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 …
Read More »Parliament freezes approval of EC’s Constitutional Instrument
Parliament has frozen approval of the Subsidiary Legislation Committee’s report on the Electoral Commission’s controversial Constitutional Instrument (CI). The CI was to give backing to the Electoral Commission’s quest to compile a new voters’ register but after the Chairman of the Committee accused the ranking member of doctoring the report, …
Read More »No service until full ban is lifted – Chief Imam
The Eastern Regional Chief Imam, Alhaji Yussif Amudani Sulemana, has said congregational prayers would not resume until the full ban on religious activities is lifted. He explained that the directives by the Minister of Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs which followed President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s announcement on Sunday would be …
Read More »CONVID-19 FIGHT: Ghanaians Abroad supports GHS42, 247.00
An amount of Ghc31, 038 and Ghc11,209 was donated by the UK & Ireland Chapter and the Germany Chapter respectively to the NDC Party at the Party Headquarters to assist in the fight against COVID19. The donation was presented by the Director of International Relations, Mr. Alexander Segbefia on …
Read More »Burnt 10-year-old girl appeals for assistance to undergo skin graft surgery
A 10-year-old girl who suffered third-degree burns at Munamunaso, a farming community near Nsawkaw in the Tain district of the Bono Region, requires GHS10,000 to undergo skin graft surgery and other therapies. On Monday, 17 February 2020, the victim, Prosera Buenaa, was entrapped by fire she set up to cook …
Read More »Coronavirus: Ghana records highest death toll in a day with over 9,000 cases
Four people have died from Coronavirus in 24 hours, the highest in a single day as Ghana’s case count rises to 9,168. According to a Ghana Health Service (GHS) update the total number of deaths is now 42 after the last update on June 4. The new figures mean that 283 more …
Read More »I Will Be A Ganja Farmer After I Leave Parliament — Ras Mubarak
The Member of Parliament for Kumbung, Ras Mubarak says no job entices him except marijuana cultivation. The lawmaker says he will go into marijuana farming after exiting Parliament in December. “I’m going to cultivate cannabis but not for smoking rather for industrial use. Marijuana cultivation is a multimillion job opportunity …
Read More »Celebrating George Floyd an insult to slain Ghanaians – A Plus
Controversial social commentator, Kwame-A-Plus born Kwame Obeng Asare has expressed shock at government’s organization of a virtual funeral at the Osu Castle in honour of George Floyd. The government through the Ministry-of-Tourism and its agencies will today honour the memory of George Floyd with an event. Reacting to the event after spotting the flyer, …
Read More »Let’s use Tema Interchange responsibly – Akufo-Addo to motorists
President Akufo-Addo has admonished motorists in the capital city, Accra, to ensure that they use the newly constructed Tema Motorway Interchange responsibly and productively. The President made the call when he addressed attendees of the commissioning of phase one of the grade separation of the Tema Intersection in Tema today, …
Read More »Boy,14, drowns in dam at Kasoa Ofaakor
A 14-year-old boy, Eric Addo has met his untimely death after he drowned in a dam at Odupong Ofaakor in the Awutu Senya East Municipality of the Central Region. Information gathered indicates that the deceased went to the dam with his friend to swim but Eric failed to return. The …
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