Anger is brewing amongst some clients who have purchased lands from the NTHC Properties Limited, a real estate company, following the former’s unsuccessful attempts to access their properties. These clients, whose plight has been confirmed by an insider, claim they had been left to their fate by the company. They are calling on the company to ensure they have access to their properties, or refund the money they paid. The NTHC has, however, denied the claim by the purchasers of the properties, saying
President Akufo-Addo has commissioned the newly constructed administration block of the North East Regional Coordinating Council at Nalerigu last week Saturday, as part of his working visit to the newly created region. The administration block is among six new administrative structures being constructed for the six newly created Regions, and the second to be completed for use, after commissioning that of the Western North in September 2021. The administration complex was constructed at a cost of
The lingering impasse between the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and the Krobo District in the Eastern Region has steadily advanced to the destruction of state utility service lines. Consequently, the whole of the Port/Industrial City of Tema and the Eastern half of the national capital, Accra, risk being without water and interruption of electricity nationwide if efforts are not made to resolve the conflict as soon as practicable. The looming danger stems from the fact that utility service
The Second Lady, Samira Bawumia, has urged beneficiaries of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) skills training for personnel, spouses, civil employees and other security services to create businesses out of their newly acquired skills. According to Mrs. Bawumia, it was not enough to acquire skills, but it was when put into practice. The Second Lady was speaking at the closing ceremony of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) skills training on Friday, August 5, 2022, at Burma Camp in Accra. “To the beneficiaries
Mrs. Justina Marigold Assan, Central Regional Minister, says the region had the potential to produce enough rice to feed the country, thereby boosting the economy and the livelihoods of its farmers and rural folks. She said the Central Region was aiming to be a rice production hub of Ghana, and also to produce rice seedlings for rice farmers in the country. “Undoubtedly, the region has the capacity and prospects to produce rice to meet local demand and for export, as well.” Mrs Marigold
In the Monday August 1, 2022 edition of The Chronicle, we used this column to express concern over the return of some Nigerien beggars onto some of the principal streets of Accra and other cities and towns in the country. This was after the state had spent our scarce resources to repatriate these migrants back to their country of origin. We had argued that terrorists nowadays do not need to enter one’s country openly brandishing deadly weapons before they can strike at their targets. We noted that
The Odumase-Krobo Circuit Court, presided over by His Honour Frank Gbeddy, has sentenced 42-year-old Isaac Azu to 12 months in prison for power theft. According to Sakyiwaa Mensah, Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Tema Regional Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Isaac Azu was charged with stealing and was consequently sentenced by the court on August 3, 2022. She told The Chronicle that at about 1.30 am on July, 31 2022, a resident saw Isaac Azu loitering around an ECG transformer at Kodjonya,
MTN Ghana has launched Mobile Money Month to observe its 13 years of enriching and impacting the lives of millions of Ghanaians. Mr. Nii Adotey Mingle, General Manager in charge of the Northern Business sector, explained at the event that the benefits of MTN Mobile Money was immeasurable, and commended the initiators, their partners, entities, banks, and the media for making it successful over the years in accelerating the growth of E-payment. According to him, 13 years had been quite a journey over
Newmont Africa has concluded discussions with the government, traditional authorities, and community stakeholders and commenced payment for the removal of over 8,000 speculative unauthorised structures in the $850 million Ahafo North Mining Project. An Inter-Agency Committee, led by the Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources responsible for mining and the Ahafo Regional Minister, with the support of officials from the Minerals Commission, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and Newmont
The newly elected General Superintendent of Assemblies of God, Ghana, Rev Dr Stephen Yannusom Wengam, says his immediate step is to unite the church for revival and greatness. This will pave the way for Assemblies of God to regain its position as the leading Pentecostal Church in Ghana. Rev Dr Wengam, who is the Lead Pastor of Cedar Mountain International Church in Accra, was speaking after his election at the 30th biennial General Council Meeting of Assemblies of God, Ghana attended by more than
