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The New Patriotic Party(NPP) Member of Parliament for Assin Central Constituency, Hon. Kennedy Agyapong has renewed his attacks on the immediate past Director of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service, COP Bright Oduro threatening this time round to give him three dirty slaps if he comes his way. Kennedy Agyepong vowed to beat the hell out ...

Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, has rescued a policeman who almost went blind. According to him, the police officer (name unknown) needed GH¢5,000 to save him from becoming blind permanently but his superiors were unwilling to help him with part of the money until he reached out to him. Describing the situation as very worrying, he indicated ...

The National Accreditation Board (NAB) has said it lacks the power to close down the close-to-50 unaccredited tertiary institutions it has identified. Following a recent publication in the B&FT on the said unaccredited institutions, there have been calls for the board to deal with such institutions instead of simply publishing their names. But a source at the board told the ...

A Coalition of Unemployed Nursing Graduates in the Northern Zone has issued a final reminder to President Akufo-Addo and the Health Ministry to clear them for postings or face agitations. The groups – Qualified Nurse Assistant Clinical (NAC) and Nurse Assistant Preventive (NAP) in the Northern Zone, said they will stage unrelenting picketing at the health ministry headquarters if government ...

Small-scale miners could soon be going back to their business as the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources increase efforts to streamline their operations. That is the assurance by the chairman of Parliamentary Select Committee on Lands and Natural Resources, Francis Manu-Adabor. A meeting of members of the committee and the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources to discuss a ...

Board Chair of the Ghana Heritage Conservation Trust, Prof. Kojo Yankah, has bemoaned the increasing rate with which Ghana’s heritage and historical sites are being destroyed. According to him, heritage and historical sites are key treasures that ought to be protected and kept by every nation, however, the current disregard the heritage sites leaves much to be desired. Prof. Yankah ...

The National Communications Authority (NCA) has threatened to close down defaulting radio stations following the expiration of the December 19, 2017 general amnesty for the stations to regularise their authorisation status. This is contained in a statement issued by the Director of Corporate and Consumer Affairs at the NCA, Nana Defie Badu. The Authority had indicated previously that all defaulting ...

Civil society group STRANEK has called for a new probe by an independent body into the controversial cash for seat saga. The call comes after the parliamentary committee tasked to investigate the incident cleared the Trade minister and the ministry of any wrongdoing in their report. The report is being contested by the minority members on the committee who claim ...

A Deputy Minister for Information, Nana Ama Dokuaa Asiamah Agyei has revealed that the Free Senior high policy which was implemented in September last year is costing the current government a lot of money. The policy which is in line with the government’s resolve to make public Senior High Schools(SHS) accessible and free to ease the burden on parents who ...

The Ghana Police Service on Tuesday launched its Transformation Programme anchored on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in dealing with sophisticated crimes in the society and ensuring safety for citizens and rapid response to emergency situations. The Service had launched Police website and other social media platforms such as twitter, Instagram and Facebook to engage and receive feedback from the ...