GENERAL NEWS

The German programme to build and strengthen the police structures in selected partner countries in Africa, under the GIZ, donated some items to the Ghana police service in a short ceremony held at the police headquarters in Accra. The items in question were 15 motorbikes, 57 laptop computers, 57 projectors …

The National Service Scheme (NSS) has released the postings of 15, 477 newly-trained teachers to undertake their mandatory national service. Prospective national service personnel have been asked to log onto www.nss.gov.gh on the Scheme’s website to check their placements and proceed to the various NSS registration centres across the country …

Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the just-ended elections John Dramani Mahama will be in the Techiman South Constituency in the Bono East Region on Wednesday, December 16 to visit families of victims of post-electoral clashes there. Two persons – Abdallah Ayaric and Tajudeen Alhassan – died while …

News reaching Ghana Guardian indicates the popular Kantamanto market in Accra is on fire. The cause of the fire is not immediately known to this portal but we understand personnel of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) are already at the scene to salvage the situation. The fire, according to …

Parliament of Ghana has approved the Public Universities Bill after its second reading stage. The Public Universities Bill which was withdrawn and re-laid in the House in November 2020, seeks to harmonise the structures for the administration of public universities. During the debate on the floor of Parliament on Tuesday, 15 December 2020, …

Ace investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas is asking Ghanaians to ignore reports of a yet to be released undercover videos of the just ended Presidential and Parliamentary elections held on December 7. He says the photo artwork of him making the rounds on social media and carried by some news …

Armed men numbering eight suspected to be supporters of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) have attacked the disqualified 2020 presidential candidate for the just-ended polls, Mr. Akwasi Addia Odike, mynewsgh.com reports. According to the victim, the incident happened at the premises of Kumasi-based Otec FM on Monday, 15 December 2020 shortly …

Fire has ravaged at least three shops in Koforidua, the Eastern Regional Capital of the country. The incident occurred around 10:15 am on Tuesday. The blaze was reportedly caused by an electrical fault on the main power supply pole of Electricity Company of Ghana which spread to the nearby shops. …

There was a near scuffle between members of the National Democratic Congress legal team and officials of the Criminal Investigations Department on Monday. The scuffle ensued when the police wanted to detain Oheneba Boamah Bennie for allegedly threatening the life of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. The NDC team made up of …

Parliament is set to approve the emoluments for Article 71 office holders in the Executive. The intended action is on the agenda of the house after it reconvened yesterday, Monday, December 14, 2020. In June this year, the President inaugurated a five-member Committee to make recommendations on the salaries, allowances …