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The draw for the 2022 FIFA World Cup to be hosted in Qatar has been made, with some interesting games to look out for when the tournament kicks off in November 2022. The 2022 FIFA World Cup will start on November 21 and will come to an end on December 18, 2022 at the Lusail […] The post 2022 WC: Spain get Germany; England to play USA appeared first on Citinewsroom
The Ghana National Chamber of Pharmacy has threatened legal action against health facilities owing companies that supply them with drugs and consumables. The Chamber laments that arrears owed these pharmaceutical firms are running their businesses aground. Speaking to Citi News, the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana National Chamber of Pharmacy, Anthony Ameka, said they […] The post Pharmacy
The Tamale Metropolitan Assembly is expected to reconvene within ten days to elect its Presiding Member after two contestants failed to meet the threshold of 42 votes. The two candidates, which included the incumbent, Mohammed Alhassan and Mohammed Rashad Abdulai had 31 and 28 votes, respectively, out of a total of 58 votes cast. Bismarck […] The post Tamale
The Black Stars of Ghana has been drawn in Group H of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The West African country has been paired with European giants, Portugal, South American side, Uruguay and South Korea. Ghana has played Portugal and Uruguay and will face South Korea for the first time on the world stage. Ghana […] The post 2022 WC: Ghana drawn in Group H with Portugal, Uruguay
The Ministry of Education has urged the public to remain calm as the resolution centers across the country will be opened beyond the April 4 date to serve qualified Senior High School candidates with issues relating to their placements. The Ministry of Education, in a press release dated April 1, 2022, said it admires the […] The post SHS placements:
33-year-old Andrews Donkor is believed to have been killed by security personnel at Nkroful during an attempt to disperse an agitated crowd who massed up in front of the Nkroful District Court after some 30 illegal small scale miners (galamseyer) were brought to the court. According to an eyewitness, Solomon Eduku Ackah, the illegal miners […] The post Youth
The Deputy Ranking Member on the Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee of Parliament, Francis-Xavier Sosu says President Nana Akufo-Addo’s approval of the Electronic Transfer Levy (E-levy) is an act of lawlessness. The President assented to the E-levy Bill on Thursday, despite a challenge at the Supreme Court by the Minority in Parliament against the […] The post Nana
Ghana’s economy is expected to be heavily impacted by the Sustainable Use of Natural Resources and Energy Financing (SUNREF) programme. SUNREF is part of a global initiative by the French Development Agency to get public and private banks to finance private sector investments in green technologies and sustainable energy. With over 30 million euros made […] The post SUNREF
Statesman and business executive, Sir Sam E. Jonah, says he has neither endorsed cryptocurrency and bitcoin trading nor urged the public to engage in the activity. The Executive Chairman of Jonah Capital said it was also false that he was a patron of such activities and could testify to their goodness in wealth creation. The […] The post I haven’t endorsed cryptocurrency –
I write to draw the attention of the Ghana government and some heads of the law enforcement institutions, including the Attorney-General, the Chief Justice, the National Security Minister, and the Interior Minister to ensure that justice is served in the recent riot in the Tarkwa area among two small-scale mining groups that led to the […] The post Dr
Claim: Akufo-Addo government has constructed some 10,875 kilometers of new roads in the last five years Verdict: False. The government has constructed just about 5,000 kilometers of new roads since 2017. Full text: President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo while delivering the 2022 State of the Nation Address on Wednesday, March 30, 2022, said his […] The post False!
The Health Minister, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, has said allegations by the Ranking Member on the Health Committee of Parliament, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, that only GHS¢127 million out of over GH¢2 billion has been released into the National Health Insurance Fund are untrue. Although the Minister could not tell how much was released into the fund, he […] The post Claim
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) says it has intensified enforcement of the ban on the advertisement for tobacco in the country. The Public Health Act 2012 (Act 851) and the Tobacco Control Regulations 2016 ban advertisement, and promotion of tobacco in Ghana. This Act prohibits the showcase of tobacco-related products in sceneries like movies, […] The post FDA to enforce
Parliament is expected to go on a holiday break on Tuesday, April 5, 2022 for the Easter festivities. This was contained in the business statement of next week presented by the business committee. The committee urged lawmakers to devote themselves to the scheduled business for the week under consideration for a successful adjournment on the […] The post Parliament to break
The government says it is ready to compensate persons whose homes were burnt during an anti-galamsey operation by some military officers at Ntobroso in the Ashanti Region. “We will sit and possibly if there is the need for us to compensate, we will do the compensation and make sure there is peace here,” a deputy […] The post Ntobroso:
The leadership of Mobile Money Agents Association of Ghana has indicated that it will meet over the weekend, to deliberate on whether to embark on a proposed demonstration against the E-Levy. Dela Abotsi, the National President of the Mobile Money Agents Association of Ghana, said “we will come out with what we want to do […] The post MoMo agents
The Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has complained about the delay in releasing the annual report on the staff at the Presidency. According to him, the delay in the release of the report undermines the authority of the legislature. Speaking on the floor of Parliament, Mr. Ablakwa said, “we cannot accept […] The post Ablakwa
The Food and Drugs Authority in collaboration with the 1997 Old Achimotan Association have organised a BONFIRE NIGHT & DAABI CAMPAIGN on March 25, 2022, to mitigate the challenge of substance abuse among the youth in Ghana. The event commemorates the official launch of the DAABI Campaign in schools and formed part of the Association’s […] The post FDA
The chief executive of a political consulting firm has responded to a report alleging Meta paid his company to “undermine” TikTok. Internal emails, apparently seen by the Washington Post, allegedly suggested Targeted Victory’s campaign aimed to show TikTok “as a danger to American children”. Zac Moffatt tweeted that the Post’s report mischaracterised their work and “key points […] The post Facebook
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