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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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Jehovah’s Witnesses banned in Russia
Posted on | CommentAfter six days of hearings over the last two weeks, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation today upheld the claim submitted by the Ministry of Justice to liquidate the Administrative Center of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia and 395 Local … Read more →
Youth Employment Agency detects 3,000 ghost names on payroll
Posted on | CommentThe management of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) has detected some 2,999 ghost names on the Agency’s payroll, saving the State about GHs1, 067,700 in the process. A statement signed by the acting Deputy CEO of the Agency in Charge of Operations, … Read more →
Jail Ibrahim Mahama for “intentionally” defrauding the state – Maurice Ampaw
Posted on | CommentPopular Ghanaian Lawyer, Maurice Ampaw want the younger brother of former President John Dramani Mahama jailed for fraud. He explained that, Ibrahim Mahama’s dud cheques brouhaha must be investigated thoroughly and charged for “intentionally” defrauding the state. “There’s fraud in … Read more →
Galamseyers vacate sites – Chinese beg
Posted on | CommentThe New Patriotic Party (NPP) government appears to be winning the fight against illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, as most operators have reportedly withdrawn from the sites nationwide. A visit to some illegal mining sites by the Minister of … Read more →
EOCO seizes Ibrahim Mahama’s passport
Posted on | CommentThe Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) yesterday seized the passport of businessman Ibrahim Mahama when he made his second appearance before officials of the anti-graft agency. With the travel document now in the custody of the EOCO, he has … Read more →
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation commit money to eliminate NTDs
Posted on | 1 CommentThe Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on Wednesday committed $335 million dollars in grants over the next four years to support various Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) programmes in affected countries. This would include; $42 million-dollar that would go for the … Read more →
You can’t sit in Accra and ban galamsey – Effah Dartey
Posted on | CommentA legal practitioner, Captain (retd) Nkrabeah Effah-Dartey has professed his version of how to fight the illegal mining menace and suggested that, “sitting in Accra to ban galamsey is a joke.” In a radio interview on Accra-based Okay FM on … Read more →
KNUST Student allegedly sodomizes 10-year-old to death
Posted on | CommentA level 300 student of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) is in the grips of the police for allegedly sodomizing a 10 year old girl to death at Anwomaso a suburb of Kumasi in the Ashanti Region. … Read more →
PHOTOS: Prez. Akufo-Addo launches “Planting for food and jobs” programme
Posted on | CommentThe President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Wednesday, April 19, 2017, launched the “Planting for Food and Jobs” programme at Goaso, in the Brong Ahafo Region. According to President Akufo-Addo, the programme is the basis of the … Read more →
Gov’t to pay NHIS providers by May
Posted on | CommentThe government has announced that it will pay all amounts owed providers under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) by the end of April, 2017.Health Minister Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, who revealed this at the ministry’s annual summit in Kumasi on Wednesday, … Read more →
PHOTOS: Ex-Pope marks 90th birthday with beer
Posted on | CommentBenedict XVI, who resigned as pontiff in 2013, has celebrated his 90th birthday with a mug of beer and the company of visitors from his native Bavaria in Germany.Photos by the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano of the celebration showed Benedict … Read more →
EOCO grills Ibrahim Mahama over an alleged economic crime
Posted on | CommentIbrahim Mahama, the businessman brother of former President John Dramani Mahama, yesterday took his turn at the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) in Accra, as the anti-graft investigation agency probes him over an alleged economic crime. His appearance at … Read more →
We are not recruiting now – Ghana Prison Service
Posted on | CommentThere is no recruitment exercise currently going on and the public should take note and avoid being lured into buying fake Prisons recruitment forms, a statement issued by the Prisons Administration Tuesday cautioned. “The public is also entreated to report … Read more →
Zimbabweans can now pay school fees with goats and sheep
Posted on | CommentParents in Zimbabwe can now pay the school fees of their children using livestock. That is the announcement from the country’s government. Zimbabwe’s Minister Lazarus Dokora has said that managers of schools must be willing to accept the new mode … Read more →
Galamsey fight: 500 excavators moved from mining sites
Posted on | CommentOver 500 excavators have been evacuated from the various illegal mining sites in the country, the Chief Executive of the Minerals Commission Dr Tony Aubyn has said. He said the excavators are being moved by the operators of the mining … Read more →
Finance Minister directs removal of 26,589 workers from payroll
Posted on | CommentThe Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta has directed that names of 26,589 public sector workers be removed from the payroll commencing April 2017 for failure to register on the new SSNIT biometric system. A statement from the Public Relations Unit … Read more →
GES place ban on teachers changing date of birth
Posted on | CommentTHE worrying manner in which staff of the Ghana Education Service request to make changes to their date of birth has compelled the Service to place ban on issues of date of births for its employees. Information gathered by The … Read more →
Ghana’s growth to pick up – IMF
Posted on | CommentTHE International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Ghana’s economic growth is due to pick up in 2017 and revenue projections for the year are “optimistic” adding declining inflation and prospects for a significant increase in net international reserves, boosted by recent … Read more →
PHOTO: Teenager captures Angel wings on camera at Easter Convention
Posted on | CommentMembers of The Grace Community International Ministry have been awed by the images of angel-like wings, which were captured by a teenager on his mobile phone during a fervent worship session on Easter Sunday. What has been interpreted by all … Read more →
PHOTOS: Vice President Bawumia at Lighthouse Chapel Good Friday service
Posted on | CommentOn Friday Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia participated in the Good Friday Service organized by the Lighthouse Chapel International (LCI) at the Independence Square. At the service, the Vice President encouraged the Congregation and the nation as a whole to … Read more →
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