GENERAL NEWS

The President, Ghana Journalists Association, Mr. Albert Kwabena Dwumfour, has assured the bereaved family of the Executive Chairman of the Jospong Group of Companies, Dr. Joseph Siaw Agyepong, that come 10th September, 2022, he, together with all the GJA executives, will attend the burial and funeral of the latter’s late …

Driver of an unidentified truck carrying timber logs has been crushed to death in an accident. The accident happened at a junction that links Sankore, Kwapong, Kokooso and Abuom. According to reports, the timber truck driver lost control while negotiating a curve, leading the truck to somersault. According to one …

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has ordered Zoomlion Ghana Limited to refund GH¢517,500. 00 into government chest for failure to execute a fumigation contract awarded to it by government during the COVID-19 outbreak in the country. The contract was for the fumigation of schools, markets, and other public institutions in the Kintampo …

Policy and planning lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Dr Stephen Takyi, has suggested to churches to improve on their social support systems for the members. In the midst of economic challenges confronting the country, he suggested among other things to the managements of the …

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Asokwa, Madam Patricia Appiagyei on Thursday afternoon inspected works being done by GENERAL Engineering Group, contractor for the Kaase Railway Line Project. The main project stretches from Takoradi on a single lane through to the Greater Kumasi where the lines become double so as …

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 …