February 2025 – Page 19

Month: February 2025

Year : 2026

Speaker Alban Bagbin Lifts Suspension of Four MPs

February 4, 2025

Speaker Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin

Tension in Ghana’s Parliament as NPP Minority Protests With a Dress Code

February 4, 2025

Ghana’s Parliament has convened on Tuesday at midday, following its last session on Friday, amidst rising tensions involving the New Patriotic Party (NPP) minority. The NPP minority members arrived clad in black attire with red armbands, prompting authorities to mount a barricade to prevent their entrance, citing a breach of the parliamentary dress code. The...

GAMLS Raises Alarm Over Cerebrospinal Meningitis Outbreak in Northern Ghana

February 4, 2025

The Ghana Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists (GAMLS) has expressed serious concerns regarding a recent outbreak of cerebrospinal meningitis (CSM) in parts of Northern Ghana. As frontline professionals in disease detection and management, GAMLS highlighted the essential role of laboratory testing in curbing the spread of this highly infectious and life-threatening disease. CSM causes inflammation...

COPEC Urges Government Action as Fuel Prices Surge Again

February 4, 2025

The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) is pressing the Ghanaian government for swift intervention to tackle the ongoing rise in fuel prices, which has now reached its third consecutive increase this year. Consumers are facing significant price hikes, with the first pricing window of February following a similar upward trend seen in January. Shell has...

New Lands and Natural Resources Minister Vows to Tackle Illegal Mining

February 4, 2025

On his first day in office, Hon. Armah Kofi-Buah, the newly appointed Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, pledged to prioritize the fight against illegal mining in Ghana. Addressing reporters upon the first day of his job, Honourable Minister Kofi-Buah emphasized that illegal mining poses significant threats to the environment, local communities, and the nation’s...

Greater Accra Regional Minister Declares a Return of The Monthly Sanitation Day Initiative and the nouvelle Cleanest City Awards

February 4, 2025

During a press conference on her first day of office held at the Greater Accra Regional Coordinating Council in Accra on Monday February 3rd, 2025, Linda Akweley Ocloo, the newly appointed regional minister, unveiled a the rerun of significant initiative aimed at improving sanitation across the region cum a sanitation award scheme. With sanitation and...

Australia commits to supporting government’s economic growth agenda

February 4, 2025

Ghana's Vice President and the Australian High Commissioner

Lord Commey’s seized cars returned

February 4, 2025

Vehicles of the former Director of Operations at the Jubilee House, Lord Oblitey Commey, that were seized during a midnight raid on his private property on January 31, have been returned.In all, the six cars taken away by unidentified men had since been returned to the owner in good shape, according to sources.The move followed...

Ghana Olympic Committee’s Amasaman Sports Facility Project Marred by Misappropriation and Misutilization Concerns

February 4, 2025

A cloud of controversy has surrounded the Ghana Olympic Committee’s (GOC) Amasaman sports facility project, with concerns raised over the misappropriation and misutilization of funds meant for the project. The project, which received a $100,000 grant from the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA), and the OlympAfrica Foundation, aimed...