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The recent jail sentence handed former lawmaker for Chiana-Paga, Abuga Pele, for allegedly causing financial loss to the state has prompted “massive” street protests in the Upper East region with the General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, coming under intense fire. A crowd of constituents, armed with pointed placards, spilled into a highway on Sunday ...

The governing New Patriotic Party( NPP) Chairman for the Manso Adubia constituency in the Ashanti region and Chairman for Small Scale mining in the area, Kwasi Bonsera has slammed Lands and Natural Resources Minister, Peter Amewu for his alleged agenda to kill small scale mining activities in the country. According to him, Amewu’s unnecessary delay to lift the ban on ...

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo departed Ghana yesterday (March 8) to attend the International Solar Alliance (ISA) Summit, being held in New Dehli, India, at the invitation of the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, and the President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron. The Summit, which is being attended by 25 Heads of State and ...

The Minority caucus in Parliament is heading to court over the recent burning of 14 tipper trucks, an excavator and a motorbike at Afa Yili in the Kumbungu district of the Northern Region. Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu disclosed their intended action at a meeting with the Tamale Tipper Truck Owners Union in Tamale. According to him, the visit was to ...

Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Joseph Kofi Adda, has said that Zoomlion Ghana Limited is to blame for the filth in the capital, Accra. The Minister, who was speaking at a Sanitation Forum in Accra on Friday, 9 March 2018, singled out Zoomlion Ghana Limited for failing to ensure that the waste in the environment are collected and disposed ...

Omanhen of Komenda Traditional Area, Nana Kojo Kru II, has registered his displeasure about the seeming collapse of the Komenda Sugar Factory in the Central region. According to him, the machines are rotting and the building is deteriorating due to government inaction and unwillingness to start work. The Komenda Sugar Factory, set up to provide 7,300 direct and indirect jobs, ...

The young teacher at the centre of a 42-kilometre walk and a standing fan-reward controversy has finally spoken up. MyNewsGh.com made efforts to reach the hardworking teacher who was rewarded with a fan for his efforts in combining multiple classes to teach in a Tolon district village school, walking 42 kilometres daily. Social media users could not hide their disbelief ...

Defence counsel for the 23 year old footballer who allegedly stabbed to death a former student of the University of Ghana during an argument has prayed a Madina District Court to discharge his client. Mr Derrick Adu-Gyamfi who represented George Osei Mensah, the accused, argued that there had been an unreasonable delay in the trial of his client. Defence counsel ...

Multiple award-winning investigative Journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas has revealed he has met and spoken to Ghana’s first Special Prosecutor, Martin A.B.K. Amidu, and they intend to collaborate in the fight against the canker of corruption in Ghana. In the over 20 minutes aired the interview on Aljazeera monitored closely by MyNewsGh.com, Anas Aremeyaw Anas expressed high optimism about the appointment ...

Scores of shop owners operating around the Nima private residence of President Akufo-Addo have been given up to next week to vacate the area. Starr News gathers operatives of the national security have visited the area and started giving out compensation packages to the shop owners. The compensation package ranges between GHC3000 and GHC10,000. However, the shop owners are grumbling ...