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Drama unfolded at Odawna in Accra yesterday when an alleged armed robber descended into an effluence-filled tunnel to escape from his pursuers and refused to come out, despite the efforts by city authorities to get him out. The police, who later arrived on the scene, used different tactics, including firing warning shots to scare the alleged robber from his refuge, ...

Legal Practitioner Justice Srem Sai has said the government of Ghana is not being ‘direct’ with issues regarding the continuous detention of the Menzgold CEO Nana Appiah Mensah in Dubai. According to him, the government appears not to be concerned as they ought to be in providing assistance to Mr. Appiah Mensah as deserving of a Ghanaian citizen. “It’s quite ...

Eight years of oil production in Ghana has come to an end and, as usual, the Fair Trade Oil Share (FTOS) – PSA Campaign Team, under the auspices of the Centre for Natural Resources and Environmental Management (CNREM), has the painful task to present to Ghanaians, sovereign owners of the oil resources, our independent report on how Ghanaians are being ...

The Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) as part of a nation-wide enforcement exercise to clamp down on tourism enterprises operating without license from the Authority, has closed down two tourism facilities in Accra. The facilities, Villaggio Vista and Airport Side Hotel, have been given a 24-hour ultimatum to rectify and ensure they meet the requirements for immediate reopening. Addressing the media ...

Menzgold has appealed to government to revoke the Interpol Red Alert notice placed on its Chief Executive Officer Nana Appiah Mensah so he could be released in order for him to mobilise funds to settle his Ghanaian customers. According to the firm, Interpol is still keeping NAM 1, as the Menzgold boss is popularly known, on the account of the ...

The Ghana Charismatic Bishops Conference has said an attempt by Members of Parliament to legislate against fake pastors and churches amounts to an attempt to control religious beliefs. “…we do not support any idea of legislating or controlling beliefs, faiths or religious beliefs of our citizens,” the Bishops said in an official communiqué on the matter. The Bishops said Ghanaians ...

Over 2000 permanent staff of the collapsed Microfinance Companies will lose their jobs, Executive director of the Ghana Microfinance Institution Network, Yaw Gyamfi, has revealed. This comes after the Bank of Ghana (BoG) revoked the licences of 347 insolvent microfinance companies due to liquidity challenges. Out of the number, 192 were insolvent but in operation while 155 had ceased operations. ...

Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party, Freddie Blay has dared anti-graft body to cause his arrest over his alleged failure to cooperate with investigations into the procurement of 275 buses for his party. The 77-year old politician maintained he has not received any subpoena which the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has claimed to have sent ...

A young man believed to be in his early thirties has hunged himself to death at the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) in the Central Region. He killed himself on Sunday at portion of a reserved land of the school. It is unclear if he’s a student. According to Journalist Benjamin Amuzu, a female sanitation officer of the school who ...

The Electoral Commission (EC) has suspended the limited voter registration exercise which was scheduled to begin from Friday, June 7, 2019 to Thursday, June 27, 2019 in all its district offices and selected electoral areas across the country. The exercise was to offer the opportunity to Ghanaians who have attained 18 years since the last registration exercise, as well as ...