Assembly members of Krachi East Municipality of the Oti Region boycotted the first session of the general assembly meeting of the year stemming from confusion over Council of State election cash. The enraged assembly members staged a walkout for being shortchanged during the election period. They explained that their action was to protest the treatment … The post Misappropriation

Assembly members of Krachi East Municipality of the Oti Region boycotted the first session of the general assembly meeting of the year stemming from confusion over Council of State election cash. The enraged assembly members staged a walkout for being shortchanged during the election period. They explained that their action was to protest the treatment … The post Misappropriation

Government has announced a ramping up of efforts to protect Ghana’s water bodies from the activities of small scale miners. The renewed efforts include the enforcement of the ban on mining on water bodies across the country.   This was announced by Water and Sanitation Minister,

The youth have been urged to venture into farming for wealth creation and the promotion of food security in the country. Describing the sector as profitable, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of The Truth Farms (TTF), a subsidiary of The Truth Group of Companies, Mr Mohammed Ayaba, who gave the advice

Every court going lawyer will tell you that what makes legal practice exciting is the fact that you can travel to every part of Ghana to attend court. The more High Courts that the Chief Justice opens in Ghana, the wider the horizon of practicing lawyers become. And so it was that last week I … The post INSIDE YA NA’S BACKYARD appeared first on Ghanaian

Illegal mining activities are affecting the production of quality water at the Daboase Water Treatment Plant in Wassa East District, the Western Regional Chief Manager of Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL), Francis Agyei-Boateng, has lamented. He said galamsey activities increased cost in water treatment and also maintenance regime and called for a collective national action … The post Illegal

A retired educationist, Mr Thomas Oppong Asante, has called on the Ministry of Education and the Bono Regional Coordinating Council to take immediate steps to ensure the operationalisation of the regional library in Sunyani. According to Mr Asante, the inability

Prudential Bank has held its 2nd AfCFTA Summit with a call on African countries to improve their transport infrastructure and further develop the insurance sector in order to benefit fully from the implementation of the AfCFTA. The Managing Director of the Bank, Mr John K. Addo, who made the call at the opening of

The Minister of Communications and Digitalisation, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has described as good news to the country the decision by Twitter to establish its African presence through Ghana. She said the move demonstrated the confidence foreign investors had in the Ghanaian economy and the country`s democratic

Anthony Joshua says Tyson Fury could not reject the chance to become undisputed world champion but dismissed his British rival’s hopes of a historic victory. Unified champion Joshua and WBC title holder Fury have approved a site offer to stage their blockbuster battle this summer, with promoter Eddie

The Greater Accra Amateur Boxing Association (GAABA) in collaboration with Women in Sports Association (WISA) will organise a female boxing championship dubbed ‘Girls Box’ at the old City Engineers Premise (Attoh Quarshie Gym) at James Town on Saturday, April 24, 2021,

The remains of a former administrative officer of Accra Hearts of Oak, Elvis Amartei Amartey, will be interred at the Awudome Cemetery tomorrow. Popularly known as Chairman, the late Amartey, 58, passed away on Wednesday, March 17, 2021, after a short illness. According to a family source, the deceased will be laid in state today, … The post Hearts former admin officer burial tomorrow

Referee Gabriel O. Arhin and Assistant Referee Peter Dawsa have been suspended for the rest of the 2020/21 football season and the first eight matches of the first round of next season. The decision was announced by the Ghana Football Association (GFA) Match Review Panel on Monday after reviewing

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) will in the coming days come out with a timetable for a load-shedding exercise. Areas to be affected and periods for the exercise are expected to be

The Volta Region Lands Commission (VRLC) has dismissed allegations by a section of the public that it has sold state lands to private individuals and government officials, saying government lands cannot be sold but given out on lease.   “The Lands Commission leases state lands and such grants are for a specific period and so there … The post V/R Lands C’ssion office denies

South African emergency workers have evacuated three 17-storey residential buildings overlooking Cape Town as a huge fire burns along Table Mountain. The blaze spread quickly after breaking out on Sunday morning near a memorial to politician Cecil Rhodes. A restaurant

France “bears significant responsibility” for enabling “foreseeable” genocide against ethnic Tutsis in Rwanda that happened in 1994, a report commissioned by the Rwandan government concluded Monday. The 628-page report commissioned in 2017 was authored by the U.S.

Chad’s President Idriss Déby has died of his injuries following clashes with rebels in the north of the country at the weekend, the army has said. The announcement came a day after provisional election results projected he would win a sixth term in office. The government

A 10-member Advisory Board and two other committees to guide the administration of the Ministry of Works and Housing (MWH) to deliver on its mandate, were inaugurated in Accra yesterday. While the advisory board is responsible for providing

The Ghanaian Times respectfully wishes to refer its cherished readers and the public at large to one of its front-pageheadlines, ‘I fear I’ll be raped’ in its yesterday’s issue. In this story, a 65-year-old physically-challenged woman resident at Teshie, Accra, expresses fear of being raped by a yet-to-be-identified young man who resides in her neighbourhood. … The post What