Prez Drops Names of 212 MMDCEs
THE President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, yesterday named 212 persons to fill the vacant positions of Chief Executives in the various metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (MMDCEs)...
Day: April 27, 2017
Liberia Tests Mystery Disease Swabs
Health ministry spokesperson Sorbor George said that efforts to resuscitate those who died unfortunately failed, the BBC’s Jonathan Paye-Layleh reports. Mr George added that five others, showing...
Trump Backs Down On Border Wall Funding
Donald Trump has indicated he will scrap plans to find cash for his border wall in this week’s spending bill. The president’s close adviser, Kellyanne Conway, said funding for the wall would be...
Uber Plans To Test On-Demand Flying Cars Network By 2020
Uber has unveiled plans to partner with plane manufacturers to develop and test a network of flying cars by 2020. The ride-sharing company said it will run trials in the US city of Dallas and Dubai...
MMIP For Miners To Cost US$10m
GOVERNMENT’s five-year Multilateral Mining Integrated Project (MMIP), an alternative livelihood programme for illegal gold miners, is expected to cost US$10 million. The programme is also underway,...
Four Ghanaian MPs Banned From Travelling To UK
The United Kingdom (UK) High Commission in Ghana has placed a 10-year travelling ban on three sitting lawmakers and a former MP. According to the High Commission, the MPs used their diplomatic...
Man, 71, Jailed 6 Years For Pouring Acid On Son, Granddaughter
The Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a 71-year-old man to six years imprisonment for pouring acid on his son and his eight-year-old granddaughter. The convict, Michael Kwame Martins, pleaded guilty...
Ban On Noise Making To Begin May 8
The Ga Traditional Council has served notice that it will deal drastically with any individual or group of persons who will flout its directive on the ban on drumming and noise making this year. The...
4 MPs In Visa Fraud Banned 10 Yrs From Entering UK
THREE sitting Members of Parliament (MPs) and a former MP have been cited by the British authorities for allegedly perpetrating visa fraud using their diplomatic passports. The MPs are said to have...
Trailer Truck Crushes Mate At Tema
A trailer truck driver has run over his mate killing him instantly near the Tema Technical School in Tema. The mate who had gone to wash the vehicle at a nearby washing bay took a nap under the truck...
Two Arrested For Circulating Nude Photos of SHS Graduate
The Somanya District Police Command have arrested two persons for circulating nude pictures of a 20 years former student of Yilo Krobo Secondary School. Prince Teye who was a boy friend of the 20...
God Will Help Us Rebuild — Nduom As He Opens 2 GN Bank Branches In C/R
President and Chairman of Groupe Nduom (GN), Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, has stated that asmuch as it is painful to see what he has toiled for burn to ashes, he was hopeful God will help him rebuild what...
Accra Generates 3,000 Metric Tonnes of Waste In A Day
Director of Waste Management at the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), Anthony Mensah, speaking on Eezy FM’s Morning Edition in Accra disclosed that the city of Accra generates 3,000 metric tonnes...
Abedi Pele Rules Out GFA Presidency
Ghanaian football legend, Abedi Ayew Pele, has ruled out the possibility of succeeding current Ghana Football Association (GFA) President, Mr. Kwesi Nyantakyi, when his tenure expires in 2019. Mr....
Builsa North: NPP Youth Vandalize Party Office Over DCE Appointment
Some angry youth of the Builsa North constituency have vandalized the party office over the appointment of Mr. David Afoko as District Chief Executive nominee. The constituency Youth organizer, Mr....
Iraq Forces Retake Town of Hatra Southwest of Mosul
Iraqi forces on Thursday retook the town of Hatra, southwest of Mosul, on the third day of an operation that saw them wrest back a nearby UNESCO-listed ancient city, a statement said. Hashed...
Kufuor Appointed Senior Grand Warden of UK Freemason Group
Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has been appointed a Senior Grand Warden of the United Grand Lodge of England (UGLE). He was on Wednesday appointed by the United Grand Lodge of England Grand...
Israeli Missiles Hit Near Damascus Airport
A huge blast which struck near Damascus airport early on Thursday was caused by Israeli missiles hitting a "military position", Syria's state SANA news agency reported. "A military position southwest...
34 Women Make President’s List of 212 DCE Nominees
Only 34 women representing about 16 percent made it to list of 212 District Chief Executive (DCE) nominees by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. The Ministry of Local Government and Rural...
Thai Red Bull Heir Threatened With Arrest After Latest No-Show
Thai prosecutors vowed Thursday to seek the first arrest warrant for the heir to the Red Bull fortune after he dodged the latest summons to hear charges over a 2012 hit-and-run in his Ferrari that...