President Nana Akufo-Addo has urged Ghanaians not to abuse the new 112 emergency service number. President Akufo-Addo made the call when he commissioned 307 ambulances procured by the government for distribution to all constituencies in the country on Tuesday. “I will appeal that this improvement in the provision of emergency services not be abused. We […] The post Nana
General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu, has refuted claims by some party members that a lot of the sitting MPs in the Ashanti Region will be allowed to go unopposed in the party’s impending primaries. This follows media reports attributed to the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the party, Bernard Antwi Boasiako […] The post No mass protection of
Zipline, the company that specialises in using state-of-the-art drones technology to deliver emergency medical supplies, has so far delivered over 20,000 items as at Monday, 27th January, 2020. This is according to reports by the Finder Online. It has also delivered 15,638 items since it commenced operations in April 2019 while the Omenako centre, near […] The post Zipline
The Chief Executive Officer of the Private Enterprises Federation (PEF), Nana Osei Bonsu says government must, as a matter of urgency, seek other means to pay out customers affected by the financial sector clean-up. The clean-up exercise by regulators of the financial sector has led to millions of customers unable to have access to their […] The post Financial
The Ashanti Regional Secretariat of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has refuted claims that it is sabotaging parliamentary hopefuls seeking to unseat incumbent Members of Parliament in the region Aspirants within some constituencies in the Ashanti Region say they are struggling to pick up nomination forms. The constituencies that have seen such allegations are […] The post A/R:
The Minority in Parliament is demanding the immediate utilization of the Onuador Medical Outreach Vans bought by the Mahama government to assist in the delivery of healthcare in the country. Eight of the vans that were procured in 2014 have been abandoned at the premises of the Biomedical Engineering Unit of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital. […] The post ‘Onuador’
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has denied reports that some students of the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry of the university have successfully created and tested a Coronavirus vaccine. According to media reports which the school has described as false, an 8-member medical student team from the KNUST completed works on the […] The post We’ve
Citi TV’s War Against Indiscipline exercise will soon hit highways to check speeding. Inappropriate speeding has been identified as one of the major risk factors that result in fatal road crashes. Citi FM and Citi TV in May 2019 began a campaign against all forms of indiscipline in the country. The first leg of the […] The post Citi TV’s War Against
Theresa Ayoade, the Chief Executive Officer of Charterhouse, the organisers of Vodafone Ghana Music Awards, has assured the general public that there will be tighter security detail at this year’s award ceremony. Last year, the event was disrupted by an altercation that ensued between dancehall acts Stonebwoy and Shatta Wale. While Stonebwoy mounted the stage […] The post Vodafone
The Ghana Railways Company Limited says all is set for the start of its commercial services from Takoradi to Tarkwa on February 5, 2020. This follows the commencement of a three-day free test ride starting today, January 28, 2020. The Deputy Managing Director of the company, Dr. Ing. Michael Aryetei Adjei told Citi News […] The post Railways Company
The Minority in Parliament says it will be tragic to lose Neoplan Ghana Limited which is a strategic asset of the state. According to the Minority, a shutdown of the company will not be in the best interest of country. A ranking member of the Roads and Transport Committee, Governs Kwame Agbodza in a Citi […] The post Closure of Neoplan Ghana will be tragic – Minority
The Ministry of Health has designated the Ridge Hospital and the Tema General Hospital as centres to manage possible cases of coronavirus in the country. It said the move is part of Ghana’s plans to prevent and control any case that may be detected in the country and ultimately protect the Ghanaian population. In a […] The post Ridge and
Some persons seeking to contest sitting Members of Parliament in the upcoming New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary primaries say they have not been able to pick up nomination forms because of their unavailability at some constituency offices. After the NPP opened nominations, the party’s General Secretary, John Boadu, last week in Kumasi reiterated that no […] The post Suame:
The Forestry Commission says unseen powerful persons are behind the resurgence of illegal mining in some forest reserves in the country. One of such affected forest is the Bekwai Forest Reserve in the Amansie Central District in the Ashanti Region, where illegal miners have destroyed about 7 hectares of land. The Bekwai District Manager of […] The post Powerful
Former parliamentary hopeful for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency, Delali Brempong has described as useless, government’s White Paper on the Emile Short Commission report. Recalling events that took place during the by-election in the constituency almost a year ago, Mr. Brempong, indicated that the government’s White Paper was of […] The post White
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), approximately 1.35 million people die each year as a result of road crashes. Narrowing it down to Ghana, figures from the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) indicate that in 2015, 1,820 people lost their lives, whilst 2,840 died in 2016. The MTTD recorded 2,341 deaths in 2018 with […] The post Ann-Shirley
Barring any last-minute hitches, President Nana Akufo-Addo will later this morning commission the 307 ambulances procured by the government for distribution across the various constituencies in the country. The commissioning will take place at the forecourt of the State House in Accra. This comes after an earlier postponement from January 6, 2020, to today, over […] The post Akufo-Addo
Parliament will resume for its fourth and final session later today, Tuesday, January 28, 2020. A Commencement Instrument, signed by the First Deputy Speaker of the House, Joseph Osei-Owusu, stated that the first sitting of the meeting will commence at 10 a.m. As part of the session, the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is expected […] The post Parliament resumes today appeared first on
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