Government has welcomed the Auditor-General’s decision to conduct an immediate audit into the use of public funds by the Commissioner for the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ). The CHRAJ Commissioner, Lauretta Lamptey has been accused of spending about $180,000 on rent while the official residence which has been under renovation since 2011 ...
Flood waters have cut off over 30 communities in the Adaklu District of the Volta region from other villages, after torrential rains hit parts of the region last week. The flood waters have completely submerged three major roads leading to the district capital; Adaklu Waya and surrounding villages. Residents from neighbouring communities who work at ...
President John Mahama has held discussions with the Chief Executive of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), Dana Hyde in New York. The Monday morning meeting, which was also attended by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Hanna S. Tetteh (MP), is a follow-up to the signing of the new Ghana Compact in August. The MCC is investing $498.2 ...
The Executive Director of IMANI Ghana, Franklin Cudjoe, has stated that Ghana’s first President, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah was an autocrat whose policies hurt citizens and stalled the development of the nation. According to him, although Dr. Nkrumah supervised the nation’s independence from British colonization in 1957, most of the political and economic decisions he subsequently took when ...
Northern Regional wing of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Nasara club has called for restoration of the scrapped voluntary service which was beneficial to Arabic Instructors in Zongo Communities. Abdul Rahaman Samari, Tamale Central Nasara Coordinator of the Nasara Club on behalf of his colleagues in the 31 constituencies in the region made the call ...
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has said it will not address the issues raised by the Coalition of Concerned Teachers (CCT) until it is given an official notice. The Coalition at a press conference last week gave their employers a three-week ultimatum to address their grievances or face their wrath. Some of their grievances include ...
A report into alleged corruption at Fifa, football’s world governing body, could lead to criminal charges, a Conservative MP believes. Damian Collins has asked the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) to request a copy of the report into the bidding processes for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. American lawyer Michael Garcia filed his report this month, but ...
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has announced it will hold its elections on 30 September, responding to a directive by Fifa. The NFF congress on Saturday in Warri, which was presided by outgoing NFF president Aminu Maigari, announced its executive committee elections will be conducted at the end of the month in the same city. ...
The number of deaths in Nigeria’s church hostel collapse has risen to 115, including 84 South Africans, a South African minister has said. The worshippers were attending a gathering by Nigerian TV evangelist TB Joshua when a building collapsed in Lagos 10 days ago. Meanwhile, 25 survivors have returned to South Africa, where they will ...
The UN refugee agency says Turkey urgently needs help to care for 130,000 Syrian refugees who have crossed the border in recent days. The UNHCR said this was the largest influx in such a short period since the start of the Syrian conflict in 2011. The Kurdish refugees are fleeing an advance by Islamic State ...
Actor Lil Win has slowly but steadily come back to claim the space he must have lost last May when his major stage performance at the Accra International Conference Centre was mired in controversy. During his performance on the popular Ghana Meets Naija show, Lil Win had introduced the subject of marijuana and before he ...
Roasted peanuts are more likely to trigger an allergic reaction than raw peanuts, according to an Oxford University study, involving mice. Scientists say chemical changes caused by dry roasting processes may prime the body’s immune system – sparking future allergic reactions. But much more work is needed before humans should consider swapping roasted nuts for ...
UK operator Virgin Media said it set a record for network traffic on 17 September, driven by customers downloading the iOS 8 update from Apple. Virgin said peak traffic was up 10 percent, with traffic exceeding 5,900 TB during 18.00 hours and midnight. The increase seen on Virgin Media’s cable network was equivalent to the ...
Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli was the victim of racial abuse on Twitter on Sunday following his reaction to Manchester United’s shock defeat to Leicester. Balotelli, part of the Reds side which lost 3-1 at West Ham on Saturday, tweeted: ‘Man Utd…LOL’ in response to United’s 5-3 loss at the King Power Stadium. His tweet was ...
Three people including the paternal grandmother have been arrested by the Niger State police command for slaughtering a 9-year-old boy and using the body to prepare peper soup delicacy. The incidence happened in Koso village in Lavun Local Government Area of Niger State. Commissioner of Police, Niger State Command, Mr. Olusola Amore, told newsmen that ...
A new study shows that objectification can be linked to sexual coercion in romantic relationships. This is not surprising, for several reasons. More alarmingly, objectification is also statistically linked to sexual violence. This is also not surprising. So how do you tell the difference between objectification and healthy attraction? What are the warning signs that you ...
Twelve persons including a medical doctor and three student nurses have died from cholera in Cape Coast, the Central Regional capital.  A total of 922 cholera cases have been reported in various health facilities in the metropolis since the disease broke out in the region a few weeks ago. Some reported sick with diarrhea and ...
The Executive Director of IMANI Ghana, Franklin Cudjoe has suggested the immediate dissolution of the presidential commission investigating Ghana’s embarrassing outing at the 2014 World Cup tournament. He was of the view that the startling revelations of massive corruption and mismanagement of funds by the organizers of the country’s participation in Brazil must be a ...
Dr Kwaku Agyemang-Mensah, the Minister of Health, has stated that his main objective is to provide quality healthcare services to communities through the Community Health Planning and Services (CHPS) project, as well as mobile outreach services. He said providing these facilities will improve access to basic health care services in the country and deprived communities ...
Despite the seeming good news from Nigeria that gas production has resumed for onward production to Ghana, the Volta River Authority (VRA) says it will cut back on power generation from October. This follows the low water levels flowing into the Akosombo dam. According to the Chief Executive Officer of the Volta River Authority(VRA), Kirk ...
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