The President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, has made some major changes in his country’s military following the coup d’etat in the Central African country, Gabon. This follows a similar move by the President of Cameroon, Paul Biya, who for unknown reasons made significant changes in his country’s Ministry of Defence. A …
Read More »Leaked tape: We’ll be fair to you – Atta Akyea tells implicated Police officers
The parliamentary committee probing the leaked tape in which some senior police officers are heard in a conversation with the former Northern regional chairman of the NPP Bugri Naabu, plotting the removal of the Inspector General of Police, Dr George Akuffo Dampare, has assured to be fair to the Police officers. During …
Read More »Typhoid cases on the rise at Jato Akura, Kintampo
Typhoid cases continue to rise at Jato Akura and its surrounding farming communities in the Kintampo North Municipality of the Bono East Region due to a lack of potable water. Health authorities in the area say that over the last eight months, the Kintampo Municipal Hospital has recorded 14 cases …
Read More »NPP Primaries: Aspirants, agents who wage war against the party will be sanctioned – Afenyo-Markin warns
The spokesperson for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) election committee, Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin, warned aspirants and agents against the violation of electoral rules ahead of the special delegates congress because the party will deal with such individuals ruthlessly. He emphasized that the NPP election committee is committed to conducting violence-free and peaceful elections …
Read More »We’ve been tricked with Planting for Foods & Jobs programme – Minority
The Minority in Parliament has strongly criticised the 2nd phase of the government’s agricultural flagship programme, Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ). President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Monday, August 28, 2023, launched Phase Two of Planting for Food and Jobs at the University for Development Studies, in Tamale. Targeted at …
Read More »NDC releases shortlist for Mahama’s running mate – Report
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has released a shortlist of potential running mates for former President John Dramani Mahama for the 2024 general elections. The shortlisted names so far include Prof. Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang who was the running mate for John Mahama in 2020. According to a newspaper report by the …
Read More »Government directs teaching hospitals to pay their own utility bills
Ghanaians should brace themselves to pay for the electricity and water they access while they are seeking health care at the various teaching hospitals in the country. This is because the government has directed all the teaching hospitals in the country to start paying their own electricity and water bills. Highly placed …
Read More »A/R: Our onions are rotten – Onion importers cry
The onion importers at Kwadaso Onion Market in the Ashanti region have bemoaned the effect of the coup in Niger, and the subsequent closure of the country’s border on their onions meant for sale. According to the importers, about 50 trucks of their onions have gone bad following the coup in the …
Read More »Two dead, two others injured in Nsawam Adoagyiri shooting incident
Two persons have died as a result of a shooting incident that took place at Nsawam Adoagyiri in the Eastern Region. The two unidentified persons were part of four people who sustained gunshot wounds and were rushed to the Nsawam government hospital on Tuesday following a renewed chieftaincy dispute in …
Read More »Upper East Region records highest cases of elephantiasis
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has reported that the Upper East Region of Ghana has the highest number of cases of elephantiasis, also known as lymphatic filariasis, in the country. Approximately 2,373 confirmed cases of elephantiasis, which make up about a third of all cases in the country, have been …
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