GENERAL NEWS

Professor Kwesi Botchwey, Ghana’s longest serving Finance Minister, has proposed wide-ranging measures to address the economic challenges confronting the country. He said the current macro economic indicators, including the country’s debt to GDP ratio, inflation rate, drop in credit worthiness rankings, fast depreciation of the cedi against the US dollar, …

Residents of Nkrankwanta in the Dormaa West District of the Bono Region are in shock after a newly born baby was discovered in a public toilet located in the Asuofri Electoral Area. Residents leaving around the public toilet responded to distress calls, mobilised, and immediately retrieved the baby boy who …

Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin through the Parliamentary Service issued a March 7, 2022 statement in which matters relating to his medical trip to the United Arab Emirates were addressed. The statement essentially dealt with the purported reports around the composition of his delegation on one hand, per diems paid …

The Government of Ghana has accepted the goodwill message from Russian President Vladimir Putin on the occasion of the country’s 65th Independence Day Celebrations. This is despite Ghana’s condemnation of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Ghana has declared its opposition against Russia’s action in solidarity with Ukraine, and voted in that …

The police have launched a manhunt for fifteen gunmen who attacked the Dakpema Chief’s palace in Tamale on Monday dawn. Five people including the Dakpema Chief, Naa Bawa Fuseini, sustained injuries and are being treated at the Tamale Hospital. The gunmen reportedly stormed the palace at about 5 am. The …

Some angry residents of an unidentified town in the Akim Abuakwa South area have chased out their Member of Parliament, Samuel Atta Akyea. In a video shared on Facebook, the MP is seen taking steps towards a pick-up vehicle, as scores of people hooted and booed at him, sending him away …

Residents of Lashibi-Klagon have discovered a day old baby in the community’s refuse dump. The deceased baby was found naked, wrapped in a blood stained white cloth and placed right on the pile of rubbish. According to the unit committee member of the area, Mawuli Kelvin Yevu, the incident is …

The Ghana Police Service have made a revealing breakthrough into a number of investigations it has been conducting into attacks on bullion vans in the last few months. The police have disclosed that two of its men were involved in the four attacks. In a statement issued by the Director of Public …

A tricycle (pragya) driver is in critical condition after a collision with a trailer on the Nkwanta road. The trailer, with a foreign registration number, 6759 AM, is said to be conveying a container from Accra to the Northern part of Ghana, when the crash occurred. Eyewitnesses account indicated that …

Ace broadcaster, Kwame Sefa Kayi, has cautioned against calls for a coup d’etat in the country, warning that the impact of military interventions is catastrophic. Kwame Sefa Kayi is urging persons behind such mentions to refrain from it as they could get more than they bargained for. Sefa Kayi who …