GENERAL NEWS

Private legal practitioner Justice Abdulai has reacted to the Supreme Court’s review of its earlier ruling on Deputy Speakers. It may be recalled that on March 9, 2022, the SC ruled that a Deputy Speaker even when presiding over parliamentary proceedings reserves the right to vote and can be counted …

Some Ghanaian students in Ukraine who were evacuated by the government due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have said that they are beginning to regret accepting the government’s offer to return home. According to the student, since they were brought back to Ghana, the government has not taken considerable steps …

The U.S. Department of State’s 2021 Annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices released on 12 April 2022 has said “there were not enough toilets available for the number of prisoners” in Ghana’s overcrowded and unsanitary prisons “with as many as 100 prisoners sharing one toilet”. Also, the report said …

Evangelist Mama Pat, better known as Nana Agradaa has disclosed that she never defrauded or scammed persons who came to her shrine during her days as a traditional priestess. The spiritualist and money doubler who gave her life to Christ in April 2021 has intimated, that she never pointed a gun at …

The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has disconnected 13 illegally connected pipelines at Madina in Accra. A commercial water vendor connected 13 pipelines without authorization from the GWCL. The connection has had no billing metering system for the past 7 years. Speaking to the media during the disconnection exercise, the …

Embattled Member of Parliament for Assin North Constituency, James Gyakye Quayson has filed an application at the Supreme Court seeking a review of the restraining orders against him from performing his parliamentary duties. The Apex Court in a 5-2 majority ruling on April 13, 2022 granted an interlocutory injunction filed …

A cargo truck plying the Accra bound Kwame Nkrumah Motorway (N1) is causing traffic buildup after catching fire. An alert from the Ghana Police Service says the cargo truck is loaded with hazardous goods. Following the intervention of the Ghana National Fire Service and Police personnel, the fire has been …

The 2022 ACBF program is intended to enhance the knowledge and skills of ACBF supported partners in it’s campaign against tobbaco usage. The training is being held against the backdrop of an ongoing tobacco control program which, according to the ACBF, “requires adequate institutional capacity of implementing agencies”. It involves …

A picture showing Ghana’s President, Nana Akufo-Addo seated by a bed in a private jet alongside Evelyn Aidoo, aka Serwaa Broni is being widely circulated on multiple social media platforms. However, the picture has been digitally altered. Recent social media outbursts by Serwaa Broni about her encounters with Nana Akufo-Addo …

Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams has revealed that a president of Ghana got upset with him just because he prayed for the opposition party at some point in time. Without giving any specifics, the founder of Action Chapel International told the congregation on Sunday, 24 April 2022 during his sermon: “There was a time …