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The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) will Monday, January 8, 2018, rid hawkers and traders on pavements and footbridges in the metropolis as part of a major decongestion drive. The AMA had served notice about the decongestion last week. The Assembly says the illegal activities of the traders and hawkers impedes the flow of vehicular and human traffic and contributes to ...

The National Democratic Congress(NDC) Minority in Parliament has indicated that members will not take sitting allowance for last Friday’s emergency sitting over the controversial cash-for-seat saga that caused an uproar among a section of the public. Several Ghanaians including the Executive Director of the African Centre for Parliamentary Affairs have said the emergency sitting called by the Minority was a ...

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) is warning advertisers and media houses to stop advertising alcoholic beverages during peak hours. The authority is expected to serve notice to all stakeholders today, January 8, 2018 to begin the enforcement of the ban. According to the Head of Public Affairs at the FDA, James Lartey, failure to comply will attract severe sanctions. ...

District Chief Executive (DCE) for Asante Akyem North, Honourable Francis Oti Boateng stormed the residence of the Asante Akyem North District Police Commander, ASP Samuel Azugu’s residence, in the company of military men, threatening to manhandle him while his wife and kids looked on. This comes after ASP Azugu asked a police officer to escort a 70-year-old Fulani herdsman to ...

*Bakomora Daniel writes* As a young graduate with less than a year to come out of the university,the education of my 13 year old junior brother is of great concern to me .He is in JHS2 with a year to enter into senior high.Issues of finance can not be left out when such thoughts run through my mind .Then I ...

Until his demise, Alhaji Bature served as the Managing Editor of the Al-Hajj newspaper – a position he has occupied for many years now. There is no doubt that Ghana has lost a true trailblazer in the media fraternity with the loss of Alhaji Bature. 1. He was 60 years The late Alhaji Bature was 60 years old before he ...

The people of Nungua have installed a 37-year-old Electrical Engineer, Nii Bortey Kofi Frankwa II, as the official representative of the Nungua Mankralo, Oblenpong Nunma Nii Alabi Dzenge VI. As a representative of the Mankralo who is the occupant of the Black Stool, Nii Frankwa II, known in private life as Mr Benjamin Borketey Bortei, will act as regent and ...

The Ministry of Finance has released the salary arrears for validated teachers engaged between 2013 and 2016, Vice President Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has revealed. Addressing delegates at the 5th Quadrennial and 52nd National Delegates Conference of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) at Cape Coast on Thursday January 4, 2018, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia said the Akufo-Addo government places ...

Family sources have confided in mynewsgh.com that veteran Journalist and Managing Editor of the Al-Hajj Newspaper died of stroke. He is said to have collapsed at his bathroom prior to the Christmas festivities and was rushed to the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital where he was on admission receiving treatment before his sudden demise on Friday December 5, 2018 “There were ...

The Speaker of Parliament, Mike Aaron Oquaye has set up a five-member committee adhoc to investigate claims expatriates paid as high as US$100,000 to sit close to President Akufo-Addo at an event. This follows a heated and partisan debate that greeted a motion by over 80 minority Members of Parliament who demanded the parliamentary probe. Members of Parliament were therefore ...