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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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Lands Commission boss relieved of post
Posted on | CommentThe Executive Secretary of the Lands Commission, Dr Wilfred Anim-Odame, has been relieved of his post. A statement from the Presidency said the “President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, is not in a position to renew … Read more →
Mobile Banking transactions jump by 320.1% in 2017 – BoG
Posted on | CommentThe value of Internet Banking transactions showed an increase of 43.66 per cent to GH?9.74 billion in 2017 compared with the 2016 position of GH?6.78 billion. Of this amount, the value of Mobile Banking transactions was GH?1.50 billion in 2017. … Read more →
Trump reverses migrant separation policy
Posted on | CommentUS President Donald Trump has bowed to public pressure and signed an executive order promising to “keep families together” in migrant detentions. Mr Trump reversed his own policy amid international fury over the separation of undocumented parents and children. He … Read more →
Medical examination costs ¢400 for prospective police general recruits
Posted on | CommentThe administration of the Ghana Police Service has announced it will cost candidates who went through their recent selection exercise for enlistment into the Ghana Police Service as general recruits ¢400.00 for a medical examination scheduled to start Monday, June … Read more →
MTN freezes GHS11m wallet of Savanna Brokerage Investment Ponzi Scheme
Posted on | CommentMTN Ghana says it has received complaints from some of its Mobile Money customers who allegedly contributed to a ponzi scheme operated by Savanna Brokerage Investment and are demanding a reversal of their respective amounts invested. About 30,000 clients of … Read more →
China in response slaps tariffs on $34B in U.S. products
Posted on | CommentBarely 24 hours after the U.S. hit China with new tariffs on imports, Beijing fired a return salvo Saturday in a growing trade dispute with President Donald Trump by imposing duties on a $34 billion list of U.S. goods ranging from soybeans to … Read more →
Trump slaps tariffs on China
Posted on | CommentUS President Donald Trump announced on Friday that tariffs of 25 percent targeting tens of billions in Chinese imports, sparking immediate retaliation from Beijing and bringing the world’s two largest economies to the brink of an all-out trade war feared … Read more →
Accident on Suhum stretch of the Kumasi-Accra highway kills 3
Posted on | CommentA Monday dawn accident involving three vehicles on the Suhum stretch of the Kumasi-Accra highway has claimed three lives and left one other with serious injuries. A Hyundai mini bus with registration WR 2472-13, which was travelling from Accra to … Read more →
This is how Instagram’s self-policing tool looks like
Posted on | CommentAre you Overgramming? Instagram is stepping up to help you manage overuse rather than leaving it to iOS and Android’s new screen time dashboards. Last month after TechCrunch first reported Instagram was prototyping a Usage Insights feature, the Facebook sub-company’s CEO … Read more →
Fuel prices to drop again this week
Posted on | CommentThe prices of petroleum products are expected to drop by about 2 percent this week. This is the indication from Citi Business News’ checks with players within the petroleum industry following developments on the global market. This will also be the second … Read more →
Ignore “fake” Ghana Card of some minority MPs; none is registered – NIA
Posted on | CommentThe National Identification Authority (NIA) has denied secretly registering and issuing some minority members of parliament with Ghana Cards, which they boycotted. According to the Authority, photocopies of some supposed Ghana Card bearing purported details of some minority MPs which … Read more →
16 Ports agencies cut to 3
Posted on | Comment-As 43% of containers get cleared in 24 hours Effective July 1, the number of agencies undertaking joint inspections at the ports will be reduced from 16 to three. The three agencies to remain in operation at the ports are … Read more →
Western Region’s Nana Kwesi Coomson and 32 others leave to USA for YALI Program
Posted on | 1 CommentNana Kwesi Coomson and 32 others have left to the United States of America (USA) on the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) for a 6-week leadership training. Mr. Coomson who is also the Chief Executive of Prestige Knight, a multimedia … Read more →
Twitter announces changes
Posted on | CommentTwitter announced Wednesday it would be updating its services to make it easier for users to find content about major events such as natural disasters and the FIFA World Cup that begins on Thursday. “We’re keeping you informed about what … Read more →
NAGRAT warns gov’t over teacher licensure exams
Posted on | CommentThe National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) is not happy with the National Teaching Council (NTC) for initiating moves to register teachers for the licensure exams. Reports say teachers are being registered for next month’s exams at a cost of … Read more →
Ghana risks losing FDI
Posted on | Comment• Over GNPC’s $50m ‘loan’ to MoF GHANArisks losing itscompetitiveness in attracting Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) if the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) fails to retrieve an amount of $50million advanced to the Ministry of Finance in 2013. International validators … Read more →
Friday declared as statutory holiday
Posted on | CommentGovernment has declared Friday, June 15 as a statutory public holiday. A statement signed by Mr Ambrose Dery, the Minister for Interior, and copied to the Ghana News Agency, said the day marks the Eid-ul-Fitr festival celebrated by the Islamic Community after … Read more →
Tony Lithur dumps Nana Oye Lithur
Posted on | CommentTony Lithur, the lawyer who defended then President John Dramani Mahama in the landmark 2012 Presidential Election Petition at the Supreme Court, has triggered a process that will enable him to divorce his wife, Nana Oye Lithur, a former minister … Read more →
Give me my twin baby “dead or alive” – Father to Ridge Hospital
Posted on | CommentA father who is doubtful of claims by doctors and nurses at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital (Ridge Hospital) that one of his pre-term twin girls died a few days after delivery, has said the health post must produce the … Read more →
Student loans increased by 50%
Posted on | CommentThe government through the Ministry of Education has increased the financial allocations of students enrolled on the Student Loan Trust Fund programme by 50 per cent. This is in fulfillment of the New Patriotic Party Manifesto promise made in the … Read more →
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