Some volunteers at Pwalugu in the Talensi District of the Upper East Region are making money from drivers plying the Pwalugu bridge stretch of the Bolga-Tamale road. This is because floodwaters have submerged portions of the road. Drivers of articulated trucks and passenger vehicles have to pay between GHS5 to GHS10 to be guided to […] The post U/E flooding:
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) is set to hold a town hall meeting in Kumasi on Tuesday, September 15, 2020. The party will take advantage of the event to present its manifesto to the people of the Ashanti Region. It will afford the NDC an opportunity to explain the policies and programmes contained in its […] The post NDC to hold town hall meeting
The Accra Regional Police Command has seized 60 motorbikes from their riders for flouting various traffic regulations. The riders were also arrested for various offences including riding without a riders’ licence, uninsured motorbikes and unlicensed motorbikes. The Madina Divisional Police Command carried out the operation on Thursday, September 10, 2020, at about 0800 hours. Head […] The post Police
Five persons have been rushed to the Baptist Medical Centre at Nalerigu in the Northern Region after a building collapsed on them during a heavy downpour on Friday, September 11, 2020. The five — three women and two children — currently receiving treatment were in their rooms at Namangu, a farming community near Langbinsi in […] The post N/R: Building collapses
A Candidate for our Times History is replete, ironically, with some fleeting moments whose significance is not recognized and appreciated in real time. We are in one of such moments in Ghana. Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang’s introduction into presidential politics has at once energized our political environment and captured the interest of a broad swath […] The post A candidate for
Some members of the National COVID-19 Burial Team are calling on the government to provide them with the promised relief packages. In the President’s address to Ghanaians in April, he announced tax exemptions, 50 percent salary increase and insurance packages for frontline health workers. But some members of the burial team in Accra say they […] The post COVID-19 burial
A total of 12,716 students will be graduating from various fields of study at the University of Education, Winneba as part of a two-day graduation process. In all 935 students representing 7 percent of the class will be awarded diplomas whiles 10,195 students representing 80 percent will be awarded first degrees. For the postgraduate degrees, […] The post 12,716 students graduate from UEW
Shatta Wale’s manager, Lawrence Nana Asiamah Hanson, also known as Bulldog, says his artiste is worth more than the GHS2 million he is alleged to have received from the Ghana Exim Bank. “If I was in charge of accounts, I would have charged more because he deserves it. I believe every Ghanaian artiste deserves more. […] The post Shatta Wale worth more than GHS2 million
The Electoral Commission (EC) says it will exhibit the recently compiled voters’ register for inspection by voters from Friday, September 18, 2020, to Friday, September 25, 2020. It will be conducted at all polling stations throughout the country. According to the Commission, this is in accordance with 23(1) of C.I.91 of the Public Elections Regulations […] The post Exhibition
Ghanaian dancehall and afrobeat artiste, Stonebwoy, has been appointed as an ambassador for TECNO Mobile. The announcement was made on Thursday, September 10, 2020, at the Transsion Holdings HQ in Accra. Stonebwoy is now the official brand ambassador for Camon-16 series – a smartphone model manufactured by a Chinese mobile phone company based in Shenzhen, […] The post TECNO Mobile
Nigeria’s Imo State University has set up a committee to investigate sex-for-grades claims after videos of lecturers allegedly having sex with students were shared online, according to Punch newspaper. One of the videos shows an alleged lecturer being arrested by police while he was half-naked. The other video shows a lecturer masturbating in an office […] The post Nigeria’s
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Africa Centres for Disease Control (CDC) have launched a new laboratory network that will reinforce genome sequencing of COVID-19 in Africa. The initiative seeks to study the possible mutations of the virus in order to prepare better responses in public health. Experts from the WHO and the Africa […] The post WHO and Africa
President Donald Trump said on Thursday the deadline set for Chinese company ByteDance to sell its popular short-video app TikTok’s U.S. assets would not be extended. “It’ll either be closed up or they’ll sell it,” Trump told reporters before leaving for Michigan. “There will be no extension of the TikTok deadline.” TikTok did not immediately […] The post There
Police fired tear gas to disperse campaigners for civilian rule before substantive talks over Mali’s political future began in Bamako on Thursday, a sign of a deepening rift over who should lead the post-coup transitional government. About 100 supporters of the M5-RFP coalition, which led months of protests against now-deposed President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, clashed […] The post Mali:
International donors have raised $700 million (537.39 million pounds) less than half the target to purchase future COVID-19 vaccines for poor countries in a global initiative to ensure eventual vaccines do not go only to rich countries, a World Health Organization official said on Thursday. The COVAX Advanced Market Commitment has an initial target of […] The post WHO
The Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) says it will assess the manifestos of both the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and National Democratic Congress (NDC). This, according to the Centre, is to enable the public to compare and contrast the promises of the two major political parties. Ghana’s two major political parties have recently released […] The post CDD-Ghana to
The Minister for Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako Atta, has strongly indicated that the Akufo-Addo government will not pay contractors who construct poor quality roads. At a press briefing on Wednesday, the Minister, indicated that contractors could lose funding for their road projects if they deliver poorly as the government is bent on providing Ghanaians […] The post Roads
The flagbearer of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Ivor Kobina Greenstreet has advised Ghanaians against selecting any of the two main political parties; the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), during the general elections. He describes the many voters who believe smaller parties such as the CPP do not […] The post Give
The Nasara Coordinator for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Abdul Aziz Haruna Futa, says the Akufo-Addo administration has shown more compassion to the Zongo communities than the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). In an interview on Citi FM’S Voters’ Diary, Haruna Futa said NPP was the first to make provisions for the community in […] The post Vote
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has urged the chiefs and people of Damongo in the Savannah Region to retain President Nana Akufo-Addo in the upcoming polls to transform the newly created Savannah Region. Dr. Bawumia says the first term of the NPP has seen unprecedented development across the country, adding that more needs to be […] The post Give Akufo-Addo
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