A Kumasi Circuit Court has sentenced a Nigerian commercial sex worker, Bella Yakubu,28, to five years imprisonment in hard labour for causing bodily harm to her colleague sex worker, Ruth Korn. The Court presided over by Her Honour, Priscilla Dapaah Mireku,gave her verdict after Yakubu pleaded guilty for inflicting cutlass …
Read More »President Akufo-Addo nominates Lariba Zuweira Abudu as Gender Minister
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has nominated the Deputy Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, and Member of Parliament for Walewale, Lariba Zuweira Abudu as Minister-designate for Gender, Children and Social Protection. Her appointment is subject to the approval of Parliament. The President has also nominated Member of Parliament …
Read More »Return all party vehicles and other assets to the new executives – Justin Frimpong Kodua to outgoing executives
The National Steering Committee of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has asked all former executives to give the party everything property they still retain, including any vehicles. At the committee meeting on July 26, 2022, the decision was made. They were instructed to follow the committee’s instructions in a …
Read More »Closed season ends! Government opens sea for fishing
The fishing season for inshore and artisanal fishers along Ghana’s coast has officially begun according to Hon Hawa Koomson, Minister in Charge of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development. The Minister opened the closed fishing season at the Tema canoe basin in the Greater Accra area, which ran from July 1 to …
Read More »Bolgatanga Technical Institute closed down after exams malpractice riot
Following a brawl earlier on Tuesday, the Bolgatanga Technical Institute (BOTECH) has been shut down by the Upper East Regional Security Council(REGSEC). A few hours were provided to the students to leave the school grounds. Stephen Yakubu, the Upper East Regional Minister and Chairman of the REGSEC, declared that the …
Read More »It’s unlawful to charge Ghanaians for using an app to register a SIM-Sam George
Sam Nartey George, the ranking member of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Communications, has spoken out against the GHS5 cost that would be applied to the usage of the yet-to-be-introduced self-application for SIM card re-registration. He asserts that Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, Minister of Communications and Digitalization, is not authorized to …
Read More »confusion at Bolga Technical Institute after teachers and students were arrested
After a number of staff members and students were taken into custody, chaos broke out at the Bolgatanga Technical Institute in the Upper East Region. The cars of certain school administrators were among the items damaged by the pupils.To keep the pupils under control, police were called to the school. …
Read More »“Payment of slavery reparations to Africa are long overdue” – President Akufo-Addo
The impacts of the slave trade, according to President of the Republic Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, have been disastrous to both the African continent and the African Diaspora, with the entire time of slavery impeding Africa’s progress in terms of its economy, culture, and psychology. President Akufo-Addo emphasized the need …
Read More »4-Tier Suame Interchange commences in September-Dr Bawumia assures Ashanti residents
According to Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia, vice president of the Republic of Ghana, work on the four-tier Suame Interchange in Kumasi would start in September 2022. According to him, the much-awaited project fulfills a commitment the New Patriotic Party NPP made to Ashanti Region inhabitants some time ago. When Dr. Bawumia …
Read More »Your stronghold Ashanti Region deserves more development- Otumfuo to NPP
The Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has urged the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) to support more growth initiatives in the Ashanti region. The Asante Monarch claimed that because the area is the governing party’s stronghold, it deserves the best. The Asakyihene, Nana Mensah Bonsu, who gave Otumfuo’s speech, stated …
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