Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has dismissed the claim that his convoy is made up of 16 vehicles. In a statement, Dr. Bawumia said his team uses the maximum of seven vehicles for trips outside the capital Accra. The statement from the Office of the Vice President was reacting to comments by Professor Stephen Adei, a former Rector of the Ghana [...] The post Veep dismisses Prof Adei’s claim

The Ashanti Regional Youth Organiser of the National Democratic Congress NDC), Brogya Genfi has stated that it’s time to ‘upgrade’ his regional position to the national level of his party. The outspoken NDC member indicated that he is ready to battle for the position which will be keenly contested by the likes of George Opare Addo and incumbent, Ludwig Hlodze. [...] The post Brogya

The Vice Chairman of Parliament’s Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee, Alexander Abban, has described as narrow, suggestions that parliament does not have the power to consider the Special Prosecutor Bill. His comment follows recent remarks by a senior Law lecturer at the University of Ghana, Dr. Raymond Atuguba, that Parliament, should not entertain the Special Prosecutor Bill because the [...] The post ‘Parliament

Head pastor of the Calvary Charismatic Centre, Reverend Ransford Obeng has taken a swipe on public officers who receive bribes to issue contracts. According to the head pastor, all such politicians are neither patriotic nor compassionate to the plight of Ghanaians. Rev. Obeng expressed the sentiment at a press briefing ahead of the church’s 2017 ‘Spiritual Encounter’ with the founder [...] The post Don’t

The Ministry of Food and Agriculture, (MOFA) has received cash donations from three companies towards this year’s Farmers’ Day celebration. The companies; Interplast Ghana Limited presented a cheque for Ghc30,000; Ghana Reinsurance Limited , Ghc25,000 and the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), GHC20,000. The Irrigations Service Manager of Interplast, Mr Haider Malhas, presenting the company’s donation, commended the government for adopting [...] The post MOFA

The University for Development Studies (UDS) has introduced a parallel window programme to offer opportunity to students who did not gain admission through the regular intake to be trained as medical doctors. To run alongside the regular medicine student intake, the programme which would commence from January next year would offer qualified applicants the opportunity to enroll and train as [...] The post UDS

At least five students and a security guard have been shot dead in an attack on a secondary school in Kenya. The attack was led by a student who had been suspended, the head teacher said. The boy is accused of returning to the dormitories with two accomplices. As well as killing six people, witnesses say the attackers raped two [...] The post 6 dead in Kenya boarding school attack appeared

A massive bomb attack in a busy area of the Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday is now known to have killed at least 137 people, police say. Hundreds more were wounded when a lorry packed with explosives detonated near the entrance of a hotel. It is one of the deadliest attacks in Somalia since the Islamist al-Shabab group launched its [...] The post Scores dead after Mogadishu blast appeared

Three development authorities, barring any last minute objections, will be established by close of this week as Parliament prepares to round up work on the draft bills of the authorities. The three – Northern, Middle and Coastal Belt Development Authority   bills, after going through the final stages of consideration are set to be passed into law pending a final and [...] The post 3

The Madina Atomic gas explosion has triggered major reforms in the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) regime in the country, hopefully to avert further occurrences. Amongst the reforms, directed by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, is the implementation of the Cylinder Recirculation Model of LPG distribution. The model requires the sitting of LPG Bottling Plants away from congested commercial and population [...] The post LET’S

Eleven people sustained severe injuries in a car crash that occurred at Nankese near Koforidua on Saturday evening. The injured passengers were sent to the Suhum and Koforidua Government Hospital respectively through a swift intervention by two National Ambulance vehicle who were returning from standby duties. Five of the victims were sent to the Suhum government hospital while the remaining [...] The post 11

Barbara Tetteh, 24, a level 100 student of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) died on the spot in a fatal crash, on Friday evening, at Yareyeya  on the Tarkwa-Bogoso highway in the Western Region. Miss Tetteh, the Ghanaian Times gathered, died on the spot when an articulated truck from Ayanfuri crashed into a Mercedes bus on which she was [...] The post 2 perish in fatal crash at Yareyeya

The Ghana Police has announced the temporary closure of major roads in Accra today, October 16, 2017, as part of preparations ahead of the state visit by President of La Cote d’Ivoire, Alassane Dramane Ouattara. A statement issued and signed by ASP Efia Tenge, Head of Public Affairs at the Ghana Police Service said the roads will be closed to [...] The post Police close major roads in Accra