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A 46-year-old driver who destroyed the fence wall of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo’s house at Nima has been fined GHS960 in default serve eight weeks jail term. Antaru Issaka is also said to have destroyed a telephone pole close to the President’s residence. Issaka, charged with careless and inconsiderate driving, causing damage, driving with without license, use of ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is in Paris, France, attending a Summit on Financing African Economies, which is being convened by the French President, Emmanuel Macron. The Summit is expected to bring together several African and European leaders, and heads of international financial institutions. Participants will devise strategies that will boost strong, inclusive recovery in Africa, grounded in a dynamic ...

A 16-year-old final year student of Miracles Senior High School in Sunyani in the Bono Region has committed suicide by hanging. The student identified as Leticia was found hanging dead in the school dining hall by her colleagues on Monday, May 17, 2021, around 9:45 pm. The Sunyani municipal police service has deposited the body at the morgue of the ...

A 45-year-old man has allegedly been stoned to death by a group of young men at Azaasi in the Upper East Region. The man, identified as Emmanuel Anontara, was said to be returning from his pastoral duties when he was pelted with stones. The Public Affairs Officer of the Upper East Regional Police Command, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) David ...

Asafo members of Ngleshie Amanfrom suspected to be land guards have inflicted cutlass wounds on some immigration officers and others at the Kasoa Iron City immigration barracks leaving one officer in critical condition. The incident occurred at the one-week celebration of a late Senior inspector Gideon Doh. Sources close to the immigration officers indicated that the Asafo members stormed the ...

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced an end to the eight-day load shedding experienced in parts of Accra. The power outages were as a result of the ongoing construction works in the power sector especially at the Pokuase Bulk Supply Point. This was contained in a press statement issued by the company today, Tuesday, May 18, 2021. It ...

The son of long-serving Congo-Brazzaville President Denis Sassou Nguesso has been named minister in a new cabinet line-up. Denis Christel Sassou Nguesso will head the newly created ministry of international cooperation. The new government, announced by Prime Minister Anatole Collinet Makosso, has 36 members including four ministers and eight women. The new appointments follow the president’s re-election in March. The ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said Ghana’s economy, supported by a strong policy response, is rebounding after the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, which affected the real GDP growth. In a statement issued and signed by its Press Officer, Lucie Mboto Fouda after preliminary findings of staff at the end of an official visit to Ghana, the IMF lauded ...

The Ministry of Communications and Digitalisation (MoCD) has ended a two-day retreat for the Parliamentary Select Committee on Communications to update members of the Committee, especially the new ones, on the activities of the Ministry. The event brought together the Minister for Communications and Digitalisation, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful (MP), Deputy Minister-Designate, Ms Ama Pomaa Boateng, Chief Director, Mrs Magdalene Apenteng, ...

The Ghana Private Road and Transport Union (GPRTU) has said its members have not increased transport fares by 20%. According to the GPRTU, they are still negotiating with the government and other stakeholders and communicate the outcome to public. The clarity comes after the Ghana Committed Drivers Association, International Drivers Road Transport Union, Truth Drivers Union, Concern Drivers Association and ...