Fuel prices at some fuel stations continue to rise, crossing the GHS 8 per litre mark in the first week of March 2022. This is expected to have a ripple effect on other Oil Marketing Companies, which will also adjust their prices upwards. Only two weeks ago, fuel prices averaged GHS6.4 per litre as the […] The post Fuel prices cross GHS 8.00 per litre appeared first on
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, does not want people to expect him to be neutral in the discharge of his duties. Speaking during a visit by the Council of State, Mr. Bagbin said, “in the performance of my functions, I will be impartial, but that doesn’t mean I will be neutral.” While he said […] The post I will be impartial as Speaker, but not
A Freelance Journalist, Sacut Amenga-Etego, was on Tuesday re-arrested by National Security shortly after the Criminal Court 4 Division of the High Court discharged him. He was picked up on Friday after National Security operatives detected that he had filmed the courtroom during a live trial. Her Ladyship, Lydia Osei Marfo, subsequently ordered his detention […] The post National
The Citi TV and Citi FM’s Heritage Month officially launched on Monday, February 28, 2022, started with its on-air series today, Tuesday, on both Citi FM and Citi TV. The first week of the Heritage Month on-air series looked at ‘Places of Historical Significance’ in Ghana. To help with the discussion was International Travel Adventure […] The post Murals
Over 60 motorbikes have been seized in Kasoa by the Central East Police Command. This is part of efforts to clamp down on the use of motorbikes for criminal activities. The command also arrested persons who used the bikes without proper documentation. It said its intelligence reveal that many stolen motorbikes end up in Kasoa […] The post Over 60 unregistered motorbikes
About 10 Ghanaian passengers and dual nationals have successfully arrived in the country using the Ghana card as E-Passport. The passengers went through due processes at the Kotoka International Airport to verify their cards through the national identity register. The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) on Monday announced to the public that beginning today, Tuesday, March […] The post Ghanaian
The West African Examination Council, WAEC, says some 46 candidates of the 2021 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) who had their entire results cancelled would not be allowed to re-sit the papers this year. This would affect those who had their results cancelled due to impersonation. The Public Relations Officer of WAEC, Winifred Ampiaw, said: […] The post Candidates
The UN Secretary-General António Guterres in his first reaction to the Working Group II report said: “I’ve seen many reports, but nothing like the new IPCC climate report, an atlas of human suffering and damning indictment of failed climate leadership. I know people everywhere are anxious and angry. I am, too.” The Intergovernmental Panel on […] The post Climate
A youth-led environmental group, Strategic Youth Network with Development (SYND), is calling on the government to establish cook stove factories in coastal communities to upscale fish smoking and ensure food safety. In week-long research on energy access in Ghana, the Energy Focal Point for SYND, Priscilla Adogo Ahiada, says the factories will help curb unemployment among […] The post Establish
The Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Godfred Yeboa Dame, says the petition by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to the Commonwealth Secretariat against the Nana Addo administration constitutes an attempt to undermine Ghana’s sovereignty. The NDC in its petition, signed by General Secretary Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, accused the Nana Addo Administration of human […] The post NDC’s
The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), and the Coalition of Concerned Teachers (CCT), have intimated that any further delay in the payment of salaries of its members for the month of February will put a huge financial burden on their members. According to the President of NAGRAT, Angel Carbonu, the government is yet to […] The post Teacher unions
Gold Fields Damang Mine, says its decision to provide skills training for the youth in the host communities will help improve their lives, especially after mining. According to the Community Affairs Manager of Gold Fields Damang Mine, Abdul Razak Yakubu, while many people in most mining communities depend on the mine for employment, it is […] The post Gold
Amid reports that some Ghanaians in Ukraine are turning down evacuation options from the government, the Foreign Affairs Minister has urged them not to miss the opportunity to leave the distressed European nation. In a meeting with relatives of Ghanaian nationals in Ukraine, Shirley Ayorkor-Botchwey urged relatives of Ghanaians in and around Ukraine “to encourage […] The post Take
The Supreme Court will on May 4, 2022, give judgment in the case challenging the payment of monthly allowance to spouses of the President and the Vice President. There was a huge debate and anger in Ghana when Parliament voted mid-last year on an amendment to the Prof. Ntiamoah-Baidu Committee to give wives of the […] The post Supreme court to
The bodies of four drowned boys have been retrieved from the Volta Lake at Konkoma, a community in the Pru East District of the Bono East Region. The boys had gone missing for days, compelling their relatives to report their disappearance to the Police. “We heard the message yesterday [Monday] that some children were missing. […] The post Bodies of four drowned boys
Introduction Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, the ‘Sobchak’s fixer’ as history will call him seemed to have thrown the world into a certain distractive moment. Putin’s Russia has successfully invaded what will come to be known as the sovereign state producing the world’s second largest wheat for consumption. Russia has taken a step to fulfil what others […] The post The blueprint
The General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, has justified the party’s decision to petition the Commonwealth Secretariat to investigate allegations of human rights abuses under the Akufo-Addo government. According to him, their concerns are premised on the fact that the actions of the Akufo-Addo government in recent times could […] The post Asiedu
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has accused the General Legal Counsel of allowing itself to be used by the current government to persecute persons who are critical of the Akufo-Addo administration. According to the party, some of its lawyers who have criticized or commented on some rulings by judges are also being victimized, adding that […] The post General
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has accused the General Legal Counsel of allowing itself to be used by the current government to persecute persons who are critical of the Akufo-Addo administration. According to the party, some of its lawyers who have criticized or commented on some rulings by judges are also being victimized, adding that […] The post General
The first batch of Ghanaian nationals who have been evacuated amid the unrest in Ukraine has touched down at the Kotoka International Airport. The majority of the evacuees who are students recounted the struggles they encountered before arriving in the country. “We got to the border at 6:00 pm on Friday. It took 12 hours […] The post First batch of Ghanaian
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