GENERAL NEWS

Parliament’s Trades and Industry Committee has suspended the approval process for an amount of GH₵80 million allocated for the construction of the National Cathedral. The allocation, was the first time an amount had been explicitly made in lieu of the project, with previous disbursements made out of the Contingency Fund. …

A Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom, Paul Afriyie has been declared bankrupt by a court after it emerged that he indebted to the tune of £1.7 million. Afriyie, despite being a Brit was born to a Ghanaian father and British mother but grew up in Britain largely under …

A 47-year-old taxi driver by the name of Emmanuel Kwame Adzavor has reportedly died after being arrested by personnel of the Ghana Police Service. According to a news report by GHOne TV, the driver was arrested for allegedly committing a road traffic offense at Circle, a suburb of Accra, and was …

1The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has retrieved thirty-seven vehicles suspected to have been stolen from the United States of America (USA) and Canada. The exercise which was carried out in collaboration with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), was based on an …

The Inspector General of Police, Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, has promoted with immediate effect, the police officer shot by a gang of robbers during a special operation. The police officer promoted from the rank of Corporal to Sargeant was part of a police team that engaged in a shoot-out with the …

Participants at a forum to support women and youth to identify alternative business practices and local content opportunities in mining and agriculture value chains have strongly debunked the assertion that their educational levels are not cut for mining jobs, which is often used by multinational mining companies to deny them …

Stakeholders in the mining sector from Ashanti, Bono and Ahafo Regions have attended a forum aimed at ensuring responsible mining across the country. The forum, which formed part of the Wacam’s agenda of pushing strongly for mining responsibly in the country, was also aimed at examining the effectiveness of Ghana’s …

Founder of now-defunct Capital bank, William Ato Essien has pleaded guilty to charges of misappropriation of depositors’ funds and other counts of stealing, abetment to stealing, conspiracy to steal and money laundering among others. This was after the court accepted the terms of agreement reached between lawyers of Mr. Essien and the …

The Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the ICT Group of the Jospong Group of Companies (JGC), Samuel Ofori Gyampoh, became the proud recipient of the Top 30 Transformational Technology Award and, IoT Innovation award – going to Nerasol Ghana at the 4th National Communication Awards (NCAs). The award recognises Mr. …

Scores of passengers are seriously injured in a near-fatal crash involving a Toyota Hiace bus carrying passengers from Kumasi to Ho in the Volta Region. The crash occurred Monday, December 12, 2022. The speeding vehicle burst a tyre on reaching Akyem Kukurantumi stretch of the Koforidua to Bunso highway affecting …