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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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3 dead as Elubo-bound bus collides with tipper truck
Posted on | CommentA bus crash Wednesday dawn has killed three persons in the Western Region and left several others seriously injured. The Elubo-bound bus, which was travelling from Aflao in the Volta Region, collided head on with a tipper truck between Beposo … Read more →
Bank of Ghana to restructure uniBank
Posted on | CommentThe Central Bank has hinted that it will come out with a plan of action to restructure uniBank Ghana Limited, one of the 10 local banks that have appealed to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to give them more time … Read more →
Attorney General drags Ibrahim Mahama to Supreme Court
Posted on | CommentThe Attorney General’s Office has filed a suit at the Supreme Court challenging the decision of an Accra High Court to grant an application of certiorari filed by Exton Cubic Group Limited over three mining leases it obtained ‘illegally. According … Read more →
35 Prostitutes arrested at Kasoa
Posted on | CommentThe Kasoa District police have apprehended 35 women suspected to be engaging in prostitution at Kasoa and its environs in the Central Region. The suspects, between the ages of 20 and 45 years, were arrested at two drinking spots (names … Read more →
Pastor gets 24 months for ‘fingering’ 3-yr-old girl
Posted on | CommentPastor Wisdom Kusorgbor, Head Pastor of Soldiers of the Cross Ministries at Korle-Gonno has been sentenced to 24 months imprisonment in hard labour by an Accra Circuit Court. Kusorgbor, 24-year-old was dragged to the court accused of “fingering” a three-year-old … Read more →
Ghana goes nuclear; 2 Plants in 6 years
Posted on | CommentAfter more than five decades of back and forth movements on the production of energy from nuclear sources, Ghana is now inching closer to establishing two of its first nuclear power plants to augment national power supply from hydro, thermal … Read more →
Nhyiraba Paa Kwesi Simpson joins Connect FM
Posted on | CommentNhyiraba Paa Kwesi Simpson, a Broadcaster who worked with Wilsad Support’s Skyy Power FM in Takoradi for almost 18 years has joined Media General’s Connect FM in Takoradi. Nhyiraba as he is affectionately called by his constituency left Skyy Power … Read more →
Over 6,000 HIV-AIDS mothers not on treatment
Posted on | CommentIT has emerged that an estimated 6,215 mothers with HIV and AIDS in need of antiretroviral (ART) drugs are not on the treatment. According to available data, out of an estimated 18,263 mothers who need Prevention of Mother-to-Child-Transmission (PMTCT), only … Read more →
‘Police Commander’ arrested for scam
Posted on | CommentA 33-year-old man has been arrested by the Tema Regional Police Command for allegedly posing as a police commander to defraud his church members under the pretext of enlisting them into the Ghana Police Service. The culprit, Joshua Asante, a … Read more →
SEC probes 10 companies for violating regulations
Posted on | CommentThe Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has placed 10 asset management companies under probe after several complaints from the investing public. The complaints border on the violation of securities regulations. Consequently, the SEC has warned the public not to transact … Read more →
Why Ebola keeps coming back
Posted on | CommentThe Ebola virus has reared its head again, this time in the Democratic Republic of Congo. While it is impossible to predict exactly where and when the next outbreak will occur, we now know much more about how to prevent … Read more →
COCOBOD solicits $1.5bn Chinese support
Posted on | CommentThe Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), in a bid to meet its target of producing 1 million tonnes of cocoa by 2020 and expand its processing capacity, has turned to the China EXIM Bank for financing of up to $1.5 billion. Chief … Read more →
90,643 apply for NaBCo jobs
Posted on | CommentOver 90,643 graduates have so far applied for recruitment under the Nation Builders Corps (NaBCo) initiative launched on May 1, 2018. The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) outdoored the NaBCo programme as a major government policy to tackle graduate unemployment … Read more →
More youth contract HIV in 2017
Posted on | Comment-But prevalence rate among pregnant women declines The prevalence of HIV among the young population between 15 and 24 years has increased by 1.5 per cent last year from 1.1 per cent in 2016. The prevalence among the above population … Read more →
Former BoG Governor denies statement on GH¢4.6bn interoperability cost
Posted on | CommentSources close to former Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr Nashiru Issahaku, say he did not author a statement attributed to him and being circulated on social media. The statement purported to quote Mr Issahaku as saying “I wish … Read more →
Ghana Health Service issues cholera alert
Posted on | CommentThe Ghana Health Service has issued an alert over a potential outbreak of cholera in the country. The service in a statement signed by the Director-General, Dr. Anthony Nsiah-Asare, said with the onset of the rainy season and other prevailing … Read more →
Gov’t audits oil funded projects
Posted on | CommentGovernment has given the strongest positive feedback on dealing with challenges that have bedeviled the use of the Annual Budget Funding Amount (ABFA) in the execution of selected projects across the country. The ABFA is the account set up by … Read more →
Osei Kyeretwie SHS Student stabbed
Posted on | CommentThere is an uneasy calm at Osei Kyeretwie Senior High School in the Tafo-Pankrono Municipality of the Ashanti Region following the stabbing of a student to death on Wednesday night by some unknown assailants. The deceased, identified as 19-year-old Godfred … Read more →
Prez. Akufo-Addo leaves for UK for 1-week vacation
Posted on | CommentPresident AKufo-Addo has left Ghana for the United Kingdom for a one-week vacation, a statement from the presidency has said. The statement, signed by Eugene Arhin, Director of Communications, said Akufo-Addo will be accompanied by the First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo, … Read more →
Court warns Angel Obinim
Posted on | CommentAn Accra Circuit Court (Domestic Violence and Gender-Based Division) has warned Bishop Daniel Obinim, Founder of International God’s Way Church, to stop giving excuses of being sick and come to court. The presiding judge, Abena Oppong Adjin-Doku, said the excuses … Read more →
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