General Secretary of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwifery Association, David Tenkorang-Twum, has disclosed that remuneration due workers who contributed immensely to the fight against Covid-19 were not paid. According to him, the additional 50% allowances on their basic salaries (per month for a four-month period starting from March 2020) …

The National Association of Registered Midwives, Ghana (NARM-GH) has joined calls by other public sector workers for a cost of living allowance.   In a press release dated July 10, the leadership of the association noted that like other republic sector workers, the current economic crisis is having some adverse …

Tired of seeing his family’s money being donated to the local church, an exasperated Russian man set the place of worship a blaze in a feat of rage. On the morning of June 26, a fire broke out at the Church of St. Basil the Great in the village of …

The Ghana Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors has announced the appointment of Dr. Patrick Kwaku Ofori as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective August 1st, 2022. He will be filling the vacancy created by the departure of the Chamber’s founding CEO, Senyo Hosi, who is stepping down after 10 years …

The World Bank has said that 25% of Ghanaians who are into wage employment are better off than 69% who are into self-employment. The Bretton Wood institution therefore wants the government to pay attention to that. Speaking at the 6th Ghana Economic Update, Social Protection Specialist at the World Bank, …

The Public Sector Workers Union (PSWU) is pleading with the government to heed to calls for support amid the current economic crisis in Ghana. Speaking on the Probe on JoyNews on Sunday, the General Secretary of PSWU, Bernard Adjei, noted that workers are struggling to cater for themselves, hence, their …

The Ghana Medical Association has joined labour unions demanding payment of Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) to their members.   For weeks, many public sector workers have been on strike over the government’s failure to pay the allowance. Teachers are not in the classroom three weeks to the start of …

The inability of fishermen along the Volta Lake at Akateng in the Upper Manya Krobo District of the Eastern Region to secure premix fuel for fishing has led to an acute shortage of fish in the area. Akateng is a major fishing community which supplies large quantities of fish to …

Rwanda’s leader, who has been in power for two decades, has said he would consider remaining in office for another 20 years. Paul Kagame told a French TV channel he would stand for President again at the next election in 2024. In 2015 he changed the constitution, allowing him to …

The Ghana Immigration Service has announced that about 64 Nigerian terrorist group, Boko Haram who escaped from in Abuja are likely to be hiding in Ghana. The inmates at the Nigeria Prison at Kuje near Abuja were freed by the Islamic extremist rebels and are currently on the run and …