The Supreme Court has in a unanimous decision dismissed a case filed by mining company Exton Cubic seeking to set aside a High Court decision denying the company compensation. Exton Cubic which is owned by Ibrahim Mahama, brother of former President John Mahama, filed for compensation at a Kumasi High Court after its hired equipment had been confiscated for [...] The post Supreme
The Judicial Service has sworn in trainees, who have met the necessary requirements of the National Identification Authority (NIA), to serve as commissioners for oath to assist in the issuance of the Ghana Card. His Lordship Justice Richard Kogyapwah, Supervising High Court Judge of Tamale, administered the official oath of secrecy to the trainees, who were drawn from the [...] The post Supreme
The Trades Union Congress (TUC), yesterday urged the government to provide the security agencies with the necessary resources to enable them to track down criminals. It also asked the government to ensure high quality security service was provided to all persons living in the country. This is contained in a statement issued by the TUC, and copied the Ghanaian Times [...] The post TUC
The Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hajia Alima Mahama has inspected a number of completed and on-going development projects sponsored by the District Development Facility (DDF) in the Afram Plains North and South Districts of the Eastern Region. Two completed projects, a three- classroom block at Kwasi Fante and a market at Bruben were inaugurated by the Minister. [...] The post Local
THE National Democratic Congress (NDC) yesterday vetted all seven presidential aspirants for the 2020 general elections at its headquarters in Accra. The aspirants include Member of Parliament for Nadwoli Kaleo Constituency and Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Alban Kingsford Sumani Bagbin; Former Vice Chancellor of the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), Professor Joshua Alabi; former President John Dramani Mahama [...] The post NDC
The maiden Child-In-Tech conference which is expected to create awareness and build capacity of children who use the internet across the country has been slated for March 11 to 14, at the Accra Digital Centre. The conference under the theme: “Empowering children in the cyberspace” is designed to help educate children on the risks they are exposed to in the [...] The post Accra to
Of the total allocation of GH¢183.63 million to the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector in 2018, only GH¢ 82.92 million, representing 45.16 per cent was actually disbursed to the beneficiary area. A budget tracking report of the Coalition of NGOs in Water and Sanitation (CONIWAS) for 2018 further reveals that less than three per cent (GH¢ 1.65 million out [...] The post CONIWAS
Professor Michael Tagoe, Provost, College of Education and Dean of the School of Continuing and Distance Education, University of Ghana, has called on government to see adult learning and education as critical in transforming the lives of Ghanaians. He said adult learning and education creates responsible citizens with the requisite civic skills, civic knowledge and civic values. He said the [...] The post Adult
A six-member Cuban delegation is in Ghana to advance its bilateral relation with the country in the health sector and explore other potential areas of cooperation. Led by the Cuban Deputy Minister of Public Health, Dr Mrs Marcia Cobas Ruiz, the delegation would, amongst other things, sign a health agreement with Ghana as well as negotiate Cuba’s indebtedness to Ghana. [...] The post Six-member
Wife of the Tema Metropolitan Chief Executive Mrs Emelia Annang-La and the Restoration Ladies team on Monday, donated over 200 school uniforms to pupils in four basic schools in the metropolis. The Restoration Ladies is a group of women led by Mrs Annang-La whose aim is to support and help materialise the Tema Restoration Agenda vision of the Tema Mayor, [...] The post Pupils
Dr Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, a former Electoral Commissioner, has lauded two judges for making recommendations to the Electoral Commission (EC) towards improving the electoral process during the 2012 Presidential Election Petition hearing at the Supreme Court. He recounted that during the 2012 Presidential Petition Election hearing in 2013 at the Supreme Court; Justices William Atuguba (now retired) and Jones Victor Mawulorm [...] The post Afari-Gyan
Alhaji Boniface Abubakar Saddique, Member of Parliament for Madina Constituency has said that when the arrest of perpetrators of the gruesome murder of Ahmed Hussein-Suale was effected, those behind the heinous crime would be revealed. Alhaji Saddique who said this during a media interaction to comment on the incident in his constituency, craved the indulgence of the general public to [...] The post Arrest
The Ministry of Health has cautioned the public against the use of counterfeit drugs on the market. The Director of Pharmaceutical Services at the Ministry, Ms Martha Gyansa-Lutterodt warned the public at the launch of a new study funded by the European Union (EU) on Enhancing Africa’s Response to Transnational Organised Crime (ENACT) in Accra yesterday. She indicated that antibiotics, [...] The post Public
Today Science and technology are the driving force behind the development of the world. Many countries around the world are relying on science and technology to propel their economies. Again, based on rapid scientific insight, technological breakthroughs are changing life into the foreseeable future and technological progress is not only affecting productivity directly but it is also creating powerful tools [...] The post Let’s
An Accra Circuit Court yesterday, ordered the Managing Director of Mobile Telecommunications Network (MTN) to produce audio conversation of Mahama Ayariga, Member of Parliament for Bawku Central and an officer of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA). The court gave the order at the request of Special Prosecutor (SP) Mr Martin Alamisi Burns Kaiser Amidu. Mr Amidu told the Accra Circuit [...] The post Court
Recruitment of children by criminal gangs to assist in their operations is on the ascendancy in the Wa Municipality of the Upper West Region. According to the Wa Municipal Police Commander, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Vincent Appiah, the situation was gradually becoming a menace in the municipality as this was evidenced in the increasing number of such juveniles in [...] The post Juvenile
For the second time, a lawyer at the Ghana COCOBOD has told the Accra High Court that the documents Dr Stephen Opuni, a former Chief Executive Officer of COCOBOD has requested for to defend himself in a case of alleged GH¢217 million financial loss to the state in a fertiliser deal can still not be found. On December 16, 2018, [...] The post We still can’t find documents
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