GENERAL NEWS

Married men who are being denied sex by their wives have been advised to report them to the police. The Central Regional Coordinator of the Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU), Mr George Appiah-Sakyi, explained that “denying your spouse sex amounted to emotional abuse”. “If your wife wears jeans to sleep …

Former First Lady, Lordina Dramani Mahama has been awarded a Master of Laws (LLM) degree in Business Law/International Business Law from the De Montfort University in the United Kingdom. Graphic Online (www.graphic.com.gh) gathers that the former First Lady was a long-distance student at the Leicester-based university. She already holds a …

The Methodist Church Ghana has disassociated itself from what it perceives as an impending compromise on homosexuality by the British Methodist Conference in 2020. According to the Church, the attempt by the British conference to sample votes on homosexuality contradicts the bible. At a press conference today, the Presiding Bishop, …

The 87 Hyundai Gallopers which were left to rot at the Institute of Local Government Studies some 18 years ago, has finally been auctioned. The vehicles were ordered in the year 2000 by the government of then-President Jerry John Rawlings, at the cost of $30,000 each. But after almost two decades, …

The presentation of the mid-year budget review by Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has been postponed to Monday, 29 July 2019.This was announced by Deputy Majority Leader Sarah Adwoa Safo during the presentation of the business statement for next week on the floor of parliament on Friday.The mid-year review of the …

Businessman and Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central Constituency, Kennedy Agyapong is advocating that business owners boycott loans from Ghanaian banks over the seeming high interest rates. He believes goods sold by Nigerians and other nationals in Ghana appear to be cheaper because they contract loans with less interest …

The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has an interest in the ongoing murder trial of Mr Gregory Afoko, brother of the party’s once-suspended and now-former National Chair, Mr Paul Afoko, the lawyer for the accused person, Nana Yaw Osei Osei, has said.Mr Afoko and a second suspect are standing trial …

Ghana is a peaceful place to live and do business compared to some other West African countries, the Executive Secretary to the National Peace Council, Mr George Amoh, has told the host of Ghana Yensom on Accra100.5FM, Kwabena Prah Jnr. on Thursday, 19 July 2019.Mr Amoh noted that although there …

The former Executive Director of the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB), Dr Akrasi Sarpong, has called for the amendment of Ghana’s drug laws to specify what constitutes illegal drug usage.According to Dr Sarpong, the current law, for instance, is silent on the kinds of cannabis that can be used for industrial …

Police in Obuasi have launched investigations into a mine pit collapse at Akrokerri Bronikrom, in the Ashanti Region, which has claimed the life of a 35-year-old man. It took personnel from the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) and the police several hours to retrieve the body which was trapped under the …