GENERAL NEWS

The Northern Development Authority (NDA) has asked the Economic and Organised Crime Organization (EOCO) to investigate its former financial officers for various procurement breaches and mismanagement. According to NDA, which used to be the Savanna Acceleration Development Authority (SADA) the former staff have caused financial loss to a tune of …

Member of Parliament (MP) for Adansi Asokwa, Kobina Tahir Hammond has said the Parliament House would be set ablaze should the government force the controversial Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) into the school curriculum, MyNewsGh.com reports. The former Deputy Minister of Energy believes the Minister of Education, Matthew Opoku Prempeh ‘NAPO’ …

Ghana’s consummate journalist who worked for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Komla Dumor until his demise in January 2014 would have been 47 years today. Born on 3rd October, 1972, Mr Dumor became a household name in Ghana and a global change-making journalist for his inspirational journalism. Having excelled with …

The Government of Ghana has already received money from the Swedish government for the introduction of the controversial Comprehensive Sexuality Education programme in Ghanaian schools, North Tongu MP Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has claimed. According to him, the Swedish government doled out $22 million to Ghana and other African countries to …

The Acting Inspector General of Police, James Oppong-Boanuh, has directed the immediate interdiction of two police officers spotted in a viral video torturing a man in their custody. General Sergeant Patrick Amoako and General Lance Corporal Isaac Marfo were seen using belts to beat a man accused by his employer …

Former President John Mahama says the Comprehensive Sexuality Education programme is unacceptable and must be withdrawn immediately by the government. He says educational policies of government must respect the cultural values and norms of  Ghanaians. In a Facebook post, Mr. Mahama said: “I fully understand the outrage of the moral …

The Ranking Member on the Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee of Parliament, and MP for Tamale Central, Alhaji Inusah Fuseini, says the implementation of the Right to Information (RTI) Law in January 2020 as approved in Parliament will be adhered to. He says implementing agencies have been given ample …

Special Prosecutor, Mr Martin Amidu, has called on Ghanaian leaders to end the practice of freeing the elite who spend short terms in jail after being convicted for corrupt practices while individuals jailed for misdemeanours rot in prisons for years. Mr Amidu wants a regime where there will be tougher …

Investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas and the Tiger Eye P.I team are set to expose the corrupt activities of City Guards within Accra’s Central Business District. The team, posing as drivers and traders, for six months, monitored the activities of the guards from the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) who engaged …

In a graphic video reported to be in the possession of The Chronicle newspaper, two junior ranked police officers have allegedly subjected a suspect in their custody to severe physical abuse. The video, according to the news outlet, showed the two personnel stationed at the Railway Station of the New …