Senior Staff of the Volta River Authority (VRA), and the VRA’s division of Public Services Workers Union (PSWU) of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), have petitioned government, asking for the withdrawal of the public advertisement seeking to engage the services of a Transaction Adviser, to sell specified thermal plants of the company. The workers in a ...

Senior Staff of the Volta River Authority (VRA), and the VRA’s division of Public Services Workers Union (PSWU) of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), have petitioned government, asking for the withdrawal of the public advertisement seeking to engage the services of a Transaction Adviser, to sell specified thermal plants of the company. The workers in a ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF)  has warned financial losses among state owned energy enterprises, will continue if authorities fail to tackle current challenges. The sector has for some time now been hit with increasing debt arising from inefficiencies and poor management. Government which is highly  indebted to state enterprises in the sector last year – ...

Ace journalist and host of Good Evening Ghana on Metro TV, Paul Adom-Otchere, has chided Multimedia’s Manasseh Azure Awuni over the latter’s recent publications on Jospong Group of Companies. According to Mr. Adom Otchere, Manasseh Azure’s approach in making public his findings from an investigative work on contracts between Jospong Group and the government was ...

Economist, and Senior Fellow at the Institute of Fiscal Studies(IFS), Dr. John Kwakye has supported government’s move to extend the International Monetary Fund(IMF)  programme to enhance fiscal discipline. The IMF last week announced that it has extended its programme which was originally scheduled to complete in April 2018 to April 2019. Under the programme, Ghana ...

The Government of Ghana in its effort to ensure that basic education is truly free, as well as encourage participation by all especially children from deprived communities promised to distribute 250,000 pieces of school uniforms and 40,000 pieces of school sandals to pupils in selected deprived communities. The government also promised in the 2017 Budget ...

The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) is to deliver its ruling on the Ghana Ivory Coast border dispute on the 23rd of September 2017. The two countries are seeking a resolution over the dispute at the International Tribunal after Ivory Coast accused Ghana of using the development of its oil industry to ...

Fifa has rejected Leicester City’s application to register midfielder Adrien Silva after the club missed the deadline by 14 seconds. The Foxes agreed to sign the midfielder from Sporting Lisbon for £22m near the close of the summer transfer window on 31 August. Silva’s registration was not completed in time with football’s governing body meaning ...

The Ghana Police Service is on a manhunt for two Chinese nationals who are said to have imported unwholesome tilapia into the country. According to the Police, they have a bench warrant to arrest the two; Zhang Ming alias Gary and Chu Yong Shuai “for the offence of importation of Tilapia Fish in commercial quantity ...

Monitoring of air quality to protect public health in Tema remains a challenge to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) because the air monitoring equipment which contains metals has been stolen. The Deputy Director of the EPA, Emmanuel Appoh, told the Ghanaian Times that EPA has installed the equipment to monitor the quantity of harmful particles ...

36, 849 Junior High School (JHS) students who failed to achieve the required pass marks to be placed in Senior High School will have an opportunity to resit the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). The students failed to meet the aggregate 30 cut-off point and scored Grade 9 in either English or Mathematics. Although the date ...

Togolese opposition parties have begun a fresh wave of protests against the regime of President Faure Gnassingbe. The protests are taking place in centers such as Be’ and Agoe, close to the country’s capital, Lome. The latest round of protests follow a recent demonstration which claimed the lives of seven citizens in Sokode, a city ...

Speaking up for the voiceless has always been ingrained in the DNA of the vociferous anti-corruption campaigner, Martin Amidu. The influence of his parents, both illiterate, sowed the seeds that currently see him at odds with elements within the National Democratic Congress, of which he is a founding member. Reflecting on his life on the ...

Employees of Airtel Ghana, the Smartphone Network, touched by the story of a 10-month old who needed an emergency surgery to correct a defect known as Frontal Encephalocele, have over the last three weeks volunteered to raise funds to support the surgery of young Mawusi Sunu. Guided by the maxim “be the change you want ...

Internet access in Togo has been severely restricted as opposition supporters gather to protest against the rule of President Faure Gnassingbé. Some users say internet speeds are slow and access to social media platforms has been limited. Protesters have rejected a government proposal to bring about a two-term presidential limit, saying it is a ploy ...

A group of small scale enterprises that supply educational materials and food stuff to secondary schools in the country are calling on the government to recognize them as lead vendors in the implementation of the Free Senior High School Policy. The group, National Association of Institutional Suppliers, said they have over the years supplied various ...

The Krontihene of the New Juaben Tradition Area, Baffour Nyantakyi Tutu Boateng has revealed that government’s One-district-One- Factory project will not succeed in the New Juaben Municipality because there are no available lands for factories. The acting Omanhene of the New Juaben Tradition Area disclosed this in an interview with Citi News at the maiden town ...

Comedian Funny Face, has rendered an apology to the general public for his recent rants about his ex-wife. In a Facebook post he made on 6th September, 2017, Funny Face admitted he overreacted to issues concerning his failed marriage. “Good morning Ghana, I’m truly sorry and I would like to apologize for everything that has ...

Government is under pressure to pay $279.4 million for a contract signed by the previous government or face judgement debt. Messrs Santa Baron, the company awarded the contract, which is demanding payment, says the previous government awarded a contract to purchase equipment and upgrade the security infrastructure for Ghana. A report on the project from ...

Lawyers for Lawrence Nana Asiama Hanson, aka Bulldog, Chief Executive Officer for Bull Haus Entertainment, have expressed frustration over the continuous delay of the state in prosecuting the case in which he has been accused of murdering music producer Fennec Okyere. The lawyers made known their frustration following another adjournment of the case due to ...