The Chronicle can confirm that a recruitment process for security personnel is currently going on at a hotel in Accra, not too far from the Ghana Police Headquarters, the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation, the Ghana Immigration Service and the Standard Chartered Bank, on the Ring Road. The process has been going on since last Monday.The recruitment process, The Chronicle’s investigation has revealed, is being done by a security company from Qatar (name withheld). They are recruiting people
The Chronicle can confirm that a recruitment process for security personnel is currently going on at a hotel in Accra, not too far from the Ghana Police Headquarters, the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation, the Ghana Immigration Service and the Standard Chartered Bank, on the Ring Road. The process has been going on since last Monday.The recruitment process, The Chronicle’s investigation has revealed, is being done by a security company from Qatar (name withheld). They are recruiting people
The President of the Concerned Small Scale Miners Association, Michael Kwadwo Peprah, has retracted the allegation he made against the Office of the President and the security agencies that the Chinese galamsey kingpins had embossed official stickers of the Presidency on their vehicles, which they were using to commit the illegal act. Speaking in Kumasi, Mr. Kwadwo Peprah claimed because of this ‘official sticker’, the Chinese illegal miners involved had been emboldened to keep on with their
Mr. Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, Minister for Information, has reiterated the government’s plans of stabilising the economy on the back of global economic crises. According to him, at a time when the world was dealing with a cost of living crisis, rising energy prices, and supply-demand imbalances in several commodity markets occasioned by the geopolitical tension between Russia and Ukraine and the COVID-19 pandemic, the government was keen on putting in place the appropriate measures that woulf lead
More than thirty Ghanaians have been detained in a Segris prison, a facility located in the northwestern Libya city of Misrata. The Ghanaian immigrant workers, who are males, were arrested by the police for either not possessing passports or for drinking alcohol in public. Libya is said to have banned the consumption of alcohol in 1969 and hence makes its consumption criminal. The Ghanaian prisoners’ lamentation however stems from the fact that they have been detained more than necessary. Information
A new political party, Action People’s Party (APP), has been formed and certified by the Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) as a political party. Its registration is in fulfilment of the Political Parties Act 574 of 2000 Section 8, Sub-section 2. The Electoral Commission has, since September 6, 2022, presented the newly formed Action Peoples Party with a Provisional Certificate of registration. The party was founded by Kenneth Nana Kwame Asamoah, a Canada-based Ghanaian businessman and native
Last week the Deputy Minister for Education, Reverend Ntim Fordjour, was at the graduation ceremony of University of Professional Studies (UPSA) in Accra. According to educandghana Ghana currently has 545,000 tertiary students, out of which 110,000 graduate annually, with only an estimated 10% securing jobs after their National Service. After the glitz and glamour of the graduation ceremony, reality check sets in, as these young and energetic unemployed graduates’ situation become worsened by
Nana Osei Kofi, Chief of Sabin Akrofuom in the Atwima Kwanwoma District, has provided a 20-seater toilet facility for the community towards the reduction of open defecation. He expressed worry over the neglect of the previous facility built for the community to deteriorate. He pledged to ensure the total development of the community as his priority. Nana Osei said the Circuit Court project and police station for the community was about 85% completed and could be commissioned for operations soon.
