President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged the Police administration to expedite action on the investigation of the murder of Ahmed Hussein-Suale. Mr Hussein-Suale, a prodigy of ace investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, was shot in his vehicle by unknown assailants on Wednesday evening. The unidentified men on motorbikes shot Mr Hussein-Suale three times, reports said. President Akufo-Addo, in a [...] The post President
Officials of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Klottey Korle, Dr Zanetor Rawlings, yesterday visited the Odawna Market, at the Kwame Nkrumah Interchange to commiserate with victims whose goods were destroyed in Wednesday’s fire outbreak at the market. More than 80 shops were totally destroyed but without any casuality reported. The cause of [...] The post Fire
WORK on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration Training Institute is progressing steadily. The sector minister, Ms Shirley Ayokor Botchwey, said she was satisfied with the speed of work when she inspected the facility in Accra yesterday. The four-storey building would comprise classrooms, laboratories, meeting rooms, offices for staff and a hostel. Ms Botchwey acknowledged that the period [...] The post Work
A book titled: ‘A Gender Analysis of Political Appointments in Ghana since Independence’, was yesterday launched at a short ceremony in Accra. The publication is collaboration between Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES), Ghana and the Institutes of Local Government Studies (ILGS) and aimed at discussing the implications of underrepresentation of women in decision making in the country. Speaking at the launch, [...] The post Book
British Prime Minister Theresa May is reaching out to opposition parties and other legislators in a battle to keep Brexit on track after surviving a no-confidence vote. European Union countries are also debating on how to move forward now that the UK Parliament has rejected May’s Brexit deal with the bloc and with the March 29 exit date looming. Parliament overwhelmingly rejected the deal on [...] The post Theresa
One of North Korea’s top negotiators is on his way to Washington to meet US officials ahead of a possible second summit between Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump. South Korean reports say that Kim Yong-chol, flying from Beijing, is carrying another letter from Mr Kim to Mr Trump. He is expected to meet US Secretary of State Mike [...] The post Top North Korean negotiator
Yemen’s warring factions hope to deliver final lists of prisoners to the United Nations after talks in Amman on Thursday under an exchange agreement, a government delegate said. The United Nations is pushing for the swap and a peace deal in the main port city of Hodeidah to pave the way for a second round of talks to end the [...] The post Yemen’s factions hopeful of prisoner swap
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Capital View Hotels, Nana Dwomoh Brobbey has cut sod for the construction of a 100-bed capacity hospital at Moseaso in the Atiwa East District of the Eastern Region. He was assisted to cut the sod by the former Methodist Presiding Bishop, Most Reverend Asante Atwi, the Chief of Moseaso, Nana Anim Adade Acheampong, an oral and [...] The post Moseaso to
Residents who would be affected by the proposed James Town Fishing harbour in Accra, have appealed to the government and the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) to compensate them for the demolition of their properties. The assembly has already begun demolishing structures in the area to pave way for the construction of the 60 million dollar James Town proposed fishing harbour [...] The post AMA
The Vice President of the Normalisation Committee (NC) of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) Ms Lucy Quist has said that the formation and inauguration of the ad-hoc Committees was not the start the Committee’s work. ‘It is rather a continuation of the process leading to the reformation of Ghana football. Her comments were in response to queries from football lovers [...] The post Formation
The Ghana Taekwondo Federation (GTF) on Wednesday commenced with its inter schools taekwondo effort dubbed ‘STS Tkd Campaign’ where selected school children will be introduced to the sport. In attendance were three personnel from the World Taekwondo Peace Corps in Korea. The ongoing event is being organised by the GTF in collaboration with Dreamland Sports Plus. The ‘S2S Tkd campaign’ [...] The post GTF’s
Coach Joseph E. Sarpong, former Asante Kotoko coach, has cautioned the team to guard against complacency ahead of their Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) Confederations Cup second leg tie against Coton Sport De Garoua of Cameroon, at the Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi. Kotoko gained a crucial 3-2 away victory over their opponent on Sunday afternoon at the Military Stadium in [...] The post Kotoko
The Minister of Aviation, Mr Kofi Adda has urged African governments to sign onto the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) to ensure swift movement of passengers and goods at the ports. Mr Adda said this on Wednesday when a delegation from Tunisia paid a courtesy call on him at the ministry in Accra. He said the SAATM was a [...] The post Sign onto Single
The “First Port Rule”, an arrangement, that allows customs officials from neighbouring landlocked countries, Burkina Faso and Mali, to set up desks at Ghana’s ports to collect taxes on transit goods, would become operational by the end of March, this year. Mr Isaac Crentsil, the Commissioner of the Customs Division, Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), said they were ready to ensure [...] The post “First
Cross network mobile money transfers were done about 2.2 million times between May and December last year, according to figures released by the Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement Systems (GhIPSS). This shows a continuous increase in the patronage of the service. Before the introduction of mobile money interoperability in May last year, such cross-network transfers were done through the ‘token’ [...] The post Mobile
The government will deal decisively with syndicates involved in the diversion of transit goods intended for the landlocked countries into the local market, in order to evade payment of taxes, Nii Kwartei Titus-Glover, the Deputy Minister of Transport has warned. He described those elements as “nation wreckers”, noting that, the government would not spare them as the President had declared [...] The post Government
Quality Life Assurance Company Limited (QLAC) has launched three micro insurance policies designed to address the investment, educational, as well as funeral-related planning needs of predominantly members of the informal sector. The three policies dubbed: “Fa Bi Sie, Wo Ba Daakye, and Emma No Ento Wo Ansa,” are all term insurance products with savings plans using the “susu” model, which [...] The post QLAC
Former President John Mahama has called on government and security agencies in the country to work judiciously in bringing to book the assailants of Tiger Eye PI’s lead investigative journalist, Ahmed Hussein-Suale who was killed on Wednesday allegedly by unknown assailants. According to the former President, the killing of the Public Affairs Manager of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority [...] The post Ex-president
Cabinet has approved a total of 30 million dollars for the water supply expansion project for the existing Yendi Water Supply System constructed in 1961. When completed the facility would boast of a 15,000 cubic metre a day conventional treatment plant, a 25-kilometre transmission pipeline, a water booster station, a newly constructed reservoir and rehabilitation and extension of distribution networks [...] The post Cabinet
The Prestea/Huni-valley Municipal Assembly has built and commissioned a fully furnished two-unit KG classroom block for the Petepom MA School in the Prestea/Huni-valley municipality of the Western Region. The KG block which has auxiliary facilities such as office for both staff and headmaster, furniture, kitchen, dining hall, store room, mechanised borehole with overhead stand and storage tank, water closet washrooms, [...] The post Petepom
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