An Accra High Court on Friday ordered the State to produce more documents relating to the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) Operating Business Suites (OBS) in court. According to the court the first one hundred and eleven pages of the OBS contract should be made available to the Counsel for Mr Ernest Thompson, … The post Court directs
An Accra High Court on Friday heard the evidence of a defence witness in the case in which Gregory Afoko is accused of murdering the Upper East Regional New Patriotic Party (NPP) Chairman. John Ishmael Afoko, the first defence witness who mounted the witness box after the State had completed the cross examination of Gregory, … The post Hearing of Afoko’s witness commences
The Government will on Monday, December 17, 2018, lift the ban on small-scale mining for miners whose mining concessions had been validated and successfully gone through the vetting process. In view of that, government would on Monday publish the names and concessions of licensed miners, who could legally mine in both print and electronic media … The post Government
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has welcomed the Global Compact for Migration adopted to safeguard the human rights and fair treatment of migrants. He said the treaty was a landmark development, which would ensure that migrants everywhere would have their rights and dignity respected. The President said this in an address read for him by … The post Ghana
There is an uneasy calm in Prampram, the administrative town of the Ningo-Prampram District following the assassination of Nene Atsure Benta III, Mankralo of the Area and acting president of the Prampram Traditional Council. Some residents and natives of the town told the Ghana News Agency that they were shocked when news broke of the … The post Uneasy calm at
The Central Regional Police Command has announced the deployment of more than 560 officers to assure the people in the area of their safety during the Yuletide. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Irene Oppong, the Regional Police Public Relations Officer, said miscreants would not be allowed to have their way. There was going to be … The post Over
As resources from Nigeria’s touchy oil sector continuously fail to actualise the long lost hope of an economic boom in the country, the Nigerian government has filed a suit at a commercial court in London against two oil companies operating in that country on bribery allegations and is demanding $1.1 billion. According to news reports, … The post Nigeria
Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, the Minister of Communications on Thursday denied ever requesting for information or data on balances and transactions of mobile money users from the Bank of Ghana. Mrs Owusu-Ekuful, was answering a question posed by a journalist regarding a letter purportedly written by one Anastasia Marfo, a Special Assistant to the Minister to … The post Communications
Professor Angela L. Ofori–Atta, the Chairperson of the Ghana Psychology Council (GPC), says approximately seven per cent of Ghana’s Gross National Product (GNP) is lost to improper mental healthcare of citizens. She said many industries lost productivity due to the less importance paid to employing industrial or organisational psychologists into their various fields to monitor … The post Ghana
The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has called on electricity consumers to report non-billing issues to the nearest Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) offices promptly to avoid getting accumulated bills. Mr Jude Aduamoah-Addo, the Eastern Regional Director of the PURC, who gave the advice, said the Self-help Project (SHEP) for electricity extension in communities was … The post PURC
The Government, through the Ministry of Communication, has successfully implemented the Common Monitoring Platform (CMP) to monitor and verify revenues accrued to telecommunication firms. This brings into effect the provision in the Communications Service Tax Act, 2013 (Act 864). Mrs Owusu-Ekuful, the Minister of Communications, addressing journalists at the Meet-the Press series in Accra on … The post Government
The Board and Management of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) have teamed up, to from Thursday, December 13, embark on field exercises to retrieve outstanding tax liabilities and tax debts it is owed by businesses and tax payers, before the end of year. This follows the charge of the Finance Minister to them to undertake … The post GRA Board
Dr Theophilus Owusu-Ansah, Eastern Regional Director of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), has said avoidable deaths by pregnant women due to hermorrage were enough basis to justify the use of drones in delivering blood in emergencies. He said the argument that Ghana was not ready for drone’s delivery in the healthcare system was unfortunate … The post Drones
There is a severe shortage of skilled workers in the German IT sector, with the number of vacancies almost doubling to 82,000 this year, the German Association for IT, Telecommunications and New Media (Bitkom) said Thursday. Eighty-two per cent of chief executives and HR managers say they have IT vacancies they cannot fill, which Bitkom chief Bernhard Rohleder … The post Vacancies
An Accra High Court on Thursday entered a default judgment in favour of Dr. Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, a National Democratic Congress presidential aspirant against the Chronicle Newspaper. The court presided over by Justice Nicholas M.C Abodakpi in his ruling said the court has heard counsel for the plaintiff on the motion for a judgment in default … The post Spio-Garbrah’s
The renovated Gbewaa Palace in Yendi has been officially handed over to the Abudu Royal Family for the performance of the funeral of the late Yaa Naa Mahamadu Abdulai in line with the roadmap calibrated to end the Dagbon Chieftaincy conflict. Mr Salifu Saeed, the Northern Regional Minister, handed over keys to the palace on … The post Old Gbewaa Palace handed over to Abudus
Mr Joseph Whittal, Commissioner, Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has urged Ghanaian women to resist all discriminatory practices against them at their workplaces to ensure that they enjoy the same rights as their male counterparts. “Don’t sit down, fight for it because you won’t get it on a silver platter,” he urged … The post Ghanaian
The 41st Ordinary Session of the Mediation and Security Council (MSC) of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), at the ministerial level, opened on Thursday in Abuja, Nigeria. Welcoming delegates to the meeting, the President of the ECOWAS Commission, Jean-Claude Kassi Brou, lauded the collective approach to peace and regional security as well … The post ECOWAS
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