GENERAL NEWS

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 …

The Wa Naa has distanced his Palace from the public flogging of a girl and boy at the forecourt of the Palace on Tuesday afternoon. Through his spokesperson, he has disassociated himself and condemned the floggers of persons seen in a leaked sex video. The Ghana News Agency (GNA) reports that Naa …

It has emerged that some appointees of the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo government never declared their assets as required by law. GhanaWeb sighted a report by Accra-based online portal – The Fourth Estate – indicating that 19 of the minister’s President Akufo-Addo swore into office during his first term violated the law. According …

A one-time deputy minister, Felix Kwakye Ofosu has waded into the Inspector General of Police, IGP George Akuffo Dampare’s protest against British High Commissioner, Harriet Thompson. The Police chief via a May 20 statement accused the diplomat of being biased and meddlesome in her tweet commenting on the arrest of …

Convener of the #FixTheCountry Movement, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, has questioned the rationale behind a response issued by the IGP to the British High Commissioner over comments she made regarding his arrest. According to him, the IGP’s response was quite unnecessary considering the issue was a diplomatic issue and should have been …