The Supreme Court has directed the Special Prosecutor, Mr Martin Alamisi Amidu, and the Attorney General (AG) to collaborate to retrieve £47million illegally paid to Waterville Holdings Company. That was after Mr Amidu told the court on Wednesday that he had evidence that could help the state retrieve the money. …
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Gari fotor introduced onto school feeding menu
A two-day nutrition training programme has been organised for caterers at Agona Bobikuma and Agona Kwaman in the Agona West Municipality in the Central Region. The event was aimed at engaging the caterers in the preparation of gari fotor and introducing it onto the school feeding menu in the two …
Read More »Sex for Grade Can Produce Intellectual Bankrupt – Education Lecturer
Education Lecturer at Walter Sisulu University in Mthatha, Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, Dr. Y. Gyeke Darko has appealed to the government of Ghana and the Council of the various Universities to implement policies that will deter lecturers from offering grades in return for sex in tertiary institutions. Dr. …
Read More »Bawumia presents Ghana’s new look in London
Vice-President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia yesterday had an auspicious opportunity to dangle the new face of Ghana when he delivered a keynote address during the Financial Times Africa Summit in London. He lavishly showcased the digitization project of Akufo-Addo’s government novelty which he said had transformed the age-old methods of doing …
Read More »Pick our calls and come for your money – Gold Coast to customers
Gold Coast Fund Management, now Blackshield Fund Management says some of their customers are influencing others from accepting their new payment plan. According to the firm, the aggrieved customers have intentions of destabilizing companies of their founder Papa Kwesi Ndoum hence their insistence on a demonstration. “We have announced and …
Read More »Ronaldo scores 700th career goal in Portugal defeat
Cristiano Ronaldo reached a career landmark on Monday by scoring his 700th career goal in Portugal’s Euro 2020 qualifier at Ukraine. The 34-year-old scored a penalty as Portugal lost 2-1. His 700 goals so far have come from 973 matches – and he has scored at least once in 458 …
Read More »Withdraw CST directive – Ato Forson to Communications Minister
Cassiel Ato Forson, Member of Parliament for Ejumako-Enyan-Esiam constituency wants the government to withdraw a directive to Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) to halt the upfront deduction of the Communication Service Tax (CST). Mr Forson said the directive, issued by the Communications Minister, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful is unlawful, as she has …
Read More »SHS Gold track set to re-open on November 12
The Management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has said November 12 is the new date for the re-opening of Senior High School (SHS) Two Gold Track. The decision was made at a joint meeting between the Management and Conference of Heads of Assisted Senior High School (CHASS) Executives. A …
Read More »Sex for grades: Lecturer openly dares female students
The raging controversy about sex for grades scandal that has hit two prominent West African Universities, the University of Lagos and University of Ghana lingers. In a recent development, a senior lecturer in a Nigerian university has dared some of his students. Only identified as liyu Maigado, he sought to …
Read More »‘China’ phones to be banned in Ghana soon – Communications Minister
Communications Minister, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has revealed that all substandard mobile devices imported into the country will be banned and confiscated to reduce cyber threats which have become rampant in the country. According to her, these cheap smuggled devices are of low quality and do have health implications on persons who …
Read More »Two die from rabies at Somanya
Two persons have been confirmed dead from rabies in Somanya in the Yilo Krobo Municipality of the Eastern Region. The situation has left some residents worried over what they believe is an outbreak of the disease. The Regional Health Director, Dr. Albert Antarah who confirmed the news said one of …
Read More »Auditor-General chases Osafo-Maafo to retrieve US$1miilion
The Auditor-General is pursuing Senior Minister, to provide evidence of actual work done by the private investigative firm; Kroll and Associates, which the government, through the Finance Ministry, paid the company over US$1 million for assets recovery. Interestingly, The Herald’s findings show that they might not be a company called …
Read More »Ghana Consolidated Diamonds will be revived
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has assured the Chiefs and people of Akwatia that Government will do all within its power to revive the Ghana Consolidated Diamonds Ltd., (formerly Great Consolidated Diamonds Company Limited), which is no longer in operation. According to President Akufo-Addo, the Ghana Consolidated Diamonds Ltd, in times …
Read More »[VIDEO]: Beware if IMF praises you; there’s a diabolical intention – Kwesi Pratt
The Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr seems not to be happy with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). He is of the view that the financial organization is ‘untruthful and unreliable’. His comment comes on the back of commendation from the IMF that Ghana’s economy is in …
Read More »I’ll review Free-SHS within 90 days in office – Mahama
Former President Mahama has insisted that he will review the government’s flagship free-shs policy within his first 90-days in office if elected in the 2020 general elections. He noted that he will engage relevant stakeholders to ensure that the policy is bettered. According to him, the current government did not …
Read More »Free SHS: Over 1,500 kitchen staff to be employed – NAPO
