The Chief Executive Officer of Alliance for Christian Advocacy Africa, Rev Dr Kwabena Opuni-Frimpong, has asked presidential and parliamentary candidates for the 2020 elections to make well-thought-through promises. He also urged political office seekers to ensure that they keep their promises. Rev Opuni-Frimpong, also a lecturer at the Department of Religious Affairs at the Kwame […] The post 2020
The Electoral Commission has rubbished claims that it is wasting state resources in its quest to compile a new voters’ register and procuring a biometric system. The Commission said it is committed to judiciously spending the about GH¢400 million it was granted by Parliament to be spent on the process. Speaking at a press conference […] The post Compiling new voters’
Former President Jerry John Rawlings wants the current Vice-Chancellor of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), Rev. Father Professor Anthony Afful Broni to step aside to allow for investigations currently ongoing against him to be expedited. There are reports that an investigative report put together by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), following allegations […] The post UEW
The acting Controller and Accountant General, Mr Kwasi Kwaning Bosompem, has been adjudged the Governance and Civil Leader of the Year at the 2019 Ghana Leadership Awards. The honour, according to the organizers, was in recognition of his outstanding and exemplary leadership in public sector governance and commitment to duty. Additionally, Mr. Bosompem has been […] The post Controller
The Ghana Library Authority (GhLA) has declared 2020 as the Year of Learning, under the theme “70 years of Transforming Minds through Libraries,” in commemoration of its 70 years of existence. Ghana Library Authority is the second oldest incorporated institution by an act of Parliament of Ghana and has the mandate to establish, equip, maintain […] The post Ghana
The Electoral Commission has clarified its decision to go in for a new biometric system and compile a new voters’ register ahead of the 2020 general elections. According to the Commission, most of its current biometric devices are faulty adding that Ghana will incur extra cost in repairing the devices compared to procuring new ones. […] The post New biometric
The Ministry of Information has held a day’s workshop in Accra for Chief Directors on the operationalization strategy for the Right to Information (RTI) Law ahead of its implementation in January 2020. The one day meeting was also to enable the Chief directors share ideas on the final preparations towards operationalization of the Act. Discussing […] The post Information
Former Chief of Defence Staff, Brigadier Joseph Nunoo-Mensah, has called for a paradigm shift towards finding innovative ways of inculcating the ideals of the 31st December Movement into Ghanaians. According to him, it is only through this that Ghana can develop in a positive direction. Speaking to Citi News on the sidelines of the 38th […] The post NDC,
Dr Wisdom Afedo, a Medical Officer at the Upper East Regional hospital in Bolgatanga has expressed worry over accident injuries with one death recorded at the hospital on the Eve of Christmas. He said five cases of fractures in children many of which were brought to the hospital late in the night and wondered what […] The post UER Hospital records high cases of fractures
This year has witnessed a number of interesting events and happenings that have in one way or the other shaped the local economy. These happenings have largely had an impact on the economies of individuals both positive and negative in some cases. The year started on quite a sour note for Heritage and Premium banks. The […] The post The
The Dome division of the Asogli State has ended three decades of disagreement over its alignment to the Asogli paramountcy. The decision by Togbe Adzie Lakle Howusu XII, Dufia of Dome, in 1989 to go with the political interference that reverted the paramountcy to Ho-Bankoe, divided the community with a faction wanting Dome to maintain […] The post Ho Dome ends 30-year
Apple is pushing ahead with a lawsuit against Corellium, in what is being labelled as a move to end jailbreaking. The tech giant began its legal battle in August, claiming the firm profits from “perfect replicas” of iOS. Apple has now amended its lawsuit, alleging copyright infringement. Corellium’s CEO responded in an open letter, insisting […] The post Apple accused
The Airport District Police Command in the Ashanti Region is investigating a case of three missing laptops which were being used for the ongoing Ghana Card Registration Exercise. Officials of the National Identification Authority at one of the centres at Aboabo in the Asokore Mampong Municipality could not trace the laptops when they returned from […] The post Three
At Huawei, workers are either “tree-growers” or “pit-diggers” and the “heady scent of plums” comes only after the “bone-deep bite of winter”. So says a poetic New Year’s message from the Chinese telecoms giant which sets out its “vision” for 2020. But beneath the flowery language, Huawei admits life will be “difficult” after the Trump […] The post Huawei
Some rice farmers in Northern Ghana are counting their losses as bush fire ravages hundreds of their rice farms. The Upper East, Northern and North East Regions, are the worst-hit regions as affected farmers attributed the situation to lack of combine harvesters and a ready market for their produce. The farmers who experienced rice gluts […] The post Bush fires ravage rice farms
The Ghana Water Company Limited has begun its temporary intervention for residents in Mamprobi, Chorkor and Korlegono after an acute water shortage. The intervention follows Citi News reports of the struggles of residents in these areas following the shortage. Residents in Chorkor, for instance, have been without running water for over a month while those […] The post GWCL
Six executives of Ghana Union Movement (GUM) Party have been arrested for allegedly breaching peace and passing eccentric comments against the chiefs and people of Kwaman in the Agona West Constituency. The arrest followed a protracted misunderstanding between the Founder and Leader of GUM, Osofo Kyereabosom, and the traditional rulers of Kwaman seething since 2017. […] The post Executives
The Attorney-General (AG) has asked the Police to formally charge Eric Kojo Duah, the man who allegedly shot and killed two officers on the Kasoa-Budumburam-Aprah stretch in August 2019, with murder. At the District Court presided over by Ms. Rosemond Dodua Agyiri, the Prosecution led by Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Sylvester Asare, said the […] The post Kasoa
Residents of Mumui, Lairang’i and Rei in Meru County, Kenya, have resorted to dressing their donkeys in trousers to ward off mysterious flies whose bites cause open wounds, with the animals eventually dying. Locals are afraid that the flies which invaded the area two weeks ago will spread to their cows and goats, a main […] The post Why this Kenyan community is dressing
The Ranking Member on the Education Committee of Parliament, Peter Nortsu-Kotoe has backed former President John Mahama’s statement to scrap the teachers’ licensure examination if elected into power. His comment comes on the back of the Chairman of the National Teaching Council, Eric Nyarko-Sampson’s defence that the teacher licensure examination is needed. In response to […] The post NDC
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