The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), has rubbished claims that there is a so-called plastic rice on the Ghanaian market as alleged through videos circulating on social media and elsewhere. Similar reports have surfaced in other countries in the sub-region including Senegal, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast and Nigeria. Indeed, in 2016, customs officials in Nigeria confiscated ...
A legal representative of Mahmud Umar Muhammad Bin Atef, one of the ex-Guantanamo Bay detainees transferred to Ghana, believes the change in government in both Ghana and the US, may have seen his client being used as a political tool. Speaking exclusively to Citi News’ Umaru Sanda Amadu, the lawyer, George Clark, said the transfer ...
It has emerged that one of the two ex-Guantanmo Bay detainees being hosted by Ghana, has gotten married during his short stay in the country. Bin Atef’s wife, Haia, is a Yemeni national, and they married about two and a half months ago, with close family relatives in attendance. The marriage is said to have ...
Management of Awake Purified Drinking Water, producers of Kasapreko, has presented hundred boxes of water to the office of the National Chief Imam, Dr. Sheikh Usmanu Nuhu Sharabutu, towards the celebration of Eidul al-Fitr, which marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting. Presenting the items at the office of the National ...
The Minority Spokesperson on Constitutional, Parliamentary and Legal Affairs, Alhaji Inusah Fuseini, has defended a decision by the United States Government to deny former Ghanaian Presidents access to protocol visas for unofficial travels. Unlike several others who have condemned the action of the US, the Tamale Central MP believes there’s wrong with the decision. “If a ...
Mawuli SHS progressed into the semi-finals of the National Science & Maths Quiz after beating West Africa SHS and Holy Child School. Mawuli School recorded 56 points to overcome West Africa SHS’s 38 and Holy Child School with 21 points. The 2017 edition of the National Science & Maths Quiz is sponsored by the Ghana ...
The Minister for Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Catherine Ablema Afeku, has said that her Ministry is working on a new legislative instrument which will restructure the profit sharing arrangements for all tourist attraction sites across the country. The new LI, called the Receptive Facilities LI among other things, will ensure that revenues generated from ...
The acting Director General of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority, Paul Asare Ansah, has inaugurated a nine-member committee to develop modalities for the Port Infrastructure Development Fund in Tema. Inaugurating the committee, which has a six month period to finish its work, he charged them to give their best and carry out wide range ...
The management of Ice TV has threatened a court action against the National Media Commission for restraining it from airing pornographic movies. They say they would want the court to give clarification on whether the Commission has the right to stop it from airing such content on free-to-air TV. The National Media Commission (NMC) on Thursday ...
The Osu Government Maternity Home has been forced to suspend medical care after the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) disconnected power to the facility. The facility is currently catering for about 40 persons who have been left stranded. The Matron of the facility, Ella Hason Owusu, pleaded with authorities to support the hospital during an interview ...
Former National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) for the Lower Manya Krobo Constituency, Michael Teye Nyaunu, has described as disrespectful, the US government’s decision to withdraw protocol visa services for former Ghanaian Presidents who intend travelling to the United States for unofficial visits. The US Ambassador, Robert P. Jackson, on Thursday told Ghanaian ...
Chase Logistics, as part of its corporate social responsibility initiatives, has cut sod for the construction of a magistrate court facility; and a modern library for the Kpone area in the Greater Accra Region. The project, which is estimated to cost an hundred thousand Ghana cedis, is scheduled to last for six months from the ...
Former Arsenal and Manchester City striker Emmanuel Adebayor has been installed as a chief in his native country. The 33-year-old has been honoured in Kpalimé for his humanitarian activities in the Southwest Togo. Adebayor is a nationwide tour where he is offering humanitarian support to his compatriot. The former Crystal Palace and Tottenham Hotspur attacker ...
There may yet be another chapter in the quest to end the General Legal Council’s (GLC) interviews and examinations of Ghana Law School applicants as the plaintiff in the case may head back to the Supreme Court to challenge the suspended implementation of the judgment. Speaking on Eyewitness News, the plaintiff in the case, Professor ...
The Local Content Unit in the Petroleum Directorate of the Ministry of Energy, is embarking on a gender mainstreaming tour of some selected Senior High Schools (SHS) across the country. This is to sensitize students on the fundamentals of Ghana’s Energy sector with key focus on the petroleum industry. In all, 12 senior high schools ...
It was pure dominance from Prempeh College as they blew away the opposition in one the most ruthless showings in recent National Science & Maths Quiz history. Aduman SHS and Ghana Secondary Technical School cowered in the shadow of Prempeh as the 2015 champions recorded 82 points, with their nearest challenger trailing by 43 points ...
ACI Construction Company Limited, a subsidiary of Agams Holdings, says it is cooperating with the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) towards a speedy resolution of tax issues which resulted in the tax agency locking up the offices of the company early this week. According to the company, since the figure is in dispute, it is unfair ...
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will seek clarity from the US government on its latest directive on the allocation of US visas to top Ghanaian officials on non-official visits, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, the sector minister has said. According to her, the government will take a decision on the matter after it gets the full facts ...
A private legal practitioner, Yaw Oppong, has rejected suggestions that successive and current students of the Ghana Law School could have their certificates annulled following a Supreme Court’s judgment stopping the school from using entrance exams and interview as procedures for enrolling new students. According to him, the Supreme Court was clear in its judgment, ...
Broadcast Journalist, Captain Smart has been unveiled as Ambassador for the Ghana National Ambulance Service’s ‘Operation Save a Soul’ campaign. Captain Smart, who also hosts Adom FM’s morning show, Dwaso Nsem has a mandate of leading a team to solicit for support and resources for the Ambulance Service which is said to be under-resourced. Speaking at ...
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