We Can’t Dig Dams In Rainy Season
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has ruled out any expectations that the irrigation dams promised all villages in northern Ghana by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) before it recaptured power in 2016...
Day: June 10, 2017
Massive Transfers Hit YEA After Payroll Fraud
The Youth Employment Agency has transferred some members of staff to various regions. A statement from YEA explained that the transfer was part of an “ongoing restructuring exercise to reposition...
Iraq Paramilitaries Make Fresh Progress West of Mosul
Iraq's paramilitary Hashed al-Shaabi forces said Saturday that they had retaken all areas west of Mosul from the Islamic State group except the town of Tal Afar. The umbrella organisation, which is...
Ghanaians Urge To Develop Strong Taste For Cocoa Products
Mr. Joseph Boahene-Aidoo, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Cocobod, has encouraged Ghanaians to develop a strong taste for cocoa products. He indicated that there were both health and economic...
Ghana Cocoa Board Debt Reaches $2.2 Billion As Prices Slump
Ghana’s cocoa regulator said it is 10 billion cedis ($2.2 billion) in debt after the nation missed its production target in the previous season and as a slump in prices is weighing on revenues from...
We’ll Still Continue Our Queries – NDC MPs
The minority in parliament says it is still pursuing the controversial 2.25 billion dollar bond issue by the Akufo-Addo government to prove that the bond was not issued in the right manner. It said...
Baako Fingers ‘big Fish’ At Forestry Commission
Editor in chief of the New Crusading Guide is accusing “a big fish” at the Forestry Commission of selling Ghana’s green forest reserves to Chinese galamsey miners. Malik Kweku Baako Jnr will...
Iran Opposes Iraqi Kurdish Independence Vote
Iran voiced its opposition on Saturday to an announcement by Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region that it will organise a vote on independence later this year. "Iran's principal position is to support...
Seven More Suspects Remanded In Major Mahama Murder Case
The late Captain Maxwell Mahama was laid to rest on Friday, June 9 An Accra Central District Court on Friday remanded seven more suspects into police custody in the killing of Major Maxwell Adam...
Police Officer Dead In DR Congo Court Attack
A police officer was killed in an attack on a court compound in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a judicial source said Saturday, weeks after a mass jailbreak from Kinshasa's main prison. A...
Baby Nearly Killed By Armed Robbers Over GHC15.00
The robbers threatened to kill the baby if the parents didn't pay what they were demanding A one-month-old baby was nearly divided into two by armed robbers who were demanding money from his parents....
Syria Army Says It Holds Fifth of Key Desert Territory
Syrian pro-government forces now hold more than a fifth of the country's strategic desert, the army said Saturday, after reaching the eastern border with Iraq for the first time since 2015. The...
Nana Addo Won’t Disappoint Ghanaians – Bawumia
Vice President, Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia, has said President Akufo Addo will not disappoint Ghanaians for voting massively for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), in the 2016 election. Speaking at the...
Finance Minister, GRA To Meet Parliament Over VAT Law
The leadership of Parliament is expected to seek further clarifications from officials of the Ghana Revenue Authority(GRA) and the Finance Minister over the implementation of the Value Added...
No Excuses In Prosecution of Maj. Mahama’s ‘killers’ – Haruna Warns
Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, has served notice his side will accept no excuses in the prosecution of the suspected killers of Major Maxwell Mahama. Speaking to Citi News, he said this case will...
Afghan Policemen Killed In US ‘friendly Fire’ Air Strike
A US air strike killed at least two Afghan policemen and wounded four others in Helmand, officials said Saturday, in apparently the first "friendly fire" incident since American Marines returned to...
Top Forestry Official Selling Forests To Chinese Miners – Baako
The editor of the New Crusading Guide, Abdul-Malik Kweku Baako, has disclosed that there is a “big man” at the Forestry Commission selling Ghana’s forest reserves and concessions to Chinese and...
No Excuses In Prosecution of Maj. Mahama’s ‘killers’
Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, has served notice his side will accept no excuses in the prosecution of the suspected killers of Major Maxwell Mahama. Speaking to Citi News, he said this case will...
I Disagree With Rawlings But Can’t Talk About Him
A former Member of Parliament for the Nanton Constituency, Ibrahim Mohammed Murtala, has expressed concerns about the rampant tirades of former President Jerry John Rawlings against corruption,...
Nana Addo Won’t Disappoint Ghanaians
Vice President, Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia, has said President Akufo Addo will not disappoint Ghanaians for voting massively for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), in the 2016 election. Speaking at the...