Self-defense acceptable to protect yourself, spouse and property – Legal Practitioner
By: Konadu Benedicta Private Legal Practitioner, Godfred Anim Nyarko has said that, the law permits the use of violence to defend oneself in some situations. According to him, it is not right to choose violence, but it is needed for protection. “Generally, I will say it is not right to choose violence but in certain […]
Police to go hard on Personnel who condone criminality
By Vanessa Adjei The Ghana Police Service has reiterated its commitment to prosecute criminals especially officers of the law who misconduct themselves in the discharge of their duties. The Director-General of the Police Professional Standards Bureau, PPSB, DCOP Lydia Donkor, said Personnel of the Service as law enforcement Officers, should know better than to engage in such misconduct. She stated that the law will take its […]
Appiatse temporary resettlement 98% complete
By Felix Coffee Temporary structures earmarked for the resettlement of the Appiatse explosion victims are 98% complete for relocation on the 4th of May, 2022. The Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Benito Owusu-Bio, who made this known, said citizens are to start moving into the 32 completed rooms, while work on the other 2% […]
Investors urged to take advantage of numerous tourism opportunities in Volta
By Seraphine Nyuiemedi The Volta Regional Director of Ghana Tourism Authority, Alexander Nketia has reiterated calls for investors to take advantage of the numerous tourism opportunities in the Volta Region for good returns. He mentioned tourism training institutions, up market ecologies, car rentals, five-star hotels, among others, as potential investment areas that must be looked […]
NPP Elections: 33 aspirants file for Keta Constituency
By Edzorna Francis Mensah About Six Hundred and Forty-Nine (649) delegates from One Hundred and Twenty (120) polling stations are expected to gather at the Dzelukope Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Keta on May, 2, 2022 to elect the next Constituency Executives of the Party. These delegates are to go to the poll and vote for Ten […]
Closure of Ivorian border continues to take toll on businesses – Chairman GIFF
By Nana Ama Gyapong The Chairman of the Ghana Institute of Freight Forwarders (GIFF), Geoffrey Agbogla has stated that businesses are slow at the Elubo border because the Ivorians who are at the Western part of the Ghana border have not opened their borders for business activities to go on. He made this revelation in […]
Ghana ‘feeds’ Burkina Faso via World Food Programme deliveries
By Nicholas Osei Wusu The World Food Programme, WFP, has begun taking an order of 10 thousand metric tons of food from Ghana for 2022 to feed the vulnerable in neighbouring Burkina Faso. The WFP has explained that the decision to take its food supply order from Ghana is a deliberate measure not only to […]
President Akufo-Addo speaks of reintroduction of Constitutional Amendment to repeal Article 55
Story: Franklin Asare-Donkoh President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has hinted that his government is in the process of re-introducing a Constitutional Amendment to repeal Article 55 of the 1992 Republican Constitution. According to him, his office is in consultation with other stakeholders on the Constitutional Amendment. READ ALSO: President Akufo-Addo reignites conversation on Election of […]
Calls for establishment of Ghana Horticultural Development Authority
By Razak Baba A Senior Research Scientist at the Crops Research Institute of Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, CSIR, Dr. Michael Kwabena Osei has proposed the establishment of the Ghana Horticulture Development Authority. This, he said, will help develop a formidable voice for actors in the horticulture industry. Dr. Osei was speaking at a […]
“It was hellish” accessing the Stadium during Ghana-Nigeria World Cup play off in Kumasi – Sarfo Abebrese
By Rachel Kakraba Founder of COSUA, a Support Union, Sarfo Abebrese, says newly introduced E-ticketing initiative needs some perfection if Ghana is to make any positive gains with it. He noted its implementation during the Ghana-Nigeria World Cup play off in Kumasi was bedevilled with challenges as the machines broke down resulting in some chaos […]