GENERAL NEWS

Journalist Bridget Otoo has berated the IGP for his attack on the British High Commissioner to Ghana over comments she made regarding the arrest of Convener of the #FixTheCountry Movement, Oliver Barker-Vormawor. According to Otoo, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), George Akuffo Dampare, attacked Harriet Thompson, in a letter he …

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abirem, Samuel Atta-Mills, has lamented the current economic hardship in the country. According to him, the economy is so hard that he is unable to afford a blade to shave his beard. His comment was after they failed to identify him when he got up to …

The High Court has dismissed a motion by James Gyakye Quayson to have 3 out of his 5 charges against him struck out. The MP for Assin North is facing the court over charges levelled against him including deceit of a public officer, forgery of passport or travel certificate, knowingly making a …

The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Apiate Disaster Committee, Thywill Quarshie, has revealed the committee has terminated the contract that provides transportation of school children in the Apiate community due to lack of funds. He explained that the committee will no longer support school children’s transportation and also some …

Names, they say, are powerful and can influence a person’s life in many ways; positively or negatively, and that might just be the spell with the combination of the names Ibrahim and Mahama. And while it isn’t too uncommon to find people bearing the same names, what is rarer is …

The Chairman and President of Groupe Nduom, Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, has sued the Republic Press newspaper over a news story published in its Monday, May 30, 2022 edition. The front page of the newspaper carried the headline “Nduom’s GN Bank in Trouble Again” with Dr. Nduom’s name misspelled. Dr. …

The Food and Drugs Authority, FDA, says it will soon ban all tobacco products in the country. It said that there is an ongoing legislative amendment of the already existing tobacco act which will help cover all tobacco products. Speaking on the GTV Breakfast Show, Regional Regulatory Officer of the …

The Ghana Police Service has stated that it is unable to provide protection for a group of persons who have indicated their intentions to demonstrate on the streets of Accra for a period of three days. The demonstrators, including broadcasters Captain Smart and Okatakyie Afrifa, asked the police to allow them to …

The Ghana Police Service has secured a court injunction from the High Court of Justice criminal court 3 to restrain commercial drivers from embarking on a naked demonstration over petrol price hikes in the country. The commercial drivers were expected to embark on a naked demonstration today Wednesday, June 1, …

The body of a 17-year-old who is alleged to have suffered a lightning strike in the Ho municipality has been moved for burial after being left in the open for over 24 hours. The boy, identified as Emmanuel Doli, a former student of the Sokode Senior High Technical School, was …