The International Press Institute (IPI) has written to the President, Nana Akufo-Addo. In a letter dated January 13, 2021, the IPI, a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom extended its felicitations to the president on his re-election as the President of Ghana, and urged him to get the Ghana … The post IPI
In December 2020, the Open Oil did an analysis of the controversial Agyapa deal in which and established that the value of the shares reached by the Ghana government is low, and asked that the government made the model used to arrive at that value available for public scrutiny. Ghana’s Parliament during the last days … The post The 49% value
The Speaker of Parliament, Mr Alban Bagbin has met the leaders of both National Democratic Congress (NDC)and New Patriotic Party (NPP) Caucus in Parliament over the confusion that rocked the inauguration of the 8th Parliament. Sources close to the meeting also indicated that the leaders of the two sides could not agree on which side … The post Speaker meets
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) said the process leading to the election of a successor to outgoing President Ahmad Ahmad and Executive Committee Members is in place. The Governance Committee of CAF met in Cairo on January 5 and January 6 to carry out eligibility checks of candidates for the positions of CAF president … The post CAF ready
The Sekyere Rural Bank at Jamasi in the Sekyere South District, made significant progress by increasing its profit before tax by 28 per cent. Dr. Francis Denteh, Chairman of the Board of Directors, told the shareholders at its 31st meeting at Kronom in the Suame Municipality that despite the challenges in the banking industry, the … The post Sekyere Rural Bank increases profit
A young man, believed to be in his early 30s, has shot his girlfriend to death at Akyem Nkronso, a suburb of the Abuakwa South Municipal District, in the Eastern Region. The suspect, identified as Sammy, was said to have had some misunderstanding with his girlfriend a couple of weeks ago and out of anger … The post Man shoots girlfriend to death at Akyem Nkronso
The Ghana Prisons Service (GPS) has called on the Government to as a matter of urgency and on humanitarian grounds, increase the daily feeding allowance for the upkeep of prisoners across the country. “Even though we appreciate the effort of the government, we are still asking for more in order to cater for the basic … The post Ghana Prisons
The total number of persons killed through various road crashes in the Upper West Region have decreased from 58 in 2019 to 54 in 2020 despite an increase in total number of fatal cases from 43 to 49 respectively. The road crash statistics from the Upper West Regional Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of … The post Accident deaths decrease in Upper West Region
The Police in Elmina in the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA) Municipality have arrested two persons who attempted to convince a Prison officer to smuggle suspected narcotics substance into Ankaful Maximum Prison. The suspects are Nana Yaw, 28, and Opiah Mensah, 17, both unemployed. Superintendent Vincent Ziniel, the Central Regional Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Ghana Prisons … The post Two
The Accra Commercial High Court One, has adjourned the trial of Samuel Ofosu Ampofo and Anthony Kwaku Boahen to February 2, 2021. This follows a request by Ms Emeafa Hardcastle, who held brief for Mr Tony Lithur, the lead counsel for Ofosu Ampofo, with the reason that Mr Lithur was bereaved. Ofosu Ampofo, the National … The post Court adjourns Ofosu Ampofo,
Two friends who attacked and robbed a senior high student at Tepa in the Ahafo Ano North Municipality, have been sentenced to 12 years imprisonment each, by the Nkawie circuit court. Sadam Yakubu, 19, a driver, and Frank Owusu sliding door maker, were said to have attacked and robbed their victim, who is also a … The post Court jails two 24 years for robbery appeared first
The state funeral of Late former President Jerry John Rawlings has been slated for Wednesday, January 27 from 0900 hours to 1100 hours at Independence Square in Accra. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration in a statement to members of the diplomatic community in Ghana, copied to the Ghana News Agency, said laying-in-state, … The post State
The Electoral Commission (EC) says the full results of the December 7, 2020 Presidential Election were known to Mr John Mahama and that the claims in his petition are contrived. His claims have no legal basis and ought to be dismissed in limine, the Election management body said in a response to the election petition … The post Claims in Election
Mr Yaw Biredu Boateng, the Chief Cocoa Farmer for New Nsutam in the Eastern Region, has called for He said timber merchants invaded cocoa farms in the area, fell the timber and carted them through the farms resulting in uprooting and destroying some of the cocoa trees. He said galamsey operators also used excavators to … The post Galamsey and timber
An Accra Circuit Court has adjourned the shooting case at Ablekuma Central during the election on December 7, to January 18. The court had earlier remanded Collins Quarcoo over the alleged shooting incidence at the Ablekuma Central Collation Centre during December 7, 2020, polls. The adjournment was because the Court did not sit on Monday, … The post Court
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