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The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has described the arrest of Citi FM journalists Caleb Kudah and Zoe Abu-Baidoo as ‘unlawful and preposterous’. The biggest opposition party said: “The oppression of journalists and citizens by the despotic Akufo-Addo government must stop.” Mr Sammy Gyamfi, National Communications Officer of the NDC, said these in a social media post. The post on Facebook ...

A renowned Neurosurgeon at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital has appealed to the Akufo-Addo led government to abandon the plan to construct some 100 new hospitals and focus on investing the money in the establishment of a neuroscience centre. Speaking on the Morning Starr on Wednesday, Dr Hadi Abdallah told host Francis Abban that building a neuroscience centre which the ...

This May, the African Development Bank Group is launching a call for proposals for projects enhancing the viability and sustainability of women entrepreneurship enablers. Women’s business associations, incubators, accelerators, and cooperatives that advance women’s entrepreneurship, can apply for funding for innovative projects or programs to bolster the skills of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) owned and run by women across ...

A Neurosurgeon at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital Dr. Hadi Abdallah has expressed anger over the poor state of the country’s neurosurgeon unit at the premier hospital. The facility which serves as a referral center can only boast of four beds at its Intensive Care Unit and one operating theater. The hospital also lacks vain finders, monitors, amongst other vital ...

The Koforidua Circuit Court “B” presided by Her Honour Mercy Addei Kotei on Tuesday, May 11, 2021 remanded into Police custody the 31 individuals who were caught mining illegally in the Eastern region under the guise of National Security. The plea of the accused persons was not taken. They are expected to reappear before the court on May 24, 2021. ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo through the Ministry of Youth and Sports has fulfilled a promise made to the victorious Under- 20 male national football team, the Black Satellites for winning the 2021 Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations tournament played in Mauritania. In a short ceremony organised on Tuesday at the Conference Room of the Ministry, the Minister for Youth ...

A multi-purpose prison facility funded and constructed by The Church of Pentecost at Ejura in the Ashanti Region has been commissioned and handed over to the Ghana Prisons Service. The fully furnished three dormitory blocks with the capacity to accommodate 300 inmates also comprise an administration block, chapel which will also serve as classroom, football pitch, baptistry, modern washrooms, mechanized ...

Youth in Aflao in the Ketu South Municipality of the Volta region has called for urgent action from the government towards the construction of the Diamond Cement road. The about 3.5km road which links the main Aflao township through the Diamond Cement factory to other communities including Duta, Agbawoeme, Akporkploe and several others along the Ghana-Togo border is in a ...

Some members and founder of the disbanded pro-NPP vigilante group Delta Force have been arrested for attempting to forcefully remove the Ashanti regional security coordinator from office Tuesday. Mohammed Seidu allegedly led his gang to invade the office of DCOP retired Ayensu Opare Addo in the effort to remove him. The gang which claimed to be officials of the National ...

Some drivers of Bolt and Uber in the Ashanti region are threatening a week sit-down strike to demand better conditions of service. The drivers took to the streets of Kumasi today to express their grievances with their ride-hailing app companies. They insist service charges are customer biased with no regard to losses made by drivers. They also complain the service ...