Old GHc5 Note Has Not Been Replaced
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has categorically stated that the new circulating GH¢5 note is just a ‘one off print’commemorative note but not a replacement of the existing note. Speaking at a mini...
Day: April 5, 2017
NIC Workers Want Director Fired For Mismanagement
Employees of the National Insurance Commission (NIC), are demanding the immediate removal of their boss, Lydia Bawa. A three paged petition to the President signed by the employees, who described...
BoG Justifies Printing of New GHc 5 Bank Note
The Bank of Ghana (BOG) is on a nationwide outreach program to educate Ghanaians about the security features on the new commemorative GHc 5 bank note in circulation. The program, dubbed,...
US-Mexico Border Crossings At 17-Year Low
The number of people arrested crossing the Mexico border into the US has fallen to the lowest level in 17 years. There were fewer than 17,000 arrests of undocumented migrants in March, the least...
Growth In US Services Sector Slows In March
The massive US services sector cooled in March after a strong February, the Institute for Supply Management said Wednesday. The ISM non-manufacturing index gave up 2.4 percentage points for the month...
US-Mexico Border Crossings At 17-Year Low
The number of people arrested crossing the Mexico border into the US has fallen to the lowest level in 17 years. There were fewer than 17,000 arrests of undocumented migrants in March, the least...
South Africa President Jacob Zuma Gets Backing From ANC
South Africa’s embattled president has been backed by a major decision-making body within the ruling ANC. It was looking at a complaint by some of the ANC top executives that Jacob Zuma had failed...
NASA’s Cassini Probe of Saturn Prepares For Last Plunge
NASA's unmanned Cassini spacecraft is preparing for its final plunge into Saturn later this year, after two decades of helping Earth-bound scientists make new discoveries about the sixth planet from...
Iceland Set To Tackle Gender Pay Gap With World’s Toughest Law
Iceland’s parliament is examining a bill that would require companies to prove they offer equal pay to employees. The law, which is set to become a world first, aims to close the wage gap between...
Neglect of Mining Communities Promoting Galamsey – CDD
A research fellow at the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Kojo Asante, has observed that illegal mining has become a norm in recent times because societies are aggrieved that a chunk of...
Burundi Youth Threaten To ‘impregnate’ Opposition Women
Burundi's ruling party sought Wednesday to distance itself from a viral video showing members of its feared youth wing threatening to impregnate opposition women. Hundreds of the youths known as...
Court Throws Out Death Threat Case Against Mahama
An Accra Circuit Court has struck out a suit against a man who allegedly declared that, former President John Mahama was going to drop dead during the 2016 Independence Day parade because of the...
Six Held In St Petersburg Over ‘Islamic State Recruitment’
Russia says it has detained six terrorist recruiters in St Petersburg after an attack on the city's metro system that killed 14 people. The suspects, from former Soviet Central Asia, have been held...
Nkoranza Youth Reverse Curse On District Assembly Elections
The Youth of Nkoranza in the Brong Ahafo Region, have reversed a curse they invoked on the Electoral Commission (EC) in the area, barring them from conducting the District Assembly Elections there....
My Encounter With A Bully of A Prophet Part 2
You recall me telling you about my trotro experience with a prophet whose loud voice, crude mannerisms and terrifying delivery of the gospel of Christ virtually barred me from making or receiving...
Telling the Volta Region Story Through Images
The Volta region has been described as one of the well-endowed regions with a cross section of all the natural resources in Ghana due to its geographical location. However, there is inadequate...
Insuring Agriculture In Ghana Is Very Risky
The Managing Director of NSIA Insurance, Mabel Nana Nyarkoa Porbley, has revealed that the hazy nature of the agriculture sector has made it unattractive for insurance entities to partner. According...
Teacher Invokes Curses On GES Over Salary Delay
Management of the Kintampo Directorate of the Ghana Education Service are living in a state of fear after a teacher, Clement Domayele of Kunsu D/A JHS in Kintampo of the Brong Ahafo Region, invoked...
Akufo-Addo Must Speak Against Rachael Appoh’s Attack At Flagstaff House – Pelpuo
The Member of Parliament for Wa Central in the Upper West Region, Rashid Pelpuo has asked President Akufo-Addo to condemn and publicly name persons purported to have assaulted the former Member of...
Ambulance Service Appeals To Churhes, Corporate Institutions For Vehicles
The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the National Ambulance Service Simon Yusif Kewura is appealing to the Akufo-Addo’s government, individuals, churches and corporate institutions to assist the...