President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has finally named 212 persons to fill the vacant positions of Chief Executives in the various Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDCEs) across the country. This was announced by the Minister for Local Government, Hajia Alima Mahama in Accra today [Wednesday]. Speaking on behalf of the President, the Minister called ...
The Coalition of Unemployed Diploma Nurses on Tuesday evening passed the night at the premises of the Health Ministry amidst rain and cold weather, as they continued picketing in demand of financial clearance and posting. There were close to 40 nurses who pitched camp outside the Health Ministry, as Tuesday marked the second day of ...
New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Jomoro in Western Region, Paul Essien, has denied promising that he was going to ensure that for the first time, a District Chief Executive is selected from the Elubo Township. Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show, Mr. Essien said the speculation was only coming from a few trouble ...
A Screen Printer who collected GH¢8,000.00 from a reverend minister under the pretext of enlisting him into the Ghana Police Service or the Ghana Armed Forces but failed has been convicted to a fine of GH¢3, 600.00. Henry Kwashie in default would serve nine months in prison. The court further ordered him to refund the ...
Former Ghana coach, Milovan Rajevac has been named as the new coach for Thailand’s national team. The Serbian coach is set to lead Thailand through their final three Russia 2018 qualifiers. The War Elephants currently sit bottom of Group B, having picked up just one point so far in Round 3 of Asian qualifying, and ...
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations and the West Africa Health Organisation (WAHO) have signed a partnership agreement to support common visions of health development, food, nutrition and biodiversity. The agreement was signed on the sidelines of a five-day Forum on Public Private Partnership in health for the ECOWAS region, which ...
The four current and former Members of Parliament barred from entering the UK for indulging in visa fraud will be stripped of their Diplomatic Passports if found culpable. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Shirley Ayorkor Botchway, said her outfit was only waiting for Parliament’s investigations before taking any definite action on the matter. The alleged ...
The four current and former Members of Parliament barred from entering the UK for indulging in visa fraud will be stripped of their Diplomatic Passports if found culpable. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Shirley Ayorkor Botchway, said her outfit was only waiting for Parliament’s investigations before taking any definite action on the matter. The alleged ...
Black Stars and Newcastle United winger, Christian Atsu, has praised Rafael Benitez’s management acumen in guiding the Magpies back to the Premier League after the just a year in the Championship. Atsu contributed one goal in Newcastle’s 4-1 win over Preston on Monday which sealed their place in the English top flight next season. For ...
Angry supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Bawku West Constituency in the Upper East Region on Tuesday evening vandalised their party office and some departmental offices in the Zebilla district over the alleged appointment of one Madam Victoria Ayamba as the Chief Executive of the area. Even though the president is yet ...
Private enterprises have lauded the tax free holiday policy for startups effective this July. Business Development Minister, Mohammed Ibrahim Awal explains that the move forms part plans to reduce the cost of doing business in Ghana and encourage private sector development. The NPP government has already abolished some eight taxes and reviewed four others in ...
The British government has blacklisted some three current serving Members of Parliament (MP) and a former MP from entering the UK for indulging in visa fraud. A confidential letter the British High Commission in Ghana wrote to the Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Aaron Mike Oquaye and sighted by citifmonline.com accused the MPs of facilitating the ...
The Upper East Regional Directorate of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has expressed worry at the alarming number of schools under trees and those in a dilapidated condition. According to the directorate, the situation has compromised access and quality of education delivery in the affected schools and urgent measures must be put in place to ...
The Paramount Chief of Prestea-Himan Traditional Area, Nana Ntaboah Prah IV, has told the Member of Parliament for the Prestea Huni-Valley Constituency in the Western Region, who is also the Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Babara Oteng Gyasi, not to be moved by threats from some of her constituents to vote her out ...
It will cost Ghana at least GH¢1.4 billion to restore about fifty percent of lands affected by illegal mining activities in the Western region. This is the suggestion from some environmental analysts. The attention by policy makers have intensified recently following the alarming rate of the devastating impacts of illegal mining activities on the environment. ...
President Nana Akufo-Addo is expected to announce his nominees for the remaining Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executive (MMDCEs) positions today [Wednesday]. But the months leading up to this announcement has seen supporters of the governing New Patriotic Party protest against any speculated choice of a Chief Executive they claim they cannot work with. Just yesterday ...
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has backed moves for laws to compel the Minerals Commission to submit data on export proceeds from gold to guide the tracking of export receipts. The central bank believes this will prevent possible instances of under-invoicing by some gold exporters. The comment also follows concerns raised by some members of ...
Has Zoe Saldana let slip that the title of the fourth Avengers film is Avengers: Infinity Gauntlet? Speaking at the Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2 premiere, the actress, who plays Gamora, talked about the involvement of Guardians stars in the Avengers films. Asked about the third Avengers film on Monday, she said: “I think ...
Google is changing the way its core search engine works to help stop the spread of fake news and hate speech. The changes involve different measures for ranking sites and people checking results are accurate. In a blog, Google said the changes should thwart attempts to abuse its algorithms that let extremists promote their content. ...
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