Mr Iain Walker, the United Kingdom (UK) Ambassador to Ghana has said his country’s partners, such as Ordnance Survey, the world-leading mapping agency will support Ghana to build a digital base map. He said the map would help create a new digitized land registry system, the first of its kind …
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Money launderers mostly use West Africa to get to Europe – BoG
Most money launderers around the world use West Africa (WA) as their entry point into Europe, Naa Welbeck Anuonyam, an Official at the Financial Stability Department of the Bank of Ghana, has said To that end, she said Ghana is taking the fight against money laundering seriously due to the …
Read More »Market women were consulted on new GH¢200 notes – BoG
A number of agencies and market women were consulted by officials of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) for their inputs into the decision that went into the introduction of the GH¢200 and GH¢100 notes, Mr Phillip Ottoo, Director of Research at the BoG, has revealed. Speaking at a training workshop …
Read More »No child will be denied SHS education by reason of poverty – Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has called on Ghanaians not to give the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) mandate in the 2020 general elections to come and cancel the free SHS policy. Nana Akufo-Addo said the NDC wants to cancel the policy under the disguise of reviewing but reiterated …
Read More »Courts must deal with DLE related violence cases expeditiously
An aspiring Assembly Member in Tema has appealed to the Judiciary to expedite the handling of violent cases related to the upcoming District Level Elections to serve as a deterrent to others. Mr Christian Yaw Amoah popularly known as C.Y, immediate past and aspiring Assembly Member for the Homowo Electoral …
Read More »Take good care of teachers – Kufuor to government
Former President John Agyekum Kufour has urged the Akufo-Addo-led government to make teachers proud of their chosen profession by prioritising their condition of service so that they can impact good character in students. Speaking at the 70th anniversary celebration and speech and prize giving day of Prempeh college held in …
Read More »Ashaiman residents to demonstrate against Ghana Water Company on Monday
Residents of Ashaiman will Monday, December 2, 2019, embark on a demonstration against the Ghana Water Company to express their frustration over the failure of the company to supply them water, ABC News can report. According to the residents of Ashaiman Official Town, the Ghana Water Company has for the …
Read More »VIDEO: Fire guts GRA offices near Kwame Nkrumah Circle
he premises of the Ghana Revenue Authority at Ring Road office in Accra is on fire, www.ghanaweb.com has learnt. Unconfirmed reports suggest that personnel of the Fire Service are finding it difficult to access the infrastructure to douse the fire. A thick cloud of smoke can be seen emanating from …
Read More »Trained medical doctor now turns photographer
Emmanuel Kweku Ennin is a former student of Prempeh College who trained as a medical doctor in Eastern Europe, Ukraine specifically. Emmanuel said he went into photography out of anger. According to him, he discovered photography on his final graduation at the Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University in Ukraine. In an …
Read More »Father And Son In Trouble For Gang-raping And Impregnating 13-year-old girl
A 44-year-old man, Kabiru Oke and his son, Farouq, 19, have been arrested by the police in Lagos for alleged serial rape and impregnating a teenager The incident happened at their 1, Olatikupo Street, Egbeda residence for about four months while the 13-year-old victim lived with her aunt, the man’s …
Read More »Cheetah Capo Donates To Central RAG & Ali Babies
The Founder and bankroller of Cheetah FC who spearhead the affairs as the president of the Ghana body Building federation Mr. Abdul Hayye Yartey has donated sets of jerseys and equipments to the central regional Referees Association to them fasten their work. Mr. Abdul Hayye Yartey donated 50 pieces of …
Read More »Catholic priest denies communion to a churchgoer because she is a lesbian
A church in Michigan denied Holy Communion to a state district court judge because she is married to a woman. Judge Sara Smolenski, the chief judge of Michigan’s 63rd District Court, received a call from the priest at St. Stephen Catholic Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan, requesting she not attend …
Read More »Young female teacher reportedly dies after falling in a bathroom
A young female teacher (facilitator) at Ntafrewaso Methodist Primary School in the Central Region has reportedly died after she fell in the bathroom while bathing. The sad incident according to reports happened on Friday, November 28, 2019. The cause of her death is not immediately known but reports say Ms …
Read More »VIDEO: Patients queue in ambulances at Korle-Bu due to ‘no bed’ syndrome
A record overcrowding at the Accident and Emergency Centre (A&E) of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra Saturday forced authorities to keep patients requiring emergency healthcare in ambulances for hours. Patients who arrived in ambulances from across the country with different trauma cases could not get beds at the A&E …
Read More »Over 1k vehicles supplied, 962 structures ongoing for SHSs – Akufo-Addo
President Akufo-Addo government is confronting the inherent challenges that have been associated with the implementation of the Free Senior High School Policy. With some 1.2 million children currently enrolled in Senior High Schools, the highest such enrolment in the country’s history, President Akufo-Addo stated that sufficient provision has been made …
Read More »Asantehene honours 130 rural-based teachers
One hundred and thirty teachers of public basic schools from rural areas across the country have been honoured by His Royal Majesty, King of the Ashanti Kingdom, Otumfour Osei Tutu II at the Manhyia Palace the Ashanti Regional capital. The Otumfuo Teachers and Education Workers Awards was introduced six years …
Read More »Multimedia suspends staff who ‘insulted’ Mahama for a month without pay