A bold and brilliant Saudi Arabia pulled off one of the World Cup’s biggest shocks as they came from behind to stun two-time winners Argentina in a fantastic Group C opener in Lusail. Ranked 51st in the world, Saudi Arabia could have been done and dusted in the first half as Lionel Messi opened the […] The post 2022 World Cup: Saudi Arabia comes from behind
A nursing mother has reportedly been killed by a stray bullet from a military officer’s gun at Manso Datano, a mining community in the Amansie South District of the Ashanti Region. According to eyewitnesses, the residents were performing the final funeral rites of an illegal miner who fell into a pit and died after being […] The post Ashanti Region:
The Minority in Parliament has reintroduced a private members’ motion for the removal of the Minister for Health, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, over his role in the Sputnik-V vaccines procurement scandal. According to Parliament’s Order Paper, the motion was backed by James Avedzi, Mubarak Muntaka, Ahmed Ibrahim, among others. The first motion was filed in February 2022. The […] The post Minority
A 20-Member Italian trade delegation comprising leading players in the manufacturing and agro-processing industries will take part in this year’s “Agrofood & PlastPrintPack West Africa 2022” exhibition scheduled to take place at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC) in the Ghanaian capital between 29th November to 1st December 2022. The Italian Trade Agency (ITA) will […] The post Italian
An Accra High Court has placed an injunction on the operations of Empire Cement Ghana Limited, operating within the McCarthy Hills enclave. The injunction follows complaints by residents over potential health threats posed by the plant. The McCarthy Hills Residents Association at a press conference last month accused the cement producer of operating without the […] The post Court
Just in 2020, we saw a country where the entire population of more than 30 million being shuttered by the President of the republic to stay indoors or face serious sanctions from the law enforcement agencies and the military. Indeed, to the best of our knowledge, the president made us understand that he was acting […] The post Fred Agbenyo writes: Mr. President,
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has charged West African leaders to do more to end terrorism in the sub Region. According to him, no country is safe until all terror activities are brought to an end. Speaking at the opening of the Heads of State meeting of the Accra Initiative, Mr Akufo-Addo said terror activities […] The post Growing terrorism in
Britain may be invited to send special forces to Ghana after it was forced to withdraw all of its 300 peacekeepers from Mali in the face of bands of Russian mercenaries and jihadist groups, The Telegraph understands. British ministers will this week fly to Ghana to hammer out a new security agreement. It is unclear […] The post UK troops may go to Ghana in shift
The Chairman of the New Patriotic Party’s Legal Committee, Frank Davies, has criticised the reliance on Jomoro MP’s expert in foreign law, whose testimony was key to dismissing the election petition in the constituency. Speaking on The Point of View, he felt the judge should not have been bound by the expert witness, who was […] The post Frank
A team of Ghanaian youngsters is in Germany for the World Robot Olympiad. The Ghana delegation comprises four teams comprising two private clubs and two groups from Our Lady of Grace SHS, Mampongteng, Kumasi. In these teams, there are seven foreign nationals from the US, Canada, Australia and France. More than 75,000 students, from more […] The post Ghana sends four
Member of Parliament for Madina, Francis-Xavier Sosu, has asked government to channel its efforts into stabilizing the economy to bring relief to citizens. The country’s economy has been experiencing a downturn in recent times, with the inflation rate hitting an all-time record high. Amid the challenges, the National Tripartite Committee announced an upward review of the minimum […] The post Stabilize
The President of the Ghana Road Contractors Association of Ghana, John Afful, says most road projects in the country have stalled due to the non-payment of funds for already executed projects. Ghanaians over the last few months have complained bitterly over the deteriorating nature of most roads in the country and some road projects which […] The post Most
Executive Director for education think tank, Africa Education Watch, Kofi Asare is asking government to expedite processes to address concerns of striking teacher unions to avert the escalation of the impasse. Several teacher unions including the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), the Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG), Colleges of Education Non-Teaching […] The post Strikes
Former President John Dramani Mahama has expressed shock over the passing of former Finance Minister, Dr. Kwesi Botchwey. Mourning the late Finance Minister in a post on Facebook after a visit to his family, Mr Mahama recollected dancing to ‘Buga’ a popular dance song by Nigerian artiste Kizz Daniel at Dr Botchwey’s 78th birthday party. […] The post We
The Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) suspects that government has taken an entrenched position on its industrial action. National President of CETAG, Prince Obeng Hemang tells Citi News, the Association was waiting to hold engagements with the National Labour Commission (NLC), today, Tuesday, November 22, 2022, only to receive a late invitation […] The post CETAG
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) says it has commenced looking into a conflict of interest petition brought before it by investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas. Anas’ investigative firm, Tiger Eye P.I wants CHRAJ to investigate Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta and sacked Minister of State at the Finance Ministry, Charles Adu Boahen […] The post CHRAJ
The public will have to get prepared to pay more for fish following the scarcity of premix fuel at the various landing beaches along the coast. This is because the Ghana National Canoe Fishermen Council has said, fisherfolk are left with no option than to transfer the high cost of fuel they buy to the […] The post Price of fish to go up over premix fuel scarcity appeared
Nana Abrokwa Asare, the administrator of the National Premix Secretariat, believes criticism of the secretariat from the Odododiodioo MP, Edwin Nii Lante Vanderpuye, because of the premix fuel shortage is unfair. “I believe it is a very unfortunate statement. We are doing everything possible to reverse this challenge that we are facing,” Mr. Asare said […] The post Criticism
The Member of Parliament for the Odododiodioo Constituency, Edwin Nii Lante Vanderpuye, has bemoaned the premix fuel shortages in the country. Speaking to Umaru Sanda Amadu on Eyewitness News, the Odododiodioo MP said some fisherfolk had procured loans from banks and some microfinance institutions with hopes of cashing in on the fishing season to enable them […] The post Fisherfolk
Organized labour is expected to meet government today, Tuesday, November 22, 2022, to continue negotiations on the proposal for a 60% increment in the base pay of the Single Spine Salary Structure for 2023. The public sector workers explained that the daily base pay is lower than the government’s newly announced Daily Minimum Wage of GH¢14.88. […] The post Gov’t,
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