Author: Gifty Baoateng

The victims of the Sky Arrow microlight with designation 9G-ADV, crashed at the Oninku park at Site 17 in Tema Community 1 in Accra, have been identified as Captain Frank Donkor and his younger brother, Elijah Nana Yaw Donkor. Captain Donkor was a pilot with over 15 years (12 hours) of flight experience, while his brother, Nana Yaw Donkor, was a fresh university graduate and a fish farmer. According to reports, the aircraft crashed and caught fire upon impact. The deceased, Captain Frank Paa Kwesi Donkor Junior and his younger brother were sons of Elder Frank Donkor, the leader of…

President John Dramani Mahama, will on Friday, March 20, cut sod for the first Farmer Service Centre initiative in Afram Plains in the Eastern Region. The exercise will be one of many of many centres to be positioned across the country to strengthen support for farmers. Speaking at the launch of the maiden Ghana Agrotech Fair at the Independence Square on Tuesday, March 17, the President said his administration is looking forward to have a total of 50 of these centres across the country. The first phase will cover 11 centres in major agricultural producing areas. He gave a brief…

Beginning tomorrow Wednesday, March 18, President John Dramani Mahama, will embark on a nationwide tour designed purposely to inspect on-going government projects and stages in which they are in. The exercise, dubbed the “Resetting Ghana Tour,” aims to bring the government closer to citizens, engage grassroots communities, and provide updates on national policies and development initiatives. It will commence in the Bono Region, with participation from regional ministers, local government officials, and other key stakeholders before proceeding to the next region. Minister for Government Communications and spokesperson to the President, Felix Kwakye Ofosu disclosed this when vice president, Prof Jane…

Minority leader in Parliament, Alex Afenyo-Markin, has again rubbished the ongoing recruitment exercise by the security agencies. According to the Effutu constituency Member of Parliament (MP), he has no confidence in the process underway because the government from the onset has shown nothing but dishonesty. The MP and lawyer argues that, the government has no capacity to employ the huge numbers it called for and that it is only engaged in scamming the teeming youth. He said the government is only interested in collecting GHc1, 600 each from them but has no commitment to employ them. The expression of uncertainty…

The Vice President, Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang has expressed her gratitude to the Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast, Sir Sam Jonah, the Governing Council, and the entire community for conferring on her the Distinguished Fellowship Award, the first of its kind by the university. Returning to the institution where she had her higher education, she reflected on the lasting impact of her time there. “This campus is surrounded by seven towns, which offer a daily reminder that academia exists within a living community. Our education tasks us to go beyond theoretical knowledge and make tangible improvements in our nation,”…

First Lady Lordina Dramani Mahama has commissioned the renovated and fully equipped Anyima Health Centre in the Kintampo South District of the Bono East Region, to improve access to quality healthcare. The project, undertaken by the Lordina Foundation, following advocacy by Anyima Queenmother Nana Saa Gyamfuaa II, will serve more than 3,000 residents in Anyima and surrounding communities, with expanded maternal, emergency and outpatient services. Mrs. Mahama expressed concern about Ghana’s maternal and infant mortality rates, noting that maternal mortality remains nearly 300 deaths per 100,000 live births, while infant mortality stands at about 32 deaths per 1,000 live births.…

Member of Parliament (MP) for the Old Tafo constituency, Vincent Ekow Assafuah, has threatened legal action against a tiktoker, Lopez for accusing him of promising her love and marriage and later dumping her to marry another tiktoker, one Dr Charis. According to the legislator, he has absolutely no knowledge of the said lady and has never met her before, contrary to her claim that the MP did not only slide into her inbox on social media, but went on a date with her and gave her money. “I don’t know anybody like that. What has been put out there is…

Broadcaster, Nana Aba Anamoah, has scored President John Mahama, high for appointing a good number of women into his government. The outspoken journalist observes that even though the president is yet to meet his campaign promise of a minimum of 30 percent quota for women in all political appointments, he is on course and deserves encouragement. The president stands as the first president to select a female vice president in the person Prof Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang. Speaking at the recently held Women of Valour programme at the plush Hilton Park Lane Hotel in London, in the United Kingdom (UK), founder…

A lawyer and real estate investment broker, has offered an advice to government, cautioning it prior to the 70th Platinum Jubilee anniversary, not to waste scarce resources to fund the much anticipated celebration. Kofi Asmah, is of the view that, the celebration set for next year, March 6, should be funded privately, charging government to put in place the needed measures to ensure this happens. Speaking in the wake of the 69th Independence Day commemoration held last Friday, March 2025 amid Minister for Government Communications revelation that, spending on the annual event has been slashed by over 95 percent since…

Ghana today, Friday, March 6, is celebrating its 69th Independence Day celebration, across the country with the main event underway at the Jubilee House, in Accra. The event comes a year before the West African nation marks its 70th Platinum Jubilee anniversary as the first nation in the sub-Saharan African to gain independence from colonial rule from the British. This year’s event is themed “Building prosperity; inspiring hope”. Gracing the occasion is the Prime Minister for St Kitts and Nevis, Dr Terrance Michael Drew Drew and his wife. Also present are speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, the Chief Justice, Justice…