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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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GHS boss tours abandoned hospital projects, promises completion
Posted on | CommentDirector General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Anthony-Nsiah Asare says contractors will soon resume work to complete all abandoned health facilities in the Ashanti Region. Work has stalled for three years on six hospitals in the region. These are the … Read more →
Nigeria Overtakes India In Extreme Poverty Ranking
Posted on | CommentNigeria has overtaken India as the country with the largest number of people living in extreme poverty, with an estimated 87 million Nigerians, or around half of the country’s population, thought to be living on less than $1.90 a day. … Read more →
Aviation Minister – 17.5% tax cut increased domestic air travel
Posted on | CommentThe Aviation Minister, Cecilia Dapaah, has told parliamentarians that the removal of 17.5 percent VAT on domestic airfares has increased the number of passengers who board domestic flights by 9.64 percent. According to her, the numbers moved up from some … Read more →
Revealed: Most Expensive City For Expats
Posted on | CommentHong Kong is back in the top spot as the most expensive city to live in the world as an expat, according to research. The city of skyscrapers had dropped to second place last year behind Luanda, the capital of … Read more →
US Supreme Court upholds Trump’s travel ban
Posted on | CommentThe US Supreme Court has ruled in favour of the Trump administration’s travel ban targeting people from several Muslim-majority countries. Lower courts had deemed the ban unconstitutional, but the US top court has reversed this decision in a 5-4 ruling … Read more →
Creation of new regions: Report to be submitted today by Commission
Posted on | CommentThe Commission of Enquiry set up by President Akufo Addo to receive petitions for the creation of new regions in the country will submit its report today [Tuesday]. The Commission will present its report to President Akufo-Addo as the first … Read more →
Former Kayayo honored with Ashesi Presidential Award
Posted on | CommentWhile graduation day was special for each member of the class of 2018, for Teni Agana 18, it was a day of a breakthrough. The simplest things are sometimes our greatest motivators. In Teni’s case, it was a photo of … Read more →
US Relaxes ‘Zero Tolerance’ On Migrants
Posted on | CommentA US border security chief says he has temporarily stopped launching criminal prosecutions of migrants who illegally enter the country with children. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Kevin McAleenan told reporters in Texas the prosecution referrals were suspended last … Read more →
Vodafone CEO – “I’ve Never Met Kelni GVG Officials”
Posted on | CommentThe CEO of Vodafone Ghana Yolanda Cuba has revealed she has never met or had a meeting with any official of Kelni GVG, the entity carrying out the Common Platform. Six months after signing a contract with the Ghana Government … Read more →
Vanessa Limann – “My WASSCE Results Were Withheld Over Fees”
Posted on | CommentVanessa Limann, winner of Maiden Edition of President’s Pitch has revealed that her WASSCE results were withheld because she owed GHC1000 school fees. Narrating how she sailed through to become winner of the competition organised by the newly created Business … Read more →
Lagos: AHA Skills Acquisition Centre Opened by Peace Hyde
Posted on | CommentNamed as a powerful woman on the continent by CNN, Media Entrepreneur and Head of Digital Media and Partnership for Forbes Africa, Peace Hyde, has opened another branch of her innovative entrepreneurship development and skills acquisition Aim Higher Africa in … Read more →
Police Brutalities At Ofoase Leaves Man Paralysed
Posted on | CommentA twenty-eight-year-old man, Steven Kwame Nsia, has been left paralyzed after he was allegedly brutalized by Police and Military personnel at OFoase in the Atwima Nwabeagya district early this year. The security detail was deployed to the town when some … Read more →
Bawumia – Overpricing Of Projects Is Making To Ghana Lose Millions
Posted on | CommentThe Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has bemoaned the challenge of overpricing of projects in Ghana indicating that the practice has caused huge financial loses to the State. To that end, he has charged stakeholders and participants at a Value … Read more →
Come back of Ghana Airways in limbo; lizards and rodents take over office complex
Posted on | CommentGovernment’s dream to revive the defunct Ghana airways by December 2019 is in limbo as most of the prime routes have been offloaded to the South African Airways. The last aircraft of Ghana Airways, a 276 seater capacity plane purchased … Read more →
AirtelTigo’s New CEO Ng’ambi Takes Office
Posted on | CommentMs. Mitwa Kaemba Ng’ambi has assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer for AirtelTigo starting today, June 25th, 2018. On her first day at work, Ms. Ng’ambi addressed staff during a town hall meeting at the company’s headquarters. “Colleagues, I’m … Read more →
Bawumia – Hospital contracts in Ghana inflated by over 400%
Posted on | CommentContracts for the construction of hospitals in Ghana are often inflated by about four times the original price, Vice President, Dr. Mahamamudu Bawumia has disclosed. peaking at a Value for Money Conference in Accra today [Monday], Dr. Bawumia said the … Read more →
GNPC, GRA accused of ‘hijacking’ Ghana’s oil cash by PIAC
Posted on | CommentThe 2017 Annual Report published by the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC), has indicted two state institutions, the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), and the Ghana National Petroleum Commission (GNPC) for hijacking monies realized from Ghana’s oil sector. According to … Read more →
TOR closes down again over crude oil shortage
Posted on | CommentThe Tema Oil Refinery (TOR), has shut down again following a shortage of crude oil at the facility. The refinery, which has the capacity to refine about 45,000 barrels of crude oil a day, has been operating below capacity for … Read more →
Akufo-Addo – Government Will Support Young Entrepreneurs
Posted on | CommentPresident Akufo-Addo has assured young Ghanaian entrepreneurs that his administration will give full backing to the new and developing entrepreneurship trends in the country. Speaking during the turn of the Ministry of Business Development’s Presidential Pitch for Start-ups event, held … Read more →
Dagbon Andanis – Asantehene Accused Of Attempts To Impose Yaa Naa
Posted on | CommentThe Andani family has called for the immediate dissolution of the Committee mediating the Dagbon chieftaincy crisis as it accuses the Asantehene Otumfou Osei Tutu II, chairman of the committee, of conspiracy with the government to aid the Abudus to … Read more →
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