NEWS

Wassa Amenfi East Connects to electricity, network to various rural communities

About 20 communities in the Wassa Amenfi East constituency in the Western Region are set to experience reliable electricity and telecommunications networks, thanks to the efforts of their Member of Parliament, Hon. Nicholas Amankwah. The MP is currently overseeing an ongoing rural electrification project aiming to bring light and hope …

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President Mahama requests withdrawal of Private Member’s Bill seeking to repeal OSP Act

President John Dramani Mahama has requested the Majority Leader and Majority Chief Whip in Parliament to withdraw the Private Member’s Bill tabled for the repeal of the Act establishing the Office of Special Prosecutor (OSP). Two Members of Parliament have sponsored a private members’ bill to repeal the Office of …

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Amenfi East: Raymond Nana Ebbah Breaks Ground for Multiple Schools, Borehole Projects

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of Wassa Amenfi East in the Western Region, Hon. Raymond Nana Ebbah, has taken a significant step towards improving educational infrastructure and access to clean water in the municipality. He recently cut the sod for several school projects and borehole initiatives funded by the District …

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Daddy Lumba’s funeral hit by fresh lawsuit from family over memorial fund

The funeral of the late Charles Kwadwo Fosu, popularly known as Daddy Lumba, has been hit by a fresh lawsuit as relatives move to stop the organisation of his final rites, accusing the family head of sidelining them and making unauthorised withdrawals from a memorial account. In a motion for …

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Two Communities In Wassa Amenfi East Get Common Fund Projects

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Wassa Amenfi East, Raymond Nana Ebbah, and the Member of Parliament, Hon. Nicholas Amankwah, have cut the sod for the construction of two Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) compounds in the Wassa Dawurampong and Jukwa-Hemang communities. The projects, fully funded by the District …

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Bawku conflict: Live together as brothers and sisters – Otumfuo tells factions

Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has urged the rival groups involved in the Bawku chieftaincy conflict to commit to enduring peace, emphasising that they are one people who have no reason to be at war with each other. Conflict between two ethnic groups, the Kusaug and Mamprugu, has spanned years, …

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A/R: Tourism Minister Pledges Funding Support to Complete Abandoned Kwadaso Creative Art School

The Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Mrs. Abla Dzifa Gomashie, has given strong assurances that the long-abandoned Kwadaso Creative Art School project will soon be completed. This follows her inspection of the project in the Ashanti Region as part of a two-day working visit. Mrs. Gomashie said her …

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Tourism Minister Orders Occupants to Vacate Abandoned Community Cinemas for Nationwide Revamp

  The Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Mrs. Abla Dzifa Gomashie, has directed individuals occupying abandoned community cinemas nationwide to vacate the facilities to pave the way for the government’s planned refurbishment and revival of local cinematography. Mrs. Gomashie gave the directive during her two-day working tour of …

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Recruitment for Police, prisons, and other security agencies has been postponed to November 17

The Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mubarak, has announced a postponement of the nationwide security services recruitment exercise, shifting the start date from Saturday, November 15, to Monday, November 17. The decision, communicated on Friday, November 14, follows the tragic incident at the El Wak Sports Stadium during the military …

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Gabon Court jails former first lady Sylvia Bongo and son for 20 years over corruption and embezzlement

A court in Gabon has sentenced the former first lady and the son of deposed President Ali Bongo to 20 years in jail following a two-day trial. On Tuesday night, Sylvia Bongo and Noureddin Bongo were found guilty of embezzlement and corruption after a trial that began a day earlier. …

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