Ghana News Articles

Ghana’s National Identification Card, popularly known as the ‘Ghana Card’ will now enable holders to travel across 97 borders and 44,000 airports in the world. Holders of the Ghana Card will therefore be permitted to embark on any flight to Ghana by simply showing the card. This follows a recognition …

The dismissed Managing Director of the Ghana Airports Company Limited, Yaw Kwakwa has expressed surprise about his dismissal from office. According to the embattled Manager, he is unware of the termination of his appointment, thus, awaits an official correspondence to that effect. The news about Mr. Kwakwa’s dismissal broke whilst …

Information reaching GhArticles.com indicates that President Nana Akufo-Addo has terminated the appointment of Yaw Kwakwa, the Managing Director of the Ghana Airport Company Limited. In a letter dated February 4, 2022, to the Company’s Board Chair, the Transport Ministry said, “per a letter No OSP127/22/104 dated on January 31, 2022,” …

The Roads Minister, Kwasi Amoako-Attah, has revealed that processes are underway to convert abandoned tollbooths into washrooms in various parts of the country. According to the Minister, the move is to ensure the cessation of the practice whereby commuters and drivers ease themselves by the roadside. The Minister made this …

The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers Ghana (COPEC) has advised government to employ strategic measures to lessen the impact of the rise in petroleum prices on consumers. The Executive Secretary of COPEC, Duncan Amoah, criticised the efforts of government in dealing with the consistent increment in fuel prices. According to him, …

Information reaching GhArticles.com reveals that a white truck has crashed into about six vehicles on the Accra Mall road. This has resulted in a heavy traffic congestion on Saturday morning. Motorists heading to Tema and Spintex have been urged to ply alternative routes. No casualties have been reported yet.   …

The location of detained television and radio presenter Blessed Godsbrain Smart, popularly known as Captain Smart, has finally been found. A video sighted  by GhArticles.com, shared by 3news on social media shows the journalist behind bars at the GREDA Estate Police Station in Accra. The outspoken journalist was taken into custody …

The Coalition of Concerned University Students (CoCUS) has planned to wage a protest against the ongoing strike by the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) on Thursday, February 3, 2022 in Accra. In a press release dated February 2, the Coalition said the #StudentsAreSufferingDemo will begin from the University of …

Fire has killed a 40-year-old trader during an outbreak in a wooden structure in Sunyani. The bizarre incident occurred in the early hours of Thursday, January 27, 2022. Initial reports by eyewitnesses indicated Kwadwo Obeng was deeply asleep when the fire engulfed the kiosk accommodating him at Area Four, a …

The Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto says the recent outbreak of transborder animal diseases, including Bird Flu, has negatively impacted the progress of the government’s flagship Rearing for Food and Jobs programmes. He said the outbreaks “threaten government’s agenda of attaining self-sufficiency in meat production by 2025 as …