Citizens of Beijing are set to have a government-funded shopping spree as the city hands out 12.2 billion yuan, or R29 billion, in vouchers, according to a report from Bloomberg. In addition to shopping, the vouchers can be used for catering, tourism, education, and sports, the report said. The vouchers come …
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Zoomlion begins national disinfection exercise of Mosques
As part of efforts to contain the spread of the Covid-19, Zoomlion Ghana Limited on Thursday (June 06) disinfected nine (9) mosques in various parts of Accra. They included the Madina Central Mosque, Shia Mosque Madina, Al-Aziz Central Mosque, Burma Camp, Ahlul-bait Institute Central Mosque, Alhamadiya Mosque and the Military …
Read More »Cars being cleared for GH¢14 on ‘quack’ UNIPASS platform – IMANI
Policy think tank IMANI Africa says UNIPAS, which is the new Customs Management system introduced at Ghana’s ports and frontiers is causing the country millions in loses. In a release copied to GhanaWeb, the group says the new system which was introduced to improve efficiency at the ports has in …
Read More »Sister Derby Sends Sweet Message To Her New Love
Kumawood on-screen character and music star, Kwadwo Nkansah LilWin as of late got internet based life talking after he ventured out with another look which saw him goes blond. The new photographs, which had the actor shaking light hair and a blondie shaded whiskers was really the look he was receiving as …
Read More »Kwasi Appiah made Gyan captain to keep him focused – John Paintsil reveals
It is interesting and rare to get a player with three World Cups and several Africa Cup of Nations under his belt lacking maturity and not being focused. But that seemed to be the situation Asamoah Gyan found himself or at least that is how Coach James Kwesi Appiah saw him when …
Read More »NABCO trainees appeal for permanent jobs
The leadership of the Nation Builders Corps (NABCO) has made an appeal to the government to convert their placements in various institutions into permanent engagements at the end of the three-year contract period. In an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA), Mr Dennis Opoku Katakyie and Ms Jacklin Okyere …
Read More »Accra International Conference Centre gradually rots away
Conferences and programmes that have been earmarked to take place at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC) when the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement finally takes off may be unfeasible as a result of the poor state of the facility. The AICC, the country’s flagship event venue that …
Read More »Government tops up grants of LEAP beneficiaries
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 »‘Coronavirus vessel’ arrested at Tema Port
The tight security apparatus that President Akufo-Addo has set up at the country’s ports continue to prove very robust, as the hawkish eyes of the Tema Port security nip a vessel carrying people infected with coronavirus before it would dock. The Formula 1 vessel was intercepted after intelligence confirmed that …
Read More »Asante Kotoko is the originator of bribery in Ghana football- Alhaji Grusah
Owner of King Faisal Football Club (FC), Alhaji Grusah has taken a swipe at Asante Kotoko after insisting that they were the first club to involve themselves in a match-fixing in the country. Several bribery allegations have been leveled against the Porcupine Warriors in the past years but it is still not …
Read More »Al-Qaeda chief in north Africa killed – France Says
France says it has killed the leader of al-Qaeda in north Africa, Abdelmalek Droukdel, in an operation in Mali. Defence Minister Florence Parly said Droukdel along with members of his inner circle had been killed in the north of the country on Wednesday. French forces had also captured a senior …
Read More »Patapaa calls Kuami Eugene ‘lucifer’, insists he is not a highlife artiste
One Corner’ hitmaker, Patapaa, seems to have not gotten over his long time beef with highlife singer Kuami Eugene. A year ago, Kuami Eugene in an interview on an Accra based TV station said that he will never do a song with Patapaa and went on to describe the latter’s songs as characterized by noise. Patapaa has …
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 »4 dragged to court for gang rape of teenager
More than four years after six gangsters at Ehi, in the Volta Region, allegedly dragged a teenage girl into a classroom where all but one took turns to rape her for hours and also filmed the sex acts, four members of the gang were put before a Ho High Court …
Read More »Group Storms Buipe Palace to present Case against New Register
An amalgamation of political parties, civil society groups in the Savannah region with the identity “Savannah First” will storm the Yagbonwura’s Palace today 5th June 2020 to request for the Gonja Traditional Council to halt the new voter’s registration process in the Savannah region as many will stand disenfranchised. Speaking …
Read More »Shatta Wale warns bloggers against free downloads
Ghanaian Reggae Dancehall musician Shatta Wale has warned bloggers in Ghana and Africa as a whole against putting songs enlisted on his new international project on their websites for free download. Shatta Wale who, arguably owns one of the biggest fan bases and catalogue of songs in the country, is …
Read More »PSG goes on the offensive for Thomas Partey
Atletico Madrid midfielder Thomas Partey is yet to accept a new deal at Atletico Madrid despite the club’s eagerness to keep him. The Ghana international has a release clause of €50 million that the Rojiblanco are aiming to double and also improve his wages, but the midfielder is determined to …
Read More »Aburihene petitions Akufo-Addo to rename Accra Sports Stadium after Ohene Djan
The Aburihene, Nana Otubuo Djan Kwasi II, has petitioned the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo led government to re-name the Accra Sports Stadium after Ohene Djan. Ohene Djan who was the first Director of Sports of Ghana and the Vice-President of the Confederation of African Football was named after the Accra Sports Stadium …
Read More »Accra International Conference Centre gradually rots away
Conferences and programmes that have been earmarked to take place at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC) when the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement finally takes off may be unfeasible as a result of the poor state of the facility. The AICC, the country’s flagship event venue that …
Read More »EC declines to appear before Parliament on June 9
The Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) has shot down an invitation by the Parliament of Ghana to appear before the house on June 9 to brief the legislature on its plans for the upcoming December polls. The minority in parliament has since April 30 been mounting pressure to have the EC summoned before the …
Read More »Tarkwa assembly members threaten court action
Some members of the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal Assembly in the Western Region have threatened to take legal action against the municipal assembly and the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Benjamin Kesse. According to the counsel for the plaintiffs, Stephen Kwesi Kesse, on May 22 his clients were physically prevented from performing their …
Read More »Vehicle carrying 100 stolen goats involved in accident
A Toyota Camry carrying some goats which were allegedly stolen have been involved in an accident at Ofankor Barrier in the Greater Accra Region. The vehicle with registration number GE 4533 -15 crushed into crush barriers on the main highway when the alleged thieves tried to get to their destination …
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 …
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