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Two inmates at the Ankaful Prison have been freed under the Justice for All Programme after a team of judges visited the prison on Friday. Alex Dagati, who was charged with rape and has been on remand for 8 years was amongst several persons released on Friday. Richard Mensah, who had been on remand for several months and charged for ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo left Accra on Thursday for the United States of America (USA) to attend a high- level event to mark the achievement of the Qatar Foundation’s commitment to enrol 10 million children to receive quality primary school education. He is attending the event in his capacity as the co-Chair of the Group of Advocates of Eminent ...

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia cut the sod yesterday to kick-start the construction of roads with concrete in the enclave of Tema Heavy Industrial Area. The Presidential Initiative is expected to improve the Steel Works, Driver Vehicle and Licensing Authority (DVLA) and the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) roads. The first pilot of the initiative is expected to be completed within ...

Hundreds of textile workers are expected to demonstrate in Accra today, April 27, 2018 to protest the failure of the government’s taskforce to stop smuggling and sale of pirated wax prints. The anti-pirated textile taskforce was reconstituted in October last year with a mandate of checking smuggling of fake wax prints into the county. But the textile workers say this ...

The newly sworn-in Greater Accra Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Divine Otoo Agorhom, has shockingly revealed that, he had financial support from the Presidency in his bid for the regional chairmanship position. Speaking on Eyewitness News on Monday, he boasts, the presidency financially supported his campaign. “They [Presidency] supported me, they called me, they encouraged me and ...

The Honourable Minister for Information and Spokesperson for the Presidency, Dr. Mustapha Abdul-Hamid has declared the African University College of Communications (AUCC) as the single most prestigious communication school in Ghana. He said communication is the noblest profession, and the most difficult respaidonsibility in any organization, so establishing a university to train the youth to address communication problems is a ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo has nominated Mavis Jane Cynthia Naa Torshie Lamptey as the deputy Special Prosecutor. She is a lawyer of 30 years standing at the Ghana Bar and a former acting Director of Public Prosecutions. The President is seeking the approval of Parliament for the nomination. The Speaker of Parliament referred her nomination to the Appointments Committee of Parliament ...

Ghana has maintained its status as a high-risk, debt-distress country after first making it onto the infamous list of countries whose debt burdens had reached alarming levels in 2015. In separate reports released in March and April, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) confirmed that the country was in a high risk of debt distress and now ...

The First Lady and Head of the Rebecca Foundation has called for a renewed drive in the battle against malaria. Whilst applauding the efforts of all stakeholders and individuals in this age-long fight, Rebecca Akufo-Addo believes that a renewed and more vigorous approach in the fight against malaria is urgently required. She said this at an event to mark this ...

Three High Court judges cited in the judicial bribery exposé done by investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas, have secured an interim injunction from the ECOWAS Court against their impeachment at home until the international court rules on the matter on 30 May. Ghana has, thus, been instructed not to take any further measures against the applicants who include Justices Paul ...