GENERAL NEWS

Embattled Member of Parliament (MP) for Dome-Kwabenya Constituency in the Greater Accra Region, Madam Sarah Adwoa Safo has been shifted from the Environment, Science and Technology Committee of Parliament. The Dome-Kwabenya MP has now been made a Member of Parliament’s Poverty Reduction Committee. According to the Majority Chief Whip, Mr. Frank Annoh-Dompreh his side had made …

The Minister of Communications and Digitalisation, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has said her ministry would not extend the set deadline for the nationwide SIM card registration exercise. Consequently, she said all unregistered SIM cards would be deactivated by the end of July this year, and advised mobile phone users yet to …

The Ghana Police Service has said it is making all efforts to reunite the 11-year-old girl whose father attempted to use her for money rituals, with her family. The Police disclosed this in a statement issued following the arrest of the 42-year-old businessman, Evans Oppong, a resident of Fise, near Amasaman who …

The three days intended demonstration by a group of Ghanaians which is set to start on Saturday, June 4, has been stopped by court. This was after the police filed a motion at the Criminal Division of the Accra High Court to have the said demonstration stopped and same was …

A reggae musician and broadcaster, Abubakar Ahmed, aka Blakk Rasta, has said that the state ceasing the estates of the late former Chief Executive Officer of the Forestry Commission, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie (Sir John), for the crimes he has allegedly committed is not good enough. According to Blakk Rasta, the right punishment …

President Nana Akufo-Addo has directed with immediate effect, the removal of Hamza Tanko from all official duties of the Hajj Board. This comes after Mr Hamza’s appointment as a signatory to Ghana’s Hajj bank account in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and his description as a Finance Director. A statement signed by the Executive Secretary …

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) activist, Dela Coffie has responded following the issuance of a warrant of arrest from the Office of the Special Prosecutor. According to him, he will make himself available for any queries of law enforcement as he has nothing to hide. …Preliminarily, I want to state that I …

There were chills and a lot of emotions accompanying the revelations in a video fast making rounds on Facebook, where a man has been arrested for sending his daughter to a herbalist to have her killed for money. In the video shared by Nana Adu-Boafo Jnr on Facebook, who identifies …

It was an unusual Friday morning along the GIMPA-Dzorwulu road in Accra when two cows that were fiercely engaged in a head-butting fight, blocked the road for a number of minutes. The cows: one all-white and the other black and white, for the period GhanaWeb’s lenses were there, moved between the …

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr. George Akuffo Dampare has directed all Public Affairs Officers of the Police Service, as well as Regional Commanders, from henceforth cease granting interviews or issuing press releases on any matter within their jurisdiction to the media. The directive is to remain in force until …