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The second tranche of the $2 billion Sinohydro deal has been approved and set to be disbursed early next year. It follows an approval given by Sinosure, the Chinese Export and Credit Insurance Corporation. Vice-President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia who dropped the hint yesterday could not hide his excitement, saying “I’m …

Residents of Jasikan, Kpeve, Have, Hohoe, Nkonya and other adjoining communities in the Oti and Volta regions have described the bad nature of their roads, particularly the Eastern Corridor Road as ‘One Road One Dam.’ Hohoe to Jasikan stretch According to drivers and motorists who ply the road daily, the …

The Chairman for the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Bono Region, Kwame Baffoe popularly known as Abronye DC has chastised the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) for engaging in an anti-nepotism campaign against President Akufo-Addo. The NDC, on Tuesday November 5, 2019, claimed that President Akufo-Addo has turned his …

Eighteen Makola market traders are planning to sue White Chapel Limited, the new owners of their shops, for an illegal demolition exercise. Although the new owners gained custody of the property on October 30, this year, the traders were hopeful that they would be given a notice before the demolishing. …

The life of a woman (yet to be identified) came to an abrupt end when a trailer, carrying two 40-footer containers crashed her to death at Asikuma in the Eastern Region. The incident which occurred on Friday, November 8, 2019, at about 6:000pm attracted a large crowd. Residents, traders and …

The Interior Minister has revealed that police personnel who accepts postings to rural and deprived areas would have their promotions a year before their counterparts in the cities. Ambrose Dery said at the last Police Council meeting, President Nana Akufo-Addo directed that police personnel from the rank of constable to …

2020 is an election year and ahead of the December Presidential election, the flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama is expected to select a running mate to partner him to wrestle political power from the Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo led New Patritic Party (NPP) administration. …

Reports reaching Empire News reveal that a 29-year-old washing bay attendant, Thomas Quansah has crashed 2 persons resulting in one of the victim’s legs being amputated instantly. The incident is reported to have happened on Sunday at the Eclipse washing bay at Nkroful. The washing bay attendant is said to …

An elephant named after the late Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden that killed five Indian villagers has been caught after a massive operation to hunt down the creature, officials said on Monday (Nov 11). Wildlife officers tracked the pachyderm – dubbed “Laden” by the locals it menaced in northeastern Assam …

Ghana has withdrawn its recognition of Kosovo as an independent state. A statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration on Monday said the withdrawal came after it observed that, the recognization which was inspired by the quest for peace and harmony was, however “premature.” Ghana in 2012, …

Former President and flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has challenged the government to fix the unfavourable economic climate it has created and not apportion blame. He empathised with traders on their poor sales, attributing the situation to unfavourable economic climate created by government which was a fact the …

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has been adjudged the best University in Ghana and West Africa. The Ashanti Region-based university also came 14th on the African continent and 706th out of selected 1,500 best universities worldwide. It displaced two of West Africa’s prestigious tertiary institutions, the University …

Sacks and polythene bags containing large quantities of human skeletons have been found in a valley along Akuapem Larteh – Ayikuma road in the Eastern Region. The human parts were found by a motorcyclist who informed the police. The Akropong District Police Commander, Superintendent Stephen Tetteh, told Starr News the …

An economist and research fellow with the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), Dr. Adu Owusu Sarkodie is admonishing government to focus more on domestic revenue mobilisation as it prepares to present the 2019 Budget Statement and Fiscal Policy to Ghanaians on 13th November 2019. According to him, revenue generation is …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says his government has succeeded in turning around the fundamentals of Ghana’s economy, which he inherited from the Mahama administration, ensuring that, currently, all the fundamentals are pointing in the right direction. According to President Akufo-Addo, “we inherited a situation with a large fiscal deficit, …

The concession agreement for the construction of the Accra Sky Train Project has been signed on the sidelines of the ongoing African Investment Forum in Johannesburg, South Africa. The signing of the agreement means feasibility studies, spanning a period of nine months to determine the bankability of the project will …

Former US President Jimmy Carter, 95, has been admitted to hospital in Atlanta for a procedure to relieve brain pressure. The pressure comes from bleeding caused by recent falls, the Carter Center said in a statement. The procedure is scheduled to take place at the Emory University Hospital on Tuesday …

Music legend Obrafour and his ‘son’ Sarkodie distanced themselves from Moesha Boduong when the actress with a heavy backside joined them on stage during the performance of their ‘Moesha’ track at the Pae Mu Ka @20 concert. Clad in a deep V cut jumpsuit, Moesha danced to the song in …

Disappointed and furious Jay Foley has lamented the seeming lack of maintenance culture on the part of Ghanaian leaders and citizens as a whole. According to the popular media personality, the glaring apathy on the part of authorities who have the capacity to make lives better for citizens is a …

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has asked customers of the collapsed fund management firms to visit CBG branches from Tuesday to validate their documents in order to receive payments. According to the Deputy Director-General for SEC Paul Ababio, customers will receive text messages showing them the processes to receive …

Charles Akonnor oversaw his duty as Black Stars deputy coach for the first ahead of the forthcoming 2021 Africa Cup of Nations double-header qualifiers against South Africa and São Tomé and Príncipe. The former Hearts of Oak and Asante Kotoko manager replaced Ibrahim Tanko as deputy trainer late last month …

Ghana are on the verge of being knocked out of the U23 Africa Cup of Nations after suffering a damaging defeat against host Egypt on Monday night. Black Meteors threw away the lead twice to lose 3-2 to the Olympic Pharaohs at the Cairo International Stadium. The defeat put the …

A fake Police SWAT unit member, one Amidu Zakari has finally been arrested after several months and weeks of helping effect arrest at various police stations within the Kumasi Metropolis, MyNewsGh.com has learnt. The Asokore Mampong police gathered intelligence that the said Amidu Zakari had been parading himself as a …

Ghanaians have been urged to participate in the December 17th Referendum to help amend some clauses in the 1992 Constitution in relation to local governance. Information Officer at the New Juaben North municipality of the Eastern Region, Elizabeth Afia Ansaah, in an interview with Bryt fm news indicated the need …

The District Chief Executive (DCE) for West Gonja, Mr Saeed Muhazu Jibril, has stopped water tankers from drawing water from a dam in the area over suspicions that it may have been poisoned following the change of colour of the water and the large-scale death of the dam’s fauna. Some …