GENERAL NEWS

Motorists heading to Aburi this morning can use the Peduase Lodge-Ayi Mensah road as the road has been opened to traffic. The police created a diversion after Friday afternoon’s rains caused a mudslide on the stretch. Communications Director for the National Disaster Management Organisation, George Ayisi told GhanaWeb in a …

Motorists using the south-bound lane of the Aburi to Accra road were left stranded Friday afternoon after a heavy downpour caused a landslide. Videos circulated on social media show motorists struggling to navigate the road that connects the Eastern Region to Accra. A. A. A. A. @Mz_Adjei  · 5h The Aburi mountains have …

Grief-stricken mother of the 33-year-old driver, Kofi Ampoma, allegedly beaten to death by police at Adomfe in the Ashanti region is demanding transparent investigations and subsequent prosecution of those involved. Inconsolable Sister Atta said the police had robbed her off a very good son who was her only source of …

Ghanaian nationals in South Africa have appealed to the government of Ghana to consider introduction of Older Person’s Grant (OPG) to old – age persons with no other means of financial income as is being done in other countries. According to them, the OPG will help combat poverty and inequality …

Policy Analyst, IMANI AFRICA is demanding a justification for Government’s decision to takeover rural water systems, warning the judgment could threatens water supply to the poor. Civil Society organizations in rural and community water services, COCOWAS has criticized government for not rescinding its decision to bring all community pipe water …

Deputy Minister of Finance, Mr. Kwaku Agyemang Kwarteng and Mr. Carlos Kingsley Ahenkorah, Deputy Trade and Industry, have been sacked from their position as board members of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) with immediate effect, DAYBREAK can authoritatively report. This was communicated to them by the new board chairman, Professor …

Some family members of the late Otumfour’s Asamponhene Nana Kwadwo Afordour, yesterday besieged the Asokore Mampong district court to invoke the powers of their ancestral gods on the suspect and his Counsel. According to otecfmghana.com reporter Isaac Nsiah Foster who at the court reported that, some family members who wore black mourning …

Since late August 2019, Nigeria has closed three of her borders -Seme-Krake, Igolo and Idiroko. According to President Buhari, the move is to curb smuggling of rice into the country through its neighbouring countries. The country further tightened the screws by banning trade across all land borders to force its …

Collins Badu Agyemang, a lecturer at the Psychology Department of the University of Ghana, is of the view that provocative and seductive dressing of some female students contribute to sexual harassment and misconduct in society. To Dr Agyeman, “there is the issue of power play in all sectors of society …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said Ghana is committed to reducing her carbon footprints, and will contribute significantly towards helping to win the fight against climate change. Describing climate change as “the biggest threat to the realisation of the SDGs”, Mr Akufo-Addo explained that the issue has become an …