The Military taskforce clamping down on illegal mining on Sunday, May 15, 2021 set fire into eight (8) excavators, a dozer, and dozens of water pumping machines at the mining site of the National Women’s Organizer of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) Kate Gyamfua at Akyem Akropong in Atewa West District. A dozer and three of the burnt excavators ...

The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) has added its voice to calls for the protection and respect for the rights of journalists in the country. The PPP in a statement said it is “worried” about the incessant brutalities the Police and some members from the National Security is meting out to innocent citizens in this country especially journalists. The statement comes ...

President Akufo-Addo has announced the second round of national vaccination against the deadly Coronvirus will commence on Wednesday, May 19. The President in his 25th national broadcast since the outbreak of the virus in Ghana said the will also take place in 43 districts. “I am happy to announce that beginning Wednesday, May 19 to Wednesday 26 May, the deployment ...

Zimbabwe’s high court has ruled that the president’s extension of the chief justice’s term of office by five years is illegal. A group of lawyers had challenged the move which followed a recent constitutional amendment passed by parliament that raised the retirement age of senior judges from 70 to 75. The judges ruled that Luke Malaba, who turned 70 on ...

An emaciated 12-year-old girl who was kept locked in a cage for eight months by her guardians in Nigeria has been rescued by police. Two people at the property in a suburb of the north-western city of Sokoto had been arrested during the operation on Thursday, police spokesperson Sanusi Abubakar, an assistant superintendent, said. They had reportedly caged the girl ...

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has condemned the arrest and alleged assault of CITI FM’s Caleb Kudah by officials of National Security. The journalist who was arrested for taking videos of abandoned vehicles at the National Security Secretariat in Accra has recounted how he was assaulted by security officials after they arrested him. The incident has provoked many Ghanaians ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Sunday, 16 May 2021 addressed the nation for the 25th time on COVID-19 and what his government is doing to stop the spread and fight the pandemic. Below is the President’s full address: I am embarking on a nine-day official working visit to France, Belgium and South Africa, as part of efforts being made ...

Energy Minister, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh says government is working to ensure long-term financial sustainability in Ghana’s power sector. He disclosed this when he took his turn to address a press briefing on the energy sector under the theme ‘Delivery Reliable and Affordable Power’, as part of a series of presentations by government Ministers organized by the Ministry of Information ...

Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has applauded the youth of the country for their #FixTheCountry campaign aimed at putting pressure on the government to address myriad challenges facing the country. According to Mr. Bagbin, the majority of the concerns expressed by the youth have existed since independence. However, “it is also true that these challenges have become more pronounced in ...

Socialite Mona Faiz Montrage, popularly known as Hajia4Real, has gradually proven those who doubted her survival in Ghana’s music industry after she recently launched her music career wrong. With two songs to her credit within a short period, she is out with a song titled, ‘God’s Child’. The new song becomes her third song since she started recording as an ...