Latest statistics by UNICEF have shown that the gap between the rich and the poor in Ghana continues to widen due to a lack of inclusive development. The statistics show that the Northern, Upper East and Upper West Regions continue to suffer the lowest pace of development and highest rate of poverty. This comes despite ...
The National Security Ministry has warned Ghanaian students desirous of pursuing further studies in Eastern European countries to be cautious of some persons parading as recruitment agents with the aim to help them gain admission. A statement issued and signed by the National Security Minister, Mr Albert Kan-Dapaah, said two Ghanaian nationals; Charles Nketsia and Samuel Zunweri have ...
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has begun its 2017 revenue mobilisation exercise to collect all monies owed the Assembly by businesses and property owners in the Metropolis. It, therefore, urged businesses and property owners to leave their receipts of payment at their premises for inspection and that revenue collectors would not entertain any excuses. This ...
Shirley Ayorkor-Botchway, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has hinted that the United States (US) Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is planning to repatriate another batch of Ghanaians. According to her, the Ghana Mission in the U.S was yet to be provided with the details of the number of deportees to be repatriated ...
Joshua Ababaio, a coconut seller in Sokode Bagble in the Ho Municipality has been arrested for allegedly murdering his wife and dumping the body in a pond. Madam Mercy Nfodjoh, mother of the deceased, told the media that, the deceased, Esther Amoasi, 25, lived with her in Sokode Bagble with her three children aged between ...
The Member of Parliament for Okai Koi Central, in whose constituency a shooting incident occurred, Patrick Yaw Boamah is urging calm among residents. The shooting, by some unknown assailants, led to the death of one police officer, leaving another injured. Patrick Boamah in a statement copied to citifmonline.com on Thursday urged the police to work ...
The Member of Parliament for Wa West, Joseph Yieleh Chireh has suggested that the Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman Manu was unprepared when he appeared before Parliament on Thursday to respond to questions on the debt at the National Health Insurance Scheme. Mr. Agyeman Manu had indicated that the Mahama-led government had overseen an GHC 800 million ...
Leading member of pressure group, Occupy Ghana, Sydney Casely-Hayford has apologized to Parliament for some comments he made against the house which has angered some in the 275-member legislative body. “I indeed went over the top, I do apologize for that. I used some language which I supposed I should not have used. I unreservedly ...
Grandparents and other relatives of people living in the US cannot be barred from entering under President Trump’s travel ban, a judge has ruled. The order, by District Judge Derrick Watson in Hawaii, is a fresh legal blow to Mr Trump’s immigration crackdown. The judge said the ban had interpreted a Supreme Court ruling too ...
Google has revealed it has built a London data centre for the cloud computing services it rents to third parties. The facility is its second in Europe, after Brussels, and promises to provide faster access times to nearby clients. Google is currently the third most capable cloud computing service provider, according to a recent study. But ...
A Ranking Member on the Foreign Affairs Committee of Parliament, Okudzeto Ablakwa has justified government’s decision to set up a diplomatic mission in Kuwait. There have been a series of reports on maltreatment of Ghanaian who go that country as domestic workers in Kuwait. But Mr. Ablakwa believes the establishment of a mission in Kuwait ...
Watford have signed midfielder Nathaniel Chalobah from Chelsea on a five-year deal for an undisclosed fee. The 22-year-old was part of the England Under-21 side that reached the semi-finals of the European Championships in Poland last month. Chalobah played 10 times as Chelsea won the Premier League last season. He spent 2012-13 on loan at ...
China has rejected international criticism for not allowing its most prominent critic, Liu Xiaobo, to be treated abroad for liver cancer. It said the case was an internal affair and that other countries were “in no position to make improper remarks”. The activist, who had been serving an 11-year prison term for “subversion”, died in ...
The Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman Manu has told Parliament, he is unsure when arrears of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) would be settled. According to him, the scheme owes health service providers and suppliers over eight hundred million Ghana cedis. The backlog of NHIS arrears is one of the huge challenges that health service ...
Residents of Chamba in the Nanumba North District of the Northern region have appealed to the government to as a matter of urgency fix the roads in the area. They say due to the bad nature of the roads they are unable to transport their farm produce to the market and they are also forced ...
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