Tag: July 10
Bui Dam fisher folks defy COVID-19 safety protocols
Fisher folks around the Bui Dam are defying the COVID-19 safety protocols, particularly the directive on social distancing and wearing of face mask as...
Fertilizer smuggling is gaining national attention – UWR Minister
Dr Hafiz Bin Salih, the Upper West Regional Minister, has bemoaned the rampant illicit smuggling of subsidized fertilizers meant for the Planting for Food...
Nigerian scientists develop indigenous rapid testing kits for COVID-19
An indigenous rapid testing kit for COVID-19 have been developed by Nigerian scientists for the identification of SARS-Cov-2, which causes COVID-19, Minister of Science...
Nigeria’s economic hub to honor frontline health workers with trees planting
Authorities in Lagos, Nigeria's economic hub, have announced that 500,000 trees will be planted in the state to honor the frontline healthcare professionals on...
Nigeria confirms suspension of anti-graft chief amid corruption probe
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate suspension of Ibrahim Magu as acting chairman of the nation's anti-graft body, said Minister of Justice...
Africa needs new infrastructure models to meet growing population needs
A new report launched here has urged Africa with its development partners to design new business models for infrastructure development to meet the needs...
Top Ghanaian football star leaves to compete in Chinese Super League amid border closure
The Ghanaian government has granted special dispensation to Black Stars midfielder Mubarak Wakasu to fly out of the country to play in...
Majority of employees at Ghana’s education ministry infected with COVID-19
About 90 percent of employees at the head office of Ghana's Ministry of Education had tested positive for COVID-19, the Minister for Education Matthew...
KMA to set up two sanitation courts
The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) is to set up two sanitation courts to deal with waste management and sanitary-related offences.
Mr. Osei Asibey-Antwi, the Metropolitan...
Be professional not partisan – Police told
The Director General of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service, Commissioner of Police (COP), Mr Isaac Ken Yeboah, Friday charged...
Cultivate and consume vegetables to help boost your immune systems – NCCE
Residents of Sissala East Municipality in the Upper West Region have been advised to take advantage of the many dams, streams, and valleys to...
HATOF Foundation and partners roll-out project to support waste management
A private-public partnership project, called “Accelerating the Adoption of Circular Sanitation Demonstration Systems for Improved Health Outcomes (ACTUATE), has been launched in Accra to...
Minority urges military, Police to secure borders
The Minority Caucus in Parliament has called on the Ghana Armed Forces and the Ghana Police Service to stay neutral as state institutions and...
Ahanta West registers over 1,400 for first phase of voter registration
The Ahanta West Constituency recorded 1,458 registrants made up of 582 male and 828 females at the end of the first phase of the...
Aflao Immigration busts Nigerian with new voters card
Emmanuel Philip, a Nigerian has been arrested by the Aflao Sector Command of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) with the new voters’ identification card.
According...
GEPA supports Women’s Group to increase Shea butter production
The Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) has procured and presented 1,260 protective working clothing to a women’s group in the Bongo District of the...
Trader jailed three years for child stealing
An Accra Circuit court has sentenced a 22 year old trader to three years imprisonment in hard labour for stealing her colleague's five...
Manso-Nkwanta Traditional Council to resist mining at Oda Forest
The Manso-Nkwata Traditional Council has vowed to resist any attempt by people to mine in the Oda Forest Reserve at Aboaboaso in the Amansie...
Over 400 applicants challenged in first phase of registration in C/R
A total of 401 out of the 202,206 registrants in the Central Region have had their registration challenged during the first phase of...
Voter registration smoothly underway in 2nd cycle schools in UE
The new voter registration exercise by the Electoral Commission (EC) has begun smoothly in second cycle schools and other institutions in the Bolgatanga Municipality...
Stigmatisation is militating against COVID-19 prevention – NCCE Bono Deputy Director
Mr Peter Kwabena Gyasi, the Bono Deputy Regional Director of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has observed stigmatisation is negatively impacting on...
Driver grabbed for allegedly defrauding Auditor
A 38-year-old driver accused of defrauding an Auditor of GHC 82,000 under the pretext of selling to him a Toyota Highlander has appeared before...
Be responsible in your actions-Right Rev. Brew Riverson tells Ghanaians
Ghanaians have been urged to be responsible and show high levels of integrity in the run-up to the December general elections.
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SSNIT asked to pay the right past credits to retirees
Four occupational pension schemes have jointly called on government to ensure that the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) paid the “right amount”...
Communication Information Centres taking education to the poor
The COVID-19 pandemic, indeed, has changed the way of life of all and sundry since the outbreak at the Wuhan Province in China last...
Parliament to debate proposal for enactment of Private Members’ Bill
Parliament will on Thursday, July 16, kick-start discussions on whether the House should allow members to privately sponsor bills to the House.
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Medass Old Students Association donates to alma mater
Old students of the Tema Methodist Day Senior High School (Medass) have presented assorted items to their alma mater to help protect staff and...
Establish more universities to absorb SHS students
Mr Daniel Dotse, the Chief Executive Officer, Lead for Ghana, a Non-Governmental Organization in education, has called on government to establish more public universities...
GII outdoors “Eye on Corruption” platform
The Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), the local chapter of Transparency International, has launched an anti-corruption software application, dubbed: “Eye on Corruption” platform for citizens...
Vish Ashiagbor testifies in Capital Bank trial
Prosecution in the trial involving William Ato Essien, Founder of the defunct Capital Bank, has presented Mr Vish Ashiagbor, a Chartered Accountant and the...