The Supreme Court has for the second successive time been unable to hear a writ of summons against the contested Member of Parliament for Assin North, James Gyakye Quayson due to the inability to serve the processes on the legislator. The Court at its last adjourned date was informed by its Registrar of two failed […] The post Bailiff alleges being manhandled by
Authorities at the school of Veterinary Medicine at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), have reiterated calls for the government to help complete work on the abandoned KNUST Veterinary Teaching Hospital. For the past five years, work has halted on the project as lecturers lament the situation is adversely affecting quality academic […] The post KNUST
The Coalition of Concerned University Students has announced the postponement of their intended demonstration alleging police intimidation. The leadership of the Coalition says the government through the Ghana Police is deliberate in frustrating its intended demonstration. In a statement, the group accuses the Greater Accra Regional Police Command of backing out on the agreed modalities […] The post Concerned
Nominees of the second edition of the Entertainment Achievement Awards have been announced. The announcement was done live on Citi TV and 97.3 Citi FM on Tuesday, February 8, 2022. After receiving hundreds of entries from the public, the EAA Academy made up of professionals from the various subfields of the arts industry, whittled down […] The post 2022 Entertainment
In case you haven’t heard, on Thursday, 20th January 2022, a large explosion occurred along the Tarkwa-Bogoso Ayamfuri road after a truck transporting mining explosives reportedly collided with a motorcycle. The explosion levelled an entire village nearby. As of the day of writing this article, 13 people had been confirmed dead, and an additional 59 […] The post Naa
The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abdulai Jinapor on Monday, February 7, 2022, imposed a fine of $6 million on Maxam Ghana Limited, the company at the centre of the explosion that occurred at Appiate in the Prestea Huni-Valley Municipality of the Western Region, which killed some 13 people and destroyed the entire community. According […] The post Gov’t
The government has set up an Early Warning Center as part of plans to deal with a possible insurgency in Ghana following a series of military coup d’état recorded within the West African sub-region in the last nine months. According to the government, the centre would help detect issues that could fuel a military takeover. […] The post Government sets up
According to the World Economic Forum (WEF). Ghana and the rest of Sub-Saharan Africa are utilising just 55 per cent of its human capital potential (compared to a worldwide average of 65 per cent). By 2030, the working-age population is set to boom by two-thirds, touching 600 million. Opportunities for this young workforce will primarily […] The post Top 5 IT skills
The Minister for Roads and Highways, Kwesi Amoako-Atta, has hinted at government’s plan to convert all abandoned tollbooths into decent washrooms for use by motorists. His comments come on the back of the National Road Safety Authority’s call on the sector Ministry to remove the non-functioning booths to prevent accidents from occurring. It is however […] The post Tollbooths
The Minister for Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako-Attah, has hinted at government’s plan to convert all abandoned tollbooths into decent washrooms for use by motorists. His comments come on the back of the National Road Safety Authority’s call on the sector Ministry to remove the non-functioning booths to prevent accidents from occurring. It is however […] The post Tollbooths
The Minister for Local Government, Decentralization and Rural Development, Dan Kwaku Botwe, says government will not hesitate to punish any local government official whose action or inaction brings the name of the government into disrepute. The sector Minister indicated that government will ensure that District or Metropolitan Chief Executives live up to expectation. Speaking to […] The post ‘Local
The Wikimedia Ghana User Group, an affiliate of the Wikimedia Foundation, is set to begin a second phase of its photo project to archive personalities within the Ghanaian entertainment industry whose Wikipedia articles do not have photos. The project which was launched in 2021 began its first phase by uploading photos of 275 Ghanaian legislators and […] The post Wikimedia
Felix Kwakye Ofosu, an aide to former President Mahama, has criticsed Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia’s relative silence on the current state of Ghana’s economy. “He has completely disappeared from the economics team. He has gone into hiding, and he is avoiding discourse on the economy like the plague,” Mr. Ofosu said on Eyewitness News. Mr. […] The post ‘Bawumia
The Minister for Roads And Highways is courting the support of road contractors for the government’s controversial Electronic transaction Levy (E-Levy). According to the Minister, their support for the levy will help in raising more revenue, part of which will be used to pay road contractors owed by the government. Speaking at a meeting with […] The post Support
The National Petroleum Authority (NPA), is concerned about the increasing rise in the prices of petroleum products in recent times. According to the Authority, it is constrained under the deregulation regime to directly intervene in determining fuel prices at the pumps but will ensure that consumers are not short-changed. Speaking to Citi News during a […] The post We’ll
Chief Policy Analyst at the Ghana Institute of Public Policy Options, Dr. Charles Wereko Brobby, believes government will be on course in moderating the rocketing price of fuel should it leverage on the country’s windfall profits from oil revenue. For him, the global factors affecting brent crude oil prices will always be unfavourable hence applying […] The post Apply
The Ghana Physician Assistants Association says the failure of the Ministry of Health to respond to its concerns regarding better conditions of service within the next seven days will result in an industrial action. The Association in its post-2021 Annual General Conference over the weekend raised several concerns affecting its members and the smooth delivery […] The post Physician
The Lands and Natural Resources Minister, Samuel Jinapor, says he will within this week make public some of the actions to be taken against mining companies who were found culpable in the Appiate investigative report. Samuel Abdulai Jinapor says he has received two reports from the Mineral Commission and the Benjamin Aryee committee tasked to […] The post Report
A former Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana National Petroleum Commission (GNPC), Alex Mould is imploring the government to as part of its austerity measures reduce public expenditure in the face of the country’s economic challenges. In addition, he says calls for the government to return to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) must be heeded […] The post Economy
A former Member of Parliament for Kumbungu and member of the group campaigning against the ongoing SIM card re-registration exercise, Ras Mubarak, says the group, Concerned Mobile Network Subscribers, has series of protests planned as part of efforts to get the National Communications Authority (NCA) to halt the ongoing exercise. He said the #NoCallsDay declared […] The post #NoCallsDay
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