GENERAL NEWS

The merger of the SSNIT and Ghana Cards commences on Monday June 28 with a call on individuals with SSNIT numbers to follow one of three ways to ensure the merger. These include the use of a shortcode as well as the website of SSNIT. In an interview with GBC …

The Minister for Works and Housing, Francis Asenso Boakye holds a press conference at the Ministry of Information today, Sunday, June 27, 2021. This is the minister’s first public address that will touch on issues concerning the housing sector after his appointment and approval by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and Parliament …

• Some drivers have already begun heading in wrong directions of the Awoshie-Pokuase interchange • Some drivers have also said the structure of the road itself was confusing and will take time to get used to • The Pokuase interchange which is currently 96 percent complete While awaiting the completion …

The Driver Vehicle and Licensing Authority (DVLA) has arrested drivers in East Legon, a suburb of Accra for traffic regulation offenses. The exercise, done in collaboration with the Motor Transport and Traffic Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service, was also to sensitize the public to comply with the necessary road …

The dead body of a man believed to be in his 40s has been found in the Kasoa Okrudu River in the Awutu Senya East Municipality of the Central Region. Reports indicate that he was killed and dumped into the river. According to the residents who spoke to Kasapa FM’s …

  Ace broadcaster, Kwami Sefa Kayi has denied ever being offered a job by President Nana Dankwa Akufo Addo. Soon after the assumption of office by President Akufo-Addo in 2017, there were rumors that the former Journalist of the Year was to resign his position as a radio show host for a …

One person has died while four others are currently in critical condition after a ghastly accident at Gomoa Potsin on the Kasoa-Cape Coast highway in the Central Region Saturday morning. A Mitsubishi Sportero car with registration number ER 75-18 had a head-on collision with a Toyota Fortuner, GN 307-12. An …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Friday received letters of credence from five envoys at the Jubilee House, Accra. They are the ambassadors of Russia, Sergei Berdnikov; Carl Michael Grans from Sweden; Ethiopia’s Hadera Abera Admassu; Lamidosa Lamatou Bala Goga of Niger; and Jamaica’s High Commissioner Esmond Reid. At separate …

• MP for Bekwai has revealed the first time he met his wife • He said they met when he was working as a bus conductor • The legislator said he worked in his father’s commercial bus for 8 months before going to the university  The Member of Parliament for Bekwai Constituency, Joseph …

Ama Forson, a food vendor, who was wrongfully jailed 11 years for possession of narcotics (Indian hemp) has now been served with justice. She has been acquitted and discharged after she appealed against her conviction under the Justice For All Programme. The 69-year-old, then 64, though denied the allegation was …