GENERAL NEWS

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has announced that the highest an applicant must pay for a Ghanaian passport must be GH¢300, that is for a premium service. The sector minister recently made an unannounced visit to the passport office in Accra where she principally announced the termination …

Owner of Ken City Media and Assin Central Member of Parliament, Kennedy Agyapong, has finally disclosed the reasons for sacking Justice Kwaku Annan, a former political talk show host on Net2 TV. The incident took place last year and Annan continually stated his side of the story even as his …

Osagyefo Oseadeeyo Agyemang Badu II, the Dormaahene, has spoken out against the central bank’s new head office project which has been valued at US$250m according to the Minority in parliament. The Dormaahene, who doubles as a High Court judge, lamented that this was not the time for the Bank of …

A 28-year-old woman, Maame, died tragically after accompanying her fiancee, a police officer. The bereaved family is accusing the Police Department of killing their daughter. The young woman was discovered in a pool of blood on the Sefwi Dwenase to Npomam main street in the Sefwi Wiawso Municipality. Nana Kyeame …

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has reportedly arrested the husband of former Sanitation Minister, Cecilia Dapaah, Daniel Osei Kuffour, in the ongoing investigations into corruption and corruption-related offences following publications on some monies allegedly stolen from their home. According to a news report by citinewsroom.com, the arrest of Daniel …

The Member of Parliament for Assin North, James Gyakye Quayson, has dragged the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Godfred Dame, to the Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council (GLC). In his letter to the GLC, the MP explained that the actions of the minister are contrary to the rules of …

A supposed fetish priest ended in the grips of the police after he was called in by some residents of Nima to stop a demolishing exercise in the community. In a video that has been shared online, the priest is seen bravely showing up after he was called by some …

Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has published documents suggesting that the original value of the Bank of Ghana’s new offices was a little over US$81m but is now likely to exceed the US$250m tag given by the Minority in Parliament. The MP, in a publication dated …

The recent unannounced visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, to the Passport Office in Accra has resurrected discussions on what it should cost citizens to get their passports. Fuming at the fact that there were people within the office who had made it …

Parliament has passed the Contract (Amendment) Bill 2022 into law, in a bid to streamline public sector contracts and curb unwarranted interest payments that have bane on state finances. Prior its amendment, the Contracts Act 1960 (Act 25) did not make explicit provisions regarding persons authorised to enter into contracts on …