GENERAL NEWS

A three-member committee has been set up to probe issues relating to the alleged involvement of the Executive Director of the Forest Services Division of the Forestry Commission, Oppong Sasu in the consignment of illegal timber. This comes after the Okyehene Mining Protection Unit impounded a truckload of illegal timber …

Outspoken Member of Parliament for Assin Central in the Central Region, Kennedy Agyapong has disclosed that he is the highest-paid legislator in Ghana. According to the New Patriotic Party (NPP), MP being a parliamentarian is not as lucrative as many Ghanaians think. In an interview with Adom TV, Mr. Agyapong …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said the Ashanti region will get its fair share of the national cake in the next four years of his government. He was speaking at the Manhyia Palace when he joined Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II to celebrate the first Akwasidae of the year. …

Farmers at Megogo, a farming community in the Bawku Municipality of the Upper East Region are appealing to the Government and NGOs to provide them with boreholes to save their gardens as the ‘One Village, One Dam’ (1V1D) project constructed in the area to assist dry season farming is drying …

Information from a very reliable source available to MyNewsGh.com indicates that party stalwarts like Mr Stephen Ayesu Ntim Former National Vice Chairman of the New Patriotic Party(NPP), Kwabena Agyei Agyapong and Dan Botwe are likely to be appointed as substantive ministers in the new government of Nana President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Other names also …

The Accra UK Visa Application Center has been closed, effective today January 11, 2021 until further notice, MyNewsGh.com reports. This is because Movenpick Ambassador Hotel which houses the center is closing with immediate effect. It is unclear whether the place has experienced an outbreak of coronavirus. The UK is now an epic center for …

Two persons have been picked up in connection with a fire incident at Aboabo station in the Ashanti regional capital, Kumasi. Both Kofi Gyimah, a 37-year-old electric welder and Paul Kwasi Kwakye, 51, who is a shop owner – are being questioned by the Manhyia Divisional Police Command. The electric …

Auditor General Daniel Yao Domelevo has dismissed claims that he is resuming work on Monday from his long leave. Reports have claimed Mr Domelevo, who was directed to proceed on leave by President Akufo-Addo, was set to resume work on Monday, January 11. However, in a Facebook post, the outspoken anti-graft auditor …

President Akufo-Addo has dissolved the Inter-ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM), Starr News has learnt. Sources with knowledge of the development say the President will hold a national dialogue with all stakeholders in illegal mining. It comes after the President called for a ‘conversation’ on galamsey in his last state …

The Auditor-General of Ghana, Daniel Yaw Domelevo is scheduled to return from his accumulated 167 days leave tomorrow, GhanaXtra.com can report exclusively. Credible sources available to GhanaXtra.Com indicate that Mr. Domelevo whose leave came to an end on January 8, 2021, will report to work on Monday, January 11, 2021, …