GENERAL NEWS

The Communications Committee of Parliament is expected to meet with the Director General of the National Identification Authority (NIA), Ken Attafuah later today [Wednesday] to get from him answers about the ongoing Ghana card registration exercise. The rollout of a mass registration and issuance of the Ghana Card has been …

Former Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration Ms. Hanna Serwaa Tetteh of Ghana has been appointed Special Envoy of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for the Horn of Africa United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres made the announcement today, February 22, 2022. In 2019, Ms Tetteh became the Special …

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong appears to have confirmed rumors that his Baby Mama, Sarah Adwoa Safo, the MP for Dome-Kwabenya is holding the New Patriotic Party (NPP) into ransom. According to him, the Dome-Kwabenya lawmaker is making some unwarranted and obnoxious demands including …

President Nana Akufo-Addo has embarked on a day’s trip to Niamey, the Capital of Niger, Mr Alban Bagbin, the Speaker of Parliament has announced. Delivering a message from the President on the floor of Parliament on Tuesday, Mr Bagbin said the President would return to Ghana in the evening of …

The First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei-Owusu affectionately called Joe Wise has dismissed a private members motion on the floor of Parliament seeking to probe COVID-19 expenditure. According to him, the work of such a bi-partisan committee is already provided for by the Constitution, to be conducted by the …

Dr. Wilberforce Nkrumah Aggrey, a KNUST lecturer, has been rearrested after he was discharged by the Asokwa District Court. The lecturer is standing trial for the alleged kidnap of his wife; a staff of the Lands Commission. He has been in police custody since October 6, 2021, for playing a …

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has virtually rendered accounts of his stewardship, stressing that his 23 years reign has led to massive transformation of the Asante Kingdom. “I have delivered the best of leadership for Asanteman in the last 23 years and it is clear for all to see,” …

Two workers at a construction site were buried alive when a wall collapsed on them at Konkromoase, near Atasemanso in the Ashanti region. The two men, yet to be identified, are believed to be between the ages of 27 and 39 years. They were among four employees digging a trench …

The Chief of Kwamo in the Ejisu Juaben Municipality of the Ashanti Region, Nana Owusu Nyanin I, has sounded a strong warning to individuals who according to him are disrespecting the overlord of the Ashanti Kingdom, His Royal Majesty Nana Otumfuo Osei Tutu. According to the Chief of Kwamo, any …

Four people have been confirmed dead in an accident involving a sprinter bus and an articulated truck at Juaso in the Asante-Akim South District. The sprinter, with registration number AK 316 -22, is reported to have overtaken a vehicle in a curve just when the truck emerged from the opposite …