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The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has temporarily suspended the implementation of the proposed 20% upward adjustment in transport fares. The GPRTU in a statement said, the suspension is to engage in a stakeholder consultation with the Ministry of Transport on 23 January 2024. Earlier, the GPRTU announced plans …

The Chief Executive Officer of Alafei Food, Claude Convincer Davit, has accused the Minister of Workers and Housing, Francis Asenso-Boakye, of soliciting $2,000 to grant him access to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Speaking at an event in a viral video sighted by GhanaWeb, Davit said that the incident happened in 2017 …

  Based on the information gathered from the Ashanti Region’s forty-seven (47) constituencies earlier, the grassroots delegates are prepared and eager to support Kennedy Agyapong because they don’t share in the pleasure that the constituency executives derive from the vice president, Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia Comp. Majority leader in Ghana’s Parliament, …

    Man jailed for 20 years with hard labor for defiling stepdaughter father has been jailed for 20 years in Asamankese for defiling his 12-year-old stepchild in Lower West Akim Municipality. Kofi Amankwah was jailed for 20 years with hard labor by the Asamankese Circuit Court, presided over by …

  Eric Kojo Duah, who is suspected of shooting General Lance Corporal Mohammed Awal and Lance Corporal Michael Dzamesi to death in August 2019 while traveling from Kasoa to Budumburam in Accra, was sentenced to 20 years in jail as part of a plea deal with the State. After initially …

A significant overflow of water from the Akosombo Dam has unleashed a crisis, displacing thousands of residents in the Mepe, Battor and 20 other communities in the North Tongu District of the Volta Region. Presently, more than 700 households find themselves grappling with the rising waters as a result of …

A 20-year-old Kenyan woman, Mercy Momanyi, who was allegedly burned by her boyfriend, Sheldon Ombongi Okerosi, is speaking out about the incident that changed her life forever.Ms Momanyi, from Mosocho, Kisii County, claimed that her boyfriend poured scalding hot water on her following a heated argument on August 23, 2023. …

The Ministry of Youth and Sports has clarified that President Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo has fulfilled his promise to Ghana’s Olympic Bronze medalist, Samuel Takyi after his heroics in 2020. Ahead of the qualifiers for the 2024 Olympic Games, Samuel Takyi is quoted to have disclosed that he wants an amount of US$20,000 which …

The Coalition of Transport Unions and Associations has called on the government to scrap what they consider to be nuisance taxes else they will increase fares by 20%. The Association gave the government a 13-day ultimatum to meet their demand, failure of which they will increase fares. The National Public …

A 20-year-old prostitute identified as Mercy Chisiyo from Lion’s Den, Chinhoyi, has been arraigned in court for sleeping with an underage boy.   New Zimbabwe reported that Mercy Chisiyo was apprehended by the authorities after being accused of engaging in intercourse with an underage boy.   The state’s case, led by prosecutor …