No show at Ofosu Ampofo trial; case adjourned to Nov 11
The Commercial Division of the Accra High Court presided over by Justice Samuel Asiedu has adjourned the case in which Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and Kweku Boahen,...
Outbreak of H3N2 Flu contained – GHS
The Ghana Health Service has assured that the outbreak of the H3N2 flu also known as seasonal flu or the Varian Virus disease is under control.
Over 400 students were quarantined over the weekend in...
Cash for Justice: Compromised State Attorney assigns blame to gov’t
A senior state attorney, Emmanuel Lawrence Otoo-Boison, has laid blame on government’s door for failing to provide him with airfare to the United Kingdom to pursue an alleged state-imposed programme, hence his decision to...
Smuggling not enough reason to shut border – Nigerian lawyer to Buhari
Nigerian legal practitioner Dr. Kayode Akule has bemoaned the reason being offered by the Nigerian government for the closure of their border to Ghana and other African countries.
According to him, as a member of...
JUSAG threatens strike over salary review
The Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG) has threatened to embark on an industrial strike action effective November 13, 2019.
According to JUSAG, the intended strike action is to demand a review of their...
Asuogyaman: Family fines teacher GHC5k for impregnating pupil, 16
A teacher at Gyekiti Presbyterian Junior High School in the Asuogyman District of the Eastern Region Eugene Akolongo has impregnated a 16-year-old form three pupil at the school.
According to reports, the development is not...
Akufo-Addo stimulates Cocoa industry with 600m USD
The Akufo-Addo administration acting through Cocobod is to inject a 600m USD stimulus package into the cocoa sector through a Cocoa Productivity Enhancement Program which will among other things step up Ghana’s production to...
Nigeria defies Ghana; extends border closure to January 2020
Nigeria's border closure which has irked Ghanaian traders will continue until January 2020, a memo from the government of Nigeria to border control personnel has announced.
The memo said the closure has achieved tremendous success.
“I...
Mahama had 48 cabinet sessions; Nana has 64 already – Oppong Nkrumah
Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah says, the less than three years, Akufo-Addo government has held more cabinet meetings than the Mahama administration did in the entire fours that it was in office.
According to him,...
Reducing Poverty: 30k poor households to benefit from LIPW
Unemployed people of over thirty-thousand (30,000) poverty-stricken households in eighty districts in Ghana are expected to be employed under the Labour Intensive Public Works Project (LIPW).
The Project is under the Ghana Productive Safety Net...