The Government on Friday announced that evacuation of Ghanaians stranded in foreign countries following the outbreak of the COVID-19, would be extended to other parts of the world. The Kuwaiti Government last May deported some 230 Ghanaians from gulf nation. Ms Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional …
Read More »More than 3 million Ghana Cards to be issued from June 8
The National Identification Authority (NIA) says it will issue 3,875,441 Ghana Cards to applicants in 5,635 registration centres in all the regions concurrently, from Monday, June 8 to Tuesday, June 16. The nationwide exercise, it said, would enable 11,062,850 Ghanaians to possess their cards in good time to use them …
Read More »Beijing is reportedly giving its citizens R29 billion to go shopping
Citizens of Beijing are set to have a government-funded shopping spree as the city hands out 12.2 billion yuan, or R29 billion, in vouchers, according to a report from Bloomberg. In addition to shopping, the vouchers can be used for catering, tourism, education, and sports, the report said. The vouchers come …
Read More »Zoomlion begins national disinfection exercise of Mosques
As part of efforts to contain the spread of the Covid-19, Zoomlion Ghana Limited on Thursday (June 06) disinfected nine (9) mosques in various parts of Accra. They included the Madina Central Mosque, Shia Mosque Madina, Al-Aziz Central Mosque, Burma Camp, Ahlul-bait Institute Central Mosque, Alhamadiya Mosque and the Military …
Read More »Cars being cleared for GH¢14 on ‘quack’ UNIPASS platform – IMANI
Policy think tank IMANI Africa says UNIPAS, which is the new Customs Management system introduced at Ghana’s ports and frontiers is causing the country millions in loses. In a release copied to GhanaWeb, the group says the new system which was introduced to improve efficiency at the ports has in …
Read More »Sister Derby Sends Sweet Message To Her New Love
Kumawood on-screen character and music star, Kwadwo Nkansah LilWin as of late got internet based life talking after he ventured out with another look which saw him goes blond. The new photographs, which had the actor shaking light hair and a blondie shaded whiskers was really the look he was receiving as …
Read More »Kwasi Appiah made Gyan captain to keep him focused – John Paintsil reveals
It is interesting and rare to get a player with three World Cups and several Africa Cup of Nations under his belt lacking maturity and not being focused. But that seemed to be the situation Asamoah Gyan found himself or at least that is how Coach James Kwesi Appiah saw him when …
Read More »NABCO trainees appeal for permanent jobs
The leadership of the Nation Builders Corps (NABCO) has made an appeal to the government to convert their placements in various institutions into permanent engagements at the end of the three-year contract period. In an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA), Mr Dennis Opoku Katakyie and Ms Jacklin Okyere …
Read More »Accra International Conference Centre gradually rots away
Conferences and programmes that have been earmarked to take place at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC) when the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement finally takes off may be unfeasible as a result of the poor state of the facility. The AICC, the country’s flagship event venue that …
Read More »Government tops up grants of LEAP beneficiaries
Government, through the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MoGCSP), has topped-up grants of beneficiaries under its Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) programme to enable them to purchase basic COVID-19 personal protective equipment. The top-up was due to the change in the mode of payment of the beneficiaries as …
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