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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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TTH Doctors, Nurses, & Midwives Call Off Strike
Posted on | CommentHealth officials at the Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH) including Doctors, lab technicians, nurses and midwives have called off their strike. The Health officials on Tuesday, August 14, laid down their tools following the invasion of the facility by a vigilante … Read more →
Mali’s President Wins Second Term
Posted on | CommentMali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has won Sunday’s heavily disputed run-off election with 67.17% of the vote, official results show. Opposition candidate Soumaila Cisse, who won 32.83% of the vote, said on Monday that he would reject the result as … Read more →
2 Busted For Drug Trafficking At Aviance Cargo Village
Posted on | CommentThe Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) has arrested two persons for trafficking narcotics at the Aviance Cargo Village at the Kotoka International Airport. The suspect Albert Adoquaye Acquaye, driver was arrested by operatives of NACOB after the KIA Frontier Truck with … Read more →
Amoabeng breaks silence a year after collapse of UT Bank
Posted on | CommentPrince Kofi Amoabeng has broken his silence on the collapse of UT Bank and said he was quiet and refrained from commenting on the developments for a number of reasons including the fact that the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) … Read more →
Gov’t to earn US$100m annually from E-Waste project
Posted on | CommentThe government is expected to rake in an annual revenue of US$100 million from the electronic waste project which involves the responsible collection and recycling of electronic waste. The project, which is in partnership with Societe General De Surveillance SA (SGS), … Read more →
Gov’t loans of GH¢150m collapsed Royal Bank – Shareholders
Posted on | CommentThe shareholders of the defunct Royal Bank have reacted to the collapse of the bank and said there was “absolutely no need for the Central Bank to have added Royal Bank to the Consolidated Bank. “All that the bank required … Read more →
Prime suspect in TTH CEO attack arrested
Posted on | CommentAlhaji Baba Alhassan, a prime suspect in last Monday’s attack on the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH), Dr David Zaawumya Akolbila has been arrested. Alhaji Baba Alhassan was picked up by the police at his hideout in Tamale on … Read more →
75% of Ghanaians will travel out if given the opportunity – Report
Posted on | Comment75% of Ghanaians say they will leave the country if they get the opportunity and had the means to. This was captured in a Pew Research Centre report that surveyed six out of 10 countries that contributed the most to … Read more →
BOG Approves Merger Of Sahel Sahara & OmniBanks
Posted on | CommentThe Bank of Ghana has approved the proposal by Sahel Sahara and Omni Bank to consolidate their operations into one entity to help meet the new minimum capital requirement of GHS400 million. The approval was communicated to the two banks … Read more →
J.H Mensah Honoured With State Burial on August 17
Posted on | CommentThe late Statesman and NPP Stalwart, Joseph Henry Mensah, who died on July 12, 2018, will be given a state burial on Friday, August 17, 2018 at the forecourt of the State House in Accra. Details of the funeral arrangements … Read more →
Zimbabwe’s President Opposes Election Challenge
Posted on | CommentZimbabwe’s ruling party, Zanu-PF has filed papers opposing the MDC Alliance’s challenge to the presidential election result, the state-run newspaper, the Herald, says. Official results show that President Emmerson Mnangagwa won 50.8% of the vote compared to opposition MDC Alliance … Read more →
USAID to partner Ghana on new food security strategy
Posted on | CommentThe United State Agency for International Development (USAID) says it will continue its strong partnership with government, the private sector and the civil society in the implementation of the new Global Food Security Strategy. Mr Steven Hendrix, the Acting Mission … Read more →
No Mobile Money Tax – Ministry of Finance
Posted on | CommentGovernment has not made a decision to impose additional taxes on mobile money transactions as suggested in the public domain, Mr Kwaku Agyemang Boateng, the Deputy Minister of Finance, said on Wednesday. He said even if government intends to impose … Read more →
4 suspects freed over attack on CEO of TTH
Posted on | CommentFour persons who were arrested by the police in connection with the attack on the Chief Executive Officer of the Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH), Dr David Zaawumya Akolbila, by the Kandahar Boys, a Tamale-based vigilante group said to be affiliated … Read more →
SHSs reopen September 8
Posted on | CommentThe management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced that the re-opening date for continuing students in senior high schools (SHSs) in the country will be September 8, 2018. “Management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) announces for the … Read more →
Gov’t Reverses Sale Of Vehicles To Soldiers
Posted on | CommentThe government has reversed the sale of government vehicles to some military service personnel who served in various capacities at the Presidency during the National Democratic Congress (NDC) regime. The service personnel were authorized to purchase the vehicles that belong … Read more →
Italy bridge collapse: State of emergency declared after disaster
Posted on | CommentItalian PM Giuseppe Conte has declared a 12-month state of emergency in the Liguria region in response to the motorway bridge collapse in Genoa. He also said he would make an initial €5m ($5.7m) available from central funds. The regional … Read more →
KNUST converts all halls into mixed; No more single-sex halls
Posted on | CommentAuthorities of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), have converted all traditional halls of the school into mixed halls. The halls include the all-female hall, Africa Hall. This means that, with effect from the 2018/19 academic year, … Read more →
Nigeria: US Embassy’s Consular Section closed down
Posted on | CommentThe United States (US) of America Embassy in Abuja has temporarily been closed for both visa and for American Citizen Services, according to the US government. The announcement was made on the website of the US Embassy in Nigeria. It also confirmed that Consular functions … Read more →
Physician Assistant remanded for allegedly raping student nurse
Posted on | CommentA 29-year old Physician Assistant at the Ankaful Psychiatric Hospital was on Tuesday remanded into Police custody by the Cape Coast Magistrate’s Court for allegedly raping a 20-year old student nurse who was doing her clinical at the hospital. The … Read more →
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