After beating his chest about being untouchable, when his office was implicated in an investigation by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), Colonel Kwadwo Damoah has been asked to hand over his office. His title will now read ‘former Commissioner, Customs Division, Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA)’ instead of Commissioner, Customs Division, GRA. This was after President Akufo-Addo on Friday, August 26, 2022 relieved Col. Damoah of his position. Col. Damoah, some few weeks ago, whilst addressing
The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has shut down the operations of a Shell filling station at Adomi Bridge (Atimpoku) in the Eastern Region for selling water–laced petroleum product to unsuspecting customers. Following a widely circulated video on social media and subsequent complaint made to the Authority on 29th August, 2022 about a suspected contaminated fuel purchased at the aforementioned retail outlet, a team from the Eastern Regional office of NPA was immediately dispatched to ascertain
Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia says the government is willing to support the Medical and Dental Council (MDC) to boost the local production of doctors and dentists at both the undergraduate and specialist levels to meet the needs of the country. He made this known at the opening ceremony of the Medical Training and Practice Conference, which marks the 50th Anniversary of the MDC, under the theme: “Reflection on 50 years of Medical Regulation,” which was held in Accra. According to him: “The
The Managing Director of Trassaco Limited, Morris Ian, current on the run, has been indicted for allegedly hiring the services of land guards to terrorise another estate developer, TOP Kings, and its customers in Accra. Mr. Ian was said to have been hiring the services of the land guards from one Dr. Botwe, who is also nowhere to be found. However, the police have managed to arrest and put before an Accra Circuit, presided over by Samuel Bright Acquah, five persons believed to be land guards recruited
As a sign of government’s recognition of their integral and strategic role in the fight against illegal mining, George Mireku Duker, the Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources has engaged the Western Regional Security Council and the Eight District Mining Committees in the Western Region on the need for them to rise up and take their rightful place in combating illegal mining activities across the region. Addressing a gathering of Metropolitan, Municipal and District officials, as well
The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority, DVLA, says all prospective applicants for drivers’ license must strictly undergo a compulsory eye test at only centres designated by the authority. Additionally, all those who have already obtained the license would be required to also undergo the compulsory test whenever they go for upgrade, renewal and replacements, effective 1st September, 2022. According to the authority, this would ensure that any holder of a driver’s license in the country would
Feverish preparations are underway in the Nyimfa division of the Ekumfi Traditional Area to receive President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to the Ahmadiyya Missionary Training College Park at Ekumfi Ekrawfo on Saturday, September 10, 2022 when the grand durbar takes place as highlight of the week-long Akwanbo Festival of the Chiefs and people of the division. Within the three towns forming the Nyimfa Division- Ekrawfo, Atakwaa and Otabenadze, elaborate preparations are ongoing to receive the Head
Dr. Nana Agyenim Boateng, President of the Concerned Youth of Ashanti, has lamented that the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) members of Parliament were the cause of the government’s negligence to provide infrastructural development. Speaking to the media in Kumasi, he stated that the Ashanti Regional NPP caucus, being the majority in Parliament, was not performing. According to him, most of the MPs in Cabinet had failed to fight for the interests and welfare of the people. He continued that the
The Economic and Organised Crimes Organisation (EOCO) has stated that all persons found guilty of child and human trafficking would not only be prosecuted and imprisoned, but their assets would also be confiscated to serve as a deterrent to others. Mr. Dominic Mensah, Head of the Anti-Human Rights Unit at EOCO, disclosed this at a capacity building workshop for law enforcement officials on Counter-Trafficking and Irregular Migration, in conjunction with the Ministry of Gender Children and Social
Reports from the Manhyia Palace indicate that it has given the go ahead for Oyerepa FM to start operations after it was ordered to shut down, following the furor over comments made on the station by Mr. Akwasi Addai Odike, a Kumasi based businessman and politician. The latter had accused Manhyia Palace of being neck-deep in the illegal mining operations, which are destroying water bodies in the region. A day after his pronouncement on the radio station, the Kumasi Traditional Council (KTC) slaughtered
