The unfortunate development that occurred at Bawku yesterday forced President Akufo-Addo and his security apparatus to hold a crunch meeting at Jubilee House yesterday. Details of the meeting were not made public, but The Chronicle understands it was attended by one of the prominent chiefs in the country. Opening his remarks to students from Wesley Girls High School who had visited him, President Akufo-Addo said he was happy to welcome them, albeit not at a favourable time. “You have unfortunately
Mr. Speaker, I thank you sincerely for the opportunity to make this all-important policy statement, as Caretaker Minister for the Ministry of Trade and Industry, on behalf of the Government of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on consumer protection in Ghana, one of the most important right issues in a free market like ours. Mr. Speaker, exactly one month from today, on 15th March 2023, the world will be celebrating Consumer Rights Day, a day set aside to raise global awareness about consumer
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says he does not wobble over the current economic situation facing the nation. According to him, he is compelled to maintain his composure as the leader of the nation to inspire confidence in the country, the reverse of which would not portend well. The President was responding to a question posed by a student of Wesley Girls High School after some form two and three students of the school visited Jubilee House on Wednesday, February 16, 2023 to learn
The Ghana Education Service (GES) and the Ghana TVET Service on Wednesday released this year’s Computerised School Placement exercise with a total of 372,780, representing 69.24 per cent, successfully placed out of the 538,399 candidates who qualified. However, 165, 619 qualified candidates, representing 30.76 per cent, who could not be matched with any of their choices, are expected to do Self-Placement to select from available schools. Collaboration announcement Addressing the media at a press
The Attorney-General (A-G), Godred Yeboah Dame, says the Atewa Range Forest Reserve at its present state does not generate enough revenue for the state. According to the A-G, being represented by Ashia Prempeh Atta, the state has not derived any economic benefits from the forest, which some 11 entities are fighting the government to prevent the latter from mining bauxite in it. Ashia Prempeh Atta told an Accra High Court hearing the case brought by A. Rocha Ghana and 10 others against the Attorney
A Supreme Court Judge, with an additional responsibility as a High Court Judge, Justice Clement Honyenuga, has issued a stern warning to businessman, Seidu Agongo, that he will no longer accept his absenteeism excuses. Justice Honyenuga has been compelled to adjourn sitting for about three conservative times, due to excuse duty from Mr Agongo, second accused (A2) person in the cocoa trial. Seidu Agongo, together with his company, Agricult Ghana Limited (A3) and the former Chief Executive (CE)
The Attorney-General (A-G) and Ministry of Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has expressed dissatisfaction with a recent statement issued by the Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) condemning the government’s alleged assault on the Office of the Auditor-General. In a response to the CDD-Ghana, he said: “The Office of the Attorney-General and Ministry of Justice implores civil society organisations to carefully examine the position of Ghana law on a relevant matter before
MTN Ghana, in collaboration with students from three Senior High Schools in the Kumasi Metropolis, on Valentine Day embarked on a blood donation exercise in support of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) Blood Bank. The schools, whose students participated in the blood donation to the Komfo Anokye Medicine and Transfusion Unit, were Osei Kyeretwie, Kumasi Girls and Kumasi Secondary Technical Senior High Schools. The exercise, dubbed “Save A life” blood donation, formed part of an annual
The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) on Tuesday joined pupils of the Dzowulu Special School to celebrate the Valentine’s Day. The Chief Executive of NPA, Dr Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, Directors and officers were at the school to show love to the pupils and to put smiles on their faces. As part of the celebration, the NPA Boss, supported by his Directors, heads of the school, and the pupils cut a special cake. Thereafter, the NPA Chief Executive donated chocolates and boxes of pens to the school.
Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has called on stakeholders within the radio industry to use their platforms to help in the exercise of bringing peace and unity, particularly in areas prone to conflicts. In a speech to commemorate World Radio Day on Monday, February 13, 2023 and on the theme: “Radio and Peace, To underscore the place of Radio in Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding”, Mr. Oppong Nkrumah said radio has proven to be a valuable tool in conflict prevention and nation
Barcelona welcome Manchester United in Europa League blockbuster A blockbuster encounter between two European juggernauts takes place a Camp Nou on Thursday night as Barcelona play host to Manchester United in the first leg of their Europa League playoff. The two teams have previously etched their names into Champions League folklore, but their latest meeting over two legs will be their first in Europe’s secondary club competition. Barcelona enter the Europa League knockout rounds
The race for flag bearer for Election 2024, in the NPP, seem to be taking the similar wrong course which made the Party fail to “Break the Eight” in 2008. Some party members decided to destroy the then two front runners, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen. While Alan was perceived to be the favourite choice of H.E. John Agyekum Kufuor, some party gurus, especially in the National Executive Committee succeeded in painting the Gentle Giant black in the eyes of the party faithful,
A Kenyan senator was ejected from parliament after attending a session while wearing a white suit stained red in an apparent menstrual activism campaign. Gloria Orwoba, of the ruling coalition, is due to table a motion on a bill to provide for free sanitary pads on Wednesday as part of efforts to end period poverty. Senators disrupted Tuesday’s afternoon session to draw the Speaker’s attention to Ms Orwoba’s “inappropriate dress code”. But the senator protested saying:
German airline Lufthansa is ‘stabilizing’ its flight operations at Frankfurt airport after a company-wide IT outage led to a raft of flight cancellations and delays that stranded thousands of passengers in airports on Wednesday. “Lufthansa’s flight operations are currently stabilizing. Departures are also possible again in Frankfurt. The company expects the situation to ease further over the next few hours,” the company said on Twitter Wednesday afternoon. The international airline,
Some factors make it difficult to get a bed bug infestation under control. First is the difficulty detecting them, as they are small and well adapted to hiding in small places. In addition, growing resistance means there is a lack of effective insecticides. Natural measures The first step in removing an infestation is detection. Detection Bed bug bites can be uncomfortable, but the bugs do not spread diseases. If a person is bitten by a bed bug, they may notice spots of blood on the sheet. Symptoms
More than nine days after a powerful quake shook Turkey and Syria, rescuers were still pulling people from the rubble, defying predictions that the time for survival had passed. On Wednesday, Turkey’s Ministry of National Defense released video showing rescuers extricating a 77-year-old woman from debris in the city of Adiyaman on Tuesday, some 212 hours after the earthquake struck. Turkey’s state-run news agency Anadolu identified her as Fatma Gungor, and said her family hugged her after
Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has resigned after eight years in the job. “This decision comes from a deeper and longer-term assessment. I know it might seem sudden, but I have been wrestling with it, albeit with oscillating levels of intensity, for some weeks,” said Sturgeon as she announced her resignation on Wednesday. She became the leader of the ruling Scottish National Party (SNP) in the wake of its 2014 independence referendum when the country voted 55 percent to remain
Duangpetch Promthep, one of the 12 boys who was rescued from a Thai cave in 2018, has died in the UK. The 17-year-old was found unconscious in his dorm in Leicestershire on Sunday and taken to hospital, where he died on Tuesday, the BBC has been told. He had been enrolled in a football academy in the UK since late last year. He was captain of the Thai boys’ football team, which was trapped deep inside a cave for over two weeks while exploring in Chiang Rai province. His grinning face, caught
A video shared on social media shows a column of thick smoke billowing from a harbour-side building before a cataclysmic explosion. The caption says it is, incredibly, footage of a nuclear power plant in Turkey exploding after the earthquake that ravaged the country. Except Turkey doesn’t have any operational nuclear power plants. The footage actually shows a fertiliser storage facility in the port of Beirut, Lebanon, exploding in 2020. This video is just one of countless posts spreading
Inflation rose to 21.82 per cent in January compared to 21.34 per cent in December, the statistics bureau said. Amid the uncertainties being faced by Nigerians due to the scarcity of the redesigned Naira notes, the nation’s annual inflation rate rose in January after recording a fall in December. Inflation rose to 21.82 per cent in January compared to 21.34 per cent in December, the National Bureau of Statistics announced Wednesday. The statistics office said the headline inflation rate rose
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