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US charges 6 over car theft ring shipping stolen vehicles to Ghana
Posted on with No CommentSix individuals have been charged in the United States over an alleged international car theft syndicate that smuggled stolen vehicles to Ghana, following a year-long investigation by federal authorities. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, … Read more →
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Minister to Ibrahim Mahama – Go for your seized machines
Posted on | CommentThe Deputy Ashanti Regional Minister Elizabeth Agyeman is informing owner of Engineers and Planners (E&P) Ibrahim Mahama to go for his seized machines from the Nkawie Police in the Ashanti region. E & P was subcontracted by Exton Cubic Group … Read more →
GSA sanctions 57 filling stations for cheating customers
Posted on | CommentFifty-seven oil marketing companies (OMCs) have been sanctioned by the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) for engaging in various infractions detrimental to the interest of consumers. All the affected OMCs are in the Greater Accra Region. They were fined a total … Read more →
NYA to meet 120 CEOs over jobs for the youth
Posted on | CommentAt least 120 Chief Executive Officers in the country are expected to meet over one of Ghana’s greatest socioeconomic challenges – jobs for the youth. A one-day stakeholder forum organised by the National Youth Authority is expected to come off … Read more →
BoG to raise GH¢858m tomorrow
Posted on | CommentThe Bank of Ghana (BoG) is expected to auction GH¢858 million in treasury securities comprising of GH¢658 million short-term treasury securities (91-day, 182-day) and GHc200 million 2-Year Note to investors tomorrow September 8, 2017. The short term securities are however … Read more →
Cedi to appreciate against dollar for the rest of 2017 – Fitch
Posted on | 1 CommentTHE local currency, the cedi, is expected to strengthen against the US dollar for the rest of the year as economic growth outperforms earlier estimates, BMI, the research outfit of ratings agency Fitch has predicted. It is therefore projecting an … Read more →
Govt, BoG under pressure to stem rising NPLs
Posted on | CommentChallenges militating against Ghana’s banking system continue to draw concerns from both domestic and international financial institutions and experts. The latest is from Bretton Woods Institution, the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The Executive Board of the Fund has asked … Read more →
Naked demo hits Togo President
Posted on | CommentThousands of women reportedly poured on the streets in Togo to demand the immediate resignation of President Faure Gnassingbe. The women went topless in front of the security, calling for an end to the 50-year rule of the Gnassingbe dynasty … Read more →
International court to rule on maritime dispute between Ghana and Cote D’Ivoire Sept. 23
Posted on | CommentThe International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea is set to deliver its judgement in the dispute concerning the delimitation of the maritime boundary between Ghana and Cote D’Ivoire. The judgement, according to a statement from the court, will … Read more →
Police invites Jospong over questionable contracts
Posted on | CommentInformation available to Joy News indicates that the Executive Chairman of the Jospong Group of Companies has been invited by the police for questioning over some questionable contracts. The Criminal Investigations Department of the Ghana Police Service, sources say, wrote to … Read more →
Obama attacks Trump for scrapping off his scheme to protect migrants
Posted on | CommentFormer US President Barack Obama has attacked the Trump administration for scrapping his scheme to protect young undocumented migrants from deportation. The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (Daca) programme was rescinded on Tuesday, in a move that could affect some … Read more →
Brexit: Leaked document suggests UK plan to curb EU migration
Posted on | CommentProposals aimed at cutting the numbers of low-skilled migrants from Europe following Brexit have been disclosed in a leaked Home Office paper. The document, obtained by The Guardian, suggests free movement will end upon exit in March 2019 and the … Read more →
Woman loses daughter due to delay in paying GHc10.00 for folder
Posted on | CommentA 35 year old woman in the Bawku West District of the Upper East Region, has called on the Management of the National Health Insurance Scheme to investigate why she was asked to pay GHc10.00 for a folder before her … Read more →
Northern Scholarship remains in place despite Free SHS – Scholarship Secretariat
Posted on | 3 CommentsThe Free Senior High School (SHS) policy, which takes off next week, does not replace the Northern Scholarship enjoyed by SHS students in the northern part of the country, Mr Kingsley Agyemang, Registrar of the Scholarship Secretariat, has said. Mr … Read more →
GCB wins Africa’s most compliant bank
Posted on | CommentGCB Bank has been adjudged the best compliant bank in Africa at the just-ended Compliance Awards held in Accra over the weekend. GCB beat competition from other intuitions in this category like First National Bank Ghana, Afriland First Bank of … Read more →
Otumfuo Osei Tutu II donates GHc 50,000 to late Major Mahama’s family
Posted on | CommentAsante monarch Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has donated GHS50,000 to late Major Maxwell Mahama’s family. The military officer was lynched at Denkyira-Obuasi in the Central Region in May after he was mistaken to be an armed robber. The Asantehene said … Read more →
Queen of Denmark to visit Ghana in November
Posted on | CommentThe Queen of Denmark, Margrethe II, will pay a state visit to Ghana from Thursday, November 23 to Friday, November 24. According to a statement from the Danish Embassy, the visit follows an invitation from President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo … Read more →
Soldier arrested at Kasoa for stabbing youngman to death
Posted on | CommentThe Kasoa police has begun investigations into the circumstances which led to the death of a young man following allegations that he was stabbed to death by a military man. The military man has subsequently been remanded into police custody … Read more →
Nigerian woman arrested for luring 4 girls into prostitution in Ghana
Posted on | CommentA Nigerian businesswoman was on Monday remanded in police custody by the Accra Circuit Court for allegedly trafficking four Nigerian girls into Ghana and forcing them to engage in prostitution. The accused person, Blessing Antia, was said to have convinced … Read more →
Kenya’s election re-run on 17th October
Posted on | CommentKenya’s presidential election will be re-run on 17 October after the original result was annulled, the chair of Kenya’s electoral body has announced. Wafula Chekubati also confirmed that only President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga would be on … Read more →
We are on course to building a strong economy – Prez. Akufo-Addo
Posted on | CommentPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reiterated his government’s commitment to building a strong economy by creating the enabling environment for businesses to thrive. This, he said, is a sure way towards building a prosperous nation where resources are committed … Read more →
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