The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu, on Thursday, ordered Kensington Salt Mining Company in the Ketu South district of the Volta Region, to immediately cease drawing underground water at Adina for its operations. The company has further been ordered to, within two weeks, look for alternative sources of water. This follows ...
The Minority in Parliament will be petitioning the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) over alleged malfeasance by the Philip Addison-led committee investigating the AMERI deal, as it undertook a trip to Dubai as part of its work. The Minority Spokesperson on Finance, Cassiel Ato Forson, noted that the Information Minister confirmed that ...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected a more promising economic prospect for Ghana’s economy for the rest of 2017. According to the fund, the increased oil production, declining inflation, plus other economic indicators are expected to inch Ghana’s economy towards achieving an end of year growth target of about 6 percent. “Economic prospects in 2017 ...
The community leaders of Old Fadama believe the police service is skirting key issues on the ground by recommending the relocation of residents in the area, following clashes between Konkombas and Dagombas at the Agbogbloshie Yam Market on Tuesday. At a press conference on Thursday, the Secretary of the Old Fadama Development Association, Fredrick Opoku, ...
A rainstorm is expected to hit the entire country on Thursday evening, a Senior Meteorologist at the Ghana Meteorological Agency, Michael Padi, has said. According to Mr Padi, by weather indicators, the storm was expected at about 1900 hours. He urged the public to take all the necessary precautions to ensure, that no unpleasant incidents occur ...
Prosecution in the case of Eugene Ashie, aka Wisa, says the Police is unable to trace one of its witnesses so as to serve him with a court’s summons to compel him testify in the matter. According to Prosecution led by Inspector Judith Asante, the Police was trying to locate the witness and serve him ...
Spain-based duo Thomas Partey and Mubarak Wakaso and Daniel Amartey will be the fulcrum of Kwesi Appiah’s Black Stars, Citi-sports understands. Appiah worked with on-loan Granada midfielder Wakaso during his first tenure and made him a key part of his team.midfielder Wakaso during his first tenure and made him a key part of his team.midfielder ...
So on Tuesday the Delta Forces were fined GHC2,400? Hmmm, Simpa Panyin, sometimes you disappoint me paaa ooo; the way you have started twisting your waist, some of your initial dances are not matching the rhythm koraa oo, hmmm… Honestly I have in recent times been wondering what the next eight years will look like, ...
Staff of Wapic Insurance Company Limited on Wednesday donated assorted items in support of Citi FM’s Easter Orphan Project. The staff contributed and bought assorted items which included biscuits, soft drinks, toffees, diapers among others, for the project. They told Citi News that the donation was towards helping the under privileged in society. Citi FM has ...
More than $43m (£34m) has been seized from a flat in Nigeria’s main city, Lagos, the anti-corruption agency says. Officials raided the flat after a tip-off about a “haggard-looking” woman in “dirty clothes” taking bags in and out of it, the agency added. The money was believed to be from unlawful activity, but no arrests ...
The Chief Executive Officer of the National Youth Authority, Mr. Emmanuel Asigri, has hinted that the two-year arrears of feeding grants to National Youth Leadership Training Institutes in the country, will be paid before the schools resume on the 20th of May, 2017. Mr. Asigri could not fathom why the previous Mahama government failed to settle these ...
The Member of Parliament for the Ketu South Constituency, Fifi Fiavi Kwetey, has asked managers of the Indian salt mining company, Kensington, to honour promises it made to the people of Adina and surrounding towns. Residents in communities around the Keta Lagoon earlier clashed with the company over its operations in the area. The residents ...
More companies have heeded to the clarion call by Citi FM to help support some orphanages in the country during the Easter season dubbed the Easter Orphan Project. The new company to donate towards the initiative is the National Lottery Authority (NLA). The company on Thursday donated assorted items including bags of rice, oil, soft ...
Next Monday, April 17, 2017, will mark 100 days since President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo took over the administration of the country. But even before Akufo-Addo crosses that period, the Center for Democratic Development, CDD-Ghana, has registered its displeasure with some decisions taken by government. CDD Ghana in a statement released on Wednesday, although commended government ...
The University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), has dismissed 22 final year students for hacking into the university’s grading system. The students were found to have paid an individual to hack into the university’s database, to manipulate their grades for the 2015/2016 academic year. The dismissed students reportedly paid between to GHc 2,000 to GHc ...
The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), has assured its service providers that the agency will soon start making monthly payments to enhance their liquidity to ensure an improvement in service quality. Deputy Director of Communications at the NHIA, Selorm Adonoo, told Accra-based Kasapa FM on Wednesday that, the Ministries of Health and Finance together with ...
Eight members of the pro-New Patriotic Party (NPP) vigilante group, Delta Force, who appeared before a court on the 10th of April for allegedly assisting 13 of their members to escape remand from court, have been granted bail by a Kumasi High Court. The bail conditions are GHc 10,000 each with two sureties, and they are also ...
“Gosh! I am so wet!” “It’s raining like crazy out there!” What registered was the first statement uttered when an attractive female co-worker walked into my office on a rainy day a couple of years ago. Her unintentional and innocent statement triggered an instant, raging standing ovation. I happened to be sitting down behind my ...
Operatives of the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB), have arrested three persons at the Kotoka International Airport for attempting to smuggle cocaine and heroine. A statement from NACOB said the 3; Magugu Suraku, a Ghanaian; Maxwell Momo Golafale, a Liberian, and Daniel Njoku Egbuta, a Nigerian, were arrested on different occasions between March and April 2017. ...
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