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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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Armed robbers storm UCC
Posted on | CommentThree armed robbers have raided the Prof. Ignatius Acheampong Hostel at Kwaprow near the University of Cape Coast (UCC). The robbers stormed the hostel, which houses UCC students, on Wednesday, February 8, 2017 at 2:00 a.m., and locked up the … Read more →
Ghana’s oil cash kept abroad while Cedi depreciates
Posted on | CommentIT has emerged that the performance of the Ghana Petroleum Funds’ portfolios declined in the second of 2016. In an era where Ghana paid between eight and 10.75% interest on Eurobonds, it is worrying to know that return on investment … Read more →
Lawyers beg CJ to restore wearing of wigs
Posted on | CommentTHE ASHANTI Regional branch of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) has appealed to Chief Justice Georgina Theodora Wood to immediately restore the wearing of wigs by judges and lawyers during court sittings. According to the lawyers, the wearing of wigs … Read more →
Central Region: Hunter kills wife, commits suicide
Posted on | CommentA 35-year-old hunter in the Central Region, Prosper Quarshie, has reportedly shot himself dead after allegedly killing his wife, Faustina Mayera, 29 years old, with the same weapon. The incident was said to have taken place at Gomoa Nyame Bekyere … Read more →
World Bank calls on Ghana to tighten consumer protection standards
Posted on | CommentThe World Bank Group has called on the government of Ghana to, as a matter of urgency, tighten its consumer protection standards to promote the health, safety and security of consumers. According to the World Bank Group’s Senior Director of … Read more →
DISTURBING PHOTO: Angry mortuary men storm cemetary, seize corpse
Posted on | CommentThere was drama at the Tema Community 9 Cemetery on Saturday February 11, 2016 when a popular mortuary man with the Tema General Hospital stormed the burial ground to seize a dead body over an amount of GH¢40 balance. Reports … Read more →
‘Ghana needs more trade, not aid’ – Veep
Posted on | CommentVice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia says the government wants a relationship with the international community driven by trade rather than aid. According to him, such position will help Ghana position itself in the continent’s growth. Dr Bawumia made the comment … Read more →
Nana Addo’s free SHS begins!
Posted on | CommentThe much talked-about Free Senior High School (SHS) education promised by the New Patriotic Party (NPP), led by then candidate Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo during the 2008, 2012 and 2016 electioneering campaigns, is set to kick-start in September, this year. … Read more →
President appoints Sheikh I.C. Quaye to chair new Hajj board
Posted on | CommentFormer Member of Parliament for Ayawaso Central, Sheikh I.C. Quaye, has been appointed by President Nana Akufo-Addo to serve as Chairman for the newly constituted Hajj Board. Aside the Chairman and the ten (10) other members appointed to serve on … Read more →
Govt provides GH¢ 55m for book, research allowance
Posted on | CommentA provision of GH¢55 million has been made in the 2017 budget for the payment of book and research allowances of lecturers of public universities, the Minister of Education, Dr Matthew Opoku-Prempeh, has revealed. In addition, plans are in … Read more →
Ghana’s economy deteriorated in 2016 – IMF
Posted on | CommentTHE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has expressed shock at the level of deterioration of various economic indicators in 2016 saying Ghana’s fiscal problems required strong efforts of consolidation and the government also needed to urgently address a problem of debt … Read more →
Free SHS: Day students to enjoy free meals
Posted on | CommentFRESH day students, who would be entering Senior High School in September, 2017, would not only be the first beneficiaries of the full implementation of the much-touted free SHS policy but also have a rare opportunity to have a free … Read more →
Mawuli School boys in gay sex
Posted on | 1 CommentTwo male students (names withheld) of Mawuli School in the Volta Region suspected to have been engaged in a homosexual act would have been flogged mercilessly, but for the timely intervention of two teachers of the school. The male students, … Read more →
11 dead in Bimbilla conflict
Posted on | CommentThe death toll in the renewed chieftaincy clashes in Bimbilla in the Nanumba North District of the Northern Region has reached 11. The police have found nine bodies in addition to the previous two, increasing the number to 11, with … Read more →
John Mahama to address Kenya’s business community today
Posted on | CommentFormer President John Dramani Mahama will on Friday, February 10 interact with the captains of Kenya’s private sector at a ‘High Tea’ event hosted by the Kenyan Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA). Former President Mahama will be speaking on the theme … Read more →
Court refuses to reinstate Trump travel ban
Posted on | CommentA US appeals court has rejected a bid to reinstate President Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban. The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals said it would not block a lower-court ruling that brought the president’s executive order to a halt. … Read more →
Ghana @ 60 celebrations to cost GH¢20 million – Prez. Akufo-Addo
Posted on | CommentGhana’s 60th anniversary celebration will cost an estimated GH¢20 million, President Nana Addo-Akufo Addo has revealed. The President however says the cost of the celebration would be borne not only by the state but also Ghanaian citizens and organisations. “This diamond jubilee … Read more →
Cedi ends January with 2.80 % depreciation rate
Posted on | CommentTHE Ghana Cedi ended the first month of 2017 with a depreciation rate of 2.80 percent against the US dollar, according to investment bank, Frontline Capital Advisors. Among six African currencies that were captured by thecapital advisors, the cedi, the … Read more →
Sponsoring Hajj pilgrimage is un-Islamic – Islamic cleric asks gov’t to stop
Posted on | CommentA Ghanaian Islamic scholar and a lecturer at the University of Ilorin in Nigeria, Sheikh Mohammed Sani Ninche has called on government to stop sponsoring pilgrims to the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca. According to him the practice of sponsoring … Read more →
Supreme Court schedules April 26 as GITMO 2 judgement day
Posted on | CommentThe Supreme Court has fixed April 26 to deliver judgment in the case in which the government was being challenged for allegedly bringing into the country two former Guantanamo bay detainees, without recourse to the laws of the land. Mrs … Read more →
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