The Ministry of Roads and Highways is to remodel tollbooths in the country to serve as police posts, emergency centres, and towing service centres,and other ancillary services. The facilities, which will offer other ancillary services, will be incorporated into the Ministry’s programme to dualise the major highways in the …
Read More »Cedi Performance: NPP’s Worst Is NDC’s Best – Former NPP MP
Former Member of Parliament for OkaiKwei North, Fuseini Issah has said the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has done well in managing the performance of the local currency, the cedi, against the major trading currencies especially the dollar. He said on the New Day show on TV3 Friday February 18 …
Read More »UTAG Strike: ‘We Await Final Decision By NEC, No Class On Monday’ – UPSA Lecturers
Lecturers at the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) say their strike is still in force, despite a notice from the School’s management announcing the commencement of classes on Monday, February 21. According to UPSA-UTAG, they are members of the national body; hence, decisions taken by the National Executive Council …
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Probe Late President John Atta-Mills’s Death – NPP MPs Says
Four Majority lawmakers have filed a private members’ motion requesting Parliament to constitute a bi-partisan committee to investigate the “unending mystery” surrounding the death of late president John Evans Atta-Mills. Atta-Mills died in office on 24 July 2012. The MPs are Frank Annoh-Dompreh, Majority Chief Whip and MP …
Read More »GPRTU: Transport Fares To Go Up By 30 Percent Effective Saturday Over High Fuel Prices.
The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has announced that commuters should expect an increment in transport fares from Saturday, February 26. Speaking in an interview with , the Union’s Public Relations Officer, Imoro Abbas said they are currently engaging government on what percentage the upward adjustment should be. …
Read More »GFA Bans Ghanaian Referee In The GPL For Wrong Offside Call; Ordered To Learn Law
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has handed a 12-match ban to an assistant referee in the Ghana Premier League Match week 16 game between Accra Lions and Medeama. The second assistant referee, Banabas Amenyo, was adjudged to have wrongfully raised his flag for offside in the 20th minute, effectively …
Read More »Staff of Ghana Meteorological Agency Declares Nationwide Strike From Friday, 18 February
Staff of the Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMet) have served notice to embark on an indefinite nationwide strike beginning Friday, February 18, 2022. According to the staff, the government has failed to respond to their resolution presented to the Communication and Digitalisation Ministry on January 5 which enumerated their poor conditions …
Read More »Court of Appeal To Dr. Kwabena Duffuor: Receiver Can Testify Against You
The Court of Appeal has ruled that the receiver of defunct Unibank Nii Amanor Dodoo can testify in the trial of Dr. Kwabena Duffuor and eight others. Dr. Duffuor who is the founder of the defunct Bank is standing trial over charges including fraudulent breach of trust, falsification …
Read More »NAGRAT Gives Gov’t Two Weeks Ultimatum To Restore Salaries Of Teachers Whose Names Were Deleted From Payroll
The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has given Government two weeks to restore the salaries of teachers whose names have been deleted from the payroll. According to the union, some names of teaches have been deleted from the payroll for the past fifteen months. President of the …
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