Most people see the glam pictures when you are holding a microphone and speaking at some summit or some conference, or when you are hobnobbing with big men and famous people and think entrepreneurship is some kind of funny dance where all you do is write motivational stories and be an all around nice person. ...
The former president, John Mahama, is urging the youth in Africa to embrace agriculture and not neglect that sector. According to him, although there are many challenges within the sector, it has the potential of transforming economies within the continent. John Mahama said the majority of the youth currently in Agriculture in Africa considered it ...
The Upper East Regional Security Council (REGSEC) has banned the operations of all motorized tricycles also known as ‘Mahama Camboo’ in the Bolgatanga municipality from 7:00pm to 6:00am with effect from Friday, May 26, 2017. According to REGSEC, the motorized tricycles usually registered for private use are being largely operated on commercial basis by under-aged ...
The Co-chair of the Ghana Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (GHEITI), Dr. Steve Manteaw is alleging that the one billion dollar cost of the Atuabo Gas plant in the Western Region was overpriced by 40 million dollars. According to him, the Chinese company which undertook the project, SINOPEC, engaged in fraudulent activities in the execution of ...
Government has honoured its financial obligation of paying two out of the three terms accumulated feeding grants owed authorities o second cycle institutions in the three regions of the north. Some Bursars of Senior High Schools in the Northern Region have confirmed receipt of cheques for the reimbursement. They nonetheless appealed to the government to ...
Following a tour of some mining sites, Lands and Natural Resources Minister, John Peter Amewu, has ordered the foreign-operated Geo Professional Services to shut down with immediate effect. The Minister has also ordered the arrest of the foreigners involved, including two Russians and two Ukrainians. The mining firm was found to be using licenses of ...
The immediate past moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Very Rev Professor Emmanuel Martey has chastised former President John Mahama for failing to stop illegal small-scale mining, also known as galamsey, during his tenure of office. According to Prof. Martey, Mahama’s administration failed to deal with the menace even after complaints were made to ...
The immediate past moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Very Rev Professor Emmanuel Martey has chastised former President John Mahama for failing to stopping illegal small-scale mining also known as galamsey during his tenure of office. According to Prof. Martey, Mahama’s administration failed to deal with the menace even after complaints were made to ...
The Police in Tatale in the Northern Region have begun a manhunt for four armed robbers who raided the town on Sunday. The robbers killed one person and injured several others during the attack. According to the Police, the assailants, who were six in number invaded the community on motorbikes and shot sporadically while robbing ...
Two young men who posed as military men and assaulted some residents of Gomoa Amonda, near Kasoa, in the Central Region have been arrested by the police. The two men, posing as Lance Corporal Rydbeck Afrifa and AC II Prince Asante from the Burma Camp, both 27, and clad in military uniforms, were arrested on ...
The Ashanti Regional Branch of the Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners (GNASSM) has postponed a demonstration aimed at protesting a ban on its activities. The Association had threatened to hit the streets on Tuesday if government does not remove a ban on small-scale mining following a massive campaign against illegal mining also known ...
The government is set to introduce a Bill in Parliament that will alter the number of years personnel can serve in the Ghana Armed Forces. This is in line with the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) campaign promise to increase the number of service years for army personnel from 25 years to 30 years Addressing soldiers ...
Ghanaian actor John Dumelo has apologised to Godfred Obeng Boateng, the graduate he spotted selling bread in traffic last Saturday. In an Instagram post he made on Monday, 22nd May, 2017 around 3:40pm, he expressed his remorse for the post he made about the gentlemen and apologised. “I just had an extremely gracious conversation on ...
About 21 staff of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) have been interdicted for allegedly aiding some private companies to evade duties and taxes. Citi News’ understands that those interdicted were mostly from the customs division of GRA. Sources close to GRA also told Citi News that the case is currently being investigated. The Daily Guide ...
Second cycle institutions in the Upper East Region have resumed academic work, following government’s settlement of their feeding grants arrears for three academic terms. Second cycle schools reopened on the 4th of May, 2017 but students in the three regions of the north would not resume due to government’s indebtedness to the schools. Meanwhile a ...
The only pontoon that transports heavy loads and passengers across the Volta Lake from Yeji in Brong-Ahafo to Makango in the Northern regions has halted operations. This, according to authorities at the Volta Transport Company, was due to the lack of a standard landing site along the lake that would facilitate easy landing of the ...
The ban on small-scale mining may extend beyond the stipulated six months. The Lands and Natural Resources Minister, Peter Amewu, has stressed that the ban will not be lifted unless the objectives for the imposition are met within the six months. The government imposed the six-month ban on small-scale mining as part of efforts to ...
Top Ghanaian fintech company, expressPay, has introduced a new service on its platform that enables users to transfer money instantly to bank accounts all over Ghana. This service, Bank Direct, allows expressPay users to transfer money from their personal accounts (using their Visa, Mastercard or gh-link), or their mobile money wallets to bank accounts. Bank ...
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