Over 1,500 kitchen staff are expected to be employed into the country’s educational setup in the coming days to support current ones who have been overly burdened by the double-track system, according to Minister of Education Mr Matthew Opoku Prempeh. Last year 8,700 teachers were employed to support the teaching …
Read More »No more expiry of voice, data bundles – Telcos ordered
The Ministry of Communications has directed telcos to roll over all unused data and voice bundles purchased by customers. This will mean unused data and credit will not expire. “All unused data and voice bundles purchased by subscribers do not expire and must be rolled over with the next recharge,” …
Read More »University of Ghana responds to ‘falsehoods’ by CEO of Africa Integras
The University of Ghana has described comments by the CEO of Africa Integras in relation to the cancellation of a project with the university as misrepresentations and falsehoods. Andrea Pizziconi suggested in a Twitter post that Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Ebenezer Oduro-Owusu treated her in a misogynistic manner during …
Read More »Pass WASSCE to shame Free SHS critics – Nana Addo charges students
President Akufo-Addo wants beneficiaries of the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy to shame critics of the programme by obtaining good grades when they sit for the West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) next year. He says the only way beneficiaries can prove the efficiency of the policy is …
Read More »GES releases teacher postings
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has released the postings for teachers who have returned from their study leave. Those teachers who were on leave with pay are supposed to log-on to http://gespromotions.gov.gh, to access their various postings. A release, signed by Mrs Adwoa Van-Vicker the Director for Human Resource and …
Read More »Finance Ministry meets financial institutions over 2020 budget
Officials of the Ministry of Finance have met a number of Financial Institutions as part of the series of engagements with stakeholders to solicit views for consideration into the 2020 Annual budget. The PFM law requires the Ministry to engage with different stakeholders for their inputs before the annual budget …
Read More »Ursula Owusu-Ekuful accuses telcos of milking consumers over CST deduction
Communications Minister, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has accused the mobile telecommunications companies of milking consumers over the implementation of the recently increased Communication Service Tax (CST). In a letter written to the National Communication Authority (NCA), the Minister said before the increment in the CST from 6 to 9 percent, telcos were …
Read More »Gov’t orders telcos to stop passing on 9% service tax to subscribers
The Communications Ministry has ordered Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) to stop passing on the 9% Communication Service Tax (CST) to subscribers. In a letter addressed to the National Communications Authority (NCA), and published in full below, the Communications Ministry stated that the CST should be treated the same way VAT, NHIL, …
Read More »Video of UG student slapping ‘boyfriend’ for ‘cheating’ goes viral
A video has gone viral of a man being physically assaulted for “cheating”. The 22 seconds video shows the man being repeatedly slapped with flipflops. The young man believed to be a student makes no retaliation He is seated in the chair with his head slumped into his hands while at least three other …
Read More »Kayayei increase charges
Head potters, popularly called ‘kayaayei’, have increased their charges for the services they offer. According to the lady porters, the increase has become necessary due to recent increment in fares and utility tariffs in the country. They explained that though they did not have specific charges, they had agreed not …
Read More »Afro-Arab Boss Wins ’40 Under 40′ Banking and Finance Award
The Chief executive Officer (CEO) of the Afro-Arab Group, Alhaji Salamu Amadu won the award for the Banking and Finance category of the 2019 40 Under 40 Awards. He owns the Afro-Arab Microfinance Company Limited, a Tier-2 microfinance company licensed by Bank of Ghana to operate the business of microfinance. …
Read More »Ghana’s economy in good shape – IMF
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has given Ghana’s economy a clean bill of health. According to the fund, Ghana’s economy remained stable and projected a seven per cent Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth for 2019. A team from the Breton Woods institution, led by Mr Carlo A.E. Sdralevich, which is …
Read More »Free SHS will increase women participation in Assembly polls – Minister
The Eastern Regional Minister Eric Kwakye Darfuor has asserted the Free Senior High School Policy will increase women participation in future District Level elections. Available statistics indicate since 1994 the participation of women in local governance has been less than 10% at the national level in spite of women constituting …
Read More »Mampong: Akufo-Addo opens 2nd medical drone delivery base
President Nana Akufo-Addo on Thursday, 10 October 2019 officially launched Ghana’s newest medical drone delivery base at Mampong during a tour of the Ashanti Region. This is the second of four medical drone delivery bases earmarked for construction to help expand access to critical and life-saving medicines for patients across …
Read More »Senior Minister fumes over Ghana spending US$1.35bn on rice importation
Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo-Maafo has lamented over Ghana spending US$1.35 billion last year on rice importation alone. According to him, foreign exchange that could be used on machinery to modernise the economy was spent on rice although rice could be grown in every part of the country. Mr Osafo-Maafo made …
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