Month: January 2023

The Volta Region will host this year’s National Independence Day celebration. The venue will be the 5,000-capacity Ho Youth Resource Centre (located at Adaklu Tsrefe). The Director of Operations at the Office of the President, Lord Commey, led a delegation from the Office of the President to announce these to the Volta Regional House of… Continue reading Volta Region to host National Independence Day celebration.

Two people have been convicted and sentenced to 24 years imprisonment each by the Yendi circuit court in the Northern region for robbery. The two, Jallo Sulemana and Jallo Hamza were said to have on the 25th of December 2022 blocked the road near a community called Nagumi around Chereponi in the Northeast Region and… Continue reading Two persons jailed 24 years each for robbery.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has said Zenith Bank is still operating in the Ghanaian securities market and offering banking services despite an earlier notice that the bank has voluntarily ceased to operate as a Trustee in the securities industry and the capital market. In a second statement to clarify an earlier one issued… Continue reading SEC: Zenith Bank still operates in Ghana’s securities market 

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament has directed the managements of three hospitals to lodge a complaint with the police for the arrest of guarantors of three former staff who have failed to honour their bonds after receiving support from the facilities. The Chairman of the PAC, Dr James Klutse Avedzi, gave the directive… Continue reading PAC calls for prosecution of guarantors:3 Nurses blow GH¢173,517 study leave cashPAC calls for prosecution of guarantors:

Ex-Attorney General and Minister of Justice and New Patriotic Party flagbearer aspirant, Joe Ghartey, has dismissed media reports suggesting that he blamed the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government for the failure to fund and execute the Accra Sky Train Project. The veteran politician who was the Minister of Railways Development at the time negotiations were held for… Continue reading Joe Ghartey:Why Accra Sky Train Project was not executedJoe Ghartey:

Dancehall artiste Shatta Wale says it is a wrong impression for anyone to think that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) led government has given him money to speak for them. Shatta Wale has been sighted in several videos condemning critics of President Nana Akufo Addo to be mindful of their utterances against the President’s style… Continue reading NPP has not paid me to speak for them-Shatta Wale

Patrick Asiedu, the man suspected to be behind the viral audio alleging that the police stopped and planted “wee” and cocaine in his vehicle has been arrested by the police and accused of fabricating the narration he recorded and shared on social media. Preliminary police investigation has established that he is not a medical doctor… Continue reading Man behind audio alleging police planted ‘wee’, cocaine in his vehicle arrested.

The government says it is optimistic of achieving 80 percent of the bond debt swap under the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme by January 31, 2023. An 80 per cent participation by individual bond holders, according to the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta would help the government to get into the perimeters of 55 percent debt to… Continue reading 80% of debt swap needed to get IMF deal -Finance Minister

Former Railways Development Minister, Joe Ghartey has blamed the New Patriotic Party government’s inability to redeem its promise of building sky trains in Accra on external forces with an emphasis on budget constraints. The Essikado-Ketan lawmaker said the project which was expected to reduce traffic congestion in Accra stalled when the terms of the contract… Continue reading Funding constraints prevented us from executing sky train project – Joe Ghartey

A presidential aspirant of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Kofi Konadu Apraku, believes he stands very tall amongst all the aspirants vying for the party’s presidential race. He added that he is the best person to lead the party on the flagbearership ticket in the run-up to the 2024 polls. The former Minister… Continue reading I stand very tall in NPP flagbearer ship race – Dr. Apraku