The Presidency yesterday witnessed history following the visit to Jubilee House by some National Democratic Congress (NDC) Members of Parliament (MPs). Since the Akufo-Addo reign took office, yesterday was the first time that a number of MPs from the opposing side, especially the NDC, have been to the President’s Office, Akufo-Addo said. The MPs for Nkronza North, Joseph Kwasi Mensah, Pru East, Kwabena Donkor, Sene West, Kwame Twumasi Ampofo, and others were part of a delegation from the Bono Regional
Alhaji Umar Farouk Aliu Mahama, Member of Parliament (MP) for Yendi has received an Honorary recognition, which acknowledges him among the “Top 30 Achievers” of Coventry University, United Kingdom, Alumini. At a joint Special Ghana Communication Technology University (GCTU)/Coventry University Alumni Dinner and Recognition Night in Accra, Alhaji Farouk Aliu Mahama received a citation which reads: “In recognition and appreciation for your outstanding accomplishment in your chosen
The Accra Circuit Court ‘9’, presided over by His Honour Samuel Bright Acquah has rescinded a bench warrant issued for the arrest of the General Manager (GM) of Trassaco Limited, Morris Ian. The decision follows an application filed by his Counsel, Martin Kpebu, that the embattled General Manager/Managing Director of Trassaco Estate could not attend court on Friday, August 26, 2022 because he was down with Covid-19. The application filed on Monday, August 29, 2022 said: “I am before you (Court)
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Tarkwa Nsuaem Constituency, George Mireku Duker, has commissioned a 480-bed capacity dormitory for the Fiaseman Senior High School on Monday. The Regional Minister, Kwabena Okyere Darko, supported the Tarkwa MP to cut the tape to commission the boys’ dormitory for the school. The project was funded by the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) at a cost of GH¢2.7 million and has a 20-seater water closet toilet facility, 32 shower cubicles, 2 washing bay, two ironing
It was joy all at the Tarkwa Cyanide suburb when the Member of Parliament (MP) for the area, George Mireku Duker, commissioned a Third Phase Astro Turf at the weekend. The MP was led by a retinue of traditional leaders, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Coastal Development Authority (CODA), Jerry Ahmed Shaib, the Regional Manager of CODA, Edmundson Afriyie, the Deputy CEO of CODA, and Mona Gertrude Effah, Municipal Chief Executive of the Tarkwa Nsuaem Assembly, to cut the tape to signify the official
Available statistics indicate the current population of Accra stands at 2,605,000, which is a 1.88% increase over the 2021 figure that stood at 2,557,000. The latter is also an increase of 1.71% from the 2020 figure of 2,514,000. It is also estimated that the whole of Greater Accra has the highest number of registered vehicles in the country, which currently stands at 1,164,942. The above statistics clearly show that Accra’s population is not only growing, but doing so alongside the number of vehicles
The Minister for Health, Kwaku Agyemang Manu, says he would eat back his words that advance payment was made for the purchase of some ambulances before letters of credit were established if substantial documents prove otherwise. This was as Mr. Agyemang Manu under cross-examination by Dr. Abdul Aziz Bamba, defence counsel for the former Deputy Finance Minister, Dr.Cassiel Ato Forson, yesterday, that he was not privy to some documents in relation to the procurement of the ambulances. With that Dr.
