DVLA, Police arrest drivers using unregistered and embellished number plates
As part of efforts to ensure that drivers use valid Driving Documents and do not embellish their number plates, a joint taskforce comprising the Police MTTD and DVLA Compliance and Enforcement Team has embarked on an exercise in parts of Accra to conduct random checks on vehicles. Some Drivers who were found using embellished and […]
Asenso-Boakye: Minister urges Built environment professionals to build Ghana
The Minister for Works and Housing, Francis Asenso-Boakye, has urged architects, engineers, planners, construction managers and all key stakeholders in the built environment to strive towards designing and building the nation. He said the nation-building is a collective responsibility of the government, private sector, academia, civil society organisations and professionals, and that the is the […]
VIDEO: Akufo-Addo swears in Minister of State for Finance, 39 Deputy Ministers
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has sworn into office the Minister of State for Finance, Charles Adu Boahen, and 39 Deputy Ministers. The swearing-in ceremony took place at the Jubilee House in Accra on Friday, June 25. More here:
Court strikes out application seeking to prevent #FixTheCountry demonstration
The Criminal Division of the Accra High Court presided over by Justice Ruby Aryeetey has ruled that the application brought to restrain the #FixTheCountry protesters was moot and subsequently struck it out. This is because the application brought before the court restraining the conveners not to demonstrate on the ninth of last month has lapsed. […]
George Floyd killer sentenced to 22 years in prison
A US Judge, Peter Cahill, has sentenced Derek Chauvin to over 22 years in prison for the murder of George Floyd. The former officer has been held in solitary confinement since he was found guilty in April. Before issuing his sentence, the judge gave short remarks describing how he arrived at a sentence of 270 months, […]
Death toll in Ashanti floods increases
At least four people have been confirmed dead after two days of heavy rainfall in the Ashanti Region. The latest of the deaths involved a 70-year-old man, Mr. Bernard Sarpong, who was swept away in Thursday’s rainstorm at Sokoban-Ampabame in the Atwima-Kwanwoma District. The other deceased persons are one-year-old Awal Mohammed, Seidu Mohammed, and a […]
Hearts and Kotoko lock horns in ‘Super Clash’ blockbuster on Sunday
The 108th league meeting between Accra Hearts of Oak and Asante Kotoko will certainly decide who emerges winner of 2020/21 Ghana Premier League (GPL). The two Ghanaian footballing giants, Asante Kotoko and Hearts of Oak, are tied on 56 points following their match-week 30 2-1 win against Karela United and Legon Cities respectively. Both sides […]
Kofi Annan memorial lecture on drug policy launched
Ahead of the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking on June 26, a coalition of civil society groups, West Africa Drug Policy Network and the International Drug Policy Consortium, is highlighting the need for drug use to be treated as a public health issue, rather than criminalising it. The group believes that there […]
President Buhari postpones medical trip to London
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has had to put off a medical trip to London planned to begin on Friday, his office has said. On Thursday, a statement from one of his aides said he was leaving for the UK capital “for a scheduled medical follow-up”. It would have been the 78-year-old’s second trip to see doctors in […]
Red Cross Society constructs 21 boreholes in Upper East Region
The Ghana Red Cross Society is constructing 21 boreholes, in six selected districts in the Upper East Region. The move is the society’s efforts to contribute to the global aim of attaining water for all by 2030. The Secretary General of the Ghana Red Cross Society, Mr. Kofi Addo, made this known at the launch […]
