GENERAL NEWS

The Provision of a police escort for members of Parliament has once again come up for discussion on the floor. MPs are this time demanding the immediate provision of police escort following the failed assassination attempt on Nhyiaeso MP, Kennedy Kankam. The MP and his family were held hostage at …

The Director of the Transformation Programmes Office of the Ghana Police Service, ACP Dr Benjamin Agordzor who is alleged of being involved in a destabilization plot has said charges against him are frivolous and hence can’t be bogged down by that. Speaking after he was denied bail in court Wednesday …

The Aggrieved Customers of Gold Coast Funds Management (GCFM) have called on government to act on their plea by paying all Interim Payment Certificates (IPCs) due GCFM and to compel the Company to pay them. The Aggrieved Customers urged government to reconsider plans to liquidate the GCFM as government itself …

Frequent floods are posing serious threats to the lives of residents of Kenyase, near Kumasi. A bridge linking Kenyase with Mamponteng and other towns always submerges whenever it rains, thereby, creating inconveniences for residents of the area. Recently, the bridge submerged after a river overflowed its banks, causing severe discomfort …

The Chairman of the National Peace Council (NPC), the Most Rev. Professor Emmanuel Asante, has identified the large unemployment rate in the country as a potential source for religious extremism that can lead to terrorism. He said the high rate of unemployment makes, particularly, the youth susceptible to influence from …

The Broadcasting Bill is to be laid before Parliament in January, next year. The law, among others, seeks to arrest the falling standards in Ghana’s electronic media space and ensure it embraces modern best practices. The Minister of Information, Mr Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, who announced this in Accra yesterday at …

Five persons including an alleged destooled Chief of Awenade, a community near Nkawkaw in the Eastern region have been arrested by the Nkawkaw District Police Command over the bloody clashes in the community. Four of the suspects were remanded on Monday by the Mpraeso Circuit Court but the alleged destooled …

More names of prominent persons including top politicians are emerging as persons belonging to a group ‘Take Action Ghana’ in which the alleged coup plotters were fished out. MyNewsGh.com has gathered that officials of the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) are on the heels of these individuals who are subjects …

Lawyers for Superintendent Peter Lanchene Tuubo say their client has not been invited by the BNI over the alleged coup plot contrary to claims in the media. According to Abraham Amaliba, the Wa West parliamentary candidate of the opposition National Democratic Congress is yet to receive invitation from any of …

The Auditor-General says it is inappropriate for the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) to approve sponsorship funds for the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO). Daniel Domelevo said EOCO being an oversight institution like the Auditor General’s office, should have rejected the cash donation. “As an oversight body, you must …