Information filtering in from Ellembele in the Western Region indicates that the District Chief Executive (DCE), Kwasi Bonzoh, the Director of National Investigation Bureau (NIB), formally BNI, in charge of the district and a member of the Ellembelle Small Scale Mining Committee, Francis Apeni, were arrested last week Friday over the missing excavator saga. Whereas Kwasi Bonzoh confirmed to The Chronicle that he was arrested and made to write a statement, the Divisional Police Commander, ACP Hlordzi
President Akufo-Addo has commissioned two factories under the government’s One District, One Factory policy. The factories are APPEB Company, a Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinder manufacturing company and Rikpat Company Limited, a lubricant manufacturing company. Both companies, owned by Ghanaians and located in the Central Region, were all commissioned on Friday, September 2, 2022 when the President embarked on a two-day working visit to the region. President Akufo-Addo’s brief ceremony
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Saturday, 3rd September, 2022 inspected ongoing work on the construction of the Elmina Fishing Harbour, as part of his 2-day working visit of the Central Region. The 30-month project commenced on 1st August, 2020 following the cutting of sod by President Akufo-Addo. The Minister for Transport, Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, told President Akufo-Addo that the project is currently 91% complete, following the completion of the construction of the south
The National Chief Imam, Dr. Sheikh Nuhu Sharubutu, has praised Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, the Education Minister and the government for the reforms introduced into the nation’s education sector. According to Chief Imam, the reforms when continued and sustained stood the chance of speeding up the nation’s transformation agenda. The National Chief Imam made the commendation when Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum paid a courtesy call on him in Accra last Thursday. The Minister’s trip to the chief Imam
Kwame Boateng, 42 and a commercial driver, has been remanded into police custody for allegedly stealing a trotro vehicle. He was said to have stolen the VW Sprinter bus with registration No. GB 6366-21, valued at GH¢200,000.00, and property of a Civil Servant, Pauline Dakorah. Kwame was arrested and put before an Accra Circuit Court, presided over Afia Owusuaa Appiah, last Thursday. The brief facts presented to the court by Chief Inspector Samuel Ahinbor indicated that Kwame was given the bus by
A Senior Executive Officer at Rent Control, Rita Agorsu-Morrison, is being tried for allegedly stealing an amount of GH¢65,000 paid to her as part of a settlement agreement between disputing parties. The amount was part of a GH¢90,000.00 settlement agreement between Madam Victoria Tsorme, a trader (tenant), and Charles Gyimah Junior (landlord), somewhere in 2017. However, an Accra Circuit Court presided over by Samuel Bright Acquah was told that to date the landlord has not received the said amount.
President Akufo-Addo has said that he is open to a broader conversation on education in our national development. According to the President, the conversation must look at funding, access and other factors that must work for the good of the educational sector of the country. “One of the things people have been calling for is the review of the Free Senior High School (SHS). I think we should have a broader conversation about the incidence of education on our national development,” the
Nana Owusu Banahene has sworn the Oath of Allegiance to the Asafohene, Nana Asafo Boakye Agyemang Bonsu, at the Asafo Palace. The 54-year-old Chief, known in private life as Owusu Banahene a Kumasi-based businessman, on Tuesday, August 30, 2022, filled the vacuum of Adumasa which has been without a Chief for the past 53 years. The Asafohene, who is also Otumfuo’s Akwamuhene, Nana Asafo Boakye Agyemang Bonsu, admonished the new Chief to live an exemplary life worthy of emulation, saying: “Your
Ninety- one persons in the youth age bracket in the Manhyia South Constituency in the Kumasi Region have undergone an eight-week skills training in Make-up Artistry, Fashion Designing and Hair Technology (Hairdressing) under the Youth Empowerment Project (YEP). The training session was organised by the College of Beauty Arts and Entrepreneurship (CBAE) and Make-Up Ghana and funded by the Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, who also provided all the necessary
The Nwabiagya Rural Bank Net Interest Income increased in the face of economic challenges from GH¢9,089,122 in 2020 to GH¢11,178,784 in 2021, representing an increase of 3.96%, while commissions fees increased by 2.2%, from GH¢4,715,533 in 2020 to GH¢4,819,935 in 2021. Total operating income recorded an amount of GH¢3,247,826, representing 20.23%, from GH¢16,051,597 in 2020 to GH¢19,299,423 in 2021. Mr. Andrew Kwarteng Amaning, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bank, who disclosed
