The Ghana Private Roads and Transport Union (GPRTU) has hinted that transport fares are likely to go up soon. According to the union of commercial lorry drivers, the possible increase in fares has come to the fore following constant increases in the prices of vehicle spare parts and fuel. The Vice Chairman of GPRTU, Robert Saba, explained said members of […]

A Paediatric Specialist at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) wants the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to cover children with cancer. Dr Lawrence Osei Tutu says the majority of children suffering from cancer die because their parents are unable to afford to pay their hospital bills or buy medicines for them. ”Sometimes when you tell parents the cost involved […]

Corruption tag against Members of Parliament (MPs) sometimes could be true, according to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) MP for Assin Central, Hon. Kennedy Ohene Agyapong. “I will be frank with you sometimes, parliamentarians like this budget they took us to Koforidua and they gave us allowances all these are signs of corruption”, the anti-corruption crusader stated. “Because you drive […]

The Consumer Protection Agency (CPA) is set to petition government over the controversial TV license levy which is yet to be enforced in Ghana, the agency has said in an interview. The Executive Director of the CPA, Mr. Kofi Kapito confirmed this on Nhyira FM this Wednesday in Kumasi in an interview while addressing consumers and stakeholders. TV license levy […]

The Wassa Akropong District Police Command has arrested a ‘juju man’ for allegedly defrauding by false pretense. According to ASP Olivia Adiku, the Western Regional Police PRO, at about 1430 hours on Sunday December 31, one John Opoku and three others from Wassa and Kwame Dikrom, assisted by Military Patrol Officers, arrested Mallam Latif Abdul Mumuni for defrauding them to […]

The Kumasi Mayor, Osei Assibey Antwi, has called on the clergy to use their pulpits to preach the need for Ghanaians, especially residents of Kumasi to be law abiding citizens. He said lawlessness is now gaining root in Kumasi where residents choose to evade tax and dump refuse indiscriminately in the city. This “uncivilised and ungodly attitude” he said, cannot […]

The Minority in Parliament has called for the arrest of the perpetrators of the Christmas Day attack on the residence of the Member of Parliament (MP) for Asunafo South, Eric Opoku. Six unidentified assailants, armed with machetes and a gun stormed Mr Opoku’s residence on Monday as he was holding a series of engagements and meetings with his constituents in […]

Togbe Afede XIV, President of the National House of Chiefs and Agbogbomefia of Asogli has charged the citizenry to “unite behind the vision of Ghana beyond aid” to confront challenges of the country in 2018. He said Ghana’s slow economic growth rate, mass unemployment and inadequate supply of basic social amenities were due to over-dependence on other countries and said […]

Maintenance works on the Tema Oil Refinery has been completed ahead of the scheduled commencement of crude oil refinery in the first quarter of 2018. With the discovery of oil and gas in Ghana, the company has attempted to expand and position itself to improve its infrastructure. This is to ensure reliability of petroleum products on the Ghanaian market and […]