As Ghana prepares to celebrate this year’s National Farmers Day, the Embassy of the State of Israel in Accra, has reiterated its commitment to collaborate with the government of Ghana through her programmmes and projects to improve agriculture in Ghana. This was contained in a press statement issued by the Embassy ahead of the 2017 ... The post Farmers’ Day: Israel

Chief Executive Officer of B-BOVID, a Ghanaian innovative agricultural business based in Pretsir in the Ahanta West District of the Western Region, has been crowned the Chamber Businessman of the year 2016, at maiden Chamber Business Awards by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Awards. B-BOVID was also recognized as the Innovative Agribusiness Company (Primary) ... The post B-BOVID

A group calling itself the concerned law students, has submitted a petition to Parliament against a new Legal Instrument (LI) by the General Legal Council (GLC), which is proposing new regulations for admissions and professional law courses in Ghana. The group has described the LI as a deliberate and unreasonable effort by the Council to ... The post Students petition

Following revelations by the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) that huge amounts of premix fuel meant for fisher-folk loaded from the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) had been diverted for the past eight months, it has emerged that the Ghana National Canoe Fishermen Council petitioned the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture over the said diversion as far ... The post Minister

The Sagnarigu Chief, Yakubu Abdulai, has condemned the victimization of people accused of witchcraft prevalent in the Northern Region. He asked traditional rulers to protect ostracized women camped at isolated locations in the region. Sagnarigu Naa Abdulai Yakubu, raised this concern during the celebration of this year’s human rights day dubbed, “16 days of Activism ... The post Sagnarigu

The Association of Premix Distributing Oil Marketing Companies has also added its voice to calls for the arrest and prosecution of persons said to have diverted to other areas, premix fuel meant for fishermen across the country. According to the Association, the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), can rely on the same tracking system that detected ... The post OMCs

Some currency analysts have predicted that the cedi’s depreciation is expected to continue, at least to the end of 2017. Citi Business News’ analysis shows a continuous streak of the local currency for a greater part of this year. For this year alone, the cedi has depreciated by about 5 percent on the interbank foreign exchange ... The post Cedi depreciates by 5% in 2017 appeared first on

Government is processing funds for release to some suppliers under the Free Senior High School policy by the end of this week. This is according to a Deputy Education Minister, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum. The funds are expected to cater for the provision of food by the National Buffer Stock, uniforms and other logistics in ... The post Processing of funds for Free SHS

But for the quick intervention of operators of one of Ghana’s busiest commercial centres, the Accra Mall, the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), would have shut down the mall on Wednesday morning over its failure to pay taxes. The Ghana Revenue Authority embarked on a distress order to retrieve about 2 million cedis in tax arrears ... The post Accra Mall escapes closure over taxes appeared

But for the quick intervention of operators of one of Ghana’s busiest commercial centres, the Accra Mall, the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), would have shut down the mall on Wednesday morning over its failure to pay taxes. The Ghana Revenue Authority embarked on a distress order to retrieve about 2 million cedis in tax arrears ... The post Accra Mall escapes closure over unpaid

But for the quick intervention of operators of the Accra Mall, the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) would have shut down the mall on Wednesday morning over its failure to pay taxes. The Ghana Revenue Authority embarked on a distress order to retrieve about 2 million cedis in tax arrears from the management of the Accra ... The post Accra Mall escapes closure over taxes appeared first on

Nigerian migrants stranded in Libya and elsewhere will be bought home, President Muhammadu Buhari has said. The decision comes after the emergence of footage showing migrants being sold at slave auctions in Libya. Mr Buhari said they were being treated like goats, and vowed to do everything possible to prevent more Nigerians making the perilous journey ... The post Nigeria’s

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has urged the Government and citizens of Libya to treat Black African migrants humanely, saying, “We are all creations of the one Allah, but disfigured by the shameless greed and corruption of man.” Commenting on the reported atrocities being meted out to Black African migrants in Libya, Former President Rawlings ... The post Be

The government has been urged to target the brains behind illegal mining operations in Ghana and not just the ground operatives with little value. The ground operatives arrested by police are ultimately easily replaced by the persons financing the illegal mining operations, a security analyst, Emmanuel Sowatey, has explained to Citi News. Speaking to Citi ... The post Target

Matt Lauer, one of the most famous TV news anchors in the US, has been fired by NBC over an allegation of sexual misconduct. NBC said: “On Monday night, we received a detailed complaint from a colleague about inappropriate sexual behaviour in the workplace by Matt Lauer. “As a result, we’ve decided to terminate his ... The post NBC sacks star host over sex allegation appeared

Donald Trump has retweeted three inflammatory videos from a British far-right group. The first tweet from Jayda Fransen, the deputy leader of Britain First, claims to show a Muslim migrant attacking a man on crutches. This was followed by two more videos of people Ms Fransen claims to be Muslim. Britain First was founded in ... The post Donald Trump retweets far-right group’s

West Brom have appointed former Newcastle and Crystal Palace boss Alan Pardew as manager. The Baggies sacked Tony Pulis on 20 November after they went 10 Premier League games without a victory and were a point above the relegation zone. Pardew, 56, has been out of the game since being sacked by Palace in December 2016. He has signed ... The post Alan Pardew appointed West Brom manager

With just three days to go to the Final Draw for the 2018 FIFA World Cup™ in the Russian capital, the famed Moscow Metro held the unveiling of the last remaining visual icon of the event. For the 2018 issue of the Official Poster, the renowned Russian artist Igor Gurovich chose legendary Soviet goalkeeper Lev ... The post Official poster for 2018 World Cup unveiled appeared first

A new survey by research network, Afrobarometer, has revealed that 27 percent of Ghanaians believe that “most or all” of the officials working at the Presidency, including President, are corrupt. The report stated that, 50 percent of the respondents believe “some” of the officials at the Flagstaff House are corrupt,  while 11 percent of respondents ... The post 27%

The UN’s World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the global fight to eradicate malaria shows signs of stalling following recent success. Pedro Alonso, director of the WHO’s global malaria programme, is quoted by the Reuters news agency as saying: “We want [this to be] a wake-up call to the malaria community. We are not ... The post Fight against malaria ‘stalling’