We thank members of the public for providing information that led to the arrest of the suspect -Police The officers acted after receiving information from members of the public that the suspect wanted in connection to several robberies and mugging incidents has been spotted. After a search, the officers recovered …
Read More »Woman accused of faking her own death on Facebook to avoid paying back £220 loan
Liza Dewi Pramita has now gone missing after she was accused of faking her own death on Facebook, after the woman who lent the money found the pictures were taken from a TV show An image posted on Facebook by Liza Dewi Pramita’s daughter claiming her mother had died An …
Read More »Bawumia announces another digitalisation landmark as e-Pharmacy goes live
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia launched the platform in July, 2022 The Ghana National Electronic Pharmacy Platform, otherwise known as e-Pharmacy platform, goes live nationwide today, Wednesday, January 3, Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has announced. Ghana’s nationwide e-pharmacy platform, the first of its kind in any African country and …
Read More »Debt Exchange: Govt is making payments for treasury notes
Government is making payments for treasury notes that matured on Tuesday, despite earlier statement that no coupons will be paid in 2023. Investors have been receiving payments on the government instruments with coupon rate of above 18.5% as of 6pm. However it appears the bonds were honoured because the domestic …
Read More »Ex-Deputy Fin. Minister predicts financial sector layoffs in 2023
A former Deputy Finance Minister, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, says 2023 will present one of the toughest years for the Ghanaian economy. Not only will the economy record one of the worst non-oil GDP growths, he predicts, but also the banking sector, local businesses and individuals will be adversely impacted …
Read More »Government urged to resource chiefs to fight galamsey
Baffuor Owusu Amankwatia VI has appealed to the government to empower chiefs to deal with the issue of Galamsey in the country. He said the powers of chiefs to arrest recalcitrant citizens had diminished and there was very little they could do to salvage the vile environmental degradation perpetrated through …
Read More »Kasoa Mobile Money Robbery: Last suspect grabbed by police
The Ghana Police Service has announced the arrest of the last suspect in the deadly robbery on a Mobile Money agent in Kasoa in the Central Region on Tuesday, December 20. Ahmed, who is popularly known as Arrested, was nabbed on Monday, January 2 through a sustained police intelligence operation. …
Read More »Legon justifies 2022/23 fees as legal
The management of the University of Ghana, Legon (UG) has justified the recent fees announced for the 2022/2023 academic year. Student leaders had raised concerns about the fees, describing them as too high and in contravention of the 15 percent recently approved by Parliament. But in a statement on Monday, …
Read More »Tough Covid-19 measures come into force at KIA from Friday
The Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) has revised its Covid-19 guidelines for the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) to come into force effective Friday, January 6. According to the updated guidelines, all passengers arriving from China will be required to present a valid negative Covid-19 PCR test result 48 hours prior …
Read More »Drobonsohene accuses Agogo Police of unlawfully killing cattle, DCE reacts
The chief of Drobonso in the Ashanti Region’s Sekyere Afram Plains District has accused personnel of the Agogo District Police Command of killing cattle in the area. The entry into Sekyere Afram Plains District for the purpose of shooting and killing cattle without justification, according to Nana Dankwah Dwubin-Siaw I, …
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