GENERAL NEWS

Accra floods: Buildings on waterways to be demolished – Works and Housing Minister

Works and Housing Minister, Francis Asenso-Boakye says government will soon embark on a mass demolishing of buildings mounted on major waterways in the city of Accra to curb the yearly flooding. He told NEAT FM’s morning show, Ghana Montie, in an interview that, the city authorities will be given the …

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Your Land documents are intact – Lands Commission assures after floods

The Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, responsible for Lands and Forestry, Benito Owusu-Bio has assured Ghanaians that all land documents at the Lands Commission Accra Regional office are safe and intact. He said this in contrast to news report circulating on social media that rains have destroyed all …

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Sir John’s Achimota lands not in our records – Lands Commission

There are no records to show that the late Chief Executive of the Forestry Commission Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie owned lands in the Achimota forest, the Lands Commission has said. “There is nothing in our records concerning that. What you read is what I have read. We don’t have anything recorded …

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NPA sanctions various oil companies

The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has taken notice of infractions by some Petroleum Service Providers (PSPs) who have engaged in illicit third-party trading of Petroleum products and has accordingly applied and the requisite sanctions. A statement from the Corporate Affairs Department of NPA listed the affected companies and accompanying sanctions …

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VIDEO: ‘There might be a coup in Ghana’ – Owusu Bempah prophesies

The founder and leader of Glorious Word Power Ministries International, Rev Isaac Owusu Be0mpah, has once again prophesied that there might be a military overtake in Ghana. According to Rev Bempah, he saw a serious gunfight break out at the seat of the presidency involving personnel of the Ghana Armed Forces …

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Avanti Communications and Free in Senegal sign landmark agreement to build and host new HYLAS 4 satellite gateway in Senegal 

Dakar, Senegal, May 23, 2022 – Avanti Communications (“Avanti”) and Free in Senegal today announced a five-year partnership agreement under which Free in Senegal will build and host a new satellite gateway in Senegal for Avanti’s HYLAS 4 state-of-the-art Ka-band satellite.  The new gateway will extend the coverage of Avanti’s …

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It floods even in America, Europe – Works and housing minister on Accra floods

The Minister of Works and Housing, Francis Asenso-Boakye, has said that the government of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has invested more to improve Ghana’s drainage system than any other government Ghana has had. According to him, the menace of floods was not peculiar to Ghana because advanced countries with all their technology also …

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Nkroful-Essiama: Motorists, residents stranded due to eroded road

     Residents of Nkroful and Essiama including motorists, have been left stranded after this weekend’s downpour destroyed a temporary access road created between the two communities. The eroded access road was created by Memphis Metropolitan, a construction company that worked on the about 7-kilometer Essiama-Nkroful road prior to the 2020 …

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Honyenuga threatens to throw out favourable Opuni, Agongo evidence over witness’ illness

Justice Clemence Honyenuga has warned that the court he is presiding over, has the power to expunge the evidence of Dr Stephen Opuni’s second defence witness, Mr Samuel Torbi, who gave a favourable testimony to lithovit liquid fertiliser in court a little more than a week ago. When the GHS271 …

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Documents, computers destroyed as Lands Commission is flooded

The Lands Commission of Ghana has been flooded, leaving documents and some computers destroyed. This, according to a tweet by the Ghana News Agency, was a result of the torrential rains that fell on Saturday, May 21, 2022. “Accra Flood: Documents, computers destroyed at Lands Commission Head Office,” the tweet …

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