A Deputy Minister of Finance, Dr John Ampontuah Kumah, has charged government institutions and local assemblies to rally the youth for the YouStart programme. The Deputy Minister, who is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ejisu, said the recent Population and Housing Census had shown that Ghana’s youthful population was growing at an exponential rate, saying the government, through YouStart, was seeking to directly impact the lives of Ghanaian youth.

A failed Eastern Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has pledged his unflinching support ahead of the 2024 elections. Kwadwo Boateng-Agyemang, who polled over 200 votes in the Saturday polls, said he is committed to the bigger picture.

The Northern Regional Police Command has arrested six persons in connection with the ongoing regional executive elections at the Aliu Mahama Sports Stadium. According to the Regional Crime Officer, Supt. Bernard Baba Ananga, the suspects looked suspicious and appeared to be people plotting to create mayhem at the venue.

The Tema Traditional Council (TTC) has appealed to the President to return portions of land compulsorily acquired from the Tema people and given to the TDC Development Company to develop and manage.

Police have begun a search for a 12-year-old boy, Francis Totimeh suspected to have drowned in the Dortsedor river along the Afienya-Dawhenya road. The police say the father of the boy, 57-year-old Solomon Chiatey filed a complaint at about 6:00 pm on Tuesday, May 24, 2022.

A 16-year-old form 2 pupil of the Nkwadum D/A Junior High School (JHS) in Ankontombra in the Western North Region has been stabbed to death by her senior. The victim, Afua Kumah, was stabbed in the chest by a form 3 pupil, Francisca Hayford, when the two students were quarrelling about a boyfriend, they both claim to be theirs, adomonline.com reports.

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A mobile banker with Breman Brakwa Rural Bank in the Region Central, Ebenezer Appiah Sam has been shot and robbed of undisclosed amount of money he collected from clients after armed robbers attacked him on the Breman Kokoso to Breman Amanfopong road.

The Owoo family in Accra, have expressed their displeasure about the ongoing public discourse on the alleged declassification of the Achimota Forest in Accra. According to them, they have suffered, ‘grave historical injustice.

The Mother of the 19-year-old student of Nkoransa Technical Institute, Victor Kwadwo Owusu, who died after police clashed with residents of Nkoranza says the death of his son has left her in a state of despair. She wants justice because she is reeling under the pain of his son’s demise.