General News

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has admitted a motion to probe the National Cathedral Project. This followed a Private Members’ Motion sponsored by Minority Leader, Cassiel Ato Forson, and Deputy Minority Leader Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah among others. The motion will see a committee constituted “to conduct an inquiry into the National Cathedral of Ghana project and all related matters.” ...

The Ghana Meteorological Agency has issued a notice indicating that the dry harmattan condition in the country is expected to worsen this week. The agency in a statement noted that meteorological satellites have detected that dust lifted around Chad, Sudan, and Niger have been transported into Ghana. “This dust was transported into the country by strong winds at lower levels ...

Ahafo Movement for Development (AMoD), a Non- Governmental Organisation has dragged Mining giants, Newmont Ghana Gold Limited (NGGL) to the Accra High Court over non-payment of land use compensation for 2004 and 2005 for their Ahafo Mine operations. The Complainants are Mr. William Nsiah Ababio, Mr. Kwasi Gyamfi, and Mr. Maxwell Atuahene. Messrs. Nsiah Ababio and Kwesi Gyamfi are the ...

The Minority in Parliament has filed a private members’ motion for a resolution on the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP). The caucus has sent a notice to the Speaker of Parliament requesting that the full government’s debt restructuring proposal be laid before the House by Ken Ofori-Atta, the Minister of Finance, for discussion. Since the government announced the debt restructuring ...

The Police arrested 18 people for their involvement in a scuffle on the campus of the University of Ghana on Tuesday. The Police in a statement noted that the “18 suspects were together with about 200 others believed to be former members of the Commonwealth Hall of the University.” The Police stated that the 18 suspects are in custody and ...

The Deputy Minister in charge of General Education, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, has advised parents not to deny their children access to education no matter the circumstances they may find themselves in. He explained that irrespective of the kind of work they did and the kind of conditions they might find themselves in there was no way they should use ...

The Government is working to pay road contractors to enable them to complete ongoing projects in the country, Roads and Highways Minister, Kwasi Amoako-Attah has said. Responding to questions at the hearing of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament on Thursday, in Accra, he said the delays in completing road projects could be attributed to the payment of contractors ...

Many second-cycle schools have expressed their readiness to reopen for the commencement of the 2023 academic year. In separate interviews with the Daily Graphic, the management of some second-cycle schools expressed their readiness to reopen for the commencement of the 2023 academic year. According to the management of some of the schools, they had put in place the necessary arrangements ...

The state-funded Ethiopian Media Authority (Ema) has issued a statement calling on the authorities to stop harassing media workers, particularly investigative journalists. It came after the privately owned Ethiopian Satellite Television (Esat TV) said last week that it had received what it called a letter of intimidation from a court in the capital, Addis Ababa. “Of late, a tendency to stop the ...

Former President, John Dramani Mahama, has urged Ghanaians to keep hopes alive in the New Year. According to him, despite the economic battering, the country has suffered in the closing year, Ghanaians “cannot give up on our dear motherland Ghana” in the face of incoming austerity measures and sacrifices 2023 brings. “As we face the future with fortitude, let us ...