GENERAL NEWS

SEND GHANA has appealed to government to make provisions for the release of social protection funds as it presents the 2020 Budget statement and Economic Policy on November 13 to prevent undue delays. Addressing the media at a press conference in Accra, the Deputy Country Director of SEND GHANA, Mr. …

The chief executive officer of a private nursing school in kumasi of the Ashanti region, Afia Kobi Nursing school at Nhyieso, Owusu King has been arrested by the Manhyia Police command for physically assaulting an OTEC FM Reporter. The reporter, Oheneba Kwaku Atta (Apossor) was physically assaulted; equipment seized by …

The Executive Chairman of McDan group, who is also the Gugba Naa of Tamale, Dr Daniel Mckorley has donated cash and assorted gifts worth Gh¢50 000 to the Mion Lana towards the celebration of the Damba festival. Present at the brief but impressive ceremony to make the presentation was Mr …

A housewife, Fatima Ishaq, on Wednesday sued her husband, Hassan Haruna, before a Sharia Court in Kaduna after the man was accused of raping an underage child. The petitioner who lives with her estranged husband within Kaduna metropolis, through her counsel, M.S. Abdullahi, told the court that she cannot continue …

Some aggrieved customers of collapsed financial institutions in Ghana who are yet to retrieve their funds have threatened to destabilize the country even if part of their funds are paid. They are demanding full payment of their locked-up funds. Anything short of that, they note, will leave them with no …

Former Finance Minister, Seth Terkper, has stated that the government has failed to properly account for oil revenue generated since it came to power. Speaking on the 2020 Budget Statement and Economic Policy that was presented to Parliament Wednesday, he stated that the Finance Minister only presented figures on oil …

The Supreme Court has ruled that an application filed by the Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu seeking to compel the Attorney General to retrieve some €47 million from Waterville is incompetent. This follows an application by Deputy Attorney Godfred Yeboah Dame questioning the legality of the writ. The Special Prosecutor dragged …

The government has revealed plans to provide accommodation for head porters or ‘kayayei’ in various parts of Accra. Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta said in the 2020 Budget Statement in Parliament on Wednesday that the construction of the hostel will begin in December 2019 at Agbogbloshie, a suburb of Accra. “Mr …

Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta says all is set for construction works to begin on the controversial National Cathedral. Presenting the 2020 budget in Parliament Wednesday, November 13, 2019, the Finance Minister said work on the project will commence in March next year. “Mr. Speaker, the interdenominational National Cathedral that will …

Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu on Wednesday clashed in court with Deputy Attorney, General Godfred Yeboah Dame. While the Special Prosecutor remarked “if you don’t respect me you can’t come to me”, the Deputy AG said Mr Amidu had no right to suggest his office was not working towards retrieving some …