Government To Make GHC30bn
The Government of President Akufo-Addo will be generating an amount of GHC3 billion in profit in the Planting for Food and Jobs programme, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, Minister of Food and Agriculture,...
Day: February 22, 2017
OccupyGhana Wants Justice For Lady Mob Attacked In Kumasi
Pressure group, OccupyGhana, has joined loudening calls demanding justice for a lady who was stripped naked and abused by a Kumasi mob. The lady’s ordeal was caught on video and has been in...
You Cannot Deceive People With Statistics and Get Away With It – Nketia To President
General Secretary of opposition National Democratic Congress, Johnson Asiedu Nketia has lashed out at President Akufo-Addo following the latter’s delivery of the State of the Nation Address....
President’s Address Was Selective
The Minority in Parliament have accused President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of presenting a selective message on the true state of the nation and creating an atmosphere of hopelessness in his...
President Urges State Institutions To Realign Operations
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has asked state institutions to realign their operations, especially in the management of time, in order to ensure that the change in political administration...
NPP Must Work To Realise Aspirations of Ghanaians
The government has been advised to get to work to realise the aspirations of Ghanaians who are full of expectation. Instead of harping on its Danquah-Busia heritage, the ruling New Patriotic Party...
‘Planting For Food and Jobs’ To Begin With GHc 560m Cost
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Government’s flagship agriculture policy, “Planting for Food and Jobs” will begin with a cost GHc 560 million. This is according to the Minister for Agriculture,...
Taiwan Train Bomber Jailed For 30 Years
A Taiwanese man was sentenced to 30 years in prison Wednesday for detonating a pipe bomb on a busy Taipei train that injured more than two dozen people last year. Lin Ying-chang, 56, was convicted on...
Judges Dismiss Case Against Mid-Level Khmer Rouge Cadre
A UN-backed court on Wednesday dismissed a case against a former Khmer Rouge cadre charged with crimes against humanity, highlighting the difficulties of bringing lower level members of the brutal...
Hundreds of Travelers Stranded At Buipe Following Closure of Main Bridge
Hundreds of travelers have been stranded in Buipe in the Northern Region since Tuesday following the closure of the main bridge that connects to Kintampo in the Brong Ahafo Region. The bridge has...
Malaysia Seeks North Korea Embassy Official
Malaysian police say they are seeking a senior official at the North Korean embassy in Kuala Lumpur in connection with the killing of Kim Jong-nam. Mr Kim, the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim...
Ghana’s Economy Not ‘broke’
The Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has dismissed President Nana Akufo-Addo’s suggestion that the Mahama-led administration left Ghana’s economy in crisis....
Facebook Deletes Fake Child-Cancer Posts Accounts
Facebook has deleted two accounts that used stolen photographs of a sick child to falsely claim he had cancer. It follows complaints by the three-year-old’s mother that the images had been used as...
6 Steps To Effectively Losing Weight
Weight loss is a long interesting journey most people try to take yet fail. You may have been in that situation before or still are; don’t give up. Many weight loss programs offered online are...
Man City Rally To Beat Monaco 5-3
Manchester City came from behind twice to secure a crucial two-goal advantage after a classic Champions League last-16 tie against Monaco at Etihad Stadium. On a night of fluctuating fortunes and...
MP Replies Akufo-Addo
Member of Parliament for Krachi West, Helen Adjoa Ntoso, has asked President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to tread cautiously in his bid to fix the “heavily indebted” economy and not rush to hit a...
Sarkodie Working On New Music With Ebony
Rapper Sarkodie is working on new music with Dancehall artiste Ebony. The latter posted a photo on Social Media of their studio session with the caption: There is no word on who is producing the song...
Why the Veteran Actor Insists Govt Officials Swear By Local Deities
Pete Edochie Meets Rawlings: The veteran actor thought it wise to offer possible solutions to the issue of corruption which now appears to be indelible in almost all parts of Africa. In what we call...
China Jails Safety Boss Who Was Sacked Over Huge Blast
China's former top work-safety official has been jailed for 15 years for graft, a year and a half after he was sacked over a giant industrial explosion that killed 165 people. Yang Dongliang, now 63,...
Poetra Asantewa On What Poetry Means To Her
Ghanaian Spoken Word artiste Poetra Asantewa had a chat with the folks at The Authenticity Project (TAP) about her career. Asantewa spoke about what poetry means to her, quitting her job as a Network...