The Nigeria government has conceded to pressure by the US to reduce visa charges for Americans visiting the West African nation. Interior Minister Rauf Aregbesola told journalists that the government had approved a reduction in visa charges for US citizens from $180 (£147) to $150. The climb down comes after the US government had on […] The post Nigeria reduces visa

Aspirants who have attributed their defeat to alleged instances of vote-buying in the just ended parliamentary primaries organised by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) have been asked to back their claims with facts to have their concerns resolved. The party said statistics available to it show that the election recorded a 98 percent success rate […] The post ‘Primaries

The Sunyani East Rotary Club has donated learning materials to the Sunyani Central Prisons to help inmates under the Inmate Education Programme. The President of the Sunyani East Rotary Club, Eric Adu Gyamfi presented learning materials worth GHc2,500.00 including textbooks, exercise books and other learning materials. This was supported by their partners from the Rotary […] The post Sunyani

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The National Democratic Congress (NDC) will hold Parliamentary primaries for four other constituencies on Saturday, August 31, 2019. The party held primaries in 157 constituencies across the country last weekend. But primaries were postponed in five constituencies for various reasons. In a statement, the Functional Executive Committee of the NDC has cleared the Assin Central […] The post Asawase

Police in the Central Region say efforts are being made to arrest a fourth suspect in connection with the killing of two officers at Gomoa Budumburam in the Central Region. According to the Police, the MTTD officers– Sergeant Michael Djamesi and Lance Corporal Mohammed Awal– lost their lives when occupants of a vehicle they signalled […] The post Police visit

Minutes after their wedding ceremony, a young Texas couple was killed in a car collision as they were leaving the courthouse, CNN affiliate KFDM reported. Harley Morgan, 19, and Rhiannon Boudreaux, 20, were killed in the town of Orange, more than 20 miles east of Beaumont, Texas. They pulled out of the parking lot and […] The post Young couple dies in collision

Acting Inspector General of Police, COP James Oppong-Boanuh, says the Police Service will deal ruthlessly with all forms of vigilantism in the 2020 general elections. Mr. Oppong-Boanuh, who was addressing this year’s National Police Command Conference assured that “the Ghana Police service will deal decisively with any persons or group of persons who will engage […] The post Acting

The Textiles Workers Union has raised concerns about the alleged importation of the new uniforms introduced by the Ghana Education Service stating that the move makes no sense. The new uniform, which was introduced in April this year, was met with criticism as some said it was a misplaced priority and an unnecessary economic burden […] The post Importation of new GES

A member of Parliament’s Finance Committee, Isaac Adongo has questioned the credibility of the financial sector clean-up carried out by the Bank of Ghana. He is strongly convinced that the reforms that have seen the revocation of the licenses of 420 financial institutions in the last two years were deliberately engineered by the government to […] The post Banking