The family of late Statesman, Nana Baffuor Osei Akoto, who was a Senior Linguist of the Golden Stool, has pleaded with President Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo, to name the Kumasi Airport after their father and relative for his contribution in the struggle of the fundamental human rights and freedom towards democracy in the country. Dr. Ernest Owusu Dapaah, Dean of the Faculty of Law at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Humanities and Social Sciences, delivering a speech
NDC AGENDA: TV 3 AGENDA One of the powerful prayers of glorifying God, in the Holy Catholic Church, is the Glory be, which in Latin, is prayed “Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto, Sicut Erat In Principio, Et Nunc, Et Semper, Et In Saecula Saeculorum, Amen.” In English “Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, As it was in the beginning it is now and ever shall be, World without end, Amen.” In what I will entitled, SEIP series, from Sicut EratIn Principio meaning
Ghanaian model and style creator, Deborah Osei Bonsu, also known as Sister Derby, has disclosed that she’s not in hurry to marry or have children. Sister Derby’s failed relationships are known to the public. She said she does not keep her relationship affair from the public. In an interview on Ameyaw TV, she indicated that she is content with her current relationship adding that she is not desperate for marriage. “I am not desperate for marriage at all. If I don’t get married
It’s all love from the Bhimnation President to Shatta Wale’s camp yesterday at his Ashaiman to the world concert. Stonebwoy midway one of his times on stage sends a shout-out to all SM fans. The crowd went wild in admiration of his boldness. The dancehall art said he won’t entice his fans to hate anyone but rather all love from his camp. This was in reply to Shatta Wale’s declaration of support for 1Gad instead of fighting him. It seems the rivalry between these two is gradually coming to
With a career spanning over 15 years, Kofi Kinaata, is sharing his experience in the music industry with the rest of the world. The four-time Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA) Songwriter of the Year winner, has shared photos of himself delivering a speech to a class of American university students on live video. Kofi Kinaata is the only Ghanaian musician who has won the VGMA Songwriter of the Year award four times. In 2021, he received the Vodafone Green Award for his role in using music to promote
Just last week, Nigeria‘s Federal Ministry of Information and Culture posted a statement to Twitter, announcing that the country’s Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ACRON) has issued a formal ban of using foreign models and voice-over actors in Nigerian media. For many years, advertisements often aired in Nigeria feature white actors and are narrated by those with a British accent. However, with the new ban in place starting this October, the country is enforcing a new rule that bars
William Ruto, who was declared winner of Kenya’s presidential election in August, says he will respect the Supreme Court’s decision expected Monday confirming or invalidating the results of the vote, disputed by his rival Raila Odinga. Ruto, the outgoing vice president, was proclaimed the victor by the Independent Electoral Commission with about 233,000 votes (50.49 percent to 48.85 percent) ahead of Odinga, a veteran opposition figure backed this year by incumbent Uhuru Kenyatta and
Pope Francis has beatified John Paul I, the happy and humble pontiff known as “the smiling pope”, whose death after just 33 days as leader of the world’s Roman Catholics gave rise to decades of speculation and rumour. At a ceremony in St Peter’s Square on Sunday, which marked the last formal step before canonisation, Francis praised John Paul I’s brief but cheerful papacy. “With a smile, Pope John Paul managed to communicate the goodness of the Lord,” he said during mass. “How beautiful
At least seven police officers have been killed in an explosives attack in western Colombia, President Gustavo Petro has said, the deadliest attack on security forces since he took office promising to end the country’s nearly 60-year conflict. Police sources said the officers were killed on Friday when the vehicle in which they were travelling was hit by explosives. “I forcefully reject the attack with explosives in San Luis, Huila where eight police died. Solidarity with their
Russia wants to destroy the normal life of every European citizen, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said. “It is trying to attack with poverty and political chaos where it cannot yet attack with missiles,” Mr Zelensky said in his regular address on Saturday. He was speaking hours after Russia said that its main gas pipeline to Europe would not reopen as planned. Europe accused Russia of using its gas supplies to blackmail Europe amid the Ukraine conflict, which Moscow denies.
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