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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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Flight Scare As Helicopter With Gold Lands At Maize Farm
Posted on | CommentThere was a flight scare at Yanowa near Asamankese in the Eastern region after a helicopter transporting gold from the Bibiani Chirano gold mines to Accra developed a mechanical fault and forced landed at a maize farm at Kumikrom. No … Read more →
Kenya Slum Demolished To Make Way For Road
Posted on | CommentThe homes of about 30,000 people have been demolished in a Kenyan slum to make way for a new $20m (£15m) dual carriageway in the capital Nairobi. The residents, living in part of the city’s largest slum, Kibera, were given … Read more →
Ghartey — Christians must not condone corrupt practices
Posted on | CommentThe Minister of Railways Development, Mr. Joe Ghartey, has admonished Christians never to condone corrupt practices as many people look up to them as role models in all societies. He said corruption in Ghana was an indication of how the … Read more →
Women Caucus in Parliament condemns cop for beating woman
Posted on | CommentThe Women Caucus in Parliament has condemned the attack of a police officer on a woman at the Midland Savings and Loans in a video that has gone viral and called for swift action against the police officer and the … Read more →
Akufo-Addo Ends Northern Region Tour
Posted on | CommentPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Monday, 23rd July 2018, ended his 3-day tour of the Northern Region, with visits to Tamale, Buipe, and Damongo. As part of activities climaxing the President visit the Northern Region, he visited the newly refurbished … Read more →
Akufo-Addo Directs EC To Hold Referendum on New Regions
Posted on | CommentPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has directed the Electoral Commission (EC) to organize a referendum this year for the creation of proposed six new regions. The President announced this at the weekend at Nalerigu during a durbar of chiefs and … Read more →
Teacher jailed for stealing from bank
Posted on | CommentA teacher who falsified the signature of St. Luke Catholic Hospital at Apam and unlawfully withdrew GH¢14,500 from its account at Gomoa Community Bank has been jailed one-year with hard labor by a Circuit Court in Cape Coast. Prince Kofi … Read more →
We’ll help fight cancer head-on – Board assures
Posted on | CommentThe newly inaugurated Ghana Cancer Board has pledged to collaborate with all stakeholders (Civil Society Organizations, Non-Governmental Organizations, cooperate bodies, the private sector, cancer survivors, researchers, and individuals) to drive down the cancer statistics, countrywide. A press statement issued in … Read more →
Woman jailed 5-yrs for offering to buy 14-year-old for GH¢100
Posted on | CommentAfua Adoko, a fishmonger who was involved in selling a 14-year old boy for a fee of GH¢100 has been sentenced to five years in prison by an Accra Circuit Court. This was after the court presided over by Mrs. … Read more →
Nana Addo to clergy – I need more prayers
Posted on | CommentPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo has acknowledged the enormous efforts of the clergy in nation building and asked them to do more. He stated that the spiritual intervention of religious leaders in nation-building could not be underestimated. According to … Read more →
Somali Father Defends FGM After Daughter, 10, Dies
Posted on | CommentThe father of a 10-year-old girl who died after undergoing female genital mutilation (FGM) in Somalia has defended the practice. Dahir Nur’s daughter died of blood loss on 17 July, two days after being taken to a traditional circumciser. But he … Read more →
IMANI – Free SHS Double Tracking System Needless
Posted on | CommentPolicy think tank, IMANI Africa, has described as needless government’s decision to introduce double tracking system in Senior High Schools to accommodate the surge in students’ population following the introduction of free SHS last year. A total of 362,118 first-year … Read more →
Akufo-Addo to inaugurate one district factory at Asutsuare Junction Aug 7
Posted on | CommentPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is to inaugurate the first completed factory under the One district, One factory (IDIF) initiative at the Asutuare Junction off the Akosomobo Road on Tuesday, August 7, 2018. The soya milk factory was solely funded … Read more →
Somalia’s Al-Shabab Carries Out Attack On Military Base
Posted on | CommentMilitant Islamists have stormed a military base in southern Somalia after detonating a suicide car bomb. Al-Shabab says its fighters killed 27 soldiers in the raid, about 50km (31 miles) from the port city of Kismayo. A government spokesman confirmed … Read more →
20-Year-Old Jailed 10 Years For Robbery, Assault
Posted on | CommentA Kumasi Circuit Court presided over by Justice Lydia Osei- Marfo has jailed a 20-year-old man for ten years after the court found him guilty of robbing a woman on her way to church in Kumasi. Jericho Asomari Kofi Amponsah … Read more →
Opuni’s lawyers accuse Cocoa Research Institute boss of deceit
Posted on | CommentLawyers for former Chief Executive Officer of COCOBOD, Dr. Stephen Opuni, have accused the Executive Director of the Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana(CRIG) Dr. Franklin Amoah of deceit. According to the lawyers, Dr. Amoah, who is also a prosecution witness … Read more →
Fishermen Council threatens lawsuit over impending fishing ban
Posted on | CommentThe Ghana National Canoe Fishermen Council has threatened to sue the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development over plans to ban fishing activities for the whole of August 2018. The Association insists the ban should be postponed to next year … Read more →
Nana Addo – Dual Intake System for SHS to starts in September
Posted on | CommentPresident Nana Akufo-Addo has confirmed that from September 2018, his government will implement the Dual Intake System for new entrants into the country’s public Senior High Schools. This new system is expected to reduce class sizes and increase contact hours. … Read more →
Angry customers mass up at Midland to withdraw savings
Posted on | CommentSeveral customers of Midland Savings and Loans Company thronged the company’s East Legon branch in Accra on Monday to withdraw their savings, following a widely publicized assault on a customer by a police officer. The company has been widely condemned … Read more →
Bank of Ghana – 15 banks set to meet GH¢400m minimum capital
Posted on | CommentFifteen banks are to meet the new minimum capital requirement by December this year. This is the information available to Citi Business News from the Bank of Ghana. This means that at least nineteen (19) banks will have to resort … Read more →
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