Incumbent Chairman of the NDC, Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, has said he is confident of retaining the slot even Asiedu Nketia contests him Asiedu Nketia, the current secretary of the party, is rumoured to be eyeing the NDC Chairmanship position but has yet to confirm the reports.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Tuesday commissioned 13 Megawatts solar power plant at Kaleo in the Nadowli District of the Upper West Region. The £22.8 million solar plant of the Volta River Authority (VRA), which sits on a 20.4-hectare land began in February 2020 when President Akufo-Addo cut the sod for its construction.

The Forestry Commission with support from its taskforce and the military has arrested five galamsey operators in the Bosomtwe Range Forest Reserve in the Bekwai Forest District of the Ashanti Region. The suspects were arraigned before the Bekwai Circuit but a couple of them have been granted bail at the moment.

The Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) leadership says its members will withdraw their service indefinitely effective September 1, 2022. In a press release on Wednesday, the Association stated reasons including failure of government to implement agreed conditions of service as reasons for their intended strike.

Violence has broken out in parts of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, KNUST. It follows clashes between residents of Unity Hall popularly known as Conti and University Hall popularly known as Katanga hall.

The intended demonstration exercise scheduled for Wednesday, August 17, 2022, at Kotobabi in the Senyah Electoral Area in the Ayawaso North Municipal has been suspended. The residents scheduled a demonstration to protest a planned demolition exercise by the Municipality.

The National chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, has described the death of the Northern Regional Chairman, Ibrahim Mobila, as a shock. Alhaji Ibrahim Mobila died on Tuesday, August 16, at the Temale Teaching Hospital after a short illness.

Three Chinese have been arrested for engaging in illegal mining in the Tano-Nimiri Forest Reserve in the Aowin Municipality of the Western North Region. Another three Ghanaians were apprehended as accomplices of the act popularly known as galamsey.

Early morning news bulletin in Akan

Early morning news bulletin in Akan