The National Service Scheme (NSS), has ordered personnel on government payroll to validate their particulars with the scheme or risk forfeiting their allowances. A statement issued by the Executive Director of the Scheme, Mustapha Ussif on Tuesday, said the validation comes as a follow-up exercise to their reforms in the E-zwich payment system. The statement said ...
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has missed his third cabinet meeting in a row amid ongoing questions about the state of his health. He has not been seen in public for more than a week. His wife Aisha Buhari had tweeted on Tuesday that her husband was not as sick as is being perceived. In March, ...
The Project Management Consultant for the Tema Motorway Expansion, Kwabena Bimpong has revealed that there will be temporary rehabilitation works on the Tema Motorway to ease traffic. His comment follows a heavy traffic on that stretch that lasted for close to six hours. Some road users have expressed outrage and concern over the traffic situation ...
The Ministry for Food and Agriculture blatantly flouted all of the country’s laws regarding the disposal of government vehicles by auctioning some state vehicles for as low as GHc 1,000.00. A Nissan Patrol S/W with registration number GV 1285 U, was auctioned for GHc4,000, while a Nissan double cabin pick-up with registration number GV 1481 ...
Alhassan Zambram, a 40-year old Nigerian who resides at East Tanokrom near Takoradi has allegedly been murdered in cold blood in his room by unknown assailants. Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Olivia Eyrabena Adiku, Regional Police PRO, who disclosed this to the Ghana News Agency on Tuesday said the unfortunate incident occurred on Monday May ...
The Electricity Company of Ghana in the Western Region has begun an exercise to engage the various Keep Fit Clubs in the Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis. This is in line with one of the company’s strategic pillars of ‘Improving Customer Service Delivery’. The exercise, which is an initiative of the PR Unit in the region, forms part ...
Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has said that blackmailers who accused him of not working but sleeps at public events, know nothing ?The Governor stated this during an interactive session with labour unions as part of May Day celebration at the Government House, Kano. He said that his political opponents could not differentiate between sleeping ...
The Ministry of Health has constituted a National Quality Technical Committee to ensure the implementation of the National Quality Healthcare Strategy within the respective agencies of the Ministry to improve healthcare delivery. The Committee is drawn from the agencies of the Ministry of Health including the private sector and consumer and patient groups, aimed at ...
He’s all over the singles chart and now he’s all over the wall at the National Portrait Gallery. The museum in London has acquired a new portrait of Ed Sheeran, painted by Belfast-based artist Colin Davidson. It’s Ed’s first ever painted portrait and measures four feet square – so just a little taller than Ed ...
Apple sold fewer iPhones than a year ago in the first three months of 2017, the company said in its latest results. The California firm, which is due to release a new phone later this year, said it sold 50.8 million iPhones in the period, down 1% year-on-year. Apple boss Tim Cook blamed a “pause” ...
US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin have agreed to press for a ceasefire to halt the war in Syria. The two spoke by telephone for the first time since the US launched air strikes against Syria nearly a month ago, straining relations. White House and Kremlin statements suggested a productive conversation. Other ...
Former President John D. Mahama on Tuesday chaired a ceremony in Abuja, Nigeria, to inaugurate the Olusegun Obasanjo Centre for Good Governance and Development at the National Open University of Nigeria. The ceremony, which was also attended by a former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Aloma Mukhtar, was an opportunity to honour the former Nigerian ...
Former President John D. Mahama on Tuesday chaired a ceremony in Abuja, Nigeria, to inaugurate the Olusegun Obasanjo Centre for Good Governance and Development at the National Open University of Nigeria. The ceremony, which was also attended by a former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Aloma Mukhtar, was an opportunity to honour the former Nigerian ...
More workers are set to be laid off in the petroleum downstream sector as the illegal sale of petroleum products continue unabated. Already, the CEO of the Association of Oil Marketing Companies, Kwaku Agyeman-Duah, has warned of some 4000 job losses in the next few months due to the development. The Association contends that, profits for ...
After recording impressive performances at a time that some banks are struggling in the last three years, CAL Bank has recorded over a ninety percent drop in profits for 2016. According to the bank’s 2016 financial results, its profit dropped from 160 million cedis in 2015 to 7.2 million cedis in 2016. This was largely ...
Former Attorney General, Martin Amidu, has slammed some members of Ghana’s Parliament including the First Deputy Speaker, Joe Osei-Wusu, for making offensive comments at the British High Commissioner to Ghana, Jon Benjamin, following the leaked letter to the Speaker of Parliament that accused three current MPs and a former member of allegedly engaging in visa ...
The insults on the British High Commissioner to Ghana on MPs Visa fraud are shameful I have read and followed the publications on the online media since 26th April 2017 in which some Members of Ghana’s 7th Parliament have made needless derogatory comments about H.E. Jon Benjamin, the High Commissioner of the United kingdom to ...
Former Attorney General, Martin Amidu, has said that the 7th Parliament, currently led by Speaker, Prof. Mike Oquaye, cannot punish the three incumbent Members of Parliament and a former one, accused by the British High Commission of using their diplomatic passports to engage in visa fraud. The alleged visa fraud came to the fore after ...
National Democratic Congress Member of Parliament for Yapei Kusawgu, John Jinapor, wants what he calls ambiguity surrounding the Electricity Company of Ghana’s (ECG) privatization compact clarified, following the President’s announcement of amendments to the deal. According to the MP, who was also a Deputy Power Minister in the Mahama government, Nana Addo’s announcement of amendment to ...
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