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Eight persons suspected to be engaged in illegal bunkering have been arrested by the Ghana Maritime Authority in collaboration with the Western Naval command and marine police. The arrest was made during a routine patrol on the sea to check activities of such person on the seas of Takoradi. The eight suspects are currently in the custody of the Marine ...

The Center for Democratic Development (CDD) has urged the opposition National Democratic Congress to report their allegations of voter suppression to the Police for investigations. According to the Communications manager for the CDD Paul Abrampah, voter suppression is a crime and should be investigated by the police if backed by evidence. It comes after the National Chairman of the opposition ...

Fourteen(14) persons are in the grips of the Ashanti Regional Police Command for chasing some illegal miners from a mining site at Ntobroso in the Atwima Mponua District of the Ashanti region, resulting in the death of one. The group, who had stormed the mining town in two Toyota Prado Land Cruiser vehicles posing as a task force from the ...

North Tongu lawmaker Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has once again raised concerns over what he says is the increasing number of presidential staffers at the Presidency. According to him, the number and duplication of roles and titles at the Jubilee House are worrying and must be checked. In a post on Facebook, the MP said the taxpayers’ money is being spent ...

The current Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Lieutenant General OB Akwa is due to exit the Ghana Armed Forces in 35 days. This is due to a constitutional mandatory requirement that puts his compulsory retiring age in the Ghana Armed Forces at 65 years. This constitutional requirement can be found in the Armed Forces Regulation Volume. With this mandatory requirement, ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has laid down some guidelines to be adopted by countries who want to hold elections despite the Coronavirus pandemic. The novel Coronavirus outbreak has brought many events to a standstill, while others have been postponed. Countries who are scheduled to hold their general elections this year have also been left pondering whether to go ahead ...

The North Dayi District Assembly in the Volta region has commenced the mass distribution of a total of 10,000 locally manufactured nose masks to some identifiable groups and residents across the district. The distribution exercise which is being led by the District Chief Executive, Kudjoh Attah has already covered the Anfoega market, the Vakpo and Anfoega lorry parks and okada ...

Hon.Paul Evans Aidoo Former Mp for wiawso constituency and a Former Minister for Western region has today 14/05/2020 donate nose masks to Anhwiam chps compound, Amafi chps compound, Aboduam chps compound, Aboanidua chps compound, Ntrentrenso community clinic and Watico clinic. He said in the midst of this pademic it’s necessary for him to also help as he has been helping ...

Godfred Yeboah Dame, Deputy Attorney-General (AG) and Minister for Justice, has indicated that his predecessor, Dr Dominic Akuritinga Ayine, sought to mix up the terms Public Office and Public Service. He explained that Article 295 of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana defines the two expressions, namely, “Public Office” and “Public Service” differently. According to the Deputy AG, the only qualification for ...

Ghana’s debt stock has shot up to 236.1 billion cedis from 219.2 billion cedis for the first quarter of 2020, according to new figures by the Bank of Ghana. The increase means that Ghana has added 16.9 billion cedis between January to March of 2020. The figures contained in the Central Bank’s Summary of Economic and Financial Data represents an ...