A recent Bank of Ghana report on the real sector of Ghana’s economy says employment conditions as measured by the total number of SSNIT pension contributors (both public and private sector) declined in the first quarter of this year, compared to a similar period in 2019. It said …
Read More »NDC declares absolute boycott of Gabby’s Asaase Radio over XYZ, RadioGold closure
The opposition National Democratic Congress has declared a boycott of new radio station Asaase Radio owned business Gabby Asare Otchere Darko and others affiliated to the NPP. In a statement, National Communication Officer of the NDC Sammy Gyamfi said the boycott is a show of disproval on the …
Read More »Retiring Chief of Defence Staff gets six months contract
Ghana’s Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Lieutenant General OB Akwa is due for retirement on Saturday, June 20, 2020, but will stay in office until January 2021. Lt. Gen. Akwa, who will be 65 years – the mandatory retirement age – over the weekend, has been given …
Read More »Finance Minister to submit mid-year budget review in July
The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta is expected to present the mid-year budget review and supplementary estimates in July. According to the Majority Leader, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu, the Finance Minister will use the opportunity to explain how government intends to replenish advances it took from the Contingency Fund …
Read More »Farmer jailed nine months for jail break
The Assin Fosu District Court has sentenced a 20-year old farmer to nine-months jail term for escaping from lawful custody at Nyankomasi Police cells in the Assin Central Municipality of the Central Region. The convict, Christopher Dadzie alias “Skiddo” pleaded guilty with explanation to the charge of escaping …
Read More »Murder at Akorley as 58-year-old farmer is hacked to death
Police in Somanya have begun investigations into circumstances leading to the alleged gruesome murder of a farmer at Akorley, a farming community in the Yilo Krobo Municipality of the Eastern Region who was hacked to death on his farm. Kudjo Dakudzi, 58, married with 5 children, was attacked …
Read More »This is what a father told her 13-yr-old girl after sleeping with her
A 13-year-old girl (name withheld) has given a horrifying account of how her step-father impregnated her. According to her, the father had sex with her on two different occasions. She explained it all started when she left her aunty’s house to follow her mother to go and live with her …
Read More »NPP man regrets curses in river
One of the four New Patriotic Party (NPP) members in the Juaben Constituency who cursed their party leaders in a river has regretted his weird action. Ransford Osei, an NPP Polling Station Executive at Juaben Anglican, and three other party members did the unthinkable by cursing their party leadership recently. The four aggrieved party …
Read More »Zoomlion Disinfects 3,000 Military Facilities In Ashanti Region Again
About three thousand (3,000) military facilities and installations in the Ashanti Region received disinfection again. The two-ay exercise, carried out by waste management company, Zoomlion Ghana Limited, began last Tuesday and ended on Wednesday, June 17. The exercise covered military facilities including barracks, offices, parade grounds among …
Read More »REVEALED: Why NPP chose Hassan Tampuli as Gushegu Parliamentary Candidate
The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) executives in the Gushegu Constituency of the Northern Region have explained reasons why they settled on the Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Authority(NPA) Hassan Tampuli as their parliamentary candidate. In a release issued and copied to my NewsGh.com, the Constituency Chairman Mohammed Majeed …
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