The Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa District Assembly has appealed to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to assist it write-off a GHC27,000 loan facility it had given to farmers in the district. At an average of GHC120 per head, the debtors have been able to pay GHC274,000 of the GHC301,700 loans the Assembly gave them in 2013, leaving a balance of GHC27,000. The amount, ...

Veteran radio presenter and disc jockey Andy Dosty has taken a swipe at Pastor Love, former husband of Obaapa Christy, over some “shamful” comments he made about the gospel musician recently. Pastor Love had said in an interview that he picked Obaapa Christy from the gutters and polished her, stressing that people would be disappointed in him for marrying the ...

A member of the Public Accounts Committee and MP for Komenda Edina Eguafo Abrem Samuel Atta Mills says Ghana’s latest ranking on the 2019 Corruption Perception Index is an embarrassment to the Akufo-Addo government. Ghana ranked 80 out of 180 countries and territories included in the 2019 Corruption Perception Index. The Index put together by Transparency International ranks countries annually ...

Ghanaian UK-based gospel artiste Sonnie Badu has stated that Ghana will never know peace until the Kotoka International Airport is changed to Kwame Nkrumah International Airport. According to the multiple award-winning artiste, Kotoka is sitting at the gateway of Ghana and that is doing the country more harm than good thus the government should not hesitate in changing the name ...

Information reaching MyNewsGh.com from government sources indicates that the office of the Attorney General is planning to file an appeal against the bail granted Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Benjamin Agordzo. ACP Agordzor is one of the suspects standing trial for allegedly plotting to destabilize the country and is still being held in police custody although he has been granted ...

Minister of Transport, Kweku Ofori Asiamah, has pulled a break on the implementation of the controversial DP Sticker numbering system by the Drivers and Vehicle Licensing Authority’s (DVLA) boss, following accusation that, it had no endorsement from the sector Ministry, Board, the Police among others and above all, poses a national security risk. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Authority, ...

The Asantehene Otumfuo has withdrawn his representatives from the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) and other assemblies in the Ashanti region. According to the Bantamahene, Baffour Owusu Amankwatia, the traditional council feels eliminated in local governance representation in the various assemblies. He revealed that the assembly formerly had 5 representatives on the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly and other assemblies. However, he said, ...

The Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation who doubles as, Chairman of the Inter-ministerial Committee on Illegal mining Prof Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng has revealed that although the criminal investigation department of the police service has cleared Charles Bissue of any wrongdoing in the Anas’ Galamsey fraud documentary, the committee is waiting for the report from the special prosecutor since the ...

Deputy Minister of Communication and Member of Parliament for the Awutu Senya West Constituency, George Andah has narrated how God sent to him an ‘aboboyaa’ rider in the middle of nowhere to save his life in an accident he suffered in the latter part of 2018. Recounting the rather harrowing experience he and others with him at the time of ...

Ghana striker Raphael Dwamena is looking at the possibility of playing football again by undergoing heart surgery, GHANAsoccernet.com can exclusively report. Dwamena has been ruled out indefinitely after he was diagnosed with a heart condition last year October. Several reports claimed that the 24-year-old poacher’s footballing career could be over after he was told by one of the most prestigious ...