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The Managing Director of the Tema Oil Refinery, Isaac Osei, has resigned. Chairman of the General Transport, Petroleum, and Chemical Workers Union (GTPCWU) at TOR, John Elton Botchway confirmed this to JoyNews Friday. According to him, Mr Osei made the surprise announcement at a staff end-of-year gathering. “He asked us to …

Members of the Teachers and Education Workers Union (TEWU) are demonstrating on the KNUST campus. The workers who form the largest union on campus are angry over the delay of swearing in their nominee onto the university’s new council and threatened to match into an ongoing council meeting on the …

The government of the United Kingdom has issued a security alert to British citizens living and travelling to Ghana, warning of an imminent terrorist attack. This is an update of an earlier alert issued in June following the kidnapping of two Canadian citizens who were in Ghana on an exchange programme. In …

The Chaplain who allegedly raped a blind female student at the Akropong school for blind has been arrested by the Eastern regional police. This after parents of the victim and some concerned students reported the matter to the police Thursday evening after a meeting with authorities of the school. Eastern …

An Accra High Court on Thursday fixed December 20 to deliver its ruling on a bail application put in by seven out of 10 persons held for treason. The 10 accused persons have been charged with acts intended to destabilise the Government. The court fixed the date after it had …

The Hemp Association of Ghana (HAG) has signed a deal with a Ghanaian-owned Cannabis business operator based in Portugal. The deal will gross a staggering $ 56 million in five years from merely cultivating and exporting industrial hemp from a land size approximating 100 acres. The deal will rake in …

More than 35,550 Ghanaians are in war ravaged Libya waiting to cross the sea to Europe, according to International Organization for Migrations. They are part of a 636,426 strong migrant population desperate to embark on the dangerous journey in an attempt to enter Europe for greener pastures. A press statement …

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has apologised for going on holiday in Hawaii this week while the nation’s bushfire crisis worsened. Crews are battling over 100 fires amid a heatwave which has produced the nation’s two hottest days on record. Two volunteer firefighters died in a road accident on Thursday …

The Jubilee House spent in excess of GHC60 million on foreign trips and related expenses in the first 9 months of the year. According to budget estimate of the presidency submitted to Parliament Thursday, the Presidency also spent over one million cedis on Printed materials and stationary. Additionally, the Jubilee …

Cynthia Morrison, Minister for Gender, Children and Social protection has called on parents and guardians to talk to their children about their sexual orientations to enable them identify persons with bad intentions. She said it was vital for them to teach the children to know that their bodies belonged to …

The Kaneshie District Court on Monday turned down a bail application of five Chinese nationals including a woman, who are being held for engaging in illegal employment and residing in the country without permit. Some of the Chinese were found to selling indomie. The court presided over by Eleanor Kakra …

The President of the Ghana Football Association, Kurt E.S. Okraku has called on stakeholders of Ghana football to join hands with the new leadership of Ghana Football forward to the desired reach. Speaking at the Ordinary Congress of the GFA held Thursday at the Ghanaman Soccer Center of Excellence in …

Popular Kumawood actor Kwadwo Nkansah Lilwin and musician Shatta Wale have taken to social media to mock Hon. Aponkye for losing miserably at the just ended District Assembly & Unit Committee elections. In a video sighted by Ghpage.com, Kwadwo Nkansah Lilwin advised Hon. Aponkye to accept defeat and not waste …

WhatsApp groups are incredible for keeping in contact with loved ones, yet they can be very annoying when people keep adding you to different groups without your consent. These groups keep chatting and sometimes it pisses you off due to the distraction and a quite number of spams that come …

A 16-year-old boy has reportedly drowned in an abandoned stone quarry pit at Fetteh Kakraba near Buduburam in the Central region. The victim, Michael Essiamah, was part of a group of school pupils who went to swim in the pit when the unfortunate incident happened. A resident, who witnessed the …

Defeated Assemblyman hopeful for Adukrom Nima in the Ashanti region, Nana Adabor Ibrahim Issah Ampim, popularly known as ‘Hon Aponkye’, is hoping to be a hit in music come 2020. In an interview on Drive Time with DJ Rueben on Luv FM, he revealed he had been pursuing music since 2008 …

The State is readying itself to present evidence against ACP Benjamin Agorzo and nine others who are standing trial for their involvement in an alleged coup. The State prosecutor has said the evidence would shake the nation. Opposing a bail application by lawyers for the nine persons who have been …

The Minority in Parliament has made a U-turn on its earlier decision to boycott the vetting of the Chief Justice nominee, Justice Anin Yeboah. This follows parliament’s decision to reschedule the vetting to Monday, 23rd December 2019. The Minority had said its decision to boycott the vetting was among other …

A 58-year-old woman, identified as Lydia Andoh, has been murdered by unknown assailants at Awutu Ahentia in the Awutu Senya West District of the Central Region. According to the police, the deceased was found dead in a pool of blood with several injuries on her face. In an interview with …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has spent in excess of GHC70 million on foreign trips and hotels in the past nine months, Mr Cassiel Ato Forson, the Minority spokesperson on finance has revealed. The Ejumako Enyam Essiam MP said on Thursday, December 19, 2019 that speculations about the president’s travel …

Authorities at the Manhyia Palace have ordered management of Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem Nursing Training College to change the school’s name. Named after the late Asantehemaa (Queenmother of the Asante Kingdom) and mother of the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the college has over time attracted negative media attention for …

On Tuesday, December 17, Shatta Wale announced that he will give out two cars to two lucky fans. The artiste promised via a post on Facebook that he will gift 10 phones to female fans. Information gathered by Hitz FM’s ‘You Sey Weytin’ team from close source indicates that Shatta …

Congress have amended the Ghana Football Association statues which means the Ghana Premier League will have 18 teams competing for title henforceth whilst 3 teams will be relegated at the end of the season instead of 5. It will be recalled that during the last Elective Congress, it was unanimously …

Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, says the next NDC administration will establish an Independent Emoluments Commission that will ensure fairness in remunerations and compensation. The former President has also pledged to work to complete the processes already begun to review and bridge the remuneration and …

The Western Regional House of Chiefs (WRHC) is demanding the reinstatement of the Paramount Chief of the Sefwi-Anhwianso traditional area, Ogyeahoho Yaw Gyebi II, as the Chair of the Governance and Development Committee of the National House of Chiefs. The chiefs, at a press conference, said the removal of Ogyeahoho …