Petition Over GHC5m Land Fraud At SSNIT
The Convener for Movement for Truth and Accountability, Joseph Bediako, has announced his resolve to petition the Presidency over what he says are some ‘dubious’ land deal, Social Security and...
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Syrian People Do Not Want Assad In Power
The United States believes the Syrian people do not want President Bashar al-Assad to remain in power and does not accept that he could stand in elections, Ambassador Nikki Haley said Monday. Haley...
Trump Hosts Sisi In Landmark Visit, Praises ‘fantastic Job’ In Egypt
President Donald Trump put human rights controversies aside to warmly welcome Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to the White House Monday, the first such visit from an Egyptian president in almost a decade....
Trump Backs Sisi As He Seeks To ‘reboot’ US-Egypt Ties
Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi is visiting the White House for the first time since he led the military's overthrow of his predecessor in 2013. US President Donald Trump said he was "very...
S&P Cuts South Africa’s Credit Rating To ‘junk’
Credit rating agency Standard and Poor's downgraded South Africa's rating to junk status on Monday, as the country's currency continued to slide following a controversial cabinet shuffle. "The...
Charlotte Osei Shortlisted For Chatham House Prize
Chairperson of Ghana’s Electoral Commission, Charlotte Osei has been shortlisted for the prestigious Chatham House Prize for 2017. Awarded by the Royal Institute of International Affairs of the...
Krobo Adusei Denies Printing New Cedi Notes
The Executive Chairman, Safebond Africa Limited (SAL), Yaw Krobo Edusei, has strongly denied winning a juicy contract under the Kufuor government in 2007 to print the new currency, which have become...
EC Boss Shortlisted For Chatham House Prize Award
The chairperson of Ghana’s Electoral Commission Charlotte Osei has been shortlisted for the Chatham House Prize award in the United Kingdom. The EC boss was nominated by the award committee for her...
FWSC Has No Hand In CEOs’ Salary Determination
The Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) says it has no hand in the determination of the salaries of the chief executives of para-statal institutions. A statement issued by the FWSC on Sunday...
The Death of President Mills
President Mills' brother is baring his soul about his brother's death. I am sad. Maybe, if President Mills was with us, he would say "Arthur, dzi wo fie asem". Therefore, I want to thread carefully....
St Petersburg Metro Explosions Kill Ten
At least 10 people have been killed in explosions at underground stations in St Petersburg. News agencies reported the blasts hit the Sennaya Ploschad and nearby Tekhnologichesky Institut stations in...
NPP’s Invincible Forces Allegedly Lock Up NHIS Office
About 20 heavy built men believed to be members of the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Invincible Forces, have reportedly besieged the offices of the Eastern Regional National Health Insurance Scheme,...
Slain Student’s Parents Urge Pope To Raise Case With Egypt
The parents of Giulio Regeni, the Cambridge University student tortured to death in Egypt last year, appealed Monday to Pope Francis to raise their son's unexplained killing when he visits Cairo this...
Finance Ministry To Run Economy With GHc64.116 Bn
Parliament last Friday passed the Appropriation Bill, 2017, which has given the Minister of Finance the authority to withdraw money not exceeding GH¢64,116,793,031 from the Consolidated Fund and...
Gov’t GHc2m Support To MUSIGA Was ‘a Curse’
Mr Bice Osei-Kuffour aka Obour, President of the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA), has revealed that the GH¢2 million the then National Democratic Congress government allocated to musicians has...
UK To Send Military Trainers To Jordan To Help Fight IS
The prime minister says allies must come together to combat the threat posed by IS Britain will send military trainers to Jordan to help the country's air force in the fight against so-called Islamic...
Cybercrime Among Ghana’s Top Security Threats – Kan Dapaah
The National Security minister, Kan Dapaah says Cybercrime is among the top three security threats the country is grappling with. He said the increasing development trends in Information and...
Cybercrime Among Ghana’s Top Security Threats – Kan Dapaah
The National Security minister Ken Dapaah says Cybercrime is among the top three security threats the country is grappling with. He said the increasing development trends in Information and...
Trump’s Executive Order On Climate Change A Great Injustice To the Earth – Africa CSO
President Trump’s Executive Order on Climate Change will have far reaching impacts on many developing countries, especially in Africa, that are already bearing the brunt of the negative impacts of...
Rand Falls Further As Concern Mounts
Worries over the health of South Africa's economy continued on Monday, as comments by the new finance minister failed to stem a fall in the rand. The value of currency fell 1.5% to a two-month low,...