The West Africa Monetary Agency (WAMA) recently convened its 45th Joint Ordinary Meeting of the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee as well as the Operations and Administration Committee in Dakar to strengthen regional monetary integration efforts. The meeting, which took place in Dakar, Senegal, from 26-29 July 2024, was promptly followed by a distinguished meeting…
Service Auto Group Ghana Limited has responded to allegations made by North Tongu MP Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa regarding the $34.9 million (GH₵538 million) ambulance spare parts procurement deal. This follows Mr Ablakwa’s concerns about possible corruption in the deal, prompting him to petition the Office of the Special Prosecutor. According to Ablakwa, the deal was…
The government is set to lease Komenda Sugar Development Company Limited to an Indian-based firm, West Africa Agro Limited for a renewable term of 15 to 20 years. Minister of Trade and Industry K.T. Hammond states that this initiative aims to revive the company’s operations to meet domestic demand. The Komenda Sugar Development Company Limited,…
A fire outbreak on Thursday dawn at the Kwadaso Market in Kumasi, destroyed over 40 shops and the goods in them. “All our plantain has been burnt. We are at a great loss, GH¢4,000 to GH¢5,000 worth of plantain all destroyed. We bought the plantain on credit and now have to pay it back, but…
Images showing some youths carrying looted items from an Industrial Park Hundreds of thousands of hungry Nigerians have taken to the streets across Nigeria to protest against bad governance in their country. And several youth people are seizing the opportunity to loot stores. Hungry youths in Northern Nigeria have been captured on camera looting stores…
Then Government Assurances Committee of Parliament has strongly criticised the Lands Commission for failing to provide data on public lands and their corresponding utilisation over the years. The Committee argues that the data is required to tackle fraudulent activities, which it says include the registration of government lands as private lands. At its sitting on…
Sponsors of the Anti-LGBTQ bill have announced plans to demonstrate against the Chief Justice on August 21, 2024, over what they perceive as delays in the process of transmitting the bill to the President. The Supreme Court has deferred its ruling on the injunction application by Dr. Amanda Odoi and journalist Richard Sky regarding the…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced that his administration has constructed 12,830 kilometres of roads throughout the nation. The President asserts that this achievement is unparalleled in the nation’s history. He was speaking at the inauguration of the District Road Improvement Programme (DRIP) at the Black Star Square in Accra on Wednesday. Funded by…
Source: Africa Publicity A Chinese Groom has reportedly taken revenge on his cheating bride by interrupting their wedding ceremony to play a five-minute long video showing her having sex with her pregnant sister’s husband in the house that was renovated to serve as their matrimonial home. The sex video reportedly captured by a security camera,…
A private legal practitioner has taken on the Attorney General (AG) and the Ghana Police Service (GPS) over the appointment of a Deputy Inspector General of Police (IGP). Justice Abdulai contends that the appointment of COP Christian Tetteh Yohuno is unconstitutional. He made this argument in a writ dated July 30, 2024. On July 17,…
The Ghana Police Service has arrested five persons in connection with a shooting incident that occurred in the early hours of Tuesday, 30th July 2024, leading to the death of one person and an injury to a Police officer at Okanta, near Nsawam in the Eastern Region. The incident occurred when some Police officers from…
The non-profit organisation, Aids Healthcare Foundation (AHF), says it has reached a historic milestone in that it supports more than two million individuals living with HIV worldwide. The country programme director for AHF South Africa, Dr Kate Ssamula, said the mission was to provide quality and effective HIV services to those in need, driven by…
An unidentified man believed to be in his early 30s has been electrocuted after an attempt to steal a transformer belonging to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) at Suhyen in the New Juaben North Municipality of the Eastern Region. Residents of Suhyen Tuesday morning woke up to the lifeless body of the unidentified man…
Parliament has just passed the Affirmative Action bill into law. The Affirmative Action Gender Equity Bill 2024, which has been in and out of Parliament for several years, was finally passed unanimously by the House. The bill is expected to ensure that a critical number of women hold key positions in governance, public life, and…
A correctional centre in Cote D’Ivoire Source: Africa Publicity Experts of the UN Committee against Torture have questioned Ivorian authorities about the admissibility of evidence obtained through Torture and prison overcrowding across Cote D’Ivoire. The Committee expressed grave concerns about what it referred to as “extreme prison overpopulation” and poor conditions of detainees in many…
Residents in flood-affected communities in the Lower Volta Basin are calling for proper resettlement plans from the government before the Volta River Authority commences its planned controlled spillage. After months of living in resettlement camps and dilapidated homes, the residents say the government must fulfil its promise of providing suitable resettlement homes, as they feel…
