The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has asked the Electoral Commission (EC) to postpone using the Ghana Card as the exclusive form of identification for voter registration and card acquisition. The removal of passport requirements and the guarantor system, according to the party’s national chairman Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, is unlawful. He …
Read More »Police offer a Ghc100,000 reward for information regarding the Wa murderers
The Ghana Police Service has announced a reward of $100,000 for anyone with information that will help identify and apprehend those responsible for the recent killings in Wa. It comes after one suspect, Kankani Adongo, was previously detained and is still being held in custody to help with investigations. According …
Read More »Ghana’s GDP growth rate increases to 4.8% -GSS
According to preliminary data made public by the Ghana Statistical Service, the country’s economy expanded by 4.8% from April to June 2022 compared to the same time last year. The real GDP of Ghana expanded by 1.1% in the second quarter of 2022 (April to June), which is 0.2 percentage …
Read More »You have no moral right to criticize the government if you don’t pay tax – MCE fumes
Hon. Isaac Apaw Gyasi, the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of the New Juaben South in the Eastern Region, has slammed detractors and urged them to avoid unwarranted criticism and help the government by paying taxes and property rates on time in order to fund national development initiatives. The MCE adds …
Read More »Student nurse allegedly killed and buried by pastor and chief in palace
Georgina Asor Botchwey, a 25-year-old student nurse at Cape Coast, was allegedly murdered and secretly buried by a chief and a paster in the chief’s home in Mankessim in the Central Region. The motive behind the alleged kidnapping and murder of the nurse by the Chief, Nana Crack, who is …
Read More »To combat galamsey, the NPP and NDC must work together – Mahama
Awudu Mahama, managing editor of the Custodian Newspaper, asserts that Ghana can only triumph in its battle against galamsey if the two main political parties adopt a common stance on the threat. He described galamsey as a “complicated domain” that predominantly benefits politicians from the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and …
Read More »Agotime-Ziope District Assembly is being sued by GOIL for debt
William Attiklu, Manager of the Goil Company Limited branch in Agotime Kpetoe, has filed a lawsuit against the Agotime-Ziope District for failing to pay debts owed to the gas station. The manager of the fuel station claims that from June of 2021, the Assembly has accumulated debt to the company …
Read More »China tops foreigners with Ghana Card – NIA
China is the country with the greatest variety of foreigners who have been awarded a Non-citizen National Identity card, according to the National Identification Authority (NIA) (Ghana card). In response to a query from the Ghana News Agency, Professor Kenneth Agyemang Attafuah, Executive Secretary, NIA, made this statement at a …
Read More »15.8 million people hold a Ghana Card – National Identification Authority
As of the end of August of this year, the National Identification Authority (NIA) had issued 15,826,148 Ghana Cards out of the 16,627,325 printed cards from the 17,109,627 registrations. For a variety of reasons, including some requiring updates, people having trouble finding their collection locations, and others “feeling they have …
Read More »NDC executives applaud Duffuor’s illustrious Ahotor Project
Dr. Kwabena Duffuor, a former finance minister and prominent party member, has received praise from the National Democratic Congress’ Central Region executives for having conceived of and sponsored the AHOTOR business initiative, which aims to strengthen and financially empower the party’s grassroots as part of the main opposition party’s reorganization …
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