Nana Addo Returns From Geneva
President Nana Addo has returned from the 5th edition of the Africa CEO Forum which was held in Geneva. The just ended forum brought CEOs of the largest African and international companies, political...
Day: March 24, 2017
Ghana Water Cuts Supply To UHAS Over Indebtedness
An acute water shortage has hit the Trafalgar Campus of the University of Health and Allied Sciences, following the University’s failure to pay their water bills to the Ghana Water Company Limited....
Gov’t Scraps Free Fertilizer Policy
Government has indicated that it is scrapping the free fertilizer distribution policy aimed at aiding Cocoa farmers in the country. This was because the policy had failed to the target farmers,...
KOB Releases New Album
One of Ghana’s talented gospel musicians, Kojo Obeng Barima, known in showbiz circles as KOB, may be going higher this time with his second album: “Yesu Dea,” which has started enjoying massive...
Nana Addo Returns From Africa CEO Forum
The President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has returned from the Africa CEO Forum which took place in Geneva, Switzerland. The 5th edition of the forum was under the theme “Rethinking Africa’s...
Pwalugu Meat Factory To Rehabilitated Into Abattoir
The Upper East regional Minister, Mr. Rockson Bukari Ayine has hinted that the defunt Pwalugu Meat Factory will be tramnsformed into a modern abattoir. The move he explained forms part of the ‘One...
NIC Lashes Out At Govts For Breaching Insurance Act
The National Insurance Commission (NIC) has bemoaned the practice where governments sign major contracts with foreign companies and allow the insurance component also to be repatriated out of the...
Consumers Owe GWCL GHc57.5M
Consumers in the Central Region owe the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) to the tune of GH¢57,555,428.00 with Government debt amounting to more than GH¢41.2M. The government debt constitutes the...
Bunso Youth Threaten To Block Accra-Kumasi Highway
Some youth of Bunsu in the Eastern Region have threatened to block a section of the Accra-Kumasi Highway running through their town if authorities fail to either install traffic light or construct...
I Would Have Been Single and Childless If Not For Mahama
Maverick Kumasi-based serial caller of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Frank Appiah affectionately called Appiah Stadium has revealed that he owes much of his life to former President John...
Prisoners Beg For Alms
FIVE male prisoners in uniform were yesterday seen begging for alms at the Odawna Market at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra. The incident happened in the early hours of yesterday when the inmates...
“Drivers Must Fix Traffic Lights If…”
It has emerged that drivers who crash their vehicles into traffic lights and guardrails are rather required by law to replace them and not the Ghana Highways Authority (GHA). According to a former...
Over 1m Ghanaians Unemployed – GSS
Ghana’s first Labour Force Survey (LFS) report conducted in 2015 has revealed that over one million Ghanaians above age 15 are unemployed. The 2015 LFS estimates the total population of the country...
Accra Mayor Receives 100% Endorsement
Members of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) have given their full blessing to President Akufo-Addo’s nominee for the CEO position of the AMA. Mohammed Adjei Sowah had 100% endorsement from all...
More Than 200 Migrants Feared Drowned In Mediterranean
More than 200 migrants are feared dead in a boat sinking off the coast of Libya, a Spanish aid organisation says. Proactiva Open Arms said it had recovered five bodies floating near two capsized...
Getting Rid of Bad Nuts From the Police Service
THE Ghana Police Service has announced that it has dismissed some forty-one (41) police trainees from the various police training schools across the country. These police recruits, we understand,...
Ignore Volta Separatists – Togbe Afede
The President of The National House of Chiefs Togbe Afede has called on Ghanaians to ignore the individuals seeking the secession of the Volta region of Ghana. According to him, they pose no threat...
Zabzugu Gun Wielding Students Suspended Indefinitely
The disciplinary committee of the Zabzugu Senior High School in the Northern region has recommended the indefinite suspension of the two second year science students who attacked a female colleague...
Mother Rejects Baby With Rare Deformity
A baby boy has been inundated with visitors who believe he is a reincarnation of a Hindu god – despite being rejected by his mother. Mum-of-four Khalida Begum gave birth to the as yet unnamed...
‘Idiot’ Uses Mouth of Dead Shark To Open Can of Beer
Disturbing footage has gone viral showing a man pierce a can of beer then down it using a dead shark’s mouth. The man, who is clearly pleased with himself, punctures the metal on one of the...