Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, escaped unhurt in a road crash on Saturday on the Takoradi-Cape Coast highway. The accident is reported to have happened around 6:30 p.m. when the Vice President was returning from some activities in the Western Region. A statement signed by the spokesperson to the Vice President, Dr Gideon Boako, said Dr Bawumia was [...] The post Veep escapes unhurt
Following Saturday’s false start, Nigerians will this weekend make a second attempt at electing a new President and National Assembly members for the next four years. More than 80 million voters across Africa’s most populous nation were to cast their votes in the election which is the sixth since military rule ended there, 20 years ago. However, in a dramatic [...] The post Nigeria postpones
The Microfinance and Small Loan Centre (MASLOC) has presented GH¢100,000 as loan to four women groups in the Tolon District of the Northern Region The loan facility is to help boost the businesses of the beneficiaries in the district. Each group of women numbering between 25 and 100 received GH¢25,000. The Northern Regional Recovery Manager of the [...] The post 4
The Youth Bridge Foundation has called on the government to prioritise Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education for the girl-child and invest more in educational infrastructure in a manner that would make these subjects attractive to many young women. It said the YBF was of the firm belief and conviction that no nation could develop and solve basic socio-economic [...] The post Government
The Electoral Commission (EC) Representation of the People’s Amendment Act (ROPAA) Consultative and Implementation Committee has rolled-out a comprehensive regional consultation programme with local stakeholders and civil society organisations. The EC ROPAA Committee would engage political parties’ representations, traditional authorities, religious leaders, and the media from February 18 at Sekondi, Western Region; February 19 at Cape Coast, Central Region; and [...] The post
The family of the late Member of Parliament (MP) for Ayawaso West Wuogon, Emmanuel Kyeremateng Agyarko, says it is appalled by the allegations made by former President John Dramani Mahama that the uniformed security personnel, like those deployed at the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election, were spotted at the funeral ceremony of the late MP. According to the family, the [...] The post Family
THE Public Procurement Authority (PPA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with South African firm Commerce Edge, to develop a Comprehensive Certification and Licensing Programme (CCLP) for procurement practitioners in the country. The CCLP will, among other things, improve the policy implementation and human resource development of practitioners, and ensure that they adhere to ethical standards as stated in [...] The post PPA,
On February 1, 2019, Ghanaians would be witnessing, for the first time, in the history of the country’s power distribution company, the entrance of a private entity called Power Distribution Services (PDS) led by Meralco, a Philippino company, who would take over the operations and management as well as undertake the requisite investments in the electricity distribution business of the [...] The post ECG
It is now official. Ghana now has 16 administrative regions. The process of creating the six new regions came to an end last Friday with the public announcement of the Western North and Oti regions by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, at a ceremony at the Jubilee House in Accra. The President also declared Sefwi Wiawso and Dambai as capitals [...] The post The creation of six
Statistics from the Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service has revealed that assault cases in Upper West Region increased from 179 cases in 2017 to 196 in 2018. Domestic stealing cases also increased from 17 in 2017 to 27, in 2018, while cases involving parents abandoning children rose from 62 to 71 in 2018. [...] The post Assault cases in U/West increase
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