Commercial drivers and transport operators in Accra on Tuesday hit the streets to protest what they describe as the unlawful takeover of lands earmarked for lorry stations by private developers.
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has directed traders at the Timber Market to halt all reconstruction activities following last Saturday’s fire outbreak until investigations by the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) are completed.
The Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Dominic Ayine, has called on the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) to remain non-partisan in the discharge of its duties.
The Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) has expressed concern over the rising cost of presidential elections, warning that the trend risks turning democracy into a preserve of the wealthy elite.
A tragic accident on the stretch between Twifo Tongow in the Twifo Atti-Morkwa District and Wassa Hemanso in the Wassa East District has claimed one life and left six others critically injured.
A 21-year-old ‘loading boy’ has been jailed for 18 months by the Kwadaso Circuit Court in the Kwadaso Municipality of the Ashanti Region for stealing six boxes of chicken meat at Adehyeman Market in Kumasi.
The Central Regional Police Command has begun a manhunt for six suspects who escaped lawful custody at Kotokuraba police station in the Central Region.
The Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) has donated GH₵5 million and five Toyota Hilux pickups to the National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS), urging strict action against recalcitrant illegal miners.
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has disclosed that more than 8,000 out of 13,253 Ghanaians who fled to Côte d’Ivoire due to the Gbiniyiri conflict in the Savannah Region have safely returned home.
