North Tongu MP Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has hinted at a nationwide demonstration over the sale of SSNIT’s stake in four hotels to the Minister for Food and Agriculture and Member of Parliament for Abetifi Constituency, Bryan Acheampong’s Rock City Hotel. His comment follows an announcement by the Minister for Employment, Labour Relations, and Pensions, Ignatius…
As part of the annual stakeholder engagements for the Volta River Authority’s emergency preparedness plan, officials of VRA led by the Deputy Chief Executive in charge of services, Ing. Ken Arthur, met with the Minister of Interior, Henry Quartey and representatives of various security agencies. This meeting comes as the Volta River Authority began its sensitisation…
The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has urged heads of senior high schools to refrain from denying students permission to seek external medical attention. This comes after Achimota School was found liable for negligence in the death of a student about eight years ago. Achimota School has been ordered to pay GH¢600,000 in damages…
John Dramani Mahama, the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has called on Ghanaians to vote for him and his running mate, Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang and reject the “corrupt, greedy and arrogant” NPP government. The former President also urged Ghanaians to vote for change in the 2024 general elections, promising to restore the…
Nine individuals have been arrested over examination malpractices in the ongoing Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). The arrests, which include seven teachers occurred in various locations, including Bekwai in the Ashanti Region and Tema in the Greater Accra Region. The examination, which began on Monday, July 8, proceeded peacefully despite prior concerns about the rising…
George Boateng Fixit Fast, a Ghanaian social media user, is demanding justice for his younger sister, Lois Abena Koranteng, a 24-year-old petroleum engineering graduate from KNUST. According to George, Lois checked into Chrislord Palace Hotel in Anaji, Takoradi on June 7, 2024, accompanied by her boss and the company driver. Tragically, she was murdered and…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram in the Greater Accra Region, Sam George, has claimed that workers at the Jubilee House, the seat of Government in Ghana, have not been paid their salaries for five months now. One Foster Domey, who claims to have worked at the jubilee house for…
Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, popularly called NAPO is set to be officially unveiled as the running mate of Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), on Tuesday, July 9, in a highly anticipated event. The unveiling of NAPO as Dr. Bawumia’s running mate will take place in Kumasi, the capital of…
Amos Adusei, a 37-year-old taxi driver, was fatally shot by alleged armed robbers on the Kwaman-Boaman road in the Afigya Kwabre North district of the Ashanti region. The tragic incident occurred on Saturday night, leaving the local community in a state of shock. Residents reported that while the area has experienced several robbery incidents in…
Leading the sustainable fashion charge and projecting Ghana’s pioneering role in tackling the dumping of second hand goods on her shores, creative Ghanaian design house, Larry Jay, whose collections feature unisex garments of hand tied and dyed, handwoven, and upcycled fabrics, is fast becoming the toast of the fashion world. Led by Creative Director, Mohammed…
Mobile Financial Services Manager for telecel Ghana, Judith Adumua-Bossman, has called for collective action on the implementation of cross-border mobile money interoperability to accelerate business and trade across the continent. Delivering a thought-provoking speech on the readiness of telcos for cross border interoperability at the Africa Prosperity Network’s Symposium on ‘Scaling Up Interoperability: Using Mobile…
The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has revealed that four teachers have been caught engaging in examination malpractices at Bekwai in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The Basic Education Certificate Examination which began on Monday, July 8, in various centres across the country has been smooth and peaceful amid several warnings from stakeholders to candidates…
The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has projected that Ghana will attain universal health coverage before 2030. According to the Chief Executive of the NHIA Dr Da-Costa Aboagye, the innovative and robust measures being implemented under his watch include the new preventive health care measure which will soon become part of the NHIS claim package…
The Volta River Authority (VRA) has announced its intention to engage relevant stakeholders of a potential spillage of excess water from the Akosombo Dam. A notice signed by VRA’s Deputy Chief Executive in Charge of Services, Ing. Ken Arthur, to over 40 stakeholders, including the Minister for the Interior and all the assemblies within the…
The decapitated body of a middle-aged man has been found in a school building in a suspected ritual murder incident at Bole in the Savanna Region. A search party made up of the Police and community members led to the retrieval of the body on the pavement of the St Kizito’s Primary school. The yet-to-be-identified…
Management of EIB Network, owners of GHOne TV has completed its independent investigation into the viral video purported to be one of its employees, Serwaa Amihere. The EIB Network has said it took a keen interest in investigating the video and due processes were meticulously followed. The viral social media video captured Serwaa Amihere in…
