GENERAL NEWS

Monday October, 28 will go down in Ghanaian history as the day one of the most reliable ‘getaway routes’ during heavy rains joined the list as a flood-prone stretch. Over 4-hour rainfall in the capital and some parts of the country resulted in the submersion of several areas including the …

Member of Parliament for Ablekuma South, Alfred Okoe Vanderpuije, has said the government was implementing the free Senior High School (SHS) policy wrongly. Yes, it’s constitutional that we allow our children have access to free SHS, no one is against that but the way they (government) are implementing it is …

President Akufo Addo has commended his wife First Lady of the Republic, Mrs Rebecca Akufo Addo for her selfless service to Ghana in the last three years in various areas of public and social support. Addressing attendees of the 6th annual conference of the Merck Foundation Africa Asia Luminary at …

The Airport immigration officers have been accused of illegally taking money from foreign nationals and refusing to issue receipt after payment. According to Business and Financial Times, these officers ‘pocket’ visa on arrival cash leading to revenue leakages. A South African national who arrived in Ghana on October 24,2019 was …

Former President John Mahama has said although the outflow of professionals and technocrats from the country to the diaspora can be disadvantageous to the economic growth of Ghana, it is not entirely bad since it has certain benefits, too. On the contrary, Mr Mahama believes Ghanaians living abroad make significant …

The seat of government; The Jubilee House, has handsomely rewarded the Military Police personnel, who joined the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Kalypo fever, ahead of the 2016 General Elections, with enlistment into the Ghana Military Academy, to become a commissioned officer of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF). Corporal Osei Owusu, …

The Nigerian High Commissioner to Ghana, His Excellency Ambassador Olufemi Michael Abikoye has told their citizens particularly those doing businesses in Ghana to return home since the economy of Nigeria is now in a good shape “Things are getting better in Nigeria and I can assure you. ..And I don’t …

Following a trending video that seems to show President Akufo-Addo sleeping during proceedings at Russia-Africa Summit, it has been insinuated that the President may be causing financial loss to the country because sleeping at events which was not part of promises made to Ghanaians. Japhet Festus Gbede is quoted to …

Veteran Broadcaster, Cyril Harry Kwasi Acolatse, has died at age 77. Mr Acolaste worked with the national broadcaster, GBC Radio and GBC Television. He passed away on Monday in Tema in the Greater Accra Region, family sources told Myjoyonline.com. Among the programs he hosted on Ghana Television were Focus, Searchlight, Insight, Topic, …

Some unpaid Nation Builders Corps (NABCO) trainees on Monday picketed at the NABCO head office over their delayed allowances. The trainees earlier petitioned their employer to release the allowances which had not been paid since November 2018. Efforts by the beneficiaries over the period to retrieve their locked up stipends …