Not-for-profit medicine standards NGO, United States Pharmacopoeia (USP) has called for continuous stakeholder collaboration in Ghana’s medical product quality assurance sector to strengthen surveillance mechanisms. This the organisation says, is needed to ensure the quality of medicines on the Ghanaian market. The Director of USP Ghana/PQM+ West Africa, Kwasi Poku Boateng made this call at […] The post USP
A former Wa All Stars team manager, Abdul Rahman Yunusah has been remanded by the Wa Magistrate Court into police custody for allegedly killing Stephen Mane, a 61-year-old man in Wa over a land dispute. Abdul Rahman is to reappear on March 25 after the court, presided over by Maxwell Titriku, refused him bail. The […] The post Wa All Stars former
Ghana’s re-imaging of the education system for economic transformation has been reassuring, with the pragmatic reforms and policies being introduced as such. The most recent approach in that regard is the inclusion of the “learning of Social Security in the curriculum of schools to make students well-informed as to the significance of the scheme. Before […] The post Learning
Authorities of the St. Joseph Health Centre in Kalba, in the Savannah Region, are appealing for support to reopen the facility after it was closed down following a rainstorm that hit the community on Saturday, March 19, 2022. The health centre in Kalba in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District was closed down after the storm ripped off […] The post Rainstorm
Two companies, Samnort Company Limited and Concrete Jungle Coffee Club and Wellness, have been caught in ECG’s web for illegal meter bypass (illegal connection) and have since been disconnected and will be handed over to the police in the coming days. Samnort, a sachet water producing company, owes about GH¢62,000, while Concrete Jungle had no […] The post ECG takes
The Member of Parliament for Dadekotopon, Rita Naa Odoley Sowah, is calling for more Ga-Dangmes to be considered for national appointments. She said there are more than enough qualified and competent people of Ga-Dagme descent who can serve the country; however, only a handful get such an opportunity. She lamented that there were very few […] The post Dadekotopon
A former Director General of the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), Dr. Nii Moi Thompson says the government must take practical steps in addressing the depreciation of the cedi. He said the situation cannot be tackled successfully with “flawed and politicized analysis or through public lectures.” In an article highlighting the cause of the country’s […] The post Cedi
The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has taken over investigations relating to the shooting incident which occurred in Wa in the Upper West Region, which led the death of a lecturer, on March 17, 2022. “The CID Headquarters has taken over the investigation into circumstances leading to a shooting incident that […] The post CID
The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has taken over investigations relating to the shooting incident which occurred in Wa in the Upper West Region, which led to the death of a lecturer, on March 17, 2022. “The CID Headquarters has taken over the investigation into circumstances leading to a shooting incident […] The post CID takes
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated emphatically that coup is not a panacea to Ghana’s economic hardship. He reiterated that coups have never been and will never be an appropriate solution to the political, economic, and institutional challenges confronting the nation. The President made the statement during the 92nd anniversary of St Augustine’s College […] The post Coup
The National Executive Committee of the National Service Personnel Association (NASPA) says personnel will receive arrears of allowance for January by Tuesday, March 22, 2022. The leaders of the association have in a statement on Saturday, March 19, 2022, said per consultations with the management of the National Service Scheme (NSS), they can assure personnel […] The post Be
On 4th March 2022, the Bank of Ghana reported that the cedi had reached 7.00 to the dollar. Compared to the rate of GHc4.2 at the end of December 2016, this meant the cedi had depreciated by 40.02% against the dollar since January 2017, when the government took office amidst flamboyant promises to usher the […] The post Nii Moi Thompson writes: The
The Director of Strategy and Business Operations at Dalex Finance, Joe Jackson, has charged government to critically analyse factors that have led to the continuous depreciation of the cedi, and propose the appropriate solution to the causes. According to experts, the cedi is now one of the worst-performing currencies in Africa. According to the Bank […] The post Pumping
The nominees for the 23rd Vodafone Ghana Music Awards were announced on Saturday, March 19, 2022 at the Grand Arena of the Accra International Conference Centre. Six artistes including rapper Sarkodie, highlife artiste Kuami Eugene, ‘Touch It’ hitmaker KiDi, gospel maestro Joe Mettle, afrobeat artiste King Promise, and ‘Second Sermon’ singer Black Sherif earned nominations […] The post Nominees
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