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Ken Ofori-Atta’s US immigration case adjourned to April 27
Posted on with No CommentThe hearing of the case involving former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has been adjourned to April 27, 2026. Mr Ofori-Atta appeared before a United States immigration court in Virginia on Tuesday, January 20, 2026, as proceedings continue over his immigration … Read more →
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We need 2,000 workers to deliver effectively – EPA
Posted on | CommentThe Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has revealed that shortfall in staff strength is hampering effective delivery of its functions. The EPA, which currently has about 200 staff, needs an additional 1,800 nationwide to effectively do its work. Public Relations Manager … Read more →
Nigeria’s population hits 201 million
Posted on | CommentThe United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) says Nigeria’s population has hit a new all time high of 201 million! In its 2019 state of the world population report, UNFPA said Nigeria’s growth rate has been at an average of 2.6 … Read more →
Zimbabwe schools now accept goats for tuition fees
Posted on | CommentParents in Zimbabwe who cannot afford school fees can offer livestock such as goats or sheep as payment, a government minister has said. The country’s education minister Lazarus Dokora told the pro-government Sunday Mail newspaper that schools will have to show flexibility … Read more →
Between 2013 to 2016: $95m spent without drilling a single oil well – Deputy Minister
Posted on | CommentThe Energy Ministry says none of the 13 petroleum contracts signed between 2013 and 2016 for oil exploration was operationalized. The Ministry says the said companies which were contracted by the former government to drill 14 wells spent only $95 … Read more →
Takoradi kidnapper gets 18 months for jail break
Posted on | CommentThe Takoradi Market Circle Court presided over by Judge Michael Ampadu has sentenced the alleged Takoradi girls kidnapper, Samuel-Udoetuk-Wills to 18 months imprisonment. The sentence was with regards to his jailbreak in December 2018. The suspect was jailed based on … Read more →
$300m for One District, One Factory
Posted on | Comment-To procure machinery and equipment from USA Government’s flagship industrial programme, the ‘One District, One Factory’ (1D1F) initiative has received a major boost following the signing of a $300 million co-operative agreement between the Ghana Export-Import Bank (GEXIM) and the … Read more →
Takoradi baby thief gets 5 years jail term
Posted on | CommentThe Gender court in Sekondi in the Western region has sentenced a convicted baby thief to five years in prison with hard labour. Rose Mawusi Fiaku, 42, was found guilty of stealing one-year-old Francis Mawusi Ahiabenu at the Takoradi Market … Read more →
“We are going to sue Daily Guide over false reportage” – Families of kidnapped Taadi Girls
Posted on | CommentThe families of the three kidnapped girls from Takoradi intend to sue Accra-based Daily Guide Newspaper over its report that the girls had been rescued. The Police Service dismissed the Daily Guide’s report saying it “cannot be confirmed by the … Read more →
Since 2014: Tullow Oil to approve first dividend payment today
Posted on | CommentThe Chief Executive Officer of Tullow Oil PLC, Paul McDade has disclosed that the board of the company will today ask shareholders to approve the Group’s first dividend payment since 2014. In a statement issued in advance of the Group’s … Read more →
First medical drone centre opens in Ghana
Posted on | CommentThe Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, yesterday inaugurated the first centre from where blood and other essential medicines and vaccines will be distributed by unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) to hospitals and other healthcare facilities. The opening of the first Zipline distribution … Read more →
UK ranks below Ghana, Jamaica for Press Freedom – New Global Study
Posted on | CommentThe UK remains one of the worst counties in western Europe for freedom of the press, according to the latest report by Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Ranked 33rd in the list of 180 countries, Britain was placed behind Jamaica, … Read more →
Govt seeks $714.7m funding for 4 water projects
Posted on | CommentGovernment has agreed to seek $714.7 million ($714,735,732) before the end of 2019 to undertake four water projects to improve the water supply situation across the country. Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Cecilia Abena Dapaah, who announced this, indicated … Read more →
NSS releases 85,669 PIN codes for prospective service personnel
Posted on | CommentEighty-five thousand, six hundred and sixty-nine Personal Identification Number (PIN) codes have been released for prospective National Service personnel. … Read more →
Roads Ministry pushes for increase in road tolls
Posted on | CommentThe Ministry of Roads and Highways has sent a proposal to Cabinet for an increment in road tolls to help boost revenue for the road fund. According to the Sector Minister, Mr Kweku Amoako Attah, the increment was needed to help improve the … Read more →
False news: Kidnapped Taadi girls not rescued – Ghana Police
Posted on | CommentThe Ghana Police Service says reports that the three missing Takoradi girls have been rescued is false. In a post on social media on Wednesday, the Police said a newspaper report in the Daily Guide edition of Wednesday, April 24, … Read more →
Mass burial on Sri Lanka’s day of mourning
Posted on | CommentThe first mass funeral has begun in Sri Lanka as the country marks a day of mourning for the victims of Sunday’s bomb blasts. The death toll of the attacks on churches and hotels has increased to 310, police said … Read more →
Don’t marry men without toilets – Minister tells Women
Posted on | CommentMinister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Cecilia Abena Dapaah, has urged Ghanaian women not to marry men who have no toilet facilities in their homes. The Minister made the call on Tuesday, April 23, 2019 while addressing journalists at the Ministry … Read more →
We are disappointed in Police – Families of kidnapped Taadi Girls
Posted on | CommentThe families of the three kidnapped girls in the Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis in the Western Region have expressed displeasure about the lack of information from the police concerning investigations on the abducted girls. They have also expressed disappointment and dissatisfaction at … Read more →
Akyem Tafo Hospital becomes first to receive Zipline drone delivery
Posted on | CommentThe New Tafo Government Hospital in the Eastern Region has become the first hospital in the country to receive emergency medical supplies from Zipline’s drone delivery network. The test flights of the medical supplies to the hospital was done ahead … Read more →
Government disburses GH¢53m to SHSs
Posted on | CommentThe government has disbursed GH¢52.6 million to senior high schools (SHSs) and technical institutions for academic interventions, the Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Professor Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa, has announced. The intervention covers activities such as extra classes organised by … Read more →
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