Sixteen grieving fathers have taken the Shaanxi Mining Ghana Limited to the High Court in Bolgatanga requesting damages for the deaths of their sons. Renowned lawyer, Godwin Kudzo Tameklo, is representing the 16 parents, most of them elderly, in court as they press for justice in tears. Their sons, said to be small-scale miners, died in the Upper East Region ...

The Okere District Education Directorate has been shut down indefinitely after a staff tested Positive for Coronavirus. The office was shut down upon advise by the Ghana Health Service on Wednesday. All staff at the facility including the District Education Director have been asked to the self-quarantine pending release of their sample results. A Senior Staff at the District Education ...

The Minister for Works and Housing, Samuel Atta Akyea says due to the shortcomings of the existing Rent Act, 1963 (ACT 220), which does not significantly address current challenges of rental housing in Ghana, a new Rent Bill (Rent Bill, 2020) has been prepared and presented to cabinet for approval. Addressing the media in Accra this morning, the Minister said ...

The National Democratic Congress in May, 2020 sued the Electoral Commission at the Supreme Court over its decision to compile a new voters register ahead of the 2020 elections. The opposition party stated their stance against the EC’s decision stating that the exercise was unnecessary and costly. The EC being adamant, indicated its resolve to proceed with its decision. Following this, the NDC sought ...

It has come to the attention of the member of parliament for Nkwanta north constituency the frivolous and vexatious lies peddled against his persona by some faceless Npp criminals and their weak parliamentary candidate, claiming he Hon Bless granted an Interview and said he has regretted for being a konkomba The Hon member of parliament did not and will never ...

It appears that John Dumelo, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary nominee for Ayawaso West Wuogon has not been truthful with his narration of how he got the controversial Land Cruiser V8 vehicle which later turned out to be a property of the state. Dumelo in two separate interviews has given two different and contradictory accounts of how he acquired ...

Defeated aspirant in the Assin North NPP parliamentary race, Eric Amankwa Blay, says the bicycles he gave to delegates in the lead up to the party’s primaries were winning bonuses. Mr. Amankwah generated headlines when news went round that he ordered the recall of some 250 bicycles his team distributed to each of the polling stations in the constituency to ...

Some parts of the capital, Accra have been hit by an earth tremor. This occurred thrice at around 11pm on Wednesday night, June 24, 2020. Affected areas include Dzorwulu, Lapaz, Weija, Achimota, Gbawe, Madina, Tema among others. The Ghana Seismic Center, under the Ghana Geological Survey Authority (GGSA) is yet to confirm the reason for the tremor. What is an ...

Okere Member of Parliament Dan Botwe has announced he is unwell and seeking treatment at the University of Ghana Medical Centre. It comes after reports that he has contracted COVID-19 along with Education Minister Mathew Opoku Prempeh. In a statement, the veteran politician said he has taken a test for COVID-19 and awaiting results. An earlier statement by the Press ...

Ghanaian international, Francis Afriyie has shared his ordeal on how Ghanaian players are suffering in Botswana in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic. Speaking to Footballghana.com, the former Bechem United striker pleaded with the government to temporarily open the country’s borders for citizens stuck outside the country to return home despite extending the ban. Boarders of the country remain closed ...