Government has announced its’ plans to borrow a gross amount of GH¢17,837.87 million for June to August this year. Of this amount, GH¢15,806.61 million would be used to rollover maturities while the remaining GH¢2,031.26 million would be used as fresh issuance to meet government’s financing requirements. Though government has not …
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Wesley Senior High School records COVID-19 case
A female student of the Wesley Senior High School(WEHIS), Konongo, in the Ashanti region has tested positive for COVID-19. The student reportedly showed signs of the virus and had to be referred to the Manhyia Government Hospital for treatment. An uncle of the student who confirmed the news on Kumasi …
Read More »Government directs MDA, MMDAs to procure locally assembled vehicles
Government has directed all ministries, departments and agencies as well as metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies to strictly consider locally assembled vehicles when procuring such from hence. This was contained in a memo issued by the Chief of Staff on Friday, July 3. The Ministry of Trade and Industry is …
Read More »Six students of Accra Girls SHS test positive for coronavirus
The Accra Girls Senior High School has recorded six coronavirus cases. The patients, all students of the school, were isolated at the school’s sickbay on Monday, June 29, 2020, together with some other students who also showed symptoms of COVID-19. According to a Citi news report, six out of eleven students …
Read More »Go and ask your grandfather; did we make the law? – A Plus ‘bites’ Ursula Owusu
Popular musician and founder of The People’s Project Kwame A Plus has asked Ursula Owusu Ekuful to go and ask her grandfather why Carlos Ahenkorah should be prosecuted. In a Facebook post, A Plus wrote: “Go and ask your grandfather. Did we make the law????” Carlos Ahenkorah on Friday, July 3, 2020, resigned …
Read More »Akufo-Addo appoints Charles Kraikue as Ag. Director General of GCAA
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has named Ing. Charles Kraikue as the Acting Director-General of the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority, GCAA. He replaces the current Director-General, Ing. Simon Allotey, who retires on July 31st, 2020. Ing. Simon Allotey has been manning the affairs of the aviation authority since 2015. A …
Read More »Why Messi is fed up at Barcelona
According to the Spanish radio station Cadena Ser, the Barcelona captain has broken off contract talks after finally running out of patience with the club because of the constant rumours and allegations that he is one of the prime reasons for unrest around the Nou Camp. Messi is disillusioned …
Read More »Don’t bath with children, make sexual noise to their hearing – Experts warn
In the wake of calls for Ghana Police, Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, and the Department of Social Welfare to take necessary action against actress Akuapem Poloo for causing distress to her son, experts have sent out a word of caution to parents. Though the actress has …
Read More »Mt. Sinai SHS expels three final year students over mobile phone
Three final year students of Mount Sinai Senior High School in Akropong -Akuapem in the Eastern Region have been expelled for sneaking mobile phone into school. One of the students concealed a mobile phone to school and connived with the other students to hide it in a trunk …
Read More »Despite low finance, agric topples industry again
For the third consecutive time, quarterly GDP figures from the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) indicate that the agriculture sector has outpaced the industrial sector in growth, making it the first time in recent history, at least since rebasing of the economy in 2013, even though the sector is …
Read More »Struggles faced by people who regularly put on make up
I saw this video on Instagram and it reminded me of how sometimes, we have to struggle when we do a full face beat. It really isn’t easy at all since you cannot do anything to your face after the makeup has been applied and you’re out. Check …
Read More »GRIDCo orders closure of +2 Pub, and Goldfinger restaurant
The Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) has ordered the closure of +2 Pub, a popular pub at Nhyiaeso in Kumasi and the Goldfinger Restaurant due to its location. According to GRIDCo, the +2 Pub which has become a popular converging spot for many patrons in the Kumasi metropolis …
Read More »Prof Ebenezer Oduro Owusu re-appointed as Vice-Chancellor of University Of Ghana
The University of Ghana Council at its meeting held on 30th June, 2020, approved a second term for the Vice Chancellor, Professor Ebenezer Oduro Owusu from August 1, 2020 to July 31, 2021 when he retires from the University. This followed the acceptance of the recommendation of …
Read More »Govt didn’t absorb 2020 WASSCE fees for all – WAEC clarifies
The President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo disclosed in one of his addresses to the nation on measures taken against the spread of COVID-19 that the government will absorb fees for students sitting the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE). Addressing the nation as final year SHS …
Read More »Ghana’s coronavirus case count now 18,134 with 117 deaths
Ghana has recorded 393 new cases of the novel Coronavirus. The total case count according to the Ghana Health Service (GHS) official website is now at 18,134 with 117 deaths. 13,550 persons who tested positive for the virus have either recovered or discharged, the GHS reported. As of July 1, 2020, the country’s …
Read More »Tinny tests positive for coronavirus
