General News

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says he is determined to deliver on his promises regarding roads in the Western Region and the country at large. President Akufo-Addo said this when he inspected the ongoing construction of the 3.5 kilometres of road from Ankyenyini to the Catholic Grotto at Egyam in the Ahanta West District as part of his two-day Western ...

The National Identification Authority (NIA) has released new dates for a mop-up exercise for the Ghana Card registration in the Greater Accra Region. The exercise will now start on August 24, 2020, and run until September 8, 2020. The mop-up registration exercise had initially been set for August 16 to August 29 in the Greater Accra Region. The NIA has ...

Twelve Nigerians are currently in the custody of the Prampram Divisional Police Command, on charges of trafficking and cybercrime-related offences. The suspects who also entered the country illegally were picked up from their hideouts after months of surveillance on their activities by the police. The suspects, Samuel John 23, Akosi Buatsi 28, Happy Ebogum 20, Salami Shadrack 21, Julius Eluji ...

The Tax Justice Coalition of Ghana has launched a portal, dubbed ‘Ghana Financial Bleeding Register.’ The Ghana Financial Bleeding Register(FBR) is to provide a public database to accurately respond to the collective public amnesia occasioned by the temporal public interest and follow-ups on the numerous tax mismanagementand other corruption related reports. Launching the Register, the National Chairman of the Coalition ...

The Adansi South District Assembly as part of its strategy to deepen youth participation in the local governance process has inaugurated a District Youth Parliament to engage young people who fall within the age bracket. In collaboration with the National Youth Authority (NYA), the District Parliament will provide a single formalized youth platform for the youth to voice out their ...

Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Ghana, and Head of the Youth Bridge Research Institute, Professor Ransford Edward Van Gyampo, has cautioned political actors to desist from whipping up tribalistic and ethnic sentiments in their bid to canvass votes in the run-up to the December polls. He believes this practice will only deepen the already existing polarised ...

The Minister of Education, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has revealed that Cabinet has approved the Common Core Programme (CCP) Curriculum for Junior and Senior High School and that it is expected to roll out at the beginning of the next academic year. The Minister, who is also MP for Manhyia South and is popularly known as ‘NAPO’, made these revelations in ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has cut the sod for the commencement of construction of the La General Hospital Redevelopment Project. At the sod-cutting ceremony on Tuesday, August 11, 2020, President Akufo-Addo indicated that the redevelopment project has been occasioned by a report from the Ghana Health Service, which indicated that the five-storey structure of the Hospital had developed gaping cracks, ...

The adept young Ghanaian engineer known for the famous water bicycle invention has proven he has a bag of ideas as he comes up with another innovation- a sweeping bicycle. Frank Darko has invented a tricycle that sweeps along as you ride it and he calls it a ”sweeping bicycle.” The Takoradi based engineer explained that his invention is a ...

Dr. Kofi Amoah, a celebrated Ghanaian businessman has underscored the importance of ‘well-groomed’ youth to the development of the country. According to the Citizen Kofi CEO, the success or otherwise of a nation hinges largely on how it takes care of its youth. In this regard, Dr Kofi Amoah has advised the formulation and implementation of policies that seek to ...