GENERAL NEWS

Kennedy Agyapong, the Member of Parliament for Assin Central, has charged the Minister of Education to pay particular attention to the admission process of medical school students in the country. Kennedy Agyapong asserts that the process is fraught with nepotism and tribalism which prevent some deserving students from gaining admission. He said on …

Another fire outbreak has been recorded in the Ashanti Region bringing the number of fire incidents in that region within this week to three. The latest incident happened at a shop where baby products are sold at Adum, the Central Business District of Kumasi. The fire which started at about …

The suspended Metropolitan Chief Executive for Sekondi-Takoradi, Abdul-Mumin Issah says he will cooperate with the Police in the prosecution of his case of alleged assault on a Police Officer and reckless driving and is confident that he will be exonerated. In a statement reacting to his suspension from office owing …

The Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo led government is hell-bent on passing the Electronic Transaction Levy, E-levy, which is to impose a 1.75% tax on all electronic transactions. Since the announcement of the introduction of the E-levy during the 2022 budget presentation by Ken Ofori-Atta, the finance minister, on November 17, 2021, …

The Government of Ghana have presented a cheque of GH¢500,000 to to compensate the families of two victims who were shot dead by military officers at Ejura in the Ashanti Region. Each family received a cheque for GH¢250,000 on Saturday February 5,2022. The two, Mutalar Mohammed and Abdul Nasiru Usif …

The Narcotics Control Commission has placed its lenses on the newly launched but now closed McDan Aviation’ Private Jet Terminal as a highly possible entry and exit point for an illicit drug, MyNewsGh.com has been told. We are told McDan has already paid more than US$300,000 as ground rent for …

A graduate of the University of Ghana has made his first GH¢100,000 after staking a bet with an amount of GH¢10. The young man who wishes to remain anonymous expressed his excitement on social media with a tweet on Monday, using the handle @ProphetManuel3, announcing his plans for the money …

Research conducted by the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) has revealed that at least nine individuals engaged in ‘galamsey’ and fraud, funded political parties during the 2020 general elections as top financiers. According to the report, seven financiers were involved in serious and organized crime, one in illegal oil bunkering …

The Effutu Traditional Council has expressed excitement over a High Court directive to the University of Education Winneba (UEW) to reinstate Professor Mawuko Avoke as the Institution’s Vice-Chancellor. A statement signed by Neenyi Ghartey VII, President of the Effutu Traditional Council entreated the University’s Governing Council to “expedite action in …

The Ghana Police Service has condemned the use of unrelated pictures of the Mayor of Sekondi-Takoradi Abdul-Mumin Issah in the media reportage of his ongoing court case. A warning to the media has hence been issued after the attention of the Police was drawn to the library photograph circulating in the …