German Chancellor Angela Merkel says some British people have “illusions” about discussing the UK’s future ties with the EU at the same time as nailing down the UK’s Brexit terms. The future relationship can only be discussed once the exit issues – such as UK payments to the EU budget – are resolved, she told ...
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament on Wednesday grilled officials of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) and an auctioneer to the ministry for contravening the auction laws and auctioning 24 vehicles to staff of the ministry at ridiculously low prices. The auctioneer, Alex Adjei, side-stepped all the laws governing the proper disposal of government ...
The Member of Parliament for the Savelugu Constituency in the Northern Region, Mohammed Abdul Samed Gunu, has donated several packets of roofing sheets to victims of a rainstorm that hit the Kanshegu community. The disaster displaced hundreds of residents, and caused damage to properties worth thousands of cedis. The Savelugu Legislator empathized with the victims ...
Some Residents of Kpone and Tema seem to have thrown caution to the wind and have defiantly encroached on the right-of-way of the West African Gas Pipeline Company’s Regulatory and Metering station in Tema. The encroachment deep onto the company’s emergency buffer zone threatens the underground pipelines and could pose serious danger in the event ...
The Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly has inaugurated its 79 councilors in the four Sub Metropolitan areas in the metropolis. This was after the 79 elected assembly members had sworn the oath of secrecy, oath of allegiance and oath of office. The 79 is made of 20 assembly members each from the Sekondi, Takoradi, Essikadu/Ketan and the ...
The Member of Parliament for the Gomoa West Constituency, Alexander Abban has downplayed calls for a thorough review of the issuance of Diplomatic Passports, following the allegations of visa fraud against some MPs. In a Citi News interview, Mr. Abban argued that Diplomatic Passports remained essential to MPs’ work and said he did not think ...
253 Nigerian nationals stranded in Libya have been returned back home with the help of the United Nations migration agency International Organisation for Migration (IOM). An Airbus A333-200 airplane with registration number 5A LAT disembarked 140 women, 102 men and 11 children at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on Tuesday. Officials of the ...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appointed Mr. Bright Kwabena Acheampong as Deputy Chief Executive of the National Youth Authority (NYA). His appointment takes effect from April 18th, 2017. Mr. Bright Acheampong is an alumnus of the University of Ghana, having graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science. A student activist, Mr. ...
Despite the increased number of concerns for government to restructure the tax exemption directive for importers, Deputy Finance Minister, Kwaku Kwarteng has stressed that his outfit will not revert the decision of implementing the move. According to him, the reversal will only bring back the numerous illegal acts at the ports. Importers and exporters called ...
Kenya’s National Police Service has opened applications to recruit 10,000 more people ahead of the general elections on August 8, 2017. Selection of the recruits will be done on May 11 and induction will be done after a nine-month training, the police service announced. “Applicants recruited for the training into the service shall be bonded ...
The proliferation of law schools without adherence to requisite standards is a threat to legal education and the country’s democracy, the Chief Justice (CJ), Mrs Justice Georgina Theodora Wood, has said. “Some of these schools essentially do not have full-time faculties, are lacking in library facilities and simply do not have the wherewithal to run ...
Ghanaian civil society groups within the tax space have urged Parliament to investigate tax waivers granted a China Petrochemical Corporation, the SINOPEC Group, through an Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Commissioning (EPCC) agreement, in 2014. The $152 million tax waiver was approved by Parliament on goods and equipment imported or purchased locally for the Western Corridor ...
Ghanaian civil society groups within the tax space have urged Parliament to investigate tax waivers granted a China Petrochemical Corporation, the SINOPEC Group, through an Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Commissioning (EPCC) agreement, in 2014. The $152 million tax waiver was approved by Parliament on goods and equipment imported or purchased locally for the Western Corridor ...
The Asokore-Mampong Municipality has been recording poor immunization coverage – ranked the lowest nationwide. In year 2014, it achieved 26 percent coverage, rising to 64.3 percent the following year, and hit 76.7 percent in 2016. Mr. Christopher Dapaah, Ashanti Regional Chairman of the Ghana Coalition of NGOs in Health, said a combination of factors – ...
President Nana Akufo-Addo has reiterated his administration’s commitment to overseeing a functional, ICT-driven educational system built to respond to the challenges and evolution of modern science and technology. In this stead, he also stated that “in the not too distant future, the free WiFi coverage policy will be extended to senior secondary and tertiary institutions nationwide…” The ...
Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has been appointed a Senior Grand Warden of the United Grand Lodge of England (UGLE). He was on Wednesday appointed by the United Grand Lodge of England Grand Master, Prince Edward, the Duke of Kent, who is the longest serving Grand Master. “Congratulations to Right Worshipful Brother, His Excellency John Kofi ...
Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has been appointed a Senior Grand Warden of the United Grand Lodge of England (UGLE). He was on Wednesday appointed by the United Grand Lodge of England Grand Master, Prince Edward, the Duke of Kent, who is the longest serving Grand Master. “Congratulations to Right Worshipful Brother, His Excellency John Kofi ...
The Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly (STMA) in the Western Region, has set May 6, 2017, to embark on a mass clean-up exercise to rid the Twin City of filth. This will be the first major cleanup exercise supervised by the new Mayor, Mr. Kobina Kurentsir Sam, since he assumed the reigns of leadership of the STMA. ...
Banks are optimistic of significant improvement in their non-performing loan portfolios as government initiates moves to clear all outstanding debts owed them. The assurance comes on the back of government’s plan to raise bonds to clear the debts owed in the energy sector. The Vice President, Dr. Bawumia at a meeting in Washington last week ...
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