta Region, notably, the road leading to the capital, Ho. While travelling to the Regional capital on Thursday, to commiserate with the family of Chairman of the National Democratic Congress there, Henry …

The Eastern Regional Health Directorate continues to grapple with the high maternal mortality despite the roll-out of numerous critical interventions including Passion, Innovation, Commitment, Compassion and Accountability for Maternal and Neonatal Health (PICCAM). Seventy (70) institutional maternal deaths have been recorded so far in the region as at the end …

The Eastern Regional Health Directorate continues to grapple with the high maternal mortality despite the roll-out of numerous critical interventions including Passion, Innovation, Commitment, Compassion and Accountability for Maternal and Neonatal Health (PICCAM). Seventy (70) institutional maternal deaths have been recorded so far in the region as at the end …

On December 17, 2019, Ghana will conduct a referendum alongside district level elections. However, the Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide newspaper, Kweku Baako Jnr wishes that the referendum would be deferred, especially with a recent press conference held by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) where they urged Ghanaians …

A 22-year-old Uber driver, Prince Ampofo, has sustained serious body injuries in a machete attack during a carjacking at the Ejisu town of Besease in the Ashanti Region. The victim was attacked by two men, who hired his services from Atinga Junction at Ahodwo to Besease under the pretext of …

Today marks exactly five years when the Founder of the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC), Dr. Mensa Otabil advised the ex-president of Ghana and presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, to change his ways and attitude. According to him, Mahama will only win the 2016 …

Kayayei, also known in English as Head Potters, have lauded the government’s plan to build a 600-bed hostel facility for them. A woman who described herself as a pioneer of Kayayei, Hajia Adiza, has said the news of the hostel was greeted with spontaneous joy from the head potters. She …

No-one has got married in a village in Kano state, Nigeria, in the past four months after its chief imposed a wedding tax. Ado Sa’id, the chief of Kera village in north-west Nigeria, wants grooms to pay 137,000 naira ($377, £294). This is instead of the current custom of the …

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Tano North Constituency, Mrs Freda Akosua Prempeh, has condemned the abuse of a six-year-old boy at Manhea in the Ga West Municipal District in the Greater Accra region. According to the legislator, the act was simply an act of wizardry because there are other …