The Year-on-year inflation stood at 7.8 per cent in June compared to 7.5 per cent in May, pushed slightly by transport and food items, the Government Statistician Professor Samuel Kobina Annim said on Wednesday. Speaking at a press briefing to announce the rate, Prof Annim said food and transport were the dominant drivers for the … The post Ghana inflation inches up at 7.8%
The Bostwana police has used an Israeli company’s hacking device to extract information from a journalist’s phone looking for a source, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has reported. The same device has been obtained by the Ghana government. According to the report the police went to the village of Tsaone Basimanebotlhe, a politics reporter, … The post Bostwana
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has thanked the people of the Upper West Region for their support for him and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the 2020 general elections which enabled him and the Party to secure a second term in office. The President, however, confessed saying, “It will not be honest on my … The post Akufo-Addo
The UK Parliament has voted in favour of the Government’s £4 billion cut in foreign aid despite opposition from some MPs representing the governing Conservative Party. The Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, said that in light of the high domestic expenditure caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Conservative government had to reduce a 2015 legal requirement … The post UK Parliament
The Registrar-General’s Department (RGD) says it has commenced a review of the sample group of companies listed on its website for strike off. The exercise is to validate companies that complied with the directive for dormant companies to file their returns or risk being delisted from the companies register at the end of June 30, … The post Registrar-General
Major General Nicholas Peter Andoh, second prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of ten persons for high treason, says Warrant Officer Class Two (WOII) Esther Saan planned to escape from military custody. He said she attempted seducing a civilian employee in order to escape from military custody. Major General Andoh, Director General of Defense Intelligence of … The post Your
The Second Additional Financing Agreement worth $200 million for Ghana’s COVID-19 Emergency Preparedness and Response Project was signed by the Finance Minister, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta and the World Bank in Accra on Tuesday. The Agreement, signed on behalf of the World Bank by Mr Pierre Laporte, the Country Director of the Bank, brings to $430 … The post Ghana,
The 74th Session of the Board of Directors of the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) has approved €61,526,000 for projects in Benin, Burkina Faso and La Cote D’Ivoire. The Session, which was held via videoconference, reviewed the activities of the Bank for the second quarter of 2021 and considered key public and private … The post ECOWAS
COVID-19 cases are rising steadily in the country, with the number of new cases recorded a day going up from 85 to 143, data from the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has shown. Active cases have increased from 1,674 to 2,314 from June 30 to July 13, 2021. The GHS COVID-19 Update Page said the deaths … The post COVID-19 infections rising in Ghana – GHS appeared first
Steve Raymond Dapaa-Addo Esq. has been appointed as the Executive Director of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) effective July 9, 2021. Mr Dapaa-Addo practised in Ghana as a State Attorney and in Nigeria, where he worked with the Rivers State Ministry of Justice and rose to the position of Director of Civil Litigation, … The post Dapaa-Addo appointed
A Police Officer has foiled an attempt by a lady to smuggle a firearm and ammunition hidden in the food to an inmate in the Cantonments cells. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Mrs Effia Tenge, the Head of Public Affairs Unit of the Accra Regional Police Command, said on Sunday, July 11, at about 1645 … The post Police foils attempt to smuggle weapon
The Ghana Statistical Service has enumerated more than 90 per cent of residents in the Ashanti Region in the 2021 Population and Housing Census (PHC). Dr Kobina Abaka Ansah, the Regional Statistician, said over six million people were expected to be counted by the close of the ongoing mop-up exercise, which commenced on Monday, July … The post More than 90%
To restore Ghana’s marine resources, some fishermen at Elmina in the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA) Municipality have appealed to government to drop granite boulders into the sea to prevent large industrial trawlers from depleting the fish stock. They said stopping the practice of “bottom trawling,” which drags heavy weighted nets along the seabed to scoop up fish … The post Drop
The Multimedia Group Limited, a media firm, has petitioned the National Security and some key Ghanaian and international institutions over alleged threats on the life of one of its journalists, Erastus Asare Donkor. It said “the life-threatening comments” by the Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Mr. Kennedy Agyapong, made on ‘The Attitude’ programme, … The post Multimedia
The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) has reviewed the programmes and operations of the Central University in Accra as part of measures to ensure quality education delivery. The review was to discuss comprehensive matters on governance, institutional development, internationalisation, research, community service, academic issues and the prospects of the University. A statement signed by Dr … The post Tertiary
The Opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has asked the Government to immediately set up a Commission of Inquiry to probe the bribery allegations levelled against Chief Justice Kwasi Anin-Yeboah. It said the allegations if not treated with utmost seriousness would compromise public confidence in the Judiciary and roll back the many gains made over the … The post Bribery
Traders at the Community Seven market in Tema have attributed the increasing prices of foodstuffs to the persistent hike in fuel prices and the consequent high cost of transportation. A weekly Ghana News Agency market survey in the major trading centres showed that prices of some commodities saw a reduction during the week compared to … The post High
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Tuesday apologised to Wa Naa Fuseini Seidu Pelpuo IV, the Overlord of the Wala Traditional Area, for the recent military brutality in Wa over a missing phone. “I have come to add my voice to the soldiers and that of the Minister of Defence to say how sorry I am … The post Military brutality: Akufo-Addo apologises to Wa Naa
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