Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa boarded a commercial flight on his way to Brussels, Belgium where the African Union – European Union, AU-EU, summit is taking place. The presidency shared a video clip that showed Ramaphosa and his team walking down a long hallway at the airport to board …
Read More »No increment in transport fare yet – GPRTU urges public
The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has urged the public to disregard reports suggesting that transport fares will go up by 30 percent tomorrow, Friday, February 18, 2022. The Union said it would conclude its negotiations with the Government on Monday, February 21, 2022, after, which it would officially …
Read More »I have no evidence – Investigator in Ofosu Ampofo case tells court
Chief Inspector Bernard Berko, the investigator in the case in which the National Chairman of the NDC, Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo and Anthony Kweku Boahen are standing trial over a leaked audiotape has said he has no evidence that the two accused persons hatched a plan before the said meeting. He also …
Read More »How some shop owners in Wa escaped death
A provision shop owner and a seamstress have escaped death by the whiskers in the Wa Municipality of the Upper West Region after a tipper truck fully loaded with sand veered off the road and ran into their shops, destroying parts of the shops in the process. The incident occurred …
Read More »Man, 62, shoots himself in the month
A 62-year-old farmer, Selinty Gehele has allegedly shot himself at Nkyensekrom near Nyinahin in the Atwima Mponua District of the Ashanti region. The incident occurred around 2 pm Wednesday, February 16, 2022. The son of the victim, Harrison Adam told Class News’ Elisha Adarkwah, that his father shot himself with …
Read More »Heads of public institutions sacked in Akufo-Addo’s tenure
The Managing Director of the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL), Yaw Kwakwa, was dismissed from his job. Journalists broke his dismissal to him while he was on an official assignment. No reason was given for his dismissal. He is, however, not the first head of a state institution to have …
Read More »What TD Jakes saw in Ghana seven years ago when he visited
Bishop Thomas Dexter (TD) Jakes, has been in the news lately after he praised President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for what he described as transformational leadership. According to the Bishop of Potter’s House, a non-denominational American megachurch, when he first travelled to Ghana less than a decade ago, “there were a …
Read More »Private Transport operators announce 30% increase in fares
The association of Private Commercial Transport Operators has announced it is increasing transport fares by 30 percent follwing recent increase in fuel prices. The group has directed its members to effect the increment by Friday February 18,2022. “We, the members of the Private Commercial Transport Operators, wish to inform the …
Read More »Tamale: Police officer in Lamashegu shooting remanded
The Tamale Circuit Court has remanded General Corporal, Samson Kweku Darfour, into police custody after he was charged with unlawful discharge of a weapon and causing harm when he shot the driver of Toyota Camry at the Lamashegu Chief’s palace. The Court has adjourned the case to the 24th of …
Read More »Commodities whose prices have skyrocketed in 2022
It’s been just two months since the year 2022 began but prices of goods and services have started shooting up aggressively. The national year-on-year inflation rate was 13.9% in January 2022, which is 1.3 percentage points higher than the 12.6% recorded in December 2021. Inflation is the rise in the …
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