The Public Utility Workers’ Union (PUWU) has expressed disappointment at government for failing to discuss with them details concerning the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MMC) Power Compact II before taking a final decision. According to PUWU, consultations would have clarified issues and updated concerned workers. Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show on Tuesday, the General Secretary ...

The Public Utility Workers’ Union (PUWU) has expressed disappointment at government for failing to discuss with them details concerning the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MMC) Power Compact II before taking a final decision. According to PUWU, consultations would have clarified issues and updated concerned workers. Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show on Tuesday, the General Secretary ...

Sulley Ali Muntari has been suspended by the Disciplinary Commission for walking off during Cagliari-Pescara due to racist insults, but Inter and Lazio have suspended bans. The incident caused huge controversy in Serie A and beyond, as the midfielder was booked by the referee for dissent. The Ghana international then became angry and walked off ...

The Northern Patriots for Research and Advocacy (NORPRA), has accused the Minerals Commission and the security agencies in the Upper East Region of doing very little in the fight against Galamsey. The Association laments the existence of numerous galamsey mining sites all over the region with sophisticated machinery, where people are mining with impunity. Speaking ...

President Akufo-Addo has appointed Stephen Asamoah Boateng, a former Minister of State, as the Executive Chairman of the State Enterprise Commission (SEC). A statement signed by Alhaj Abdul-Samed Abubakar, the Chief of Administration of the SEC on Tuesday, said Mr Asamoah Boateng’s appointment took effect from April 24, 2017. Mr. Asamoah Boateng replaces Dr. Camynta Baezie at the ...

The Ghana national Rugby team, the Ghana Eagles, made Ghanaians feel proud when they beat rivals Benin 46 points to 5 in the first match of the Rugby Africa Regional Challenge Group West 1 tournament on the Accra Sports Stadium pitch on Sunday 30th April,2017. The match started frenetically with both teams scoring tries in ...

In a tweet that is dividing Harry Potter fans, JK Rowling has said sorry for killing off Professor Snape in the final book of the Harry Potter series. The author made the apology on the anniversary of the fictional Battle of Hogwarts, which saw many popular characters die. She’s previously said sorry for killing Fred ...

French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has been accused of plagiarising defeated rival François Fillon in a speech she delivered on Monday. Several sections of her speech in Villepinte, north of Paris, appear to repeat almost word-for-word comments Mr Fillon made in an address on 15 April. An official of her National Front party said ...

The head of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights has backed Pescara’s Sulley Muntari after he walked off against Cagliari. The Ghanaian midfielder was subjected to racist abuse from the stands, but when he complained to the referee he was shown a yellow card. That prompted the former Milan player to walk off the ...

The Citi Breakfast Show on Tuesday, May 2, 2017 discussed Nana Addo’s assertion that most Ghanaian employees are unproductive.

Continuing students of second cycle institutions in the Upper East Region are appealing to government to settle their feeding grant arrears to enable them reopen on the 4th of May 2017. Various second cycle institutions are expected to reopen on Thursday 4th May, 2017, but head teachers of these schools in the region have entreated students not to ...

Angel Group of Companies, manufacturers of Adonko bitters, have said they will cooperate with the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), in investigations over a recent musical concert organized by them, that saw many youth pass out as a result of excessive drinking. The company said it has reviewed all of its promotional strategies to avert a ...

National Democratic Congress (NDC) Constituency executives of the Nadowli/Kaleo Constituency in the Upper West Region, are backing calls for their Member of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, to join the race to become the next flagbearer for the party for the 2020 polls. This came as posters with Mr. Bagbin, the Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, announcing his readiness ...

About 4,000 workers in the petroleum sector are likely to lose their jobs within the next few months if government fails to stop the illegal sale of petroleum products in the country. This is the caution from the Association of Oil Marketing Companies (AOMCs). The Association explains that the illegal trade which has been perpetrated ...

About 4,000 workers in the petroleum sector are likely to lose their jobs within the next few months if government fails to stop the illegal sale of petroleum products in the country. This is the caution from the Association of Oil Marketing Companies (AOMCs). The Association explains that the illegal trade which has been perpetrated ...

The Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG), has disputed President Akufo-Addo’s comments that the Ghanaian worker has a poor attitude to work, The President at the May Day Parade on Monday said some public sector workers after arriving at work, waste time praying and engaging in other unproductive activities and some even leave ...

The Public Utility Workers’ Union (PUWU) has praised government’s decision to review the concession arrangement of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), under the Power Compact II arrangement. The Union said the decision was a “step in the right direction” although it does not necessarily address all the issues they raised in the past about ...

Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah, has embarked on two-day working visit to the various security installations in the region. This is his first after being nominated as the Regional minister. Simon Osei Mensah toured the 4bn Military Command, the Regional Police Headquarters, the Regional Fire Service, the Prisons Service, the Ghana Immigration Service and ...