Professor Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang The Minister of Education, Professor Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang, has defended government’s decision to use part of a World Bank loan to procure sanitary pads for school girls. Prof. Opoku Agyemang said the move was a good one, which had support from the World Bank. Arguing that the decision was […]
President John Mahama Pressure group Alliance for Accountable Governance (AFAG) has challenged President John Dramani Mahama to step down for what they describe as his “inability to absolve himself from various corruption charges levelled against him.†AFAG’s call comes barely two days after a letter with the Presidency’s letterhead and the President’s signature alleging his resignation started […]
The 2012 Presidential Candidate for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, who is also an aspiring flagbearer for party in the 2016 general elections, has strongly questioned the credibility of Ghana’s electoral register used for the 2012 general elections. Speaking to Ghanaians at Dominion Centre, London, last Sunday, Nana Akufo-Addo said Ghana’s […]
Somalia’s militant Islamist group al-Shabab says it has shot dead a prominent MP in the capital, Mogadishu. Ahmed Mohamud Hayd was killed in a drive-by shooting after he left his hotel in a heavily policed area, witnesses said. His bodyguard was also killed and a parliamentary secretary wounded in the shooting, witnesses added. Al-Shabab, which […]
The withdrawal of services by the Christian Health Association of Ghana (CHAG) is having a negative impact on most patients on the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) across the country. The Mission hospitals on Tuesday began turning away the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) subscribers. The decision is as a result of the inability of […]
Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, a member of the National Committee of opposition Progressive People’s Party (PPP), is scheduled to deliver a lecture on Monday July 28, 2014, under the theme “Solutions for Ghana: A Nation in Crisisâ€. The lecture forms part of activities marking the second anniversary celebration of the party. Originally […]
Kwesi Nyantakyi, GFA President We have observed the frantic efforts by the Ghana Football Association (GFA) to pass the buck. The fact is that they share with government the messy Ghana’s participation in the World Cup tournament. The highlight of the efforts so far was yesterday’s press conference to present what in their estimation, is […]
POWER AND WEALTH! Top of the range SUVs parked around the party edifice (inset) yesterday Leadership of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) finally commissioned the controversial $20 million head office building yesterday. Key and influential members of the party, including some Members of Parliament (MPs), defied a heavy downpour that hit the nation’s capital, […]
The parked Gallopers There were fireworks at the Commission of Enquiry investigating the payment of judgement debts when the Managing Director of Africa Automobile Limited (AAL) testified about purported debts owed his company by the government for services rendered. Documents available to the Commission indicated that the debts owed by the government to AAL stood […]
Prophet Daniel Yaw Nkansah The trial of Prophet Daniel Yaw Nkansah, a failed presidential hopeful and founder of the New Vision Pentecostal Church took a dramatic turn when a video recording was tendered in evidence yesterday. Stephen Ped Andam, the complainant and tenant of Prophet Nkansah’s store at Atico Junction in Accra, told an Accra […]
Most Rev. Peter Kwasi Sarpong Emeritus Archbishop of the Kumasi Catholic Archdiocese, Most Rev. Peter Kwasi Sarpong has criticized government for excessively spending the country’s meager resources on unproductive activities. It would be erroneous and preposterous for any government official or citizen to say Ghana is poor in the face of open opulence by government, […]
Coach Appiah (L) and GFA Boss Kwesi Nyantekyi at the press conference yesterday The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has admitted administrative lapses leading to the embarrassing fiasco that characterised the Black Stars’ outing at this year’s World Cup in Brazil. President of the FA Kwesi Nyantakyi, at a press conference yesterday, promised that his outfit […]
We have observed the frantic efforts by the Ghana Football Association (GFA) to pass the buck. The fact is that they share with government the messy Ghana’s participation in the World Cup tournament. The highlight of the efforts so far was yesterday’s press conference to present what in their estimation, is the truth about the […]
Fiifi Kwetey (left) in a chat with a member of Solidaridad Fiifi Kwetey, outgoing Minister of State in-charge of Finance and Allied Institutions, has disclosed that Ghana has an unmet demand of 35,000 tons of palm oil. He said currently the country produces about 243,852 tons of palm oil and stressed the need for government […]
Union Savings & Loans has officially launched a new service – Union SME Clinic – to offer business solutions to micro, small and medium-scale enterprises (MSMEs). Philip Oti-Yeboah, Managing Director of Union Savings & Loans, in an address, said the package formed part of his outfit’s philosophy of successfully combining commercial objectives with a strong […]
Samuel Nyavor, Regional Head of the NLA, (4th from left), chief of Bomsu in Kumasi(5th), Obed Hoyah, Head of Retail Distribution for SG Ghana, Kwaku Tweneboah- Kodua, Head of Retail and Fred Addy, Head of Marketing Societe Generale Ghana has held its first mini draw to reward loyal customers in the ‘Power of GH¢250’ Deposit […]
Professor Clement Dzidonu (Left) signing an MoU with Dr Bernard Otabil (right) after the lecture The Accra Institute of Technology (AiT) and the Ghana News Agency (GNA) have challenged Ghanaian journalists to embrace new technologies including the internet in the production and dissemination of news in the country. According to the bodies, journalism in the […]
Lydia Bawa (middle), Mrs. Ocran, (3rd from left) and Mr. Bediako, (2nd from left) with staff members of Vanguard Assurance Company Limited   The Commissioner of Insurance, Lydia Lariba Bawa has visited Kumasi, the Ashanti regional capital, to learn about challenges of insurance branch offices in the metropolis. She was accompanied by the Director of […]
Daniel Nii Quartey in police custody A 35-year-old man who is believed to be the leader of a gang that had allegedly been defrauding people who look for accommodation at Dansoman, Accra, has been apprehended by the police. The suspect, Daniel Nii Quartey, was apprehended after allegedly defrauding a victim to the tune of GH₵4,800. […]
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