Rapper Nii Addo Quaynor, better known by his stage name Tinny, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This was announced by fellow musician Nii Funny on his personal Facebook page. “COVID 19 Is Real Ghanaians Should Pray for Tinny He Has Tested Positive,” Nii Funny wrote it …
Read More »Accra City Hall reopens for business
The ultra-modern City Hall of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has reopened for public events amid strict adherence to all safety protocols to ensure total safety of staff and events patrons. According to the Head of Public Relations of the AMA, Gilbert Ankrah, Listening Bureau, facility managers had put in …
Read More »GRA charges tissue manufacturing company for evading taxes
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has charged Everyday Tissue Manufacturing Ghana, producers of toilet rolls, for evading tax and failure to issue the GRA’s Value Added Tax Invoice. The company, located at Kwame Wetei at Awutu Breku, was charged for using books sponsored by government for the junior high …
Read More »Fluctuating oil prices put indigenous OMCs, BDCs in peril
Price fluctuations in global crude and refined product prices are taking a heavy toll on Ghana’s downstream markets, resulting in Bulk Oil Distributors losing millions of dollars and throwing many indigenous Oil Marketing Companies out of business. Out of the 130 oil marketing companies operating in the …
Read More »Ghana records 17,351 coronavirus cases with 12,994 recoveries
Ghana’s total confirmed cases of the novel Coronavirus has risen to 17,351. This was announced by the president during his 13th televised address to the nation. This means that the country has recorded 609 new cases since the last update by the Ghana Health Service. The total number of persons who have …
Read More »Govt extends incentive packages for frontline health workers
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has extended by three months the incentive packages for frontline health workers. Addressing the nation on Sunday, June 28, 2020, the president said, “this means that all health workers will pay no income taxes for the next three months, i.e. July, August and September. “Again, all frontline …
Read More »COVID-19: Ghana records 9 new deaths, 16,742 cases
Death toll of the fast-spreading Coronavirus in Ghana has risen to 112, with additional positive cases of 311, new update has revealed. This brings to total a case count of 16,742. Additionally, the number of recoveries has also shot up to 12,720. Regional breakdown Greater Accra Region – 9,326 Ashanti Region – …
Read More »VIDEO: Over 120 student from Adiembra SHS allegedly sacked for breaching Covid-19 protocols
Some 120 students from Adiembra Senior High School in the Sekondi Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly of the Western Region have been sacked by school authority for breaching various Covid-19 protocols. The students, all boys allegedly left campus without permission and no supervision. This according to management is a complete breach …
Read More »Casual sex: Harmless fun or harmful to the soul?
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused lockdowns across the world, cutting off opportunities for socializing with others. While hard data is not readily available, this lockdown likely led to a massive decrease in promiscuity and casual sex. Now that lockdowns are easing, social venues are beginning to reopen and singles are once again …
Read More »5 natural ways to make your lips soft and pink
If you can keep slices of cucumber on your lips for about 15 minutes on a daily basis, they would become pink and soft. There is a certain kind of unexplainable beauty that comes with having pink lips. Everyone can admit to this. And it is counted among the reasons …
Read More »VIDEO: Kumawood Actress Shugatiti Tape Goes Viral
The Kumawood actress who’s gaining recognition gradually in the industry by name shugatiti is exhibiting a sort of Nudity to sell herself much in the industry. S£xtape L£aked: Two University students caught Doing “IT” as secret Camera records them B@nging / WATCH VIDEO Today as we were scrolling through our Instagram channel, …
Read More »Amazon has bought a self-driving car company, Zoox
The company aims to build autonomous vehicles that people will be able to order like taxis, and will now do the same under Amazon’s direction, it indicated. Zoox was developing robotic vehicles without steering wheels, brakes, and accelerator pedals, according to Independent. The news was first reported on Thursday …
Read More »1D1F can’t be truncated; let’s win 2020 polls to complete them – Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged all Ghanaians to vote for him and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in this year’s presidential and parliamentary elections to enable his government continue the development of the country. He said projects such as the One District One Factory (1D1F) initiative and the …
Read More »AGI to establish youth enterprise development centres in three regions
The Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) in the Volta, Oti and Eastern regions has initiated efforts to establish enterprise development centres to train the youth. The centres will serve as hubs on various sectors of the economy to train and build capacity of the youth in these regions with special …
Read More »We grow the economy, they destroy it – Akufo-Addo mocks NDC
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo- Addo has said governments of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) always develop the local economy while those of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) destroy it. He has therefore asked Ghanaians to vote massively for him and the NPP in this year’s presidential elections in order to take the …
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