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Trump says King will be ‘very safe’ during US visit after security talks
Posted on with No CommentDonald Trump has said King Charles III will “be very safe” during his state visit to the US, which is due to begin later on Monday. Further security talks took place between the White House and Buckingham Palace after a … Read more →
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‘Bacterial infection killed tilapia at Fujian farm’
Posted on | CommentAn investigation conducted into the death of thousands of tilapia at the Fujian Fish Farm at Asutuare in the Shai Osudoku District in the Greater Accra Region at the behest of the Fisheries Commission has established that bacterial infection, coupled … Read more →
Court throws out Menzgold suit against SEC and BoG
Posted on | CommentThe Accra High Court has dismissed a suit filed by gold firm, Menzgold Ghana Limited against the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Bank of Ghana (BoG). The court, presided over by Mrs Justice Akua Amoah, threw out the … Read more →
Inflation ends 2018 at 9.4 per cent
Posted on | CommentThe year-on-year inflation rate ended December 2018 at 9.4 per cent, up 0.1 percentage point from the 9.3 per cent recorded in November 2018, the Ghana Statistical Service said on Wednesday. Mr David Kombat, the Acting Government Statistician, told a press … Read more →
Jeff Bezos: World’s richest man divorces wife
Posted on | CommentAmazon CEO Jeff Bezos and his wife, MacKenzie, are to divorce after a 25-year marriage. The pair announced the move in a joint statement on Wednesday on Twitter. “After a long period of loving exploration and trial separation, we … Read more →
Court issues bench warrant for arrest of all Menzgold Directors
Posted on | CommentAn Accra Circuit Court has issued an order for the immediate arrest of all Directors of Menzgold Ghana. The warrant to arrest which was signed and issued to the police this afternoon in respect of four main directors of Menzgold … Read more →
Top Rwandan model ‘murdered’
Posted on | CommentRwandan model and actress Alexia Mupende was killed on Tuesday evening at her father’s house. The 35-year-old showcased Rwanda’s clothing brands on the international scene. Preliminary reports suggest she died after being stabbed by a domestic worker, Rwanda’s private pro-government paper … Read more →
600 locked up stores spark tension at Acheamfour market
Posted on | CommentTension is mounting at Acheamfour Market in the Kumasi Metropolis as authorities lock up over 600 stores. The stores which belong to Acheamfour Group of Companies were given to traders by the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) after the demolition of … Read more →
Armed driver abandons car, escapes into the bush on seeing police
Posted on | CommentOfficers of the Western Regional Motor Traffic and Transport Department of the Ghana Police Service have intercepted an unregistered Toyota Rav4 vehicle with a pistol and ammunition on the Takoradi – Cape Coast highway, after its driver abandoned it and … Read more →
Ghanaian passport ranked 77th strongest globally
Posted on | CommentThe Ghanaian passport has been ranked 77th strongest in a world ranking of passports which was dominated by Asian countries. According to the ranking named the Henley Passport Index, holders of Ghanaian passports have visa-free access to 63 destinations. The ranking was … Read more →
Rahaf al-Qunun: Saudi woman ‘given refugee status’
Posted on | CommentA Saudi woman who fled her family and refused to leave a Bangkok hotel has been declared a legitimate refugee by the UN, the Australian government says. Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, 18, refused to board a flight from Bangkok to Kuwait … Read more →
British national, 16-year-old boy drown
Posted on | CommentA British National and a 16-year-old boy have both drowned in two separate incidents in the Eastern region. The expatriate, identified as Wayne, who was physically Challenged drowned in the Adawso shores of the Afram River Tuesday, January 8, 2019 … Read more →
Ghana exports food to Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire
Posted on | CommentFollowing the implementation of the Planting for Food and Jobs initiative, Ghana is now in a position to export foodstuffs to neighbouring Burkina Faso and Cote d’Ivoire, statistics from the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) have indicated. Ejura Market … Read more →
2 Robbers nabbed by Police
Posted on | CommentTwo persons, who allegedly attacked and robbed a banker in her house at Madina in Accra, have been arrested with the assistance of a tracking device on a mobile phone they stole among other items. At about 2 a.m on … Read more →
Menzgold Boss NAM 1 was arrested but absconded – Gabby Otchere-Darko
Posted on | CommentIt has emerged that owner and chief executive of embattled gold-dealership Menzgold Ghana Limited, Nana Appiah Mensah, was arrested but somehow managed to escape. Thousands of customers of the company who have had their investments with the firm locked up, … Read more →
¢362m Jospong contract cancelled
Posted on | CommentThe Government has cancelled a $74m contract awarded to the Jospong Group of Companies to supply waste bins, a contract JoyNews investigation found to have been highly inflated. The cancellation of the contract which translates to ¢362m follows JoyNews investigations in 2017 by … Read more →
Alkians Aid partners NHIS to provide free health insurance for Santa Maria residents
Posted on | CommentA budding Non-Governmental Organization [NGO], Alkians Aid, has partnered the National Health Insurance Scheme [NHIS], facilitators of the national health insurance intervention programme, to offer free Health Insurance registration to residents in and around Santa Maria in Accra. The free … Read more →
84 million Nigerians registered to vote in 2019 polls – INEC
Posted on | CommentThe elections body in Nigeria, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC; has disclosed that over 84 millions persons have registered to vote in upcoming polls. Officially Nigerians amounting to 84,004,084. ( Eighty Four Million, Four Thousand, and Eighty Four) have been … Read more →
Investigating Jammeh’s reign of terror: Gambia commission kicks off
Posted on | CommentThe Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) in Gambia started hearing testimonies from witnesses on Monday, as it set about investigating rights violations committed by the regime of Yahya Jammeh. Modelled on South Africa’s investigation into its apartheid era, the … Read more →
NGO Educates Kayayei
Posted on | CommentSome head porters popularly known as ‘Kayayei’ at the Mallam Atta Market in Accra on Sunday, December 6, 2018, benefitted from a hand-washing sensitisation campaign organised by Mandogue Foundation – a non-governmental organisation (NGO). The activity, which was under the … Read more →
Encroachers disrupt Accra-Tema rail service
Posted on | CommentThe planned reintroduction of passenger rail services between Accra and Tema and Accra and Nsawam today, January 8, 2019, has been put on hold. This is because of the persistent activities of encroachers and illegal occupants within the railway reservation. … Read more →
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