A Kenyan chef has set a new world record for the longest time spent cooking, after cooking for 75 hours non-stop. Maliha Mohammed began her attempt on Thursday at 10:00 local time in the coastal city of Mombasa. She ended her marathon at a local restaurant on Sunday at 13:03 local time. If verified by […] The post Kenyan chef ‘breaks cooking
Police in Uganda say at least 19 people were killed in the west of the country on Sunday when a fuel tanker exploded after the driver lost control of the vehicle and it rammed into four cars. The accident happened at a small trading centre in Kasoe town near a major highway between the capital, […] The post 19 die in Uganda after fuel tanker explosion appeared first on
Old students of Accra High School (AHISCO) converged on the school premises on Saturday, August 17, 2019 to celebrate 96 years since the establishment of the school. Past students of the school are famously called ‘Onukpai’ to wit ‘Elders’ in the Ga language. AHISCO started as a private school with only eight students but now […] The post Accra High school celebrates 96th
Nana Appiah Mensah, CEO of gold dealership firm Menzgold Ghana, has called on the government to unfreeze his account and that of Menzgold to enable him settle debts he owed his customers. He made the appeal at a press conference in Accra on Monday. He at the press conference clarified issues relating to the current […] The post NAM1 begs gov’t to unfreeze his accounts appeared
Nana Appiah Mensah, CEO of gold dealership firm Menzgold Ghana, has revealed that the ability of the company to settle the debt owed his customers is dependent on government willingness to amongst other things help the company retrieve some US$39 million debt owed him by a Dubai company Royal Horizon. This was made known at […] The post Menzgold will bounce back
Nana Appiah Mensah, CEO of gold dealership firm, Menzgold Ghana Limited says the ability of his firm to settle debts owed his customers is among other things dependent on government’s willingness to help the company retrieve some $39 million debt owed him by a Dubai company, Royal Horizon. He said this at a press conference […] The post Help us retrieve our $39m from
Three persons have been arrested in connection with the alleged murder of Asantehene’s Asamponhene, Nana Kwadwo Afordour. The police are yet to give details about the identities of the three persons although there are reports that one of the arrested is a close confidant of the deceased. Officials from the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the […] The post Three
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has told the BBC that very little has been done to combat the measles epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo, despite a national epidemic being declared in June. Karel Janssen, MSF’s head of mission in DR Congo, said 23 out of 26 provinces had been affected, but lack of routine […] The post DR Congo measles outbreak ‘kills 2,700
Some sub-chiefs in Asamankese in the Lower West Akim Municipality of the Eastern Region, are unhappy with the poor state of roads in the area. According to them, successive governments have failed to fulfil campaign promises made to them to construct all internal roads in the municipality. Abodeesahene Baffour Kwame Awuakye who is in charge of […] The post Chiefs lament poor
Some of the collapsed microfinance companies say they will be paying customers their full deposits, according to their Receiver. Eric Nipah, Receiver for the Microfinance and Microcredit institutions whose licences were revoked in May, said about 20 of them have assured that “they are willing and able to make a 100 per cent payment to […] The post 20
Receiver for the 347 microfinance companies whose licenses were revoked by the Bank of Ghana in May 2019, Eric Nana Nipah has put a GHc10,000 cap on claim payments. He said the decision to place a cap on the amount to be paid customers was based on findings from a preliminary assessment of the situation […] The post Collapsed microfinance
Receiver for the 347 microfinance companies whose licenses were revoked by the Bank of Ghana in May 2019, Eric Nana Nipah has said that customers of the institutions will be paid claims of up to GH¢10,000. He said the decision to place a cap on the amount to be paid in claims to the customers […] The post Customers of closed microfinance companies
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Chiefs and people of Asamankese in the Lower West Akim Municipality of the Eastern Region have launched this year’s Oboadwan festival with a call on indigenes and the diaspora to come home as the country marks the Year of Return. The event which was held at the chiefs palace saw a rich display of culture […] The post Asamankese: Oboadwan festival launched appeared first on
Thousands of residents especially youth from Larteh, Abiriw, Akropong, Adukrom, Mampong, Mangoase, Aburi, Gyankamah, Ayi Mensah and other neighbouring communities gathered at the Mamfe roundabout to witness great performances from some talented musicians at this year’s International Youth Day concert. The event which was organized by the National Youth Authority saw the coming together of […] The post Kidi,
The National Identification Authority (NIA) has extended the Ghana card registration exercise in the Volta Region by three weeks. The exercise which ended in the region on August 14 will commence again on August 29 until September 18. The Corporate Communications Director at the NIA, Francis Pamdetti told Citi News that a lot of people, […] The post NIA extends Ghana
Police in the Ashanti Region have confirmed the murder of Otumfuo’s Asamponhene, Nana Kwadwo Afordour. The deceased, 46, was reportedly stabbed to death in the back seat of his Toyota Land Cruiser vehicle by some unknown assailants. The incident happened on Sunday, August 18, 2019 near Ebuom village on the Ejura – Nkoranza Highway. Police […] The post Police
I have read there is a delegation sent on a fact-finding mission to Qatar to further investigations on the above contract between the state (ECG) and the Power Distribution Service (PDS) signed over power storage and distribution in the country. The team is to help unravel what is being described as one of the biggest […] The post “…and now to the ‘Politics
The government intends to learn from the Dagbon “road map to peace” strategy to resolve the chieftaincy dispute in Bimbila. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said the Awomefia of Anlo, Togbe Sri, has agreed to lead mediation efforts in this regard. “Togbe Sri has agreed to perform this task on behalf of the people here […] The post Togbe
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will later today, Monday, open a 2-day national conference on the implementation of the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) in Accra. The Conference will bring together key stakeholders in Ghana to discuss Ghana’s strategies and programme interventions that will ensure that the country reaps benefits from the AfCFTA. The […] The post Akufo-Addo
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