Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection and also Member of Parliament ‘at large’ for Dome-Kwabenya, Sarah Adwoa Safo appears unfazed with the decision by Parliament to probe her continuous absence from the house. Though the Privileges Committee, which has been given the mandate to probe her is finding it difficult to reach out to her and has now resorted to the publication of her invitation letter though the mass media, the TikTok model has released yet another video dancing and
The Management of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has warned the public to ignore an account that has been created on Facebook inviting people to apply for recruitment into the service. In a statement issued in Accra over the weekend, the management said it is NOT recruiting or has hired any agent or persons to conduct recruitment on its behalf. The following is the full statement; It has come to the attention of the Ghana Immigration Service of a fraudulent recruitment exercise on a fake Facebook
The Head of Quality Assurance at the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Saeed Ubeidalah, has urged consumers of petroleum products to feel free and buy petroleum products from any fuel station in the country. He said, “so far as the fuel station is operating and has not been shut down, you should be assured of high quality product for your vehicle or machine,” adding that, “Ghana is the only country in West Africa which sells petroleum products at 50 parts per million (ppm) since 2017.”
President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has made it clear that the naming of a library at Frafraha after his late father had nothing to do with him and that he did not influence the decision that was taken by the Ghana Library Board (GLB). Speaking at the commissioning of the project at Frafraha near Adentan in the Greater Accra Region recently, he said, “before I am predictably accused by my political opponents of seeking the unwarranted glorification of my father, it must be put on record
A Sekondi High Court, presided over by Her Ladyship Justice Efya Nyarko Adu Amankwa, has dismissed a motion for stay of execution and extension of time filed by the Chief of Essipong, Nana Kofi Abuna V, to give her ample time to honor the payment of the remaining sum of over GH¢1 million paid into her private account by Ghana National Gas Company as stool lands compensation. The Chief, known in private life as Emma Woode, and a Deaconess at Inchaban Central Church of Pentecost, has currently paid
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has revealed that the completion of the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) by his administration was not easy, as people may be thinking. “It is no secret that my government had to navigate several hurdles to ensure successful completion of the project, despite it going beyond its planned schedule,” he said. President Akufo-Addo was speaking at the premises of the hospital last Friday, during a ceremony to commission the phase II of the
The Ashanti Regional office of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has arrested one Christian Osei Asare for posing as staff of the company, who goes about defrauding unsuspecting customers. Mr Sampson Boateng, of the Regional Public Relations department of ECG told newsmen that, the suspect took advantage of the meters being supplied by Assembly members and Members of Parliament (MPs) to defraud unsuspecting members of the public. According to him, the suspect approached one Madam Agnes Frimpong,
Male members of the Greater Accra branch of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) have marked this year’s Father’s Day celebration by making a donation to Veterans Administration, Ghana (VAG). They presented bags of rice, cartons of milo, milk, sugar, toiletries and others to VAG at the headquarters of the Administration, a day ahead of the celebration. In addition, they served members of the VAG Contingent and VAG staff present a hot meal and dined with them as a sign of appreciating them.
Nana Asante Philip, a safety, health and environment expert, has advised estate developers, individuals and parents against mounting metallic security at home that pose fire and emergency threats to their property and human lives, particularly children. He said when people put up homes for sale or to live in, majority of them are particular about how to prevent criminals from breaking into the house without recourse to fire, health and other safety mechanisms. According to him, some of the homes
The 2022 Citi Business Festival (Cedi Summit) takes on Monday, June 27 with a up of three speakers of repute in the world of banking, economics and law. The June 27 event at the Alisa Hotel will be headlined by Jeff Gable, the Head of Research and Chief Economist at ABSA; Prof Peter Quartey, the Director of the Institute of Statistical Social and Economic Research (ISSER) and David Ofosu-Dorte, a Senior Partner AB & David Law Firm. Also serving as panellists for the one-day Economic Summit being
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has cautioned the general public to honour their digital loan (Mobile Money) obligations since their records were intact with the Financial Bureau Unit, and that failure to so would haunt them in the future. According Mr. Godfred Cudjoe, Head of Credit Reporting Unit at the Central Bank, BoG has noticed that some mobile telephone subscribers use their ‘momo’ accounts to apply for these loans and then throw the SIM cards away thinking it was free money, and that nobody
The Daily Graphic reported last week Friday that the Ghana Highways Authority (GHA) has completed maintenance works on portions of the Accra-Tema Motorway. According to the story, the company that undertook the maintenance works was awaiting clearance from the GHA laboratory to open the road to traffic. The Motorway is the major road that links Accra to Tema, the industrial hub of the country, but despite the heavy traffic it carries every day, it has been allowed to deteriorate over the years, thus
A Catering Workshop, funded by Dental Gel of Germany through One Child Ghana, has been commissioned for the Tetrefu Technical Institute (TTI), which used to have practical sessions under trees. An eight-seater water closet toilet facility has also been built and commissioned for the school to replace a pit latrine constructed 21 years ago. One Child Ghana is a United Kingdom-based voluntary organisation that supports students across 13 vocational schools (DICCES Center’s) in the Ashanti Region.
