GENERAL
Five people including two police officers die in accident on Asikuma-Kpeve Highway
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Five people including two police officers have lost their lives in an accident on the Asikuma -Kpeve highway.
According to a Police situational report sighted by MyNewsGh.com, suspect Asupah Kwame, aged 25 was driving Ford Transit bus with registration No.GJ 729-21 with seventeen (17) passengers on board travelling from Accra to Kpassa.
Upon reaching a section of the road between Asikuma...
Member of Parliament for Manhyia South, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh aka ‘Napo’, has vehemently debunked media reports that he will leave parliament after his current tenure expires in 2024.
The lawmaker, who doubles as the Minister of Energy, made his maiden appearance in parliament on January 7, 2009.
Mr Kwabena Nsenkyire, the Ashanti Regional First Vice Chairman of the New Patriotic...
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Ghana card qualifies as e-passport; processes underway for global acceptance – Augustine Blay
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The Executive Secretary to the Vice President, Augustine Yaw Blay, has insisted that the country’s National Identification Card, otherwise known as Ghana Card, has fully met the requirements for an E-passport as set by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
According to him, the chip embedded in the Ghana Card has been certified by ICAO, and thus qualifies it to...
The Ashaiman District Court has remanded #Fixthecountry convener Oliver Barker-Vormarwor into custody after he was charged with treason felony Monday morning.
His plea was not taken.
The court said it does not have the jurisdiction to grant bail to the accused due to the nature of the offence.
Her Honour Eleanor Barnes urged the defence team to repeat their bail application at...
The Deputy Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has stated that the Electronic Transaction bill, popularly known as E-Levy, will be reintroduced in Parliament for consideration next week.
He said the finance committee has decided to amend the E-Levy rather than withdraw it totally given the magnitude of the work done by the committee.
“Last week we said there was going to be...
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has so far vaccinated 12,173,367 people since the COVID-19 mass vaccination programme started on 2 March 2021.
An update on the GHS dashboard shows that as at 11 February 2022, 4,626, 467 persons representing 23.1 percent have been fully vaccinated.
The data also suggest 8,532,623 persons representing 42.7 percent have so far received at least...
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Ignore the wrong interpretation of ICAO’s statement, Ghanacard is valid for travel as e-passport-Dr Gideon Boako
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Just like our current normal booklet passport, you will need ICAO to approve and capture the data into their Public Key Directory (PKD) for certification before any country can accept it as official travel documents.
Such key ceremony certification as was done on February 9, in the case of the Ghana Card is the ultimate step to take before any...
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Allow Ghanacards holders to board flights to Ghana without visa – GACL to airlines
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The Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) has announced that holders of a valid GhanaCard should be allowed to board flights to Ghana, without the need for a visa.
According to a statement released by the GACL, an announcement has been sent to all airports and airlines on the use of the Ghanacard as an acceptable ICAO compliant machine-readable travel document...
POLITICS
‘I’m in very high spirits; an innocent person has nothing to fear’ – Assin North MP
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The Assin North Member of Parliament, James Gyakye Quayson, has said he remains unfazed amid the legal wrangling over his citizenship ahead of the 2020 election.
In a brief interaction with the press in Parliament, he said he was “in very high spirits.”
When pressed by journalists about being served for court, Mr. Quayson remained tight-lipped.
“I am not going to any...
The Office of the Vice President has debunked widespread reports suggesting the convoy of Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has been involved in an accident.
It said, only a vehicle in the advance security team of the Vice President crashed on the Tamale Highway about three days ago.
In a post, Dr. Gideon Boako, the Vice President’s Spokesperson, said his boss is doing...














































