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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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Entrepreneur in court over two dud cheques
Posted on | CommentA 39-year-old entrepreneur has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court for issuing two dud cheques. Kelvin Kwaku Yeboah, charged with two counts of issuing false cheques, pleaded not guilty. The court presided over by Mrs Jane Harriet Akweley Quaye admitted … Read more →
UK Minister for Africa visits Ghana
Posted on | CommentMadam Harriett Baldwin, the United Kingdom Minister is on a working visit to Ghana. A statement issued by the British High Commission in Accra and copied to the Ghana News Agency said it was her first visit since her appointment … Read more →
SSNIT saves GH¢18.1m after deleting 8,366 ghost names from pension payroll
Posted on | CommentMeasures introduced by the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) in February 2018 to delete ghost names from the pension payroll have yielded positive results. The trust had, as of August 24, 2018, saved GH¢18.1 million following the deletion … Read more →
2 shot as robbers raid Yendi market and bolts with booty
Posted on | CommentTwo armed robbers attacked traders at the Yendi market on Tuesday, shot two people and bolted with a bag which contained an unspecified amount of money. The two armed robbers arrived in the market on a motorbike and attacked a forex … Read more →
Altice files opposition to T-Mobile and Sprint merger
Posted on | CommentThe $26 billion deal between the two U.S. wireless providers, announced in April, faces a review from the Justice Department and Federal Communications Commission. Altice said it was opposed to the merger and called for the FCC to put conditions … Read more →
‘Lead fight against human trafficking’ – Adwoa Safo to African MPs
Posted on | CommentThe Deputy Majority Leader in Parliament, Sarah Adwoa Safo, has admonished African Parliaments to lead the fight against human trafficking by enacting legislation to prevent and punish perpetrators engaged in the “illegality.” She has also called on all African countries … Read more →
Nigeria police arrests after ‘gay party’
Posted on | CommentPolice in Nigeria say they arrested 57 men over the weekend on suspicion of being gay as displays of same-sex affection are banned in the West African country. The police raided a hotel in the main commercial city of Lagos … Read more →
Two suicide cases recorded in five days at Agona Swedru
Posted on | CommentThe Agona Swedru Municipality in the Central Region have, within five days, recorded two suicided cases at separate locations. The deceased are Isaac Yankson, also known as Paa Kwesi, a 45-year old famer, and Richard Arhin, 41-year old driver, who … Read more →
Driver arrested for transporting Tramadol
Posted on | CommentThe Atebubu Police patrol team has arrested a Ssangyong mini-bus vehicle transporting 39 boxes of Tramadol on the Atebubu-Ejura highway in the Atebubu-Amanten Municipality of Brong-Ahafo Region. Chief Inspector Augustine Kingsley Oppong, the Regional Police Public Relations Officer told the … Read more →
Teachers stage demo in Kumasi against licensing exam
Posted on | CommentSome newly trained teachers from various Colleges of Education marched through the principal streets of the Ashanti Regional capital, Kumasi, to protest against the examination that seeks to license teachers. The protesters, calling themselves Friends from Colleges of Education, have … Read more →
Boy Drops Dead After Touching Electrified Coconut Tree
Posted on | CommentA 13-year-old boy dropped dead at Abirem in the Eastern region Monday after urinating beside a coconut tree which had been electrified by its owner, Mr. Nkansah. According to Joseph Kwasi Ofosu, a family friend to the deceased boy’s parents, … Read more →
UK To Invest £20m To Boost Job Creation, Infrastructure Dev’t
Posted on | CommentThe United Kingdom (UK) government has announced plans to invest 20 million pounds into the Ghanaian Economy with the aim of boosting government’s job creation efforts and infrastructure development through a programme dubbed “The Jobs and Economic Transformation Programme.” The … Read more →
Metro Mass takes delivery of 29 buses
Posted on | CommentMetro Mass Transit (MMT) Limited has taken delivery of 29, 47-seater buses to augment its fleet, with the view to improve on its services. The buses will be used on the Accra-Tamale, Accra-Bolga, Accra-Kumasi, Accra-Bawku, Takoradi-Kumasi, Kumasi-Wa, Kumasi-Bolga, Kumasi-Tamale and Kumasi-Hamile … Read more →
TMA to flush out floating drivers in Tema
Posted on | CommentThe Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA), is to flush out floating commercial vehicles as part of measures to ensure discipline on the major roads of the Metropolis. The Assembly is constituting a taskforce made up of representatives of the transport unions, … Read more →
Theresa May Pledges Africa Investment Boost After Brexit
Posted on | CommentTheresa May has announced plans to boost Britain’s investment in Africa after Brexit, during her first trip to the continent as prime minister. In a speech in Cape Town, she pledged £4bn in support for African economies, to create jobs … Read more →
Court withdraw Suspension Of Wa Poly Rector
Posted on | CommentThe Wa High Court has quashed the suspension of the Rector for Wa Polytechnic Professor Emmanuel Marfo-Owusu by the governing council of the Polytechnic. The Supervising High Court Judge Justice Kwasi Boakye who gave the ruling asked the Polytechnic to … Read more →
Teachers To Govt: ‘Pay Our Salary Arrears By October 31 Or Face Strike’
Posted on | CommentThe Coalition of Concerned Teachers (CCT) has given government a deadline of next month October 31 to ensure that the salary arrears owed over 42,000 teachers across the country are cleared or face industrial action. “This we will do even … Read more →
Consolidated Bank offloads 1,700 workers
Posted on | CommentAbout 1,700 employees of the newly established Consolidated Bank Ghana (CBG) Limited will lose their jobs by the end of September this year. Out of the number, 700 were mobile bankers of the erstwhile BEIGE Bank, while 1,000 were former … Read more →
Trader remanded for assaulting police officers
Posted on | CommentThe Agogo District Magistrate’s court has remanded a trader into police custody for allegedly assaulting four people, including law enforcement officers and resisting arrest. The plea of Eric Attah was not taken and will reappear before the court presided over … Read more →
Court fines mason over cocoa theft
Posted on | CommentThe Enchi District Magistrate court has fined a mason GH¢720.00 for stealing two bags of dried cocoa beans valued at GH¢950. Desmond Nsiah, who hails from Prestea in the Western Region, pleaded guilty to unlawful entry and stealing was convicted … Read more →
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