Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the Member of Parliament for North Tongu, has exposed a scandal involving the procurement of spare parts for ambulances, amounting to a staggering US$34.9 million (GHS538 million).   Ablakwa, who also chairs the Economic Committee, revealed that former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta approved a payment of US$34.9 million to Service Ghana Auto […]

Okyenhene Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin is advocating for a law that would freeze the salaries of parents who abandon their children and neglect their parental responsibilities. He proposes that the state should use the frozen salaries to fund the education and upkeep of these children.   According to Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin, implementing such a […]

President Akufo-Addo has officially opened the 120-bed Fomena Hospital in the Adansi North District of the Ashanti Region. The project, initiated in 2014, faced multiple delays due to funding concerns, prompting the Adansi Traditional Area’s population to push for its completion. During the ceremony on Wednesday, July 17, President Akufo-Addo highlighted that the hospital’s completion […]

Health workers at the Danfa Health Centre in the La Nkwantanang Madina Municipal Assembly have closed down their facility due to a lack of logistics. The health centre, which serves about 19 communities in the Madina enclave, has turned away patients who reported to the facility on July 18, 2024 The facility provides services including […]

Professor Ransford Gyampo, a Senior Political Science lecturer at the University of Ghana, has expressed concerns over President Akufo-Addo’s involvement in assigning specific designations within the Police Service.   Gyampo believes that the governing New Patriotic Party, led by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, is interfering with the police administration. “The credentials of Mr. Yohunu […]

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appointed Commissioner of Police (COP) Christian Tetteh Yohuno as the new Deputy Inspector-General of Police in charge of Operations. The appointment, announced by Eugene Arhin, the Director of Communications at the Office of the President, follows the advice of the Police Council at its meeting held on Wednesday, July […]

  The Transport Operators Association of Ghana has announced a 15% increase in transport fares, effective Monday, July 22, 2024. The association attributed the fare hike to the recent surge in petroleum prices and prevailing economic hardships.   Several oil marketing companies have adjusted their prices at the pumps, with Shell increasing its petrol price […]

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced that schools will re-open for first-year senior high school students for the 2024/25 academic year on Friday, September 27, 2024. This announcement pertains to Junior High School graduates who completed the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) last Monday.   In a letter dated July 15, 2024, addressed to […]

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has thwarted a sinister plot, intercepting a cache of arms at the Paga Border Post in the Upper East Region. According to a GIS statement posted on X (formerly Twitter) on July 15, 2024, the successful operation was due to the vigilance of Immigration Officers at the border post. The […]

The Public Services Workers Union of the Trades Union Congress is demanding the dissolution of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) Board, citing its failure to serve the interests of Ghanaians.   This demand follows SSNIT’s controversial decision to sell 60% of its shares in four hotels to a private entity owned by […]