GENERAL NEWS

The Mayor of Kumasi, Hon Samuel Pyne says the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) is devising proactive measures to shore up revenue to attend to numerous projects it plans to carry out. Speaking on Garden City TV Thursday morning, Hon Pyne revealed that the Assembly was currently spending 70% of its …

The New York Police Department (NYPD) has charged two men in connection with the death of a city taxi driver. The two, Austin Amos and Nicholas Porter, both 20 years old, are said to have turned themselves in. They have been charged, among others, with gang assault, manslaughter and theft. The …

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration is putting in place measures to rescue some 431 stranded Ghanaians in Dubai and the United Arab Emirates. In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that most of our stranded Ghanaians who are currently in detention at the Al Tawadi …

Lack of a toilet facility in a school in Accra has caused the pregnancy of a 15-year-old Junior High School (JHS) student. Names of the student and the school including the headmistress who made the disclosure, have been withheld to avoid name-shaming and stigmatisation. The bizarre revelation was made in …

Former Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Professor Emeritus Stephen Adei, has said that the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, resigned from Databank approximately four clear years before joining frontline politics. According to him, although Ken Ofori-Atta is the founder of the Databank, he has nothing to do with it …

Veteran broadcaster, Kwasi Kyei Darkwah, known as KKD has cited the minister for Finance Ken Ofori-Atta over what he says is conflict of interest. According to him, the minister is benefiting at the expense of the country. “I read a report yesterday that broke my heart, I saw how much Ghana owes …

Dagbon is currently in a state of mourning following the death of the Mion-Lana, Naa Abdulai III. Prior to his death, he was the heir apparent to the Dagbon Skin. Mahamadu Abdulai as he was privately known as, became a chief at the age at early age of 14 after …

The Inspector General of Police, George Akuffo Dampare, has put in stringent measures to beef up security in the country. These measures, according to the IGP, form part of a broad range of efforts by leadership of the service to improve security and safeguard the safety of all Ghanaians. Speaking at …

A lifeless body of a 16-year-old boy has been retrieved from River Boafo at Nkwanta in the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central Region. The deceased, identified as Akwesi Akufo-Addo, was going to fetch water with his friends when the incident occurred. Nkwanta Unit Committee Chairman, Kwesi Amfoh, confirmed this unfortunate …

Residents of New Kyekyere, a suburb of Kronum in the Suame Municipality of the Ashanti Region were thrown into a state of fear when a man was found hanging in the area. The yet-to-be-identified man believed to be 35 years old was seen hanging with a sponge on an iron …