The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has disputed claims by Kweku Baako, the Crusading Guide Newspaper’s Editor-in-Chief, that some projects John Mahama cut the sod for in his administration did not have funding. The projects under contention are the second phase of the Kumasi Airport expansion and the Tema Motorway Interchange project. On the Tema Motorway […] The post NDC
Four hundred and ninety-five more people in the North Gonja District of the Savannah Region have been displaced by flooding. This raises the number of displaced persons in the district to 1,245 after major flooding after the White Volta river overflew its banks due to the spillage of the Bagre Dam in Burkina Faso. This […] The post North Gonja flooding:
Villagers who refuse to wear masks are being forced to dig graves for victims of Covid-19 by local authorities in one part of rural Indonesia, in the hopes that a little bit of manual labor and empathy will convince others to do their part to help stop the pandemic. Three middle-aged men and five minors […] The post Indonesians caught without a mask
Some residents of Nungua Cocoa Beach in Accra have threatened to boycott this year’s general elections over claims that the government has neglected calls for better roads in the area. The residents say several attempts to draw the attention of the relevant stakeholders to the deplorable nature of their roads have not yielded any positive […] The post Residents
Customers of defunct Microfinance companies, Savings and Loans, and Finance Houses have started receiving their locked-up funds. This follows the release of GHS3.56 billion in cash to fully settle depositor claims of depositors of the defunct firms. The payments began on Wednesday, September 16, 2020, as announced by the Reciever earlier in the week. Speaking […] The post Customers
Customers of defunct Microfinance companies, Savings and Loans companies, and Finance Houses have started receiving their locked-up funds. This follows the release of GHS3.56 billion in cash to fully settle depositor claims of depositors of the defunct firms. The payments began on Wednesday, September 16, 2020, as announced by the Reciever earlier in the week. […] The post Customers
Ghana has produced some of Africa’s most admired women. From Akua Kuenyehia, a former Vice President of the International Criminal Court, to Netflix Chief Marketing Officer Bozoma Saint John, Ghanaian women have a significant presence on the global stage. Yet for all the shining stars and international accolades, the Ghanaian public and private sectors have […] The post It
The 2020 VGMA best rapper of the year, Kwesi Arthur, has collaborated with ride-hailing service, Yango Ghana in his much anticipated new visuals to his tuneful and mellow single “Turn on the Lights”. The 2018 BET Awards nominee came out with a bang earlier this year when he released “Turn on the Lights” off his […] The post Kwesi Arthur partners Yango in new music video
Like many other telecommunication companies in Ghana, Vodafone, formerly known as Ghana Telecom or Onetouch has gathered for itself many customers in Ghana. With effective and cheap data packages, text packages, reduced call tariffs and unrivalled international call rates, Vodafone had maintained a strong bond with its users over the years. To further make the […] The post Features
The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has scheduled Friday, November 13, 2020 for its general elections to elect new national and regional executives. GJA held its last elections on Friday, September 29, 2017, where new executives were inaugurated into office on Friday, November 17, 2017. The three-year tenure of the current national and regional executives, therefore, […] The post GJA
The Volta River Authority (VRA) has handed over quantities of food items valued about GHS200,000 to flood victims in the North East Region. The items, including 400 bags of rice, 200 cartons of sugar, 334 cartons of cooking oil among others were handed over to the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) at Nalerigu, the capital […] The post VRA, NEDCO support flood
A senior lecturer at the University of Ghana’s Department of Geography, Professor Martin Oteng Ababio believes that no research was conducted before a law was passed to ban okada operations in Ghana. According to him, the current law cannot stand the test of time because it has no research backing it. He added that the […] The post Lack of research
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has lauded the collaboration between Volkswagen (VW) Ghana and BlackIvy, saying it is an excellent collaboration. He also pledged the complete support of Ghana to the partnership. “Producing the quality on display here today is not enough. Ghana-Made has to be more affordable to our people. I commend Volkswagen and […] The post Bawumia lauds VW-BlackIvy
A few days after some filmmakers in Kumasi remonstrated the alleged relocation of the proposed film village from Kunsu to Sekyere in the Ashanti Region, a pressure group has also come out to express misgivings over the same issue. Members of the Creative Forum Ashanti led by broadcaster Austine Woode held a press conference on […] The post Group angry over alleged relocation
A few days after some filmmakers in Kumasi had remonstrated the relocation of the proposed film village from Kunsu to Sekyere in the Ashanti Region, a pressure group has also come out to address the issue. The Creative Forum Ashanti led by broadcaster Austine Woode held a press conference yesterday, September 16, 2020, to register […] The post Pressure
Ivory Coast will not recognise Tuesday’s ruling by the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights that allowed former Prime Minister, Guillaume Soro, to run in next month’s elections. Government spokesperson Sidi Tiémoko Touré said the government only recognises a decision by the country’s constitutional court which barred Mr Soro from the elections because of […] The post Ivory
Seven of the 219 prisoners who escaped from Singila prison in north-east Uganda have been captured. The prisoners shot and killed a soldier who tried to intercept them, before heading for Mount Moroto on Wednesday afternoon. Prisons service spokesperson said they had deployed three helicopters and soldiers on foot to pursue the fugitives. Two of […] The post Uganda jail break:
Lawmakers in Nigeria’s Kaduna State have approved surgical castration as punishment for those convicted of raping children under the age of 14. State governor Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai needs to sign the bill for it to become law in the north-western state. He has previously supported castration to prevent rapists from re-offending. The move follows public […] The post Nigeria’s
The National Teaching Council (NTC) says there is no political pressure on it to suspend the teacher licensure examinations. The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the National Teaching Council, Dennis Osei-Owusu, in a Citi News interview on the matter, said the exam was postponed to 1st and 2nd October due to changes in the timetable […] The post There is no
The Electoral Commission (EC) will from tomorrow, Friday, September 18, activate a short message service (SMS) platform to enable registered voters to check their registration details as captured in the 2020 voters’ register. This will form part of the exhibition exercise for the register and is available to all registered voters on the shortcode 1422 […] The post EC
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