I had never heard of a vegan lion until I saw one at the Kanda (Accra) zoo in 2003. On my baby niece’s day out with her father, she was approximately 19 months old, we went for a walk at the zoo. And so it was. We were greeted by a couple of baboons making out in the full glare of visitors, missionary style, amid murmurs, giggles, and subtle encouragement from the bad up-and-coming! It was fun to watch all these curious animals wondering what we the aliens wanted from them. As with every experience
An alumnus of the International Visitor Leadership Programme (IVLP), Kofoworola Belo-Osagie, has criticised the practice of having “very few female journalists occupying senior managerial positions in media organisations.” Ms Belo-Osagie, an official of The Conversation Africa, a research-focused media organisation, spoke while addressing 20 female journalists who recently participated in a three-day digital training in Lagos. The training, which was facilitated courtesy IVLP Impact Award project,
The Nigerian High Commission in Pretoria, South Africa, has alerted Nigerians living in South Africa of a planned attack on foreign nationals. In a memo dated 24 August, the consular section of the embassy wrote, “this is to advise Nigerians living in South Africa to be vigilant and exercise caution in their activities due to the recent utterances of the proponents of the Operation Dudula and their threats to attack foreign nationals in this country.” According to the memo, the group (Operation
Dr. Olaniran Balogun, a senior lecturer at the Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED), Ijagun in Ogun State, has been suspended. The staff had been declared wanted by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). “A warrant of arrest has been issued for his immediate arrest”, the ICPC announced in a notice. Balogun was asked to report himself to any of the ICPC state offices in Lagos, Ibadan or the nearest police station. The Head of Religious Studies Department
President Muhammadu Buhari has come under fierce criticism and accused of compromising the integrity of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for appointing card-carrying members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as Resident Electoral Commissioners. Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, through a statement by its National Coordinator, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko, described the recent nominations of someone it describes as a questionable character with known political
Two Air-France pilots have been suspended after a physical altercation in the cockpit, reports say. The pilot and co-pilot exchanged blows as they flew an Airbus A320 from Geneva to Paris in June, Swiss news outlet La Tribune said. Members of the cabin crew intervened after hearing the noise. One crew member stayed in the cockpit until the flight landed safely. The incident did not affect the flight, the airline told La Tribune. The incident comes after a report published by France’s air investigation
The Taliban’s acting defence minister has said Pakistan allowed American drones to use its airspace to access Afghanistan, a charge Pakistan has recently denied following a US air strike in Kabul. Acting Minister of Defence Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob told reporters at a news conference in Kabul on Sunday that American drones have been entering Afghanistan via Pakistan. “According to our information the drones are entering through Pakistan to Afghanistan, they use Pakistan’s airspace, we ask Pakistan,
In the aftermath of fighting over the weekend in Libya’s capital Tripoli, the story of one of the victims, Mustafa Baraka, has caught the attention of Libyans. Baraka was a well-known Libyan comedian who had appeared on television and was popular on social media, where he mocked Libya’s politicians and militias for being corrupt and constantly fighting. When the battles arrived in his Tripoli neighbourhood on Saturday, Baraka decided to document the events to his followers on Instagram
Brazil’s far-right President, Jair Bolsonaro, and left-wing former leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva have taken part in a fiery first television debate ahead of October’s general election. Mr Bolsonaro accused the ex-president of having led the most corrupt government in Brazil’s history. Lula, in turn, said Mr Bolsonaro had destroyed Brazil. Opinion polls suggest Lula – who served as president from 2003 to 2010 – is ahead in the election race. But the gap between the
Turkey has said Greece used a Russian-made missile system to harass its F-16 fighter jets carrying out a reconnaissance mission in international airspace in what it termed a “hostile action”. The radar of a Greek S-300 missile system based on the island of Crete locked on to the Turkish jets on August 23, Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency reported on Sunday, citing defence ministry sources. The F-16s were at an altitude of 3,000 metres (10,000 feet) to the west of Greece’s Rhodes
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