GENERAL NEWS

The Odaw drain, which begins at the Caprice Bridge at Alajo and runs 10 kilometres to the edge of the Korle Lagoon in Accra, is choked. The drain was constructed to carry water from the Odaw River and rainwater from upland areas such as the Aburi Mountains into the sea to avoid …

Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has charged academia as well as media practitioners to utilize the RTI law, Act 989, to obtain reliable information from state institutions for their work. Answering questions in Parliament on Tuesday, Mr Nkrumah said the law which imposes an obligation on public institutions to provide …

The Tema High court has granted #Fixthecountry convener, Oliver Barker-Vormawor a bail of GHC2 million with two sureties. This comes after his lawyers filed an application to the high court following his arrest on February 11, 2022. More soon… One of the #FixTheCountry movement convenors, Barker-Vormawor, was remanded into police …

A former Director-General of the Ghana Prisons Service, Dr. Richard Kuuire, has described the GHS1.80 feeding grant for prisoners per day as woefully inadequate. According to him, the money given to provide three square meals a day for each prisoner reflects the poor treatment prisoners are subjected to in the …

The government has ordered for work to be stopped on the land that once housed the Bulgarian Embassy at 10 Kakramadu Road, East Cantonments, Accra. The decision to stop an ongoing development on the land comes after the MP for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa blew the whistle that the …

Member of Parliament for Bolgatanga Central, Isaac Adongo, has teased President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo over the continuous delay in delivering the 2022 State of the Nation Address (SONA). According to him, Akufo-Addo is afraid to address the nation after putting the country into economic misery. In a post on his social media handle, Mr. …

The Member of Parliament of North Tongu, Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has expressed anger that the Bulgarian Embassy in Accra at 10 Kakramadu Road, East Cantonments, has been completely razed in a “lawless, provocative and mafia-style operation”. According to Mr Ablakwa, information available to him indicates that “armed rogue elements …

Local Governance Expert, Ing Amon Kotei has chastised the wife of the Vice President of Ghana, Samira Bawumia for claiming Ghana has seen widespread development under the Akufo-Addo administration. According to him, Samira Bawumia has no basis to make that statement and described it as entirely false. “She should only …

An unidentified person suspected to have been killed by assailants has been found half-buried at a place called RTF near the cemetery road of Bole in the Bole District of the Savannah Region heightening fears among residents of the town. The latest strange killing and half burial discovered on Sunday, …

Street preachers in Koforidua who call themselves Christ Preachers Association (CPA) have raised a red flag over the New Juaben Municipal Assembly’s intention to accredit them at a fee in the coming weeks. The Assembly’s intended step is to regulate the activities of the street preachers and to serve as …