A Chief Economics Officer, Ms. Eva Mends has been appointed as the Acting Director of Budget at the Ministry of Finance. She becomes the first ever female to be appointed a Director of Budget at the Ministry. This was contained in a statement by the Finance Ministry announcing some key appointments to the Ministry. Also, ...

President Akufo-Addo has appointed Mr. Eugene Asante Ofosuhene as the Acting Controller and Accountant General. He replaces Mr. Seidu Kotomah who was appointed by ex-President Mahama. Mr. Ofosuhene’s appointment forms part of a number of key appointments to the Finance Ministry announced on Thursday, May 11th, 2017. A statement from the Finance Ministry said, “Mr. ...

The Western Region Minister Dr. Kweku Afriyie has directed management of the three hospitals in the metropolis treating victims of Tuesday’s gas explosion guard against the temptation to demand money from victims of the explosion before administering the needed care. There were  complaints by some victims of the explosion that the Takoradi Government Hospital and ...

Two people were reportedly killed on Thursday afternoon in an exchange of gunfire at Taifa Burkina in Accra. According to an eyewitness, one of the victims was shot dead while the other was lynched by a mob. Fifteen suspects, according to the Accra Regional Police Commander, DCOP Osabarima Oware Pinkro III, have been arrested to assist with investigations.The ...

A 15 year old boy has been killed at Alavanyo in the Volta Region. The deceased, a native of Alavanyo Deme, was gunned down by some unidentified men who invaded the community about an hour ago. It is unclear if today’s shooting is linked to recent clashes between the Alavanyo and Nkonya faction which left ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo has extended his compliments to Ghana’s Supreme Court Judge, Justice Anin Yeboah, who has been elected the Chairman of FIFA’s Disciplinary Committee. President Akufo-Addo in a tweet said, “Congratulations to Supreme Court Judge, Justice Anin Yeboah, on being elected chairman of FIFA’s Disciplinary Committee. Well deserved!!” Justice Yeboah was confirmed as the ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo has extended his compliments to Ghana’s Supreme Court Judge, Justice Anin Yeboah, who has been elected the Chairman of FIFA’s Disciplinary Committee. President Akufo-Addo in a tweet said, “Congratulations to Supreme Court Judge, Justice Anin Yeboah, on being elected chairman of FIFA’s Disciplinary Committee. Well deserved!!” Justice Yeboah was confirmed as the ...

The acting Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Freddie Blay, has been appointed to serve as Chairman of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) by President Nana Akufo-Addo. Dr. K.K. Sarpong was also appointed Managing Director of the GNPC, while Mr. Kwabena Kwakye , Prof. J. S Nabilla, Mr. Yaw Kyei, Nana Adjoa Hackman ...

The President’s District Chief Executive nominees for Gushiegu and Bunkprugu/Yunyoo districts in the Northern Region, have been out-rightly rejected by the assembly members in their respective areas. Both Yakubu Abdulai for Gushiegu and J.K Alhassan for Bunkprugu today [Thursday], failed to secure 50% of the total votes cast. In the case of the failed Gushiegu ...

The National Road Safety Commission (NRSC), with the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service, have embarked on a speed Enforcement and Outreach Exercise on the Kasoa-Winneba-Mankessim-Cape Coast road, one of the notable hot spots for road traffic crashes and fatalities. The exercise is in connection with the campaign unveiled by the ...

A Koforidua Circuit Court B has granted bail to Amening Benjamin, 22, an illegal miner who is facing trial, along with other two other Ghanaians and three Chinese nationals. The six were arraigned for their alleged involvement in illegal mining activities at Denkyira, a village near Nkawkaw in the Eastern Region in April, 2017. The ...

What can you do right now to make your relationship more romantic? You could get your wife a diamond necklace. Or maybe you could buy her the Mercedes dream car she’s always wanted. Sounds like a good idea, right? But let’s suppose that you haven’t asked your wife a question in five years, so you ...

Three Chinese hackers have been ordered to pay $8.8m (£6.8m) over a multi-million dollar insider trading scam. The US Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) said Iat Hong, 26, Bo Zheng, 30, and Hung Chin, 50, breached the websites of US law firms and accessed confidential information about mergers and acquisitions. They then used this information to ...

The 3,700-year-old burial chamber of a pharaoh’s daughter is believed to have been found near the remains of a recently-discovered pyramid in Egypt. The ministry of antiquities said the chamber at the Dahshur royal necropolis, south of Cairo, contained a wooden box engraved with hieroglyphs. Inside the box were four canopic jars filled with the ...

Banks that are exposed to the Bulk Oil Distribution Companies (BDCs’) debts want government to draw out a plan to facilitate payments from the Energy Sector Levies Act [ESLA]. They argue that the plan will facilitate payments and help them make the necessary provisions accordingly. Explaining the impact of the absence of a detailed plan ...

Mr. Kofi Sekyere, Chairman of Kumasi City Mall, has said it is about time Ghanaians saw shopping malls as potential markets for locally produced and manufactured goods to enable retail shopping facilities to contribute towards the country’s import substitution strategy. Mr. Sekyere made this observation when the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the Asantehene, ...

The Gushiegu Midwifery Training School in the Northern Region was thrown into a state of shock when a married student was prevented from taking part in the end-of-semester examination because she was pregnant. According to some teachers at the school, they were acting on a directive to prevent all pregnant students from taking part in ...

The apology from Gender Minister, Otiko Afisa Djaba, and the Northern Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Daniel Bugri Naabu should not be accepted by Ghanaians, according to the National Democratic Congress (NDC). Speaking to Citi News, the NDC’s Deputy General Secretary, Koku Anyidoho, said, “Ghana is bigger that the NPP so their internal ...

The apology from Gender Minister, Otiko Afisa Djaba, and Northern Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Daniel Bugri Naabu should not be accepted by Ghanaians, according to the National Democratic Congress (NDC). Speaking to Citi News, the NDC’s Deputy General Secretary, Koku Anyidoho, “Ghana is bigger that the NPP so their internal apology means nothing ...

Some workers of the Ghana Household Utilities Manufacturing Company Limited (GHUMCO), the epicentre of Tuesday’s explosion, have said that they have had to work in the Chinese-operated company without Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs). GHUMCo manufactures metallic cooking utensils and household items and gas is an essential material in their line of work. However, no prescribed ...