GENERAL NEWS

The Economic Fighters League (EFL) has petitioned President Akufo-Addo to use his prerogative of mercy to pardon a military officer who is being held in Recce Guardroom at Burma Camp. The group believes Lance Corporal Wassa’s social media appeal to him, not to assent to Parliament’s proposed new chamber was …

The Northern Development Authority (NDA) formerly of the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) is on the heels on individuals and organizations that procured tractors and tricycles under hire purchase but have refused to settle their indebtedness. According an announcement placed on a number of media outlets, the agency is threatening …

Managing Editor of the Insight Newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr, has said hardship in Ghana is not a recent phenomenon, therefore politicians should stop exaggerating over the issue. The veteran journalist said this in reaction to comments from some politicians, mainly from the National Democratic Congress after the Mid-Year Budget Review …

There was intense jostling for space at the Aviation Social Centre in Accra yesterday as prospective national service persons posted to the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) massed up at the centre to get their appointment letters endorsed by the company. The development followed an announcement by the company, calling …

The Office of the National Chief Imam has commended the present and past governments for the support given Muslims over the years. This was contained in a notice posted on the official Facebook page of the Chief Imam. “The Office of the National Chief Imam expresses its appreciation to the …

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Ms Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, has disclosed that the ministry had begun discussions aimed at introducing chip-embedded passports to keep up the pace of technological advancement and enhance the security of the Ghanaian passport. Ms Botchway made the revelation at the Meet-the-Press encounter …

It has emerged that though one of the kidnapped Takoradi girls, Ruth Love Quayson, managed to secretly call her mother with her phone on the day of her kidnap to inform her about her predicament, the police, when informed, failed to act immediately. “Mum please save me, save me where …

New Patriotic Party (NPP) firebrand, Kennedy Agyapong has described the Christian Council of Ghana as a bogus institution that only works when politicians make comments which do not sit down well with them. The outspoken lawmaker for Assin Central wondered why it took so long for the Christian Council to …

The Deputy Managing Director of the State Housing Company, Roni Nicol, has funded the appeal fee of a 15-year old juvenile, who was handed a two-year jail term for court proceedings to begin next week. YEN.com.gh earlier reported that in a bid to secure bail for the 15-year-old boy, who …

Contractors who are owed by the government in various sectors have taken their demand for payment a notch further by petitioning the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II to intervene, MyNewsGh.com reports. Consequently, a meeting has been scheduled on Wednesday, August 14 at the Manhyia Palace where the contractors would meet …