August 19, 2022
Ghana: We've Not Given Licence to Any Company to Prospect for Minerals in Forest Reserves - Minerals C'ssion
Not a single prospecting licence has been granted any company to prospect for minerals in the country's Forest Reserves since March 2021, the Minerals Commission has said. Read more »
Ghana: Sekyere Afram Plains District Assembly Spends Gh¢25,000 On Security
The Sekyere Afram Plains District Assembly (SAPDA) in the Ashanti Region spends GH¢25,000 monthly, especially during the dry season,to cater for the security agencies deployed… Read more »
Ghana: 800 Illegal Mining Equipment Destroyed On River Offin
A team led by Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, George Mireku Duker, destroyed at least 800 changfans and other equipment for illegal mining, on River Offin in the… Read more »
Ghana: FDA Moves to Safeguard Public Safety
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has rolled out a comprehensive capacity strengthening programme to improve its enforcement activities across the country. Read more »
Ghana: Pass Internal Audit Service Bill
The Vice President, Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has emphasised the role of internal auditors in reducing public-sector corruption. Read more »
Ghana: PAC Orders Zoomlion to Refund Gh¢517,500 ... for Failure to Execute Fumigation Contract
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has ordered Zoomlion Ghana Limited to refund GH¢517,500. 00 into government chest for failure to execute a fumigation contract awarded to… Read more »
Ghana: Lack of Institutions to Regulate Cattle Rearing Cause of Conflicts - Research
Research has shown that Lack of institutions to regulate cattle herding activities in the Asante Akim North Municipality and Sekyere Afram Plains in the Ashanti Region was one of… Read more »
Ghana: Loan Officer Granted Gh¢ 25,000 Bail for Allegedly Stealing Fuel Coupons
A loan officer has been granted GH¢ 25,000 bail with two sureties by the Circuit Court,in Accra, for allegedly stealing fuel coupons, valued at GH¢25,000 from his… Read more »
August 18, 2022
Ghana: Banking Sector Clean-Up - Gh¢1.09 Bn 'Bad' Transactions By MFIs, SDIs Uncovered - BoG
An amount of GH¢1.09 billion involved in related party transactions by the defunct Micro Finance Institutions (MFIs) and Specialised Deposit-Taking Institutions (SDIs) has… Read more »
August 17, 2022
Ghana: PAC Moves to Halt Abuse of Scholarship Granted Lecturers for Study Abroad
Lecturers who are granted scholarship to pursue higher academic qualifications abroad or other tertiary institutions in the country will have to acquire "bank guarantees" before… Read more »
Ghana: NGOs Call for Reparations for Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
Global Circle for Reparations and Healing, a cohort of organisations working to tackle legacies of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, has set a new standard for reparation advocacy. Read more »
August 18, 2022
Ghana: Lawyer Raises Concern On Seeming Dome-Kwabenya By-Election Over Sall
Kofi Bentil,Vice President of IMANI Africa, has raised concerns on the seeming importance of getting parliamentary representation for Dome-Kwabenya Constituency in the Greater… Read more »
Ghana: 1 Arrested Over Robbery Attack On Goil Filing Station
One person has been arrested in connection with robbery attack on a Goil filling station at Wassa Akropong, in Wassa Amenfi East municipality of the Western Region, on Monday. Read more »
Ghana: CHRAJ Inaugurates Committee to Draft SOP for Whistleblower Protection
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) on Thursday inaugurated a committee to draft a standardised Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for whistleblower… Read more »
Ghana: 5 Killed, Others in Critical Condition... As Unknown Assailants Attack Bus in Bawku
At least five residents of Bawku, have been attacked and killed while returning to Bawku from Bolgatanga aboard a mini passenger bus, by unknown gunmen. Read more »
Ghana: PAC Orders Nkoranza South Assembly to Retrieve Gh¢5,590 Wrongfully Paid to Retiree
Officials of the Nkoranza South Municipal Assembly have been given one month ultimatum by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to retrieve an amount of GH¢5,590 from one Mary… Read more »
August 17, 2022
Ghana: 3 SHS Students in Trouble for Alleged Robbery, Causing Harm
Three final year students of the Opoku Ware Senior High School (SHS) have appeared before the Circuit Court in Kumasi, for alleged robbery and causing unlawful harm. Read more »
Ghana: Pregnant Woman, 2 Sons Burnt to Death At Ohwim
A 37-year-old pregnant woman and her two sons have been burnt to death during a fire outbreak at Ohwim in the Bantama sub-metro in Kumasi. Read more »
Ghana: Efforts to Match CAGD Database With Ghanacard
A total of 533 employees on the Controller and Accountant General's Department (CAGD) payroll have been found to have multiple identities, Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has… Read more »
August 16, 2022
Ghana: President Presents 1,500 Motorcycles to Police Service
As part of measures to improve police response time to crime scenes and emergency situations, the government has handed over 1,500 motorcycles to the Ghana Police Service. Read more »
Ghana: Winning Galamsey Fight Victory for National Progress
Yesterday, the Ghanaian Times published a story that pieces of equipment used for illegal mining activities on River Offin were destroyed and others confiscated by security… Read more »
Ghana: Anti-Graft Campaigner Describes Damoah Comments On SP Unfortunate
Vitus Azeem, anti-graft campaigner, has criticised the Commissioner of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), over his handling of the accusations brought… Read more »
Ghana: Mother Solicits Help for Sodomised Son
Mother of the 15-year-old boy, who was supposedly sodomised at Nyanyano, in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region, has appealed to individuals and organisations for… Read more »
Ghana: 5 Cultivators of 80 Hectares of 'Wee' Remanded
The five suspects, who were grabbed for cultivating 80 hectares cannabis farm in the Afram Plains North District, in the Eastern Region, have been remanded into police custody by… Read more »
August 15, 2022
Ghana: Don't Use Refurbished LPG Cylinders - GNFS
The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has cautioned the general public against the use of refurbished Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders. Read more »