The Inspector General of Police (IGP), COP David Asante Apeatu, believes the relocation of residents at Old Fadama will help in the policing of the area and guarantee the stability in the area. Speaking at a press conference at the Police Headquarters in Accra, the IGP noted that the unfavourable terrain of Ghana’s biggest slum ...
The Chief Justice has designated 14 courts that will be dedicated to handling mining offences committed under the Minerals and Mining Act, (Act 703) and (Amendment) Act 2015 (Act 900). The designated courts will comprise seven high courts and seven circuit courts. A statement from the Judicial Service acknowledged that this was in response to the ...
The Vice President of policy think tank, IMANI Ghana, Bright Simons has explained that about five companies were involved in the procurement and installation and operation of the emergency power plant, Ameri Power. According to him, bringing on-board these companies which included General Electric (GE), PPL, APR AND Metcar was unnecessary. Ameri Power secured a contract ...
Policy think tank IMANI Ghana has disclosed that renegotiating the Ameri deal will save the country 2 million dollars monthly, translating into 24 million dollars a year. According to the group, it is imperative for government to renegotiate the agreement to maintain value for money. Speaking on Citi FM’s Breakfast Show today [12/4/2017], an Honorary ...
Friends, do not take the silence of AMERI’s supporters on this platform and in the open media to mean aloofness or nonchalance. They have been hard at work, especially on WhatsApp and in private briefings, doing all they can to discredit IMANI’s campaign to persuade the public to view the deal as the “greatest swindle ...
The Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kofi Portuphy, has alleged that the former governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Abdul Nashiru Issahaku, was forced to resign by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration led by President Akufo-Addo. According to him, the NPP after it assumed office in January, had forced several professional ...
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), has lamented what it calls the disturbing “loud silence” of the clergy, civil society groups and others relevant bodies, following the incidents of post-election violence after the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) election victory. At a press conference on Wednesday addressed by the NDC Chairman, Kofi Portuphy, he recalled that a ...
The Lebanese Community in Ghana has presented scholarships to 31 children and wards of Police, Immigration and Prisons Service personnel who died in service. The ceremony for the presentation of the scholarships was held at the headquarters of the Ghana Police Service in Accra. The Minister for the Interior, Ambrose Dery, lauded the contribution of ...
It has emerged that persons who indulge in small scale illegal mining also known as galamsey, do not only operate during the day, but also at night. According to the Okyenhene, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin, who made the revelation in an exclusive interview with Host of the Citi Breakfast Show, Bernard Avle, when the illegal miners ...
The Minister for the Interior, Ambrose Derry, has directed the Inspector General of Police, COP David Asante Appeatu, to meet with the leaders of the Dagombas and Konkombas at Agbogbloshie in Accra on Thursday, April 13, 2017. He said the meeting will afford the feuding factions the opportunity to present their grievances and resentments to the ...
The Accra Sports Stadium will undergo massive renovation in June, Sports Minister Isaac Asiamah has revealed. Asiamah toured the facility on Tuesday after concerns were raised about the safety of the edifice. The Accra Sports Stadium has not been refurbished since 2008, when it hosted the Africa Cup of Nations. “Nine years of neglect has ...
The Alhaji Adamu Iddrisu Foundation of Royal Bank has commissioned 3 boreholes in the Ashanti region to help reduce the water challenges in the region. The bank commissioned the boreholes in the T. I. Ahmadiyya Senior High School at Adansi Fomena, Bonwire Senior High School in Bonwire and one at Kaase. This gesture is part ...
Ghana and the Czech Republic have signed a Double Taxation Agreement. The Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori Atta, and the Czech Ambassador to Ghana, Margita Fuschova, signed on behalf of both countries. This agreement was signed after the two countries concluded negotiations for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with ...
The US and Russian presidents have revealed the wide gulf between them over Syria, even as their foreign ministers were meeting in Moscow. Donald Trump said Russia was backing “an animal” in Syria’s Bashar al-Assad. Vladimir Putin said the US had violated the law in bombing a Syrian airbase and that the level of trust ...
The Ghana National Association of Small-Scale Miners (GNASSM), has condemned activities of illegal miners in the country. According to the National Chairman of the Association, Collins Osei Kusi, they encourage “legal, safe and environmentally friendly practices” in mining and therefore would not condone the activities of illegal miners. Speaking at a press conference organized by ...
Mr Kwaku Agyeman Manu, the Minister of Health has launched an improved facilitating technology known as the District Health Information Management System (DHIMS2) Dashboard, for programme tracking and improving cause of death statistics. The DHIMS, which was first deployed by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) in 2012, had been used for the collection and analysing ...
Eric Xu, chief executive of Chinese tech firm Huawei has said he doesn’t see the point in smartwatches. This is despite the fact the company launched a device during the recent Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. He was responding to a question during the firm’s analyst summit in Shenzhen, at which he was asked if ...
President of the Ghana Football Association, Kwesi Nyantakyi, has revealed that he will walk away from the entity in 2019 when his term of office comes to an end. He was re-elected to the office of GFA President in 2015 for a third term and he has moved on to gain positions in the Confederation ...
The UK’s Daily Mail newspaper has agreed to pay damages and costs to the first lady of the United States over an article about her modelling career. The newspaper had reported allegations that Melania Trump once worked as an escort, but later retracted its article. The story was published during the US election campaign last ...
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