A cross section of the public in Ho are calling on the Electoral Commission (EC) to arrest, prosecute and possibly jail the disqualified presidential aspirants that allegedly forged signatures. They said the act constituted a crime and must therefore not be condoned. They alleged that the five disqualified aspirants were likely to exhibit same character when they occupy the highest ...

After six weeks since the reopening of Kotoka International Airport (KIA) on September 1, 2020, a total 30,564 passengers who arrived at the airport have been tested for the novel Coronavirus, out of which 92 passengers tested positive, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated. Addressing the nation on Sunday, October 18, 2020, from the Peduase Lodge after a cabinet ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo addressed the nation for the 18th time on the measures his government is taking to combat the spread of the novel COVID-19 among Ghanaians. In his address, the President mentioned that his aim is to have zero active cases of the novel Coronavirus. “Zero active cases must be the goal and I have no doubt ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says the PCR negative test period before boarding a flight to Ghana remains three days despite calls for extension to at least five days. He explained that in view of the second wave of COVID-19 infections engulfing many countries in Europe and America, it was imperative for the nation to insist on the three-day period. ...

Public officers who are found guilty of corruption under the amended Criminal Offences law could face up to 25 years in jail. Section 260 of the memorandum that accompanied the bill stipulates that a public officer who fails a set of accountability requirements could be jailed between 12 to 25 years. The amended law, which was passed last week, is ...

The Registrar of Companies of the Island Country of Dominica says it does not know the shareholders and directors of The Peters Family Company Ltd (TPFCL), owners, of Frontiers Healthcare Services Ltd, for whom the multi-million dollars covid testing contract at KIA has been cooked. TPFCL is an offshore company that ultimately owns the two local companies used to grab ...

Minister of Works and Housing, Samuel Atta Akyea, has accused the erstwhile Mahama administration of embezzling over $114 million in the Saglemi Housing Project. According to him, this was revealed in an audit report conducted by the Ghana Institution of Surveyors. Speaking on Joy TV’s PM Express Wednesday, October 14, 2020, the housing minister said, “the Ghana Institute of Surveyors ...

The New Patriotic Party has accused the National Democratic Congress of creating imaginary collusion between the Electoral Commission of Ghana and the government as a way of misinforming Ghanaians to believe the existence of a plot to rig the 2020 elections for the ruling party. Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday, October 14, 2020, the NPP’s Deputy Campaign Manager, ...

A traffic management expert Samuel Oppong is proposing a new national database system through a Digital Readable Vehicle Number plate to reposition the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) to achieve optimal revenue and road safety. He said this would be achieved through the use of improved automated systems in the case of vehicle registration in Ghana. Mr Oppong suggested ...

The Ministry of Roads and Highways has spearheaded the pulling down of structures on land reserved to develop an alternative road to ease the traffic congestion on the American-House-Adjiringanor road. Mr Kwasi Amoako-Attah, the Minister of the Sector, who directed the exercise on Tuesday on a visit to inspect progress on the site, said his Ministry had given the owners ...