Member of Parliament for Manhyia North, Collins Owusu Amankwah, has rebutted claims that cannabis has been legalised by the Ghanaian Parliament for public consumption. According to the two-time legislator, Parliament only legalised the use of the weed for medicinal purposes. Speaking to Michael Ofosu-Afriyie Sunday evening, Mr Amankwah expressed worry about the erroneous claims some members of the public have ...

The National Service Scheme (NSS) has released the mandatory one-year national service postings of over 9,000 nurses for the service year to various health facilities in all the sixteen (16) regions of the country. The NSS in a statement today directed all eligible nurses who registered for national service to log onto www.nss.gov.gh on the Scheme’s website to check their placements ...

Parliament has passed the Imposition of Restrictions Bill, 2020 to give strong legal backing to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s directives to deal with the devastating threats posed by Coronavirus in the country. The Act will vest the President with the powers to impose restrictions on persons in the event of disasters and emergencies in the interest of public safety, ...

The Minority in Parliament has declined to support the Imposition of Restrictions Bill, 2020 aimed at helping to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease in Ghana under a certificate of urgency. The Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Ms Gloria Afua Akuffo, on Wednesday, March 18, 2020, laid the Imposition of Restrictions Bill, 2020 before Parliament. The bill, which is ...

Communities living in and around the Oti Regional Capital, Dambai can now heave a sigh of relief as tree-stumps on the Oti River which made transport across the region a perilous endeavour are being removed. Boat disasters and their attendant deaths, particularly on the Volta Lake, have been quite common; thereby, pushing the Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA) to aggressively embark ...

The government of Ghana has imposed a temporary ban on travelers from countries that have recorded 200 or more cases of coronavirus. This ban is however not applicable to Ghanaian citizens or foreigners with valid Ghanaian resident permits. The travel ban was announced by Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrkumah at a press briefing in Accra on Sunday, March 15, 2020. ...

The Ministry of Railways Development has reiterated that the Ghana-Burkina Faso Railway Connectivity project is on course. A statement issue by the Ministry, which was made available to the Ghana News Agency, said the Joint Committee of Experts, led by the respective Minister’s responsible for railway development in Ghana and Burkina Faso, have been meeting since March 9, to review ...

MyNewsGh.com can exclusively report that two luxurious vehicles belonging to the founder and leader of the Glorious Wave Church, Prophet Emmanuel Badu Kobi have been confiscated by security operatives over unpaid duties. Two of the vehicles, a Lincoln Navigator and a Porsche Panamera with registration number GS 1707-18 have since been moved to Castle Annex by the operatives while there ...

The Accra High Court on Wednesday adjourned to March 23, the trial of Mrs Sedina Christine Tamakloe Attionu, and Mr Daniel Axim, former officials of Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) who have been charged for misappropriating state funds. Mrs Attionu, the former Chief Executive Officer and Mr Axim, also former Operations Manager have also been charged with conspiracy, stealing, ...

The Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, Cecilia Dapaah has said that Accra is generally clean, even though the government has been unable to fulfill the promise of making Accra the cleanest city in Africa by 2020. Cecilia Dapaah said this in response to a question asked on sanitation in Ghana. She said the Akufo-Addo-government has put measures in place ...