The residents of Okine Jata in the Ablekuma West Constituency have promised to give Mrs. Owusu-Ekuful and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) a hostile reception if she dared campaign in the area as the election season approaches. This was in reaction to a recent re-tarring of the road in front of her home, at the expense of others in even more deplorable conditions and requiring urgent attention. The residents said by her action, she had prioritised her comfort above the pressing needs of the constituents,
The resolve of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and his government against all odds to sanitise the small scale mining sector for it to contribute sustainably to the socio-economic development of the country is not aimed at chalking personal glory, but rather to protect and safeguard the country’s rich resources for future generations, Mr George Mireku Duker, the Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources responsible for Mining has said. In a key note address to stimulate interest and
We confirm an incident which happened on Sunday 28 August, 2022 at our Adomi Bridge (Atimpoku) Shell Filling station. There was water ingress into the underground Super tank after the heavy downpour in the area. This resulted in the stalling of the engines for a number of customers who had earlier carried out transactions at the station. On hearing of this unfortunate incident, sales at the station was immediately halted. All customers who were involved were also immediately contacted and alternative
Every Ghanaian is an economist. Like Jesus who, according to the Bible, was “acquainted with grief”, Ghanaians are perpetually acquainted with economic hardship. The only things that are working in Ghana are shopping malls and outbound tourism, namely selling packaged tours to wonder world Dubai, pleasure-soaked South Africa and exotic Greece. At whose expense? Though the leisure trips are priced in cedis, the organizers require dollars and euros to stay in this type of business. The hotels in
The Minister of Finance and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has said the federal government will borrow over N11 trillion and sell national assets to finance the budget deficit in 2023. She also said the government’s budget deficit is expected to exceed N12.42 trillion if it should keep petroleum subsidy for the entire 2023 fiscal cycle. Mrs Ahmed disclosed this on Monday while appearing before the House of Representatives Committee on Finance to defend the 2023-2025 Medium Term Expenditure Framework
The Nigerian Army, on Tuesday, said its troops have neutralized bandits in Kaduna communities. In a statement by Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, Director of Army Public Relations, the troops led by the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 1 Division Nigerian Army, Major General Taoreed Lagbaja, have cleared bandits in Buruku, Udawa, Manini, Birnin Gwari, Doka, Maganda, Kuyello and Dogon Dawa communities in Kaduna State. According to him, the troops engaged bandits during a patrol in
On July 15, Reverend Fathers Donatus Cleophas and Mark Cheitnum were in the empty rectory of Christ the King parish in Yadin Garu, a town in the Southern Kaduna area of northwest Nigeria when five armed men walked in. Two were wielding an AK-47 rifle, another had a machete and the other two held sticks, Cleophas said. The gunmen confiscated the phones of both priests, who had stayed to celebrate mass after an ordination service in that diocese, and led them into the muddy grounds of a maize farm
Former Governor of Kaduna State, Ahmed Makarfi, has urged the presidential candidates of Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi, and his New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, counterpart, Rabiu Kwankwaso to return to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Makarfi said Obi and Kwankwaso should swallow their personal ambitions and return to the PDP. The former PDP National Chairman disclosed this on Channels Television’s breakfast show, Sunrise Daily. Makarfi urged aggrieved PDP members to unite and discuss their differences
Don’t expect Chris Rock to be emceeing the Oscars anytime soon. According to multiple eyewitnesses, Rock revealed during his Sunday night show in Phoenix, that he was asked to host next year’s show, but refused. As many will remember, it was at the 2022 Academy Awards that Will Smith slapped Rock in the face after he made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith before presenting the award for Best Documentary Feature. “Chris Rock said he was asked to host next year’s Academy Awards at his
Veteran Nigerian actress Joke Silva has once again debunked reports of her husband, Olu Jacobs’ death. In a post shared on her Instagram story, the actress revealed that the revered actor is alive and well at home and in the company of his family and loved ones. Her post followed rumours on social media that the octogenarian had passed away after recently celebrating his 80th birthday. However, Joke Silva, who did not take those rumours lightly, threatened to sue persons who peddle such falsehoods.
Authorities in the eastern Spanish region of Valencia are calling on festival goers not to “lose respect for bulls” after seven people were killed by the animals during this year’s Bous al Carrer bull-running fiestas. The summer festivities – which translate as “bulls on the street”, and which are held in towns and villages across Valencia – have also resulted in more than 300 injuries in the past two months. The death toll now equals that of 2015, when the high number of fatalities
Eighteen people have died after police in Madagascar opened fire on what they called a lynch mob angered at the kidnapping of a child with albinism, a senior doctor has said. Dozens were also wounded in the incident on Monday. “At the moment, 18 people have died in all, nine on the spot and nine in hospital,” Tango Oscar Toky, chief physician at a hospital in southeastern Madagascar, told AFP. On the large Indian Ocean island, people with albinism are regularly the target of violence.
Powerful Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has ordered loyalists to return to their homes after a day of clashes that left at least 30 people dead, wounded hundreds and sparked fears of a wider conflict within the country’s Shia population. Sadr called for the Iraqi army to retake control of Baghdad’s green zone, which had been the scene of the fiercest fighting between Sadrist members and pro-Iranian militias. Iran closed its border and urged its citizens to leave Iraq as fighters roamed the streets
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