Ghana’s oil sector will start facing setbacks after 2020, especially of no new fields are discovered since the country will not be able to increase production in the next five years should that eventuality materialise, energy think tank Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) has warned. In the interim, ACEP said in a publication titled: […]
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) should focus on its core mandate of educating the electorate and Ghanaians in general on their civic duties instead of calling on voters not to throng polling stations with Kalyppo Fruit Juice when voting, Franklin Cudjoe, president of IMANI Ghana, has said. His comment follows an appeal by […]
A suspect has reportedly died after a campus shooting in Ohio that left at least seven people injured. Ohio State University sent a tweet to students warning them to “Run Hide Fight”. Hours later police declared the scene “secure” lifting the shelter-in-place order and cancelling classes for the remainder of Monday. Columbus Fire Department said […]
Pressure group OccupyGhana has warned state pension manager Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) to stay clear of using taxpayers’ pension contributions to fund a $35-million deal between businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome and the state by acquiring a 24% stake in the embattled businessman’s Anator Holding Company Limited. The deal has to do with […]
The flag bearer of the All People’s Congress (APC), Hassan Ayariga, has denied an allegation that his party is being bankrolled by President John Mahama and the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC). He told Class91.3FM’s Kwesi Parker-Wilson that the allegation made by his dismissed General Secretary Razak Opoku was untrue. Speaking about his dismissal by […]
Accra Hearts of Oak’s assistant coach Henry Wellington has lauded his side for beating arch rivals Kumasi Asante Kotoko away from home to secure a final place in the ongoing G6 competition. Hearts beat Kotoko 6-5 on penalties to book a ticket to the final after a 1-1 draw in regulation time. “My side fought […]
Ghanaian boxer Emmanuel Tagoe, popularly known as ‘Game Boy’, is scheduled to fight South African Fana Nzonke on December 2, 2016. The new arrangement was as a result of a last minute withdrawal by Argentine opponent Fernando David Saucedo due to ill health. The bout will take place at the recently built Bukom Sports Complex. […]
Music producer and sound engineer Appiah Dankwa, aka Appietus, has said the power crisis (dumsor) of the last few years affected him and everyone in the music industry. “If an artiste is done with the song and it’s being given to a DJ to play, he probably uses a generator to play it on radio. […]
Pollster and managing editor of Daily Dispatch, Ben Ephson, would be better served writing about nutrition than engaging in election surveys because his poll analyses are politically motivated, Yaw Adomako Baafi, a private legal practitioner and a deputy communications officer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has said. According to him, Mr Ephson does not […]
President John Dramani Mahama has urged the Ghanaian electorate to turn out in their numbers to vote for him on December 7 to ensure he wins by a wide margin. According to Mr Mahama, who is seeking a second term in office, 60 per cent of votes cast nationwide in his favour will be welcoming […]
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has denied claims by the government that its 2016 flag bearer, Nana Akufo-Addo, conspired with Great Cape Company Limited to attempt to hoodwink the state into paying $1billion as judgment debt to the firm. Speaking on 12Live on Class91.3FM on Monday, 28 November, the NPP’s Director of Communications, Nana Akomea, […]
Minister of Communication, Dr Edward Omane Boamah, has assured the public that government will go through the necessary processes to ensure that the controversial GHS51.2 million judgment debt paid to businessman Alfred Woyome is refunded. He revealed that government is contesting all other wrongful judgment debt payments to ensure that the country does not lose. […]
South Africa’s scandal-plagued president Jacob Zuma faces a no-confidence vote on Monday by the ANC’s National Executive Committee (NEC), with at least three of his cabinet ministers turning against him, local media reported. The NEC, which can remove Mr Zuma from office, extended a scheduled weekend meeting into a third day on Monday after tourism […]
Political parties in the country have been advised to employ a consultative approach to their manifesto development to enable the participation of different interest groups including women. According to the International Republican Institute (IRI), a nonprofit, nonpartisan international organization advancing democracy worldwide, the consultative approach will encourage issues of importance of these groups to be […]
Flagbearer of the All People’s Congress (APC) Hassan Ayariga has thrown his support for the presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, in the December 7 elections. Mr Ayariga, who was one of the 10 presidential aspirants disqualified from contesting the 2016 elections, made the announcement at a news conference in […]
It would also, per their constitutional mandate, ensure that the votes of the electorate pass the litmus test of being counted. According to ECs Guide dubbed: “What You Should Know,” persons who could not locate their voters ID card on the Election Day could be assisted by the Name Reference List Officer at the polling […]
The truck is to aid them in conveying shea nuts from the bush to their warehouse at Savelugu in the Northern Region for processing. Presenting the truck to the Association at Savelugu over the weekend, Mr Sulemana Ibrahim, the Director of Finance and Administration at EXIM Bank, said the donation was necessary based on the […]
The beneficiary communities are Gbintiri, Gambaga, and Nalerigu Atabiya in the East Mamprusi District, Katejili, Kitare, Kokonagye and Mbowura in the Kpandai District, Gyamtutu and Makango in the East Gonja District, Kukuo in the Nanumba South District and Wulugu in the West Mamprusi District. The intervention formed part of the bank’s corporate social responsibility to […]
Nii Laryea Afotey Agbo, Greater Accra Regional Minister, on behalf of President John Dramani Mahama, performed the sod cutting, tree planting and unveiling of the e-waste recycling facility at the weekend. The facility is to be built in partnership with the Environmental Protection Agency and is expected to recycle all electronic and electrical waste into […]
The acts for the first ever music festival to take place in the Upper West Region have been announced. Headlining the festival will be Wiyaala, aka The Lioness of Africa, who has just completed a long and successful tour of Europe garnering rave reviews for her performances at the Womad International Festival UK, Ronnie Scotts […]
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