The Minister for Trade and Industry, Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, has sworn in a 13-member board to oversee the affairs of the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA). The board, chaired by Yaw Asuo Banin, includes the CEO of GEPA, Dr. Afua Asabea Asare, and Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Herbert Krapa. The rest are Emelia […] The post Alan Kyerematen swears in new
The Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kobina Ade Coker, has rejected reports that he is nursing ambitions to seek re-election. Mr. Ade Coker in a statement stressed that he has not discussed his ambitions with anyone “talk less of having it published in the media.” “This four-year mandate has not […] The post I’ve
The Chief Executive of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Dr. Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, has said it has come to the attention of the Authority that there were a lot of illicit fuel trade activities happening on the Aflao border. He stated that the NPA had not licensed any importer to bring fuel through the Aflao border, […] The post Fuel smuggling denying government
Ghanaian artiste Okyeame Kwame has refuted claims that his trip to Glasgow for this year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference was paid for by the government. Responding to a social media user who wrote that he was wasting the taxpayer’s money, the ‘Love Locked Down’ rapper insisted that he footed his bills to be part […] The post I paid
The Diaspora Community of northerners in New Jersey, USA, on Sunday 7th November hosted the Northern Regional Minister, Shaibu Alhassan Shani, and his entourage at the Masgid Bilal Mosque in Jersey City. The group requested to meet with the Regional Minister to officially welcome him to the USA and also offer them the opportunity to […] The post Ghanaian
The case involving the aggrieved 499 law students has been adjourned to November 19, 2021. This is to enable lawyers for the students to study the Attorney General’s response to their suit. The students claim they had successfully undertaken the law school entrance examination but were denied admission, a claim which has since been disputed. […] The post Case
The Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo), has blamed “significant disturbance” in its power systems as the cause of the widespread power outage experienced in most parts of the country on Monday night. It said its power generating units at Aboadze and Bui tripped, hence the incident. It, however, says the situation has been rectified as of […] The post ‘Significant
The Accra Circuit Court 4 has ordered the release of mobile phones belonging to Shatta Wale and his teammates, which are still in police possession. Lawyer for both the dancehall artiste and his team members, Jerry Avenorgbo, told judge Emmanuel Essandor that the items were confiscated upon his clients’ arrest and have since not been […] The post Court
In a move to help reduce the ever-increasing graduate unemployment in the country, Duapa-werkspace, a business development entity, has partnered with Takoradi Technical University to train and support students to build viable businesses within the next five years. This follows a 5-year Memorandum of Understanding signed between Takoradi Technical University and Duapa Werkspace, a non-governmental […] The post Duapa
Police in Tema have arrested a suspect in a rape and robbery incident that occurred on July 13, 2021, The suspect, Dordzi Dzidefo, had been on the run until he was arrested on November 1,, 2021, at his hideout at Kakasunanka No. 1, according to a statement by police. Police said the arrest followed “a […] The post Tema: Motorbike operator arrested
A Circuit Court in Offinso in the Ashanti Region, has sentenced a 32-year-old chainsaw operator to six months’ imprisonment in hard labour for illegally felling trees in the Kwamisa Forest Reserve. The convict, Agyenim Boateng, who was arrested by officials of the Forestry Commission in the Offinso Municipality, was handed over to the police and […] The post Chainsaw
The Bui Power Authority is to construct solar power plants in the Central Gonja and Sawla-Tuna-Kalba districts of the Savannah Region. The two plants will augment and improve power supply in the five regions of the north of Ghana. It was announced by the Savannah Regional Minister, Saeed Muhazu Jibril at a durbar of the […] The post Bui Power Authority to
GROHE, a leading global brand for complete bathroom solutions and kitchen fittings, will on Thursday 11th November, inaugurate a state-of-the-art training facility in Accra as part of its GROHE Installer Vocational Training and Education (GIVE) programme aimed at equipping young persons with the requisite skillset and knowledge for the sanitary industry. The training facility set […] The post GROHE
Dancehall artiste, Charles Nii Armah Mensah, known in showbiz as Shatta Wale, and his three accomplices are expected to reappear in court today, Tuesday, November 9, 2021. Shatta Wale was arrested alongside three others last month for fabricating a story that he had been shot. The four accused persons were remanded into prison custody for […] The post Medikal, Shatta Wale to
Dancehall artiste, Charles Nii Armah Mensah, known in showbiz as Shatta Wale, and his three accomplices are expected to reappear in court today, Tuesday, November 9, 2021. Shatta Wale was arrested alongside three others last month for fabricating a story that he had been shot. The four accused persons were remanded into prison custody for […] The post Medikal, Shatta Wale to reappear
When the elite in Ghana’s corporate world met to strut their stuff along the fine halls of Labadi Beach Hotel on Saturday, November 6, 2021, it was Absa Bank that got the best of the lot in the banking sector category. In what was a night of back-slapping and award-giving at the 32nd National Chartered […] The post Absa claims big night at CIMG Awards appeared first on
Many parts of the country were thrown into darkness following an unexpected power outage on Monday night. The cause of the outage is not yet known. In the Greater Accra Region, many areas including Dansoman, Nima, Teshie reported of the outage. In the Northern Region, there was a total blackout from around 9pm on Monday […] The post Widespread blackout hit some parts of
A sub-chief and four assemblymen at Gambaga in the North East Region were on Saturday arrested after irate youth allegedly incited by the community elders vandalized construction site belonging to a private developer, one Ziblim Fataw over alleged encroachment. Sources at the Gambaga Palace indicate that the land under contention was leased to the government […] The post Gambaga:
The Director of Communications for the governing New Patriotic Party, Yaw Buaben Asamoa, has criticised the Catholic Bishops Conference for a lack of clarity in its concerns about the Akufo-Addo administration’s handling of the public purse. Speaking on Eyewitness News, Mr. Asamoa said the conference would have done better by making more targeted remarks about […] The post Catholic
The Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) is just a few days away, but students of the Fuveme Basic School in the Anlo District have to endure a devastating tidal wave that has wrecked their school building. Their community was also not left out of the damage. Some of the students who spoke to Citi News […] The post BECE candidates at Fuveme
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