Based on its efforts to promote ethical and developmental journalism, the Melcom Care Foundation, a subsidiary of the Melcom Group of Companies has extended its support to the Centre for communication & Culture. The Melcom Care Foundation donated an undisclosed amount towards the organisation of the Journalist Legendary Awards by Centre for Communication & Culture, which was received by Mr Enimil Ashon (Executive Director of the Centre for Communication and Culture). The Awards, which are
Tension is brewing at Nkotumso Nkasawura, a mining community in the Upper Denkyira West District in the Central Region, as two persons are claiming to be chiefs of the same community. Doduo Biribi Aduonum-Gyeabour, who was installed Chief of the community on April 26, 2021 after 11 years of litigation, is facing stiff opposition from a self-styled Chief, Nana Anyimadu Kuffour II, alias Mr. Joseph Nkuah Mensah, and popularly known as Kwabena Ebo. The two have, since 2011, traded claims and counter-claims
Socialists are known for lying and lying until the lie appears to be the truth. And this they feel proud of.Unfortunately for Ghana, we have an unfair share of such socialists among us who could lie with straight and innocent looking faces that even angels would believe them. Some of these persons seem to have the chemical composition of lying fully embedded in their genes. Such people are called the chronic and addicted liars. On the other hand, there is another group of socialists who actually
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, and Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, have agreed on a framework for the resolution of the differences between them. They reached the agreement on Thursday at a meeting in Abuja held at the residence of a former Minister of Information and National Orientation, Jerry Gana. It was the first time the two leaders would be meeting since Atiku overlooked Mr Wike and appointed Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, as his
The Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, on Thursday asked Google to block terrorists organisations from YouTube. He made the request when a team from Google visited him in Abuja. “We want Google to look into how to tackle the use of private and unlisted YouTube channels and YouTube livestreams by proscribed groups and terrorist organizations,” the Minister said, according to a statement signed by his spokesperson, Segun Adeyemi. “Channels and emails containing names of proscribed groups
A London museum says it has agreed to return to Nigeria artefacts looted in the 19th Century from the Kingdom of Benin. The Horniman Museum said ownership of 72 objects would be transferred to the Nigerian government. Items include 12 brass plaques, known as Benin Bronzes, a brass cockerel and a key to the king’s palace. It follows a request by Nigeria’s National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM) in January. The museum, in south-east London, says it has consulted with community
Nigerian governors advised the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government to take some urgent steps as part of coordinated efforts to instil fiscal discipline and prevent the nation from economic collapse. The governors made the proposal at a meeting with Mr Buhari last month, PREMIUM TIMES gathered from sources privy to details of the meeting. This newspaper reported that the governors advised the federal government to offer federal civil servants who are older than 50 years a one-off retirement
Proud son of God, Sonnie Badu, is showing off the material things his father has blessed him with to glorify His name. The Ghanaian Gospel singer who is now into the prophetic ministry as the founder of the RockHill Church in Atlanta, Georgia, has shared a post on social media about his luxury cars and mansion in America. Sonnie Badu posted a photo of himself standing in front of three cars parked in front of his house. The outspoken Ghanaian man of God captioned the photo “Psalm 23 is my favorite
Ghanaian actress and host of United TV’s United Showbiz, Nana Ama Mcbrown has broken the silence to report that she has undergone a plastic surgery procedure to enhance her body. McBrown said she only did liposuction and not tummy tuck as speculated. Recently, McBrown has drawn criticism on social media as she is being accused of undergoing plastic surgery to enhance her curves and bum in order to look sassy. Speaking on United showbiz, Nana Ama McBrown Mcbrown narrated how she felt uncomfortable
A fire set off by a lightning strike at an oil storage facility raged uncontrolled in the city of Matanzas, where four explosions and flames injured 121 people and left 17 firefighters missing, Cuban authorities said. Officials said an unidentified body had been found late on Saturday. Firefighters and other specialists were still trying to quell the blaze on Saturday at the Matanzas Supertanker Base, where the fire began during a thunderstorm on Friday night, the Ministry of Energy and Mines
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