Commercial road transport operators have incread transport fares by 15 per cent. The new fares will take effect Saturday, February 26, 2022. It includes fares for shared taxis, intra-city (tro-tro) and intercity (long distance). The transport unions wanted a 30 percent upward adjustment but after a meeting with stakeholders on Monday, 21 Februry 2022, the operators agreed to a 15 ...

The Human Rights Division of the Accra High Court has fixed March 28, 2022 to rule on a motion for interlocutory injunction filed by Member of Parliament (MP) for Madina against the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and his officers. Mr. Xavier Sosu is praying the court to stop the IGP from any attempt to infringe on his rights. In ...

African champion Edouard Mendy was back with his Chelsea teammates at the Emirates for the Club World Cup on Wednesday. The Senegalese goalkeeper remained on the bench for last night’s semi-final win over Al Hilal of Saudi Arabia and now has one more trophy in sight. Edouard Mendy, the only player absent at the grand presidential reception ceremony of the ...

Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, who took power in a coup in Burkina Faso on January 24, has been declared “president” by the Constitutional Council, according to the AFP In a decision notified to him on Wednesday, the Constitutional Council said that “Mr Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, lieutenant-colonel of the national armed forces, is the president of Faso” since 24 January. in its session ...

Six more tropical cyclones are likely to hit Zimbabwe before the end of the rainy season. local government minister, July Moyo said this on Wednesday during a cyclone recovery project ceremony in Harare. Zimbabwe, during this rainy season, had two cyclones, ANA which left a trail of destruction and Batsirai which fortunately dissipated. Minister Moyo said predictions by the Meteorological ...

Assailants struck Libyan Prime Minister Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah’s car with bullets early on Thursday but he escaped unharmed, a source close to him said, amid intense factional wrangling over control of the government. The source said the incident happened as Dbeibah was returning home, describing it as a clear assassination attempt, but the attackers fled and the incident has been referred ...

Senegal President, Macky Sall has rewarded the players and coaches of the Senegal for emerging as champions of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations. Aliou Cisse’s men defeated Egypt on penalties on Sunday, February 6, to lift the African showpiece title for the first time ever, with Sadio Mane scoring the winning penalty in the dramatic shoot-out. During a reception ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, left Ghana, on Thursday, 10th February 2022, to begin a 10-day working visit to France, Guyana, Belgium, Germany and the United Kingdom. President Akufo-Addo’s first port of call will be Brest, France, where, at the invitation of Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic, he will participate in the One Ocean Summit, to be held ...

Uncle T United FC president, Isaac Tetteh, also known as TT Brothers has proposed a long tenure for the next Black Stars coach. He said the rampant hiring and firing of coaches have proven not to be the best way to go. He cited the recent Senegal AFCON glory, orchestrated by Aliou Cise as a good case study as Ghana ...

An aide to former President John Dramani Mahama, Godwin Eduzie Tamakloe has handed a new economic title to the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia for his efforts in the current management of the economy. According to him, the Vice President who is the head of the Economic Management Team (EMT) has moved to become the Head of the Economic Mismanagement ...