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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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Man Killed Over Land Dispute
Posted on | CommentA 67-year-old man, Kofi Minta, has been murdered at Nyerede Agavenya a suburb of the New Juaben Municipality of the Eastern Region over a land dispute which final Judgement is expected to be delivered next week. The decomposing body of … Read more →
Nigeria Police Arrest Traditional Priest After Laying Curse
Posted on | CommentA 94-year-old traditional priest has been arrested in Nigeria after cursing the alleged perpetrators of a recent spate of violence. Anazo Ilomuanya was hired by a group of youths attempting to end killings affecting Ozubulu town, in the south-east of … Read more →
Education Minister Receives ‘Change-Makers’ Award
Posted on | CommentThe Minister of Education, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has been awarded the 2018 Change-Maker Award (Quality Education Category) at the 62nd International Council on Education for Teaching (ICET) World Assembly, which took place at Texas A&M International University’s College of … Read more →
Duffour sues BoG over uniBank license revocation
Posted on | CommentDr Kwabena Duffour, a shareholder of the defunct uniBank Ghana Limited, has initiated a fight to reclaim uniBank, which the Bank of Ghana (BoG) on August 1, 2018, collapsed along with four other banks on grounds of insolvency. The Bank of … Read more →
Mobile money operator killed by armed robbers
Posted on | CommentA 39-year-old mobile money operator, Promise Dayi, has been shot dead by suspected armed robbers at Asylum Down in Accra. The incident occurred last Monday, at around 8 p.m., opposite the Iran Clinic where Dayi had been transacting his business for … Read more →
First teacher licensure exams in Sept
Posted on | CommentIt is now official that the first-ever teacher licensure examination will take place in the colleges of education throughout the country from September 10 to 12, 2018. The only colleges of education that will be exempted from serving as venues for … Read more →
Expand tax net to cover all religious bodies
Posted on | CommentTwo clergymen have challenged the government to, if it desires to go ahead with its plan to tax churches, expand the net to cover all religious bodies and not only churches. They said the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) should not focus only on … Read more →
Multimillionaire killed in plane crash leaves £41m to Oxfam
Posted on | CommentA multi-millionaire businessman killed alongside his family in a seaplane crash has left a reported £41m of his fortune to Oxfam. Richard Cousins, former chief executive of international catering giant Compass, donated the money following an amendment to his will made … Read more →
NADMO issues flood alert ahead of Bagre dam spillage
Posted on | CommentThe National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), has warned residents living around the Black and White Volta rivers to prepare for the opening of the Bagre dam. As a result, the organization said it has intensified its awareness creation to avert … Read more →
Motorway expansion: Highway Authority announces road diversions
Posted on | CommentThe Ghana Highways Authority has announced that effective Sunday August 26, 2018, it will divert a number of routes on the Accra-Tema Motorway roundabout. This, according to the Authority, is to prevent heavy vehicular traffic, as the construction of the … Read more →
Aayalolo gets shuttle service deal at KIA
Posted on | CommentThe Greater Accra Private Transport Executives (GAPTE), managers of the Quality Bus Service, popularly known as Aayalolo, has sealed a deal to undertake shuttle services at the newly opened terminal 3 of the Kotoka International Airport as well as other … Read more →
Asawase police abandon duty posts over fear of attacks
Posted on | CommentPolice officers stationed within various communities in the Asawase constituency in the Ashanti Region, have withdrawn their services. The officers are living in fear of attacks following the killing of seven zongo youth by police, which led to days of … Read more →
Gov’t Committed To Building Society Of Inclusion – Akufo-Addo
Posted on | CommentPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has reiterated the commitment of his government to pursuing goals and policies that ensure the inclusion of all segments of Ghanaians, irrespective of where they live. According to President Akufo-Addo, he sought the Presidency in … Read more →
Africa’s energy consumption set to rise – Report
Posted on | CommentHigher economic growth in Africa in the coming years would lead to an inevitable increase in energy consumption on the continent, according to the recent International Energy Outlook 2018 (IEO2018) by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). The Outlook had … Read more →
Pastor held over sexual abuse acquitted in absentia
Posted on | CommentAn Accra Circuit Court has acquitted and discharged Pastor Blessing Owusu Ansah, who was held for sexually assaulting a 12-year old girl at Gbawe. Delivering the judgement, the court presided over by Mrs Abena Oppong Adjin Doku, also rescinded a … Read more →
Ghana begins tapping its own natural gas
Posted on | CommentOffshore Cape Three Points (OCTP) has started delivery of gas from the Sankofa field to the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), a commodity group has announced. The Vitol Group, a global energy and commodity trading company in a statement released on Monday said … Read more →
Physician Assistants give gov’t three weeks ultimatum
Posted on | CommentThe Ghana Physician Assistants Association has given the government three weeks to resolve all outstanding issues relating to members’ salary discrepancies and conditions of service. According to the association, failure by the government to resolve the issues raised by September … Read more →
6 banks jostle for GETFund’s GH¢2.3bn loan
Posted on | CommentOne consortium and five investment and universal banks have been shortlisted as likely arrangers of a GH¢2.3 billion loan for the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund). The six banks are looking for an opportunity to raise the total amount or … Read more →
400 Homosexuals Register For Counselling
Posted on | CommentFour hundred homosexuals have registered with the National Coalition for Proper Human Sexual Rights and Family (NCPHSRFV) to undergo voluntary counselling and reformation. Making this known at the first regional media consultative forum in Cape Coast for religious and traditional … Read more →
Omanhene approves government’s effort to resolve chieftaincy dispute
Posted on | CommentOsiadeyo Dr Frimpong Manso IV, the Omanhene of Akyem Kotoku Traditional Area has commended the government for efforts to help resolve the long-standing chieftaincy dispute over the Akyem Kotoku paramountcy. Speaking at the ‘Akwasidae’ celebration at Akim Oda at the … Read more →
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