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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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Mass Ghana card registration begins in Adentan in November – NIA
Posted on | CommentMass issuance of the national identification cards also known as Ghana cards will begin at Adentan within the Greater Accra Region in November 2018, according to the National Identification Authority (NIA). Many have complained about the NIA’s delay with the … Read more →
NIA misses deadline again as only 80,000 cards issued so far
Posted on | CommentThe National Identification Authority (NIA) has failed to register the entire population in the Greater-Accra Region within the three to four months deadline it gave when the exercise was launched. The exercise, which began at Jubilee House on June 4, … Read more →
Canada legalises sale and use of cannabis
Posted on | CommentThe first recreational cannabis to be legally bought in Canada was purchased at midnight on Wednesday (02:30 GMT) on the eastern island of Newfoundland amid queues of hundreds of people. Canada has become the second country after Uruguay to legalise … Read more →
‘There is no God,’ says Stephen Hawking in final book
Posted on | CommentThere is no God — that’s the conclusion of the celebrated physicist Stephen Hawking, whose final book is published Tuesday. The book, which was completed by his family after his death, presents answers to the questions that Hawking said he … Read more →
Operation Vanguard arrests 17 illegal miners in Nzema East
Posted on | CommentSeventeen (17) suspected illegal miners have been arrested by the Operation Vanguard team in the Western Region. The arrest took place on Monday after the team in the Region conducted operations at Kukua Village in the Nzema East Municipality. Six … Read more →
3 Dead In Oboho Accident
Posted on | CommentThree persons have died after a Truck carrying lumber was involved in the fatal accident at Oboho, a community near Anum Apapam in the Eastern region. The bodies of the deceased persons have been deposited at the Suhum Government Hospital … Read more →
Abudus, Andanis Unite Against Ceding Chereponi To North East Region
Posted on | CommentThe Dagbon Traditional Council, on Tuesday, 16 October 2018, turned down a special request from the overlord and president of the Mamprugu traditional area, Naa Bohamagu Mahami Abdulai Sheriga, to allow Chereponi to be part of the proposed North East … Read more →
Prempeh College suspends 14 students for breaking bounds
Posted on | CommentPrempeh College in Kumasi has handed a two-week suspension to 14 students for leaving campus without authorization. The students were said to have sneaked out to town by scaling the school’s fence wall. School authorities said some of the culprits, … Read more →
2008 year group of Adisadel College set for Homecoming October 26
Posted on | CommentThe 2008 year group of Adisadel College (all-boys Senior High School) popularly known as Santa 08 is set for Homecoming from October 26 to 28 at the school’s campus in Cape Coast. The Homecoming is to mark the 10th anniversary … Read more →
Prez. Akufo-Addo commissions NABCO Recruits today
Posted on | CommentPresident Nana Akufo-Addo is expected to today, Wednesday, 17 October 2018 commission recruits for the Nation Builders Corps (NABCO) initiative. The programme seeks to employ 100,000 graduate youth in various sectors of the economy. The beneficiaries who went through successful … Read more →
6 Investors shortlisted to develop Tema Shipyard
Posted on | CommentSix strategic investor companies have been shortlisted to bid for the development of the Tema Shipyard and Drydock into a modern and world class facility. The Companies are Dormec Marine and Engineering, Ladol Freezone Enterprise, Secant Technologies, Submarine Holdings Limited, … Read more →
Drones to supply medicines for free soon – Vice President
Posted on | CommentVice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has stated that the New Patriotic Party government, under the leadership of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has done more in 20 months over feats that would have taken several years to accomplish. Addressing participants at … Read more →
Ghana urged to remove death penalty from its laws
Posted on | CommentMr Robert Akoto Amoafo, the Country Director of Amnesty International Ghana has disclosed that as at the end of 2017, there were about 160 prisoners on death row. He said they comprised 154 men and six women who remained locked … Read more →
UEW Student-Teachers Accuse Mgt., NSS Of Fraud
Posted on | CommentThere is disquiet between some student-teachers at the Kumasi campus of the University of Education, Winneba, and the authorities of the school as the teachers, who are on study leave, say their names have been spotted on the national service … Read more →
Morocco to begin construction of Africa’s tallest building
Posted on | CommentThe Bank of Africa skyscraper in Rabat, Morocco, will be the tallest building on the African continent, at 250-metres, when it opens in 2022. The mixed-use, 55-floor high-rise, which will be designed by Belgium-based architectural studio Besix, will include a luxury … Read more →
Ethiopia: Half of Prime Minister’s new cabinet are women
Posted on | CommentEthiopia’s reformist Prime Minister announced on Tuesday a new cabinet that is half female, in an unprecedented push for gender parity in Africa’s second-most-populous nation. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has marked his nearly seven months in office with a string … Read more →
Boko Haram kills second midwife in Nigeria
Posted on | CommentAn aid worker with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been killed in Nigeria by Islamist militants who kidnapped her last March. Hauwa Liman, a midwife, was killed days after kidnappers set a deadline. The ICRC said … Read more →
5 farmers injured in demo against Newmont
Posted on | CommentSome five farmers in the New Abirem District of the Eastern Region who were part of a demonstration against authorities of Newmont Akyem Mines, have sustained injuries after police fired rubber bullets and teargas to disperse them. Farmers in the … Read more →
Ghana to get first state gold refinery by 2019
Posted on | CommentGhana is set to reduce drastically the export of unprocessed gold with the setting up of its first national gold refinery by July 2019. Although Ghana is one of the top 10 gold producing countries in the world with estimated … Read more →
Boko Haram kills second aid worker in Nigeria
Posted on | CommentBoko Haram militants have killed a female aid worker held by the group since March, the Nigerian government has confirmed. In September, the jihadist group killed a midwife taken at the same time. The militants have also been holding a … Read more →
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