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US imposes visa restrictions – Ban targets election troublemakers
Posted on with No CommentAhead of the December 7 polls, the United States of America (USA) has announced a new policy that will restrict US visas for any individual responsible for undermining democracy in the country. The US Department of State, which issued the … Read more →
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W/R: Police arrest 3 robbers for attacking gold-buying shop at Tarkwa
Posted on | CommentThe Police have arrested three suspects in connection with a robbery attack on a gold-buying shop at Akoon-Tarkwa in the Western Region. The suspects, Ezekiel Stephen Oghenekaro, Samuel Amoashie and Fatawu Awudu together with three other suspects armed with weapons … Read more →
Fitch downgrades Ghana’s long-term local currency to RD
Posted on | CommentFitch Ratings has lowered the Long-Term Local-Currency (LTLC) Issuer Default Rating (IDR) of the nation to restricted default (RD) from ‘CCC’. This action was taken due to missed payments on certain local-currency bonds issued before the domestic debt exchange programme … Read more →
Akufo-Addo nominates Justice Gertrude Torkornoo as new Chief Justice
Posted on | CommentPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has nominated Gertrude Araba Esabaa Torkornoo, a Justice of the Supreme Court, as the next Chief Justice of Ghana. Her nomination is subject to approval by Parliament. When approved by Parliament, Justice Torkornoo will replace … Read more →
Top banks in Ghana post first loss as nation restructures debt
Posted on | CommentGhana’s move to restructure its local-currency and overseas debt has resulted in the first loss on record for two of the West African nation’s top banks. GCB Bank Plc, the country’s largest lender by assets, posted a 593.4 million cedis … Read more →
82 stranded Ghanaians evacuated from Sudan
Posted on | CommentThe Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has successfully coordinated the evacuation of 82 Ghanaian nationals from the Republic of Sudan. A statement issued on Tuesday, April 25, 2023, disclosed that Ghanaian nationals in the troubled country have been … Read more →
Selection of Accra as World Book Capital catalyst for investment – Prez. Akufo-Addo
Posted on | CommentPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo yesterday launched the Accra World Book Capital, 2023, with the firm conviction that it will be a catalyst for investment, especially in the creative and cultural sectors. He said it was also an acknowledgement of … Read more →
Ghana to evacuate 76 citizens from conflict-torn Sudan to Ethiopia
Posted on | CommentThe Ghanaian government has stated that 76 of its citizens in Sudan are being evacuated due to the ongoing conflict. The group comprises 73 students and three footballers including former Real Tamale United star David Sandan Abagna who joined Sudanese … Read more →
Atu Mould’s luxury cars sold; Proceeds used for legacy project at Adisadel College
Posted on | CommentThe family of the late business mogul, Miguel Atu Mould has built and handed over a legacy dormitory project to his alma mater, Adisadel College in Cape Coast with proceeds from the sale of the several luxury vehicles he left … Read more →
Nigeria’s debt to the World Bank up by 121.46% in the last 7 years
Posted on | CommentAccording to a research study by the Nigerian news outlet Punch Ng, Nigeria’s borrowing from the World Bank increased by 121.46% under the 8 year tenure of the country’s current president, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). According to information obtained … Read more →
Fathers sleeping with daughters on rise in Western Region – Essential Services Committee
Posted on | CommentMembers of the Essential Service Package Committee of the Western Regional Coordinating Council have expressed concern about the increasing rate at which some fathers were sleeping with their daughters in the Region. That aside, girls as young as between 9-10 … Read more →
Party executives will be put on payroll – Alan Kyeremanten
Posted on | CommentAspiring Presidential flagbearer for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Mr Alan Kwadwo Kyeremanten says all party executives will be put on the payroll if given the mandate to lead them to the 2024 elections. The former Trade Minister speaking on … Read more →
IGP dismisses criminal case against Mahama, Bryan Acheampong
Posted on | CommentThe Ghana Police Service says the statements made by former President John Dramani Mahama and Bryan Acheampong, Agriculture Minister had all failed the criminal threshold test. Same was said about remarks made by the National Chairman of the main opposition … Read more →
$2.5m Crude missing at TOR – Minister
Posted on | CommentSome $2.5 million worth of crude condensate has gone missing at the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR), Minister of Energy, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has revealed. According to him, the product forms part of a deal the Ministry secured for the … Read more →
Frimpong-Boateng takes on Kweku Baako for ‘consistent’ attacks
Posted on | CommentFormer Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng is unhappy with veteran journalist Abdul Malik Kweku Baako Jnr for his “consistent” attacks on him. In a letter sighted by 3news.com, Prof Frimpong-Boateng protested how Mr Kweku Baako … Read more →
Kenyan arrested at KIA with over $300k worth narcotics
Posted on | CommentA Kenyan national by name Mary Njeri was on Saturday, April 15 arrested by officials of the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) for smuggling 11.04 kilogrammes of cocaine at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA). The consignment is said to be worth … Read more →
Ghana to receive $250m liquidity support from World Bank in Q3
Posted on | CommentThe World Bank has agreed to provide $250 million by the end of the third quarter of 2023 to support the Ghana Stability Fund, Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has disclosed. The amount forms part of about $750m needed urgently for … Read more →
Gov’t to demolish 785 buildings on waterways in Accra
Posted on | CommentThe Ministry of Works and Housing with its associated agencies will take steps to ensure the demolition of about seven hundred and eighty-five (785) buildings on waterways, which is a major cause of flooding in Accra and the country as … Read more →
Manage diabetes as epidemic – Expert
Posted on | CommentA diabetes treatment expert, Dr Yacoba Atiase, has said diabetes has reached epidemic levels in the country and so it should be managed as such. Dr Atiase, who is the Head of the Diabetes Centre at the Korle Bu Teaching … Read more →
STMA to convert plastic waste into blocks for construction
Posted on | CommentThe Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly (STMA) has started work to convert recycled plastic waste into blocks for the construction of household toilets. The project would serve as a model for the use of plastic waste as material for construction to create … Read more →
Ghanasco Headmaster, Senior Housemaster suspended over ‘toilet dormitory’ brouhaha
Posted on | CommentThe Headmaster of the Ghana Senior High School (Ghanasco) in Tamale, Mahama Douglas and the Housemaster of the school, have been suspended indefinitely by the Ghana Education Service (GES). The suspension of the two follows an allegation that toilet cubicles … Read more →
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