Twenty-eight districts in seven regions are expected to be directly affected by the ongoing Bagre Dam spillage. The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) in a statement outlined the five Northern Regions, the Northern parts of the Oti Region and the Afram Plains of the Eastern Region in this regard. The spillage of the Bagre dam from […] The post 28 districts
Fuel prices have begun increasing again at the pumps and consumers are lamenting the impact it is having on their finances. Some oil marketing companies like Total have increased the price of petrol by 5 percent and now selling at 11.55 pesewas per litre. Diesel is now being sold at 14.50perswa per litre. Citi News […] The post Ghanaians lament as fuel prices begin increasing
The government is currently negotiating with Australian mining firm, Cassius Mining Limited, following the latter’s intentions to sue Ghana for $395 million in a London court. Cassius contends that Ghana failed to stop Shaanxi, another mining company, from trespassing on its concession. Both Cassius and Shaanxi Mining Company have concessions in the Upper East Region […] The post Gov’t
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says his government has invested heavily in the education sector, hence its significant improvement and quality. Speaking on a local radio station in Kasoa as part of his two-day tour of the Central Region, the President said teacher motivation and the provision of adequate textbooks for students are evidence of […] The post We’ve
LetsGo, a pan-Africa retail financial services firm, has introduced an initiative dubbed The #GoBigChallenge to empower young entrepreneurs in the country. The challenge is targeted at Africa’s digitally-active creators, innovators and start-ups improving lives through financial and general wellbeing empowerment. The social media challenge seeks to support some 11 local start-ups within the spaces–education, agriculture, […] The post LetsGo
The Black Star International Film Festival has announced the launch of the 7th edition of the Black Star International Film Festival (BSIFF) dedicated to the development of the business of film, independent filmmaking and film artists in Ghana, Africa and the world. The Festival is scheduled to take place from September 20th to 25th 2022 […] The post 7th edition
The Wapuli-Yendi road in the Northern Region has been left with a big gully following torrential rains in the area this week. This destruction occurred as SONABEL Company Limited, operators of the Bagre Dam in neighbouring Burkina-Faso, commenced spillage of the Bagre dam. The spillage of the dam is expected to worsen the impact of flooding […] The post Chereponi,
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed confidence in the performance of his Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta despite growing discontent towards him from Ghanaians. According to the President, although many have called for the head of the Finance Minister over alleged mismanagement of the economy, he is satisfied with Ofori-Atta as he has what it […] The post Ofori-Atta
An amount of US$2 million Ghana paid in 2019 as premium to acquire ordinary shares for the development of the Accra Sky Train Project has been reported as a net liability. This is contained in a report by the Auditor General on the Public Accounts of Ghana’s Public Boards, Corporations and other Statutory Institutions for […] The post Ghana
An amount of US$2 million Ghana paid in 2019 as premium to acquire ordinary shares for the development of the Accra Sky Train Project has been reported as a net liability. This is contained in a report by the Auditor General on the Public Accounts of Ghana’s Public Boards, Corporations and other Statutory Institutions for […] The post Ghana
The prosecutor handling the matter involving three students of the Opoku Ware School (OWASS) who are standing trial for allegedly robbing and injuring a taxi driver, is calling for a speedy trial. The three were arrested in August after a commercial driver reported to the police that he was attacked by accused persons. The accused […] The post Prosecutor
The Coalition of Nation Builders Corps (NABCO) Trainees has given government a month ultimatum to fulfil its financial obligations to its members. This comes after the NABCO program officially ended on Wednesday, August 31, 2022. The program which was launched in 2018 for a three-year period was extended in 2021. The beneficiaries say the non-payment […] The post NABCO
Some labourers at the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) on Thursday protested over their unpaid salaries. The workers who keep the Central Business District clean gathered at the premises of the AMA to agitate. They brought with them a bottle of schnapps and eggs to invoke curses on the authorities for the delay in payment. According […] The post AMA city cleaners protest
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will today, Friday, September 2, 2022 start a two-day tour of the Central Region. The President will begin the tour in Kasoa in the Awutu Senya East constituency, where he will inspect work on a Court Complex. He will then proceed to the Awutu-Senya West constituency to inspect work on […] The post Akufo-Addo begins two-day tour of
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says he is aware some powerful forces in the country are working against the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy. Nana Akufo-Addo says the policy which aims at mitigating the plight of the poor to have access to education is being thwarted. But the President believes the programme will survive […] The post I’m aware ‘powerful
The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has revealed that about 6.4 million Ghanaians are simultaneously food insecure and multidimensionally poor. This represents 20.8 percent of the total population of Ghana. According to the Service’s 2022 Annual Household Income and Expenditure Survey, 13.6 million people, 44.1 percent of the population, were found to be multidimensionally poor in […] The post About
As part of moves to sanitize the media space, the Private Newspapers Publishers Association of Ghana (PRINPAG) is calling on government to use innovative communication strategies to engage the media to salvage its shortfalls. The re-elected President of PRINPAG, Andrew Edwin Arthur, maintains that bad press is better than no press. He made this comment […] The post PRINPAG
The Legal Affairs Directorate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) wants the Electoral Commission to immediately withdraw the Constitutional Instrument that makes the Ghana card the only source document for continuous voter registration. The new Constitutional Instrument that could enforce this change is in Parliament and has been referred to the Subsidiary Legislation Committee of […] The post Withdraw
A former Minister of State in charge of Tertiary Education, Prof. Kwesi Yankah, supports calls for a review of the free Senior High School (SHS) policy. Mr, Yankah argues that a review will be helpful in identifying defects of the policy and ways of resolving them. “We have allowed politics to erode so much into […] The post Prof. Kwesi Yankah backs calls for review
The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) has said it has a plan in place to clear the backlog of unaccredited courses at some of Ghana’s universities. “We have arranged with the universities for a special arrangement to get them off our books,” the Director General of the commission, Prof Mohammed Salifu, said on Eyewitness News. […] The post Special
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