Tag Archives: MAY

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has warned that Ghana stands at risk of invasion by some Boko Haram jailbreakers from Nigeria. These persons the security agencies warn may use approved and unapproved routes to enter Ghana in the coming days if proper checks and surveillance are not heightened. As a …

Oil marketers have yet to receive a response from the Federal Government as regards the outstanding payment of bridging claims incurred by dealers for the transportation of petroleum products across the country and might go ahead with their proposed strike after the Sallah break. Members of the Independent Petroleum Marketers …

The Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād faction of the Boko Haram fighters has appointed Ameer Hassan as its new “governor of the Mandara Hills” in Borno State. A counterinsurgency expert, Zagazola Makama, disclosed this in a series of tweets on Tuesday. The new governor, Hassan was said to have replaced …

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) will close its main crop season tomorrow, Thursday, 26 May 2022. “It is hereby notified for general information that purchases of the 2021/2022 Main Crop Cocoa Season will close on Thursday 26th May 2022,” COCOBOD said in a statement issued on Wednesday, 25 May 2022. …

Ghana’s National Security Secretariat is urging Ghanaians to be extra vigilant since the nation is not immune from threats of terrorism. The Secretariat, however, added that the Security Agencies in the country are alert to combat any form of terrorism. “We are not insulated from those attacks therefore, we think …

But for the tactfulness of Assistant Comissioner of Police, Kofi Boakye, Ghana would have witnessed another stadium disaster, two years after the May 9 disaster of 2001. This was disclosed by celebrated journalists and writer Ken Bediako in his book “The Complete history of the Ghana Premier League”. He narrates …

The West Africa Centre For Counter-Extremism (WACCE) has said Ghana is prone to terrorist attacks. According to the Centre, irrespective of the fact that Ghana has managed terrorist threats for some time “Yet Ghana has been so close to terrorism.” The report disclosed that already, more than 13 Ghanaians are …

The strike according to the association follows the refusal of management of the university to implement recommendations of the GTEC The Senior Staff Association of the University for Development Studies (UDS) has issued a notice ofan intended indefinite strike against the managers of the university from Thursday, 12 May 2022.  …

The Ghana Private Road Transport Union has announced that transport fares would go up by a 30% margin starting Friday, May 13, 2022. The GPRTU has explained that their resolve to increase fares is due to a rise in fuel prices in the last few months. “We have been forced …

Footage of how Ghana celebrated its first International Labour Day in 1965 at the Black Star Square has emerged. The celebration is marked as a statutory holiday in Ghana to recognize and commend the hard work of all private and public workers in their various fields. The footage published by …