The Afigya Kwabre South District Assembly has embarked on the piloting of pawpaw farming in the district. As a result, it has distributed about 20,000 pawpaw seedlings to farmers in the district, most of who turned out to be in the youth age bracket. When successful, the project, which is on a pilot basis, would lead to the establishment of a processing plant to turn the pawpaw fruits into different kinds of finished products. The District Chief Executive (DCE), Christian Adu-Poku, during the distribution
The Kessben Outreach Foundation has donated medical equipment worth GH¢54,000 to the Mother and Baby Unit (MBU) of the Suntreso Government Hospital in Kumasi. The items included two Cardiotocography machines, two Digital Baby Scales, a LED Digital/Satelite Television and packs of bottled water. The primary function of the Cardiotocography machines is to monitor the fetal heartbeat and uterine contractions during pregnancy and labour. The General Manager of the Foundation, Sammy Adu Boakye, during
The timely intervention by the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) last Friday averted a near cataclysm at the Kumasi Shoe Factory enclave, which is struggling to operate, as school children fled for their dear lives. Known as Lobab School, the school is located nearer the factory which has been struggling to operate fully. Information available to this paper has it that the said enclave has been used for school business for over the years. The Chronicle investigations established that a Bulk Road
The Bantamahene, Baffour Owusu Amankwatia VI, has celebrated his six years anniversary on the Bantama Stool with a call on government to help redeem the image of Kumasi as the Garden City of West Africa. Baffour Amankwatia appealed to the government appointees in the region to team up with the traditional leaders (Nananom) to restore the lost glory of the Garden City. He has also expressed worry about the condition of roads in the region, and urged the Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah, to work
Award-winning Ghanaian gospel musician Celestine Donkor has released the official video for her song ‘No One’, featuring Nigerian artiste Steve Crown. The song is taken off her seven-track ‘Testimony Therapy’ EP which was released on Boomplay streaming platforms on January 28, 2022. Other songs on the EP include ‘You Are Worthy’, ‘Praise Him’ ft. Joel Lwaga (Tanzania), ‘They That Wait’ ft. Mercy Masika (Kenya), and ‘It Is God’ ft. Angel Bernard (Tanzania). The rest are ‘Testimony
Multiple-award winning artiste, Kuami Eugene, has communicated his dislike for look-alikes who tend to impersonate him for monetary purposes. According to the ‘Fire’ hitmaker, it is appreciative to have young people aspire to be like him, however, it is an issue when people take advantage of this flatter to for their monetary gains. Kuami Eugene cautioned such persons during an interview in Kumasi on YFM. The artist Eugene asserted that it is criminal for someone to take advantage of other people’s
The chief of Nogokpo, Togbui Amuzu Agbodzalu William has condemned the actions of self-proclaimed comedienne, Afia Schwarzenegger, who captured her recent journey to the famous Nogokpo shrine. Togbui Amuzu expressed his disaffection for Afia Schwar’s deed in an exclusive interview with Ghanaweb on Thursday, June 16. The chief stated that the shrine carries out serious business and therefore is against persons publishing details of their visit on any social media platform. He also labelled the
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