President Nana Akufo-Addo will on Friday, December 13, 2019, meet members of the press at the Jubilee House. The encounter is expected to afford invited journalists the opportunity to ask the President some critical questions on topical issues in the country as far as his three-year-old administration is concerned. This …
Read More »One more killed, another injured in Shaanxi mine accident
Another mineworker has been reported dead at the Shaanxi Mining Ghana Ltd even as Talensi, a deprived-looking district in the Upper East Region is still mourning the loss of two men who died from a mining disaster in the same mine just 3 weeks ago. The latest mishap said to …
Read More »Anin-Yeboah nominated as next Chief Justice
President Akufo-Addo has nominated Justice Anin-Yeboah as Chief Justice subject to Parliamentary approval. JoyNews correspondent, Kwei Parker-Wilson reports that the First Deputy Speaker, Joseph Osei Owusu, has referred the letter to the Appointments Committee of the House. If approved, Justice Anin-Yeboah, who is the fourth longest-serving Justice of the Supreme …
Read More »Ogyeahohor Yaw Gyebi II removed as chair of House of Chiefs committee
The National House of Chiefs (NHC) has removed the Omanhene of the Sefwi Anhwianso Traditional Area, Ogyeahohor Yaw Gyebi II as the chairman of the Governance and Development Committee of the House with immediate effect. This is because, according to the NHC, it was the second time Ogyeahohor Yaw Gyebi …
Read More »This is the age when you have the best sex of your life
After age 21, there really aren’t a lot of birthdays to look forward to. (Unless, of course, you count 25, when you can rent a car on your own.) But that’s all about to change. A roundup of recent sex research from online platform Happify addressed a super-important question: When …
Read More »Togbe Afede on why he was yanked from Farmers Day programme
The President of the National House of Chiefs, Agbogbomefia Togbe Afede XIV, has revealed that his name was yanked from the programme for this year’s National Farmers Day held in Ho at the eleventh hour. To him, the development was apparently because of the statement issued by the National House …
Read More »Make cocoa industry more attractive by supporting farmers – WCFO President tells gov’t
The President of the World Cocoa Farmers organization (WCFO) Mr. Abraham K. Adusei has appealed to the government to urgently address some of the major challenges facing the cocoa industry with with provision of basic social amenities to the cocoa growing areas to make the industry attractive. According to Mr …
Read More »Opuni bounced again in court
The Supreme Court has dismissed another attempt by former Chief Executive Officer of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Dr. Stephen Opuni, to challenge the decision of a Court of Appeal judge hearing his case in an Accra High Court. The former COCOBOD boss had lost an appeal at the Court of …
Read More »Court orders estate developer to cough up $450k over unlawful demolition
A real estate company, AD Construction Limited and its Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Alex Dautey have been sued at the Land Division of the Accra High Court for unlawfully causing the demolition of a three-bedroom house sold to Jerry Amesimeku, (plaintiff) for $200,000.00 in 2007. The action filed by Theophilus …
Read More »Attorney-General yet to see Taadi girls’ DNA docket
The Office of the Attorney General is yet to receive the docket on the full findings regarding the four Takoradi girls’ kidnapping case, including the DNA result, to enable it to give official advice. The two Nigerian suspects in the case, Sam Udoetuk Wills, 28, and John Oji, 29, have …
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