A former New Patriotic Party parliamentary candidate for Prampram Sylvester Tetteh is set to take over as new head of the National Youth Authority (NYA), Starrfm.com.gh has gathered. He replaces Emmanuel Sin-nyet Asigri, who was removed along with his two deputies, over procurement breaches. One Nelson Owusu Ansah and Christopher …
Read More »Amidu sues AG for not retrieving €47m judgment debt illegally paid Waterville
The Special Prosecutor, Martin Alamisi Amidu, in his capacity as a private citizen, has dragged the Attorney General and construction firm, Waterville to the Supreme Court over the nonenforcement of a judgement debt retrieval order directed at the Government of Ghana and the company in 2013. The Supreme Court made …
Read More »Akufo-Addo appoints new NYA top Managers
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appointed new set of top Managers for the National Youth Authority (NYA) barely a week after firing three others. MyNewsGh.com understand that the Ashanti Regional Youth Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nelson Owusu Ansah as the Deputy Chief Executive (CEO) of the …
Read More »Minister Appeals For Zoomlion’s IRECOP In Ashanti Region To Promote Waste Management
The Ashanti Regional Minister, Hon. Simon Osei Mensah has placed a distress call for Zoomlion to speed up the process in establishing its’s Integrated Recycling and Compost Plant (IRECOP) in the Ashanti Region to help manage the overwhelming waste being generated in the region. The Ashanti Regional Capital, Kumasi which …
Read More »NPP MP Proposes Additional VAT Increment To Tackle Sanitation Challenges
The Chairman of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Environment, Science and Technology and Innovation, Yaw Addo Frimpong has proposed an increment to the Value Added Tax (TAX). The revenue to be derived from the increased VAT percentage, he noted, should be used to address the teething sanitation challenges confronting the …
Read More »Palm wine tapper killed by falling palm tree at Assin Acheano
A Palm wine tapper has met his untimely death after a falling palm tree trapped him in the bush at Assin Acheano, a farming community in the Central Region. According to relations of the deceased, he had earlier revealed he was going to the farm to fell some palm trees …
Read More »Woman drowns in reservoir
A 45-year-old woman identified as Maame Adwoa, slipped and fell into a community reservoir when she attempted to fetch water leading to her death at Anomabo on Thursday. Mr Eric Arthur, Central Regional Director of Communications of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), confirmed the tragedy to Ghana News Agency. …
Read More »Church burglar dies after getting stuck during operation
A church burglar has died after getting stuck in a church’s burglar-proof during an overnight operation in Abule Egba, Lagos. The suspect, had Wednesday last week successfully burgled an RCCG in the area. However, luck ran out on him on Sunday night, when he tried burgling another church at No …
Read More »Video+Photos: Snakes takeover Agona Nyarkrom Basic School
Watch the video below: Pupils of the Agona Nyarkrom Roman Catholic Junior High School A&B in the Agona West Municipality of the Central region have threatened to boycott school as snakes have taken over the school. According to the children, they no longer feel safe studying in the school which …
Read More »DNA test results on Takoradi Girls: We can’t give any timelines now – Police
The Ghana Police Service has said that they cannot give any further timelines on the publication of the Medical test on DNA samples of kidnapped Takoradi girls after exhausting the four-week period timeline. According to an earlier police statement dated 5th August 2019, the service estimated a four-week period for …
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