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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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Trade Ministry adds Kantanka vehicle to its fleet
Posted on | CommentAS part of its effort to promote the local automobile industry, the Ministry of Trade and Industry has purchased a ‘Kantanka Onantefo’ four-wheel drive to supplement the fleet of the Ministry. At the handing over ceremony at the premises of … Read more →
ECOWAS countries must add value to their resources – Prez. Akufo-Addo
Posted on | CommentPresident Nana Akufo-Addo has stated that there can be no future prosperity for West African countries in the short, medium or long term if they continue to maintain economic structures that are dependent on the production and export of raw materials. He said, … Read more →
Delta 8 discharge: Leave AG alone – Ace Ankomah
Posted on | CommentRespected lawyer Ace Anan Ankomah has waded into the controversy surrounding the discharge of the eight Delta Force members, saying there is nothing the attorney general can do in the matter under the circumstances. According to him, until the Police … Read more →
Chinese galamsey queen in Nsawam prison
Posted on | CommentAn Accra High Court (Criminal Division) yesterday could not hear the bail application filed by lawyers for the five Chinese nationals, including Aisha Huang who has adopted the local name Yaa Asantewaa – the 31-year-old woman suspected to be one of … Read more →
Galamseyer invokes ‘antoa nyama’ on Prez. Akufo-Addo
Posted on | CommentThe man whose earthmoving equipment was torched by some angry youth at Abekoase in the Atiwa district of the Eastern Region has invoked the dreaded Ashanti deity ‘Antoa Nyama’ on President Akufo-Addo and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government and … Read more →
Husband burns house and poisons himself after quarrel
Posted on | CommentWhat started as a small quarrel between a couple at Kwesikrom in the Ahanta West District turned bad when the husband burned the belongings of the family. Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Olivia Adieu, Western Regional Police Public Relations Officer … Read more →
Gold and cocoa to grow this year
Posted on | CommentGHANA’S two most important export commodities, gold and cocoa are expected to grow by 1.5 and 15.2 percent respectively this year. They are also expected to grow by 26.6 percent and 1.0 per cent respectively in 2018. According to a … Read more →
8 Power deals to be deferred
Posted on | Comment-Cancelling them will cost Ghana $500m GOVERNMENT is unable to cancel eight Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) deemed excess capacity because the financial implications range between $400million and $500million. The earliest any of the eight projects would come on stream is … Read more →
49-year-old Man killed by flood at Tema
Posted on | CommentA HEAVY downpour in the Tema metropolis on Tuesday reportedly swept away a 49-year-old man at Bankuman, a suburb of Tema-Newtown, in the Greater Accra Region. The deceased, Kwame Atta, a welder, was said to have gone to pick a … Read more →
Court frees Delta Force 8
Posted on | 1 CommentEIGHT MEMBERS of the Delta Force, who were standing trial for invading a courtroom in Kumasi and freeing 13 of their colleagues, have been set free. A Kumasi Circuit Court, presided over by Patricia Amponsah, yesterday discharged the accused persons … Read more →
Ghana Immigration Service boss hot over galamsey queen
Posted on | CommentA LEAKED audio tape purported to have been recorded by assigns of the Chinese galamsey queen, Aisha Haung, has put the Deputy Ashanti Regional Commander of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS), Chief Supt Peter Adu Appiah, in hot waters. The audio … Read more →
GWCL to produce chemical locally to treat water
Posted on | CommentTHE Ghana Water Company Limited is considering producing Calcium hypocloride locally to be used for disinfection of the water. If successful, it will end the importation of Chlorine gas, which has been used since time immemorial to date. To achieve … Read more →
GH¢280,000 of ‘stolen’ NSS cash paid to NDC – Witness alleges
Posted on | CommentA PROSECUTION witness in the ongoing trial of former officials of the National Service Secretariat (NSS) has revealed to the court that an amount of GH¢280,000 was allegedly paid to the National Democratic Congress (NDC) from the ghost names allowances. … Read more →
Akosombo residents march against VRA over high electricity bills
Posted on | CommentResidents of seven communities in the Akosombo township have demonstrated against high tariffs in electricity bills. They suggest new metres introduced by the Volta River Authority (VRA) three years ago are the cause of the rise in bills. The residents … Read more →
Ethiopian politician faces jail term over Facebook post
Posted on | CommentEthiopian opposition politician Yonatan Tesfaye has been found guilty of encouraging terrorism for comments he made on Facebook. He was arrested in December 2015 as a wave of anti-government protests in the Oromia region was gathering momentum. The authorities objected … Read more →
Director of PR for PURC resigns
Posted on | CommentThe Director of Public Relations for the Public Utility Regulatory Commission (PURC), Nanayaa Jantuah has resigned. This follows allegations of financial misappropriation by the leadership of the commission. Nanayaa Jantuah and the Executive Secretary of the PURC, Samuel Sarpong were invited … Read more →
We have hope in Prez. Akufo-Addo – Togbe Afede
Posted on | CommentTogbe Afede XIV, Agbogbomefia of Asogli and President of the National House of Chiefs says President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s commitment to the development agenda of the country was giving hope to the citizenry. “Your commitment to stop galamsey, One … Read more →
Atiwa: Irate youth set $1.5m mining equipment ablaze (PHOTOS)
Posted on | CommentRampaging residents of Akyem Abekoase in the Atiwa District of the Eastern region have set ablaze excavators, generators and new mining equipment worth $1.5 million belonging to Adjei-Dankwa Investment. It is unclear what triggered the violent action of the gun, … Read more →
Pastor arrested for rubbing olive oil on church member’s vagina
Posted on | CommentThe founder and leader of Faith Word Church International at Nii Boi Town in Accra has been arrested by the police for allegedly rubbing olive oil in the vagina and on the clitoris of his church member. Pastor Edmond Kakrae … Read more →
Contracts: 70% for Ghanaians
Posted on | 1 CommentSEVENTY per cent of all projects funded with the tax payers money would awarded to local firms to execute. This novel policy forms part of government agenda to grow the private sector and to make them competitive in a growing … Read more →
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