The Member of Parliament for Bosomtwe Constituency in the Ashanti Region, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, has pledged to build a Hall of Fame in honour of chiefs from the Bosomtwe District. The proposed Hall, when completed, would display pictures of all chiefs, past and present, from across the Traditional Area. Dr. Osei Adutwum, who is also the Minister of Education, announced this at Jachie when chiefs in the area honoured him recently for his meritorious services to his constituents. He said the gesture
Nana Amoateng Brenyah, Chief of Barekese in the Atwima Nwabiagya South District, has, gone into hiding after the youth in the community had chased him out of the palace when he was preparing to observe the Akwasidae festivity. The police have since guarded the palace, currently locked up by the angry protestors. The swift intervention of the local police, with backing from a reinforcement team from neighbouring Kumasi, prevented the irate youth from physically attacking the Chief. He managed to
Twellium Industrial Company Limited, producers of Verna Mineral Water, says their product has been endorsed by the Ghana Medical Association as one of the best drinking water in the country. The following is a press statement to that effect which was released over the weekend. The Ghana Medical Association after their facility tour at Twellium Industrial Company Limited has concluded and endorsed VERNA Mineral Water as one of the best drinking water in Ghana. This was done after the team from
The Management of the National Service Scheme (NSS) says it has noted with grave concern the various activities of some unscrupulous and diabolical elements propagating false correspondences online, in respect of an existing opportunity for prospective personnel to check their postings for a fee, before it is officially released. A statement signed by Mr Armstrong Esaah, Corporate Affairs Director and released in Accra yesterday said these individuals have created WhatsApp and Facebook groups
The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Jinapor says contrary to criticisms that the President Akufo-Addo’s administration is against small-scale mining, the government recognises small-scale mining as key component of the country’s mining regime and is determined to sanitise it. Speaking at the launch the 2022 edition of the Responsible Small-scale mining awards last week Friday, he admitted that the sector has been bedevilled with many practices that are unacceptable with consequences
Vice President, Dr. Alhaji Mahamudu Bawumia, former Presidents John Dramani Mahama and John Kufuor were among mourners who thronged the forecourt of the State House over the weekend for the funeral and burial rites of Opanyin Samuel Kwame Agyepong, the late father of the Executive Chairman of the Jospong Group of Companies (JGC), Dr. Joseph Siaw Agyepong. Opanyin Samuel Kwame Agyepong died last June, this year, aged 98, after a short illness. As early as 5:00 a.m. the funeral grounds had been
The Chiefs and people of the Asogli traditional area have celebrated their annual yam festival in style after four years due to Covid-19, as they displayed the rich culture heritage of the people in Ho, where hundreds of people from far and near thronged to witness the occasion. The weeklong festival, which was themed: ‘’Peace, Development and Prosperity’ ’was climaxed with a grand durbar last Saturday with three main side attractions , which presided the durbar, namely Youth empowerment
Social media carried a story over the weekend that Hon. Kennedy Agyapong was embarrassed at the Asogli State’s Yam Festival when his gifts were rejected at that important function, he was invited to. In a letter dated 25th July, 2022 from the Asogli State Council and signed by its secretary, Stephen Tetteh, Hon. Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, Board Chairman of Ghana Gas Company Ltd, was invited by the Agbogbomefia Togbe Afede XIV, the Asogli State Council and the Festival Planning Committee to witness
The statement in the media, credited to the Communications Team of the disputed governorship candidate and suspended priest, Hyacinth Alia of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Benue State is puerile, unfounded and beer parlour conjectures. The author showed how desperate the APC is willing to market all sorts of barefaced lies to gain unhindered access to the state treasury. First, it is baffling that the campaign team of the suspended priest chose to deploy blackmail and falsehood as an
Three female students of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU), Anambra State, have been found dead in their hostel. The incident happened at the Igbariam campus of the COOU, formerly known as Anambra State University. The victims were identified simply as Chidera Obidiaso, from the political science department, Mercy, from the pharmacy department, and Emmanuella, from the business administration department. The trio were all 200-level students of the institution. The cause of their
The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso, has debunked speculations that he would be stepping down for the candidate of another party before the 2023 elections. DAILY POST reports that there has been speculation that the former Kano State Governor would step down for either the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, or the flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu. But speaking through his campaign
Jude Nwachukwu, 36, is one of the many Nigerian students affected by the war in Ukraine. He left home for the Eastern European country in 2019 to pursue a Master’s degree towards fulfilling his dream of “becoming a private investigator or crime scene investigator.” Mr Nwachukwu was able to travel with the help of his elder sister, who gave him her ‘life savings’, and a religious group to which he belonged. He envisaged no problem in paying back the loans as his agent had told him he
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