Ghanaians urged to pray for peace ahead of Election 2020
Reverend Daniel Gyappah, Head Pastor of the Ascension of Christ Chapel International, has called on Ghanaians to pray for peace ahead of Election 2020. He said they should also do things that would ensure peace prevailed before, during and after the December 7 polls. Rev. Gyappah made the call in an interview with the Ghana […]
Japan flooding: Many feared dead in flooded care home
Fifteen people are believed dead and nine are missing on Japan’s southern island of Kyushu as devastating rains cause flooding and landslides. Fourteen victims were found in the same flooded nursing home while the other was pulled from a landslide. The deaths have yet to be formally certified. The authorities have ordered more than 200,000 […]
Emirates Airlines to help evacuate Ghanaians in the US and UAE
Emirates Airlines is scheduled to operate periodic flights from the United Arab Emirates to Ghana from Thursday, July 9. This forms part of efforts to evacuate Ghanaians stranded in the United Arab Emirates UAE, due to the coronavirus pandemic. Meanwhile the Ghana Embassy in the USA, in a statement has asked interested persons to visit […]
Auditor-General Domelevo’s leave extended to 167 days
The Office of the President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has responded to the Auditor-General’s response to the directive to him to proceed on leave. The Auditor-General, Mr. Yaw Domelevo, in a letter dated Friday, July 3, 2020, addressed to the President and also copied to the Press, said, he had been instructed to take his […]
EC Boss to appear in Parliament as extended sitting begins 13th July
Speaker of Parliament Prof Aaron Michael Oquaye on Friday directed that officials of the Electoral Commission (EC) must be in Parliament, two weeks after the voter registration exercise is over, to appraise the House on its preparations towards the conduct of the 2020 general elections. “I have directed that the EC should come and brief […]
Akuapem Poloo’s nude photo case transferred to DOVVSU
The case of Rosemond Brown popularly known as ‘Akuapem Poloo’ sharing a naked photo of herself and her seven year-old son has been transferred to the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit, of the Police DOVVSU. This was disclosed by the Executive Director of Child’s Rights International, Bright Appiah, on the GBC’s Uniiq Breakfast Drive […]
Auditor-General, Daniel Domelevo, reacts to directive to proceed on leave
The Auditor-General, Mr Daniel Yaw Domelevo, has asked President Akufo-Addo to reconsider his directive for him to proceed on his accumulated leave. According to him, “although it’s clear that the Auditor-General’s work is embarrassing the government”, the directive “has serious implications for the constitutional independence of the office of the Auditor-General”. President Akufo-Addo in a […]
Presidency says Carlos Ahenkorah wasn’t forced to resign
Director of Communications at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin, has refuted allegations that the Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Carlos Ahenkorah was forced to resign by President Akufo-Addo. He clarified that the President accepted Mr. Ahenkorah’s resignation because he was unhappy about the breach of the COVID-19 safety protocols and Deputy Minister’s stance afterwards. The […]
Day 3 of Voters Registration: 69,000 people register in Northern Region
The Northern Regional Directorate of the Electoral Commission says it has registered sixty-nine thousand (69,000) voters in the northern region after the first three days of the first phase of the registration exercise. According to the Directorate, the region is recording an average of thirty thousand voters a day, adding that, the numbers will increase […]
GMA saddened by loss of Dr Richard Kisser to COVID-19
The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) Friday expressed sorrow at the passing of Dr. Richard Kisser, one of Ghana’s renowned surgeons, who succumbed to COVID-19, while receiving treatment for complications from the respiratory disease at the University of Ghana Medical Centre at Legon. Dr. Kisser worked as a consultant surgeon at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Koforidua […]
Metro Mass Company in dire need of financial help to avert collapse
The staff of Metro Mass Transit Limited says the Company is in danger of collapsing if its current financial state does not improve within the next four weeks. The staff who have not been paid for two months are embarking on a nationwide indefinite sit-down strike to compel the government to come to their aid. […]
COVID-19: 40 South Africa soldiers test positive
The South Africa Defence Force (SANDF) has confirmed that at least 40 of its officers have tested positive for coronavirus. “Like all other front-line workers, SANDF soldiers are exposed to the scourge of Covid-19, more than the average citizen,” the defence forces said. The troops are from an infantry battalion based in Cape Town, and […]
Veep registers for new voter card
Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia over the weekend joined eligible Ghanaians at the Kperiga D/A Primary School polling station, Walewale in the North East Region, to register for the new voter identity card. Accompanied by North East Regional Minister and Member of Parliament (MP) for Bunkpurugu, Mr Solomon Namlit Boar, Northern Regional Minister – Mr Salifu […]
Another top Ghanaian surgeon dies of COVID-19
A surgeon at the Trust Hospital in Accra, Dr. Richard Kisser has died of COVID-19. The hospital in a statement said Dr. Kisser died yesterday. The sad event occurred at the University of Ghana Medical Centre, UGMC, where he was receiving treatment for COV1D-19 complications. Dr. Kisser becomes one of the renowned health professionals to […]
