NEWS

Government not starving Parliament of funds – Majority insists

June 1, 2022

The Majority in Parliament has reiterated its position that government is not deliberately frustrating the business of the house through the non-release of monies due it. Majority Chief Whip, Frank Annoh-Dompreh insists some funds have been made available to the house for parliamentary work. This follows the outburst of the Speaker of the House, Alban […]Continue Reading

NEWS

Korle Klottey Municipal Assembly also moves to remove structures on waterways

June 1, 2022

The Korle Klottey Municipal Assembly has indicated that all structures erected on waterways will be demolished. The assembly contends that a number of individuals in the municipality have built in unauthorised places. This comes on the back of the continuous flooding witnessed in the municipality anytime there is a downpour. President Akufo-Addo has also indicated […]Continue Reading

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AMA prosecutes 115 persons for dumping refuse in drains, other sanitation offenses

June 1, 2022

A total of 115 persons have been prosecuted by the  Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) for failing to comply with its 2017 Sanitation bye-laws between January and March 2022. Their offences include dumping of waste into drains, burning of refuse in residential areas, insanitary drains in front of their premises, non-registration with accredited waste collectors, overgrowth Continue Reading

Business

Nigerian banks face global risk transmission despite oil boost – Fitch

June 1, 2022

Nigerian banks’ operating environments could deteriorate in 2022–2023 as adverse global economic conditions feed through to the local economy, Fitch Ratings has said in a new report. According to the ratings agency, soaring inflation led the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to raise its benchmark rate by 150 basis points (1.5%) on May 24th, 2022 […]Continue Reading

Foreign

First flight taking Channel migrants to Rwanda set for 14 June

June 1, 2022

The first flight to Rwanda carrying migrants who cross the English Channel is set to leave in two weeks’ time on 14 June, the Home Office has said. Officials have begun issuing formal directions to the first people set to be flown to the African country. It is expected there will be legal challenges against […]Continue Reading

Opinion

‘Finance Ministry is the most fiscally reckless institution in the country’ – IMANI Ghana

June 1, 2022

The Finance Ministry has been ranked by Imani Ghana as the most financially reckless ministry. That is according to the latest fiscal recklessness index launched by IMANI Ghana on Tuesday. Officlas of the policy Think Tank explained that the Ministry has recorded more than 11 billion cedis in losses to the state. The losses were […]Continue Reading

NEWS

‘My tweet wasn’t going to get Ghanaians on the streets’ – British High Commissioner fires back at Dampare

June 1, 2022

The British High Commissioner has reacted to the Inspector-General of Police (IGP)’s response to her tweet about the arrest of #FixTheCountry convener, Oliver Barker-Vormawor. Harriet Thompson says her tweet was harmless and does not have the capacity to temper with the peace being enjoyed by citizens in the country. Speaking in an interview on Accra-based […]Continue Reading

Business

You Goofed – NDC To IGP: Says ‘Ill-Advised’, ‘Regrettable’, ‘Misguided’ UK Envoy Jab Autocratic, Offends Diplomacy

May 31, 2022

The opposition National Democratic Congress has accused Ghana’s Inspector General of Police of having committed a diplomatic gaffe with his tersely worded letter to UK High Commissioner Harriet Thompson, in which he warned the diplomat to stay out of Ghana’s internal affairs. In the letter, Dr George Akuffo Dampare described the High Commissioner’s recent ‘I’ll […]Continue Reading

NEWS

‘Di wo fie as3m’ – Dampare cautions British High C’ssioner

May 31, 2022

Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Dr George Akuffo Dampare has cautioned British High Commissioner Harriet Thompson to “learn to keep within the limits of what concerns you”. In a letter to the British envoy on Friday, May 20, 2022 under restriction, Dr Akuffo Dampare said she must be guided by a Ghanaian proverb, Di wo fie […]Continue Reading

Crime

Teenagers in leaked sex video, flogged at Wa Naa’s Palace

May 31, 2022

Two teenage lovers – a tricycle driver and a ticket seller at the Wa Central Market in the Upper West Region – have received 20 lashes each after their sex tape leaked on Social media. The teenagers were flogged after the Overlord of the Waala Traditional Area, Wa-Naa Fuseini Seidu Pelpuo IV ordered their caning […]Continue Reading