GENERAL NEWS

The United Nations (UN) Eminent Peace Ambassador and the Country Director for International Association of World Peace Advocates, Ghana Chapter, Dr Samuel Owusu has urged the President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo to reduce his salary and cut down certain privileges. He has also advised political leaders, including Ministers …

Information available to DGN Online indicates that six passengers including a heavily pregnant woman have died in a ghastly automobile accident on the Obuasi-Bogoso Highway. The deceased persons including a 3-year old child perished in the accident. Report indicates that a Sprinter bus, with registration number GT-8721-18 was traveling from Obuasi in …

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Mr Kwaku Ampratwum Sarpong has revealed that the government has released an amount of 2million dollars to undertake the evacuation exercise. The two million dollars, he said, is the first tranche of funds earmarked for the entire exercise. He said this in …

Ranking Member on Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has clarified some reports surrounding his recent trip to Romania. The Member of Parliament for North Tongu, following the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces, travelled to Romania to meet with some Ghanaians including students who fled to safety from Ukraine. After …

A 17-year-old boy, Obed Johnson Kotoku Deh, who was reported missing some four days ago in Sogakope, in the South Tongu District of the Volta region has been found dead. The deceased, an immediate past school prefect of the Sogakope E.P Basic school was reported to have left home on …

Roads Minister, Kwasi Amoako-Atta, has indicated that government is seeking to use E-Levy as collateral after its passage in Parliament. According to him, government in its wisdom will use the E-Levy to bring in greater revenue that would be securitized and used to raise a bond for road infrastructure. The …

Lawyers for embattled #FixTheCountry convener Oliver Mawusi Barker Vormawor have filed an application for his release on bail at the Tema High Court in Accra. The hearing for the bail application has been fixed for Thursday, March 10, 2022. In a statement by #FixTheCountry, the group accused the police of …

Foster Kwadwo Agyei Korang, a 45-year old Health Systems Manager of Happy Hospital in Berekum has been sentenced to 20 days in prison with hard labour by the Sunyani High Court for contempt of court in a disputed Nsoatre Chieftaincy case. Also sentenced for the same offence are the Nifahene of Nsoatre …

Ellembelle Member of Parliament (MP), Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah, and four other motorists have been arrested by the Airport Divisional Police Command for road traffic offences. They were arrested near the Aviation Social Centre for “careless and inconsiderate driving, including driving in the middle of the road facing oncoming vehicles.” …

The Managing Editor of the Insight Newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Junior has questioned the basis of Ghanaians and the rest of Africa showing support to the people of Ukraine in the ongoing invasion of the country by Russian military forces. Amidst the widespread outpouring of support for Ukraine in the ongoing …