GENERAL NEWS

Court sets Aug. 31 to rule on OSP-Cecilia Dapaah account freeze case

The Financial Division of the Accra High Court has set Thursday, August 31 as date to give its ruling on the case brought before it by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), seeking confirmation of order to freeze the bank accounts of former Sanitation Minister Cecilia Abena Dapaah. The …

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I do not qualify to advise Finance Minister – Kennedy Agyapong

An aspiring NPP flagbearer and Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, says he is not qualified to advise the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori- Atta. The vocal Member of Parliament says despite his 35years experience in Ghana’s Parliament, just because he attended a public school in his native …

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Police to roll out technology to capture road traffic offenders in real time

The Motor Transport and Traffic Directorate (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service has hinted of introducing an automated system, to be known as Traffitech-GH, to enforce road traffic laws. Traffitech-GH system, according to MTTD, uses camera and sensors that will automatically take picture or video of vehicles that flout road …

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Coups: Be loyal to your heads of state and to ECOWAS – Nitiwul tells W/A army chiefs

Ghana’s Minister of Defence Dominic Nitiwul has told army chiefs of West African countries to be loyal to their heads of state and also to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) as measures are put in place to restore democracy in Niger. He asked the army chiefs to …

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Freeze of Cecilia Dapaah’s accounts: Case is nothing more than suspicion fuelled by misrepresentation of facts, media frenzy – Lawyer

Counsel for former Sanitation Minister, Cecilia Abena Dapaah has accused the Office of the Special Prosecutor of arbitrariness in its handling of the case. According to Madam Victoria Barth, the OSP’s actions are at variance with the law that established it. “We’re relying on the deposition and affidavit in opposition …

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Guinea, Niger presidents taken hostage means nobody is safe – Nitiwul

  Defence Minister Dominic Nitiwul has charged army chiefs of West African states to support the directive of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to restore democracy to Niger and other West African countries that are experiencing military takeover. He urged the army chiefs to be loyal to …

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John Dumelo announces demise of his mother on social media

Ghanaian actor and politician John Dumelo has announced the passing of his beloved mother, Antoinette Ama Ampomah Dumelo. In a social media post on August 16, 2023, he shared that his mother had peacefully departed the realm of the living, leaving behind cherished memories and a legacy of unwavering support. …

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Two arrested for allegedly selling protected lands along River Densu

Two suspects have been arrested by the Ngleshie Amanfro District Police Command for allegedly selling land within the protected zones of the buffers of the Densu River. The suspects also allegedly engaged in land guard activities that caused the destruction of a commercial farm at Tomefa, a suburb of Ngleshie …

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Pentecost University Student Enstooled Queen Mother

A Level-400 Communication Studies student of Pentecost University (PU), Mrs Victoria Adotei, has been enstooled as Queen Mother for the Gomoa Aboraa community near Apam in the Gomoa West District of the Central Region, under the stool name Nana Ama Ankowaa II. The coronation ceremony, which took place on Saturday, …

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