Tag: March 11
World Bank gives more funds to boost Solar Products in Africa
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved today a total of $22.5 million in additional financing to the Regional Off-Grid Electricity Access Project...
Zambians losing money in online scams in South Africa
Zambians have lost huge sums of money through online scams in South Africa, a statement said.
The statement, released by the Zambia...
AU welcomes Ethiopia’s readiness to cooperate on investigations in Tigray
The Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat and Ethiopia's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Demeke Mekonnen on Thursday discussed...
Zambia refutes reports of inadequate storage facilities for COVID-19 vaccine
The Zambian government on Thursday denied the report that the country does not have adequate storage facilities for the COVID-19 vaccines.
Minister...
Nigerian northern state closes schools over insecurity
Nigeria's north-central state of Niger has announced a decision to close all public secondary schools in the state for two weeks pending security assessment...
Executive Women Network partners TheBoardroom Africa to enhance board diversity
The Executive Women Network (EWN) and TheBoardroom Africa (TBR Africa) have signed a partnership agreement to enable more senior executive women in Ghana to...
Body of 14-year-old boy found at Gomoa Mankoadze beach
One more body has been washed ashore at Gomoa Mankoadze, bringing the number of children who drowned on Sunday at Apam beach to 13.
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Don’t relent on COVID-19 education
Mr Johnson Opoku, the Director of Programmes, National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), has urged staff of the Commission to continue sensitizing people on...
Ghana records US$2.6 billion worth of FDI amid COVID-19 pandemic
Ghana has recorded a total of US$2,650.97 billion worth of Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) despite the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
This represents...
Akufo-Addo’s target is to ensure safety of every Ghanaian – Dery
Interior Minister Ambrose Dery on Thursday gave the assurance that government of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, would ensure the safety of every Ghanaian.
He...
Ghanaians in a state of great expectations
Ghanaians are expecting normal times without the threat of covid-19 and all hands must be on board to steer the ship out of the...
Ghana: Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu to read 2021 budget
Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin on Thursday evening confirmed that Majority Leader and Member of Parliament (MP) for Suame will present the budget statement...
Parliament of Ghana approves 16 Regional Ministers
Parliament on Thursday unanimously approved 16 Regional Ministers, recommended by the Appointments Committee of the House after their vetting.
President Nana Addo...
Glaucoma Patients Association of Ghana institutes awards for eyecare professionals
The Glaucoma Patients Association of Ghana (GpAG), has instituted an annual awards scheme for eyecare professionals who are effectively contributing to glaucoma research and...
President retires NLA boss and terminates his deputy’s appointment
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has directed the Director-General of the National Lottery Authority (NLA), Mr. Kofi Osei Ameyaw, to go on compulsory retirement.
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Maritime Hospital vaccinates 1,350 people of COVID-19 vaccine
The International Maritime Hospital at Tema has vaccinated 1,350 people of the first dose of the COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine, Dr Sylvester Yaw Oppong, Chief...
Purchasing clerk granted bail for breach of trust
A 28 year-old purchasing clerk, who allegedly squandered an amount of GH￠23,000.00 entrusted to him by his employer to purchase 35 bags of dried...
Plumbers Association to support Denchira Asabaham Township with borehole
The Ghana Plumbers Association (GPA), is working towards the provision of a borehole to serve the Denchira Asabaham Township, in the Greater Accra Region.
Mr...
AfCFTA expected to significantly promote peace and security
Mr Anthony Baafi Nyame, a Senior Technical Advisor at the Ministry of Trade and Industry, says the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is...
Ghana’s total COVID-19 cases hits 87,000
Ghana's total confirmed COVID-19 cases is close to 87,000 almost a year after the Ghana Health Service (GHS) confirmed the country's first two cases...
Ghana FA President withdraws from CAF race
Mr. Kurt Edwin Simeon-Okraku President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), on Thursday, withdrew from the race to become a member of the Executive...
Richard Akpokavie outdoors team for GOC’s elective congress
Mr. Richard Akpokavie, an aspiring President of the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC), has named his team for the upcoming elective congress of the GOC...
Higher international prices necessary for cocoa sustainability
Mr Michel Arrion, Executive Director of the International Cocoa Organization (ICCO), said an increase in international prices of cocoa beans and their related products...
Driver and accomplice get 10 years each for robbery
Two persons have been have been convicted and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment each for robbery by a Ho Circuit Court.
They are Collins Asabire,...
Unemployed grabbed over defilement of four-year old girl
Emmanuel Joe Agyare, unemployed, has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly having sex with a four year old girl at La, Accra.
Agyare...
Steel bender jailed four years for stealing
A 25-year-old steel bender who stole GHC 16,000 belonging to a contractor has been sentenced to four years imprisonment in hard labour by an...
Gomoah West MP consoles families of Apam Beach disaster
Mr Richard Gyan- Mensah, Member of Parliament (MP) for Gomoa West, in a maiden statement to Parliament, on Thursday sent words of comfort to...
Cape Coasters react to President’s first address in his second term
Residents of Cape Coast have expressed mixed feelings regarding the first State of the Nation Address (SONA) to the Ghanaians by President Nana Addo...
Don’t rush into marriage: Reverend Minister cautions the youth
The Reverend Emmanuel Lartey, General Overseer of the Living word Outreach Ministries has cautioned the youth against rushing for marriages as against development of...
Ghana needs a national development plan – Tema East MP
Mr Isaac Ashai Odamtten, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tema East Constituency on Thursday said there was the need a national development for...