The Vice President of Ghana, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has strongly defended the controversial comment about his preference for Ghana Card over a thousand interchanges. Speaking at the Accra Business School, Dr Bawumia said the national identification card is more beneficial than 1,000 interchanges. “We have implemented a national identification …
Read More »Report : Sachet Water As Ghana’s Main Source Of Drinking Water; A Threat To Public Health
The Ghana Statistical Service has described as worrying the growing consumption of sachet water as its previous studies reveal significant faecal contamination in a number of the packaged water on the market. The Service indicates that consumption of sachet water by households in Ghana has quadrupled in the last decade, …
Read More »NABCO Trainees To Picket Jubilee House Over Unpaid Allowances And Impending End Of Programme
The Members of the Nation Builders’ Corp Trainees Association of Ghana (NABTAG) are threatening to picket at the seat of government, Jubilee House, in Accra on August 10, 2022, over unpaid stipends and the impending end of the programme. They are also demanding that the government reconsider its decision …
Read More »Eastern Region: Tension Mounts In Krobo Municipalities As ECG Disconnects Power Again
There is tension mounting in the Yilo and Lower Manya Krobo Municipalities in the Eastern Region due to the unavailability of electricity since Wednesday, July 27, 2022. The Electricity Company of Ghana, ECG has reportedly switched off feeders at the Bulk Supply Point supplying power to municipalities following the tempering …
Read More »Anyinasin School Shut Down After Gang Forced Teacher To Kneel And Beg For Punishing Students
The Akyem Anyinasin Methodist Junior High School in Abuakwa North Municipality in Eastern region has been closed down by the Ghana Education Service after a gang from the community forced a male teacher to kneel and apologize for punishing some students. The teacher reportedly disciplined some students for misconduct on …
Read More »Chilling Account Of How A Policeman, KNUST Student Gang-raped Female Student And Recorded It
General L/Cpl Frank Adu-Poku also, allegedly, forcibly had sex with the lady without her consent. The incident is said to have occurred on Tuesday, July 19, at about 2:30 pm. Two days later, the victim lodged a complaint with the KNUST District CID which commenced investigations into the matter. …
Read More »President Akufo-Addo In Dome-Kwabenya Barely 24 Hours After Sacking Adwoa Safo
Barely 24 hours after taking a crucial decision on Adwoa Safo’s status as Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, President Akufo-Addo is in her constituency. Yesterday, a statement from the Presidency relieved the Dome-Kwabenya legislator of her duties at the Ministry following her absence from post for about a …
Read More »Government Reduces E-levy Target To GH¢611m
Government has revised its target of the Electronic Transaction Levy, commonly called E-levy to GH¢611million from initial estimate of GHC6.9 billion. Per the 2022 budget statement, the target was ¢6,963,386,254 but it has been revised downward to GHC611,000,000, according to the budget review presented to Parliament by the Finance Minister, …
Read More »SIM Card Re-registration: Instruct Communications Minister To Extend Deadline – Minority To Akufo-Addo
The Minority Group in Parliament has urged President Akufo-Addo to instruct the Minister for Communications and Digitalisation, Ursula Owusu Ekuful to extend the deadline for the SIM card re-registration exercise. The call comes three days to the deadline of July 31. Addressing the press in Parliament on Thursday, Deputy Ranking …
Read More »Danquah-Busia-Dombo Tradition Must Be Credited For Ghana’s Current Democracy – NPP
The New Patriotic Party wants to take credit for the sustenance of democracy in Ghana. Ghana has been under democratic governance since 1992 and the NPP says it can make this claim “without any fear of contradiction.” The party believes a careful analysis of major historic events will reveal conscious …
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