GENERAL NEWS

The Auditor-General (AG) has ordered Senior Minister Yaw Osafo Marfo to refund about GH¢5.5 million allegedly paid to UK based consultancy firm M/S Kroll and Associates within sixty-days. Mr Osafo Marfo is accused by the Auditor-General of paying the private firm more than GH¢4 million cedis for no work done. …

Menzgold has announced outlets in the various for their customers to go and verify their documents in order for payments to be effected to them. A statement by the gold collectible firm said the document validation period will begin on October 28, 2019 and end on November 28. The outlets …

The 2019 Budapest Water Summit was held from the 15-17 October 2019 under the auspices of the Hungarian Government led by President János Áder. The theme for the conference was; “Preventing Water Crises”. The Summit brought together World Leaders, politicians, bankers, businessmen, inventors and scientists to discuss challenges of emerging …

Accra, GHANA— On October 19, 2019, the Government of Ghana (GoG) informed the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) in Washington, D.C. of its decision to terminate the concession agreement between Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and private operator Power Distribution Services Ghana Ltd (PDS). The United States of America notes this …

A young man, identified as Paul, has failed in his attempt to play the character of Abraham who introduced Sarah as his wife in a foreign land. Paul, while imitating the Biblical character, introduced his lover, Patience, whom he had been dating for four years, to a colleague, Bismark, as …

Every year on October 21, nations across the world celebrate National Reptile Awareness Day. Apart from the day being observed, it also promotes education about reptiles, and discussions about the best ways to conserve them. Some reptiles are extremely dangerous and pose health risks to human beings. This portal has …

President Nana Akufo-Addo, left Ghana on Tuesday, October 22, 2019, to lead the Ghanaian delegation to attend the maiden Russia-Africa Summit, being held in Sochi, Russia. The Summit is being held to deepen the ties of friendship between the two sides, as well as explore other areas of co-operation to …

The Girls Prefect in charge of discipline at Osino Presbyterian Secondary Technical Senior High School, Florence Kiered in 2008 was involved in what was believed to be a sex trade in the school. According to reports, the form 3 student allegedly forced her junior students to sleep with some male …

The national chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Freddie Blay has been acquitted and discharged of contempt charges against him by the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ). The contempt application was premised on claims by the CHRAJ that the board chairman of the Ghana National Petroleum …

The Jospong Group of Companies, with the help of the Hungarian Government, has secured a Facility for various Developmental projects in Ghana. Together with its Hungarian Partners, Pureco, the Jospong group concluded discussions and signed a €20.2 million Euros contract that will see the construction of the Takoradi and Tamale Waste …