Listening to Kweku Baako recount stories of how political prisoners under the Provisional National Defense Council administration were tortured will send chills down your spine. It’s a heart-wrenching and ‘difficult to listen’ to narration of inhumane and dastard acts meted out to some Ghanaians supposedly under the command of former President Jerry John Rawlings, who was the chairman of the ...

More than seven months after the new coronavirus was first detected, scientists and health experts are still trying to get a better understanding of how it spreads and how to curb the COVID-19 respiratory disease it causes. The coronavirus is transmitted from person to person through “droplet transmission”, including direct contact with someone who has been infected, indirect contact with contaminated surfaces, ...

The Kwahu Traditional Council has banned the largest opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) from conducting party activities in the area. This is after the party defied the Council’s directive against the invoking of curses within the Traditional Area. The executives of the NDC in the Eastern Region including the party’s Regional Communications Officer Dallas Williams, Sidi Bello Deputy Regional Youth Organizer, Daniel ...

Some workers of the Ghana Airport Company on Wednesday embarked on a protest over attempts by the government to cede management of the company to Turkish based TAV Airport Holdings. The protest follows a cabinet approval for engagement of the private company which the Aviation ministry has described as a strategic partner. This explanation has, however, not gone down well ...

Economist and Business Consultant, Dr. Ebenezer Ashley has indicated that the Ghana cedi has recorded its all-time best performance for the first half of 2020 than the first six months of any year since 2012 against the U.S dollar. Dr. Ashley made these observations in an interview with our reporter on the current developments in the exchange rate market amid ...

Security Analyst, Dr Kwesi Anning, has cautioned individuals who own guns, whether licensed or not, to desist from intimidating others and instigating violence during the December 2020 elections. He made the statement in reaction to the increasing gun-related crimes in the country and the effect it may have during the December polls in an interview with GhanaWeb on July 8, ...

Reports reaching GhanaWeb indicate staff at the Kotoka International Airport are currently staging a protest over an alleged sale of the Ghana Airport Company Limited (GACL). Per reports, the GACL staff, who feel their livelihood is being threatened, have picketed at the premises of KIA, with red strands of cloths tied to their wrist, arm, or forehead, to express their ...

The minority in parliament has accused the Nana Addo administration of insensitivity over the 15% hike in transport fares. Transport unions have since the beginning of the week increased fares citing rising fuel prices and the directive to reduce passenger numbers as a measure to curb the spread of Covid-19. Leadership of GPRTU has described the percentage as inadequate making ...

The Chief Justice, Kwasi Anin Yeboah, has gone into a mandatory 14–day self isolation on the advise of his doctors, a correspondence from his office said. He will be working from his official residence at Cantonments in Accra, according to a statement dated July 7, 2020 signed and issued by the Judicial Secretary, Ms Pamela Cynthia Addo to all High ...

A student of the KNUST senior high school in Kumasi has died after suffering corona-like symptoms while in school. In a video sighted by nsemwoha.com, the student is seen sitting on a table and being supported by four male students while he suffered for breath and appallingly, some of the teachers watched on unconcerned as the student’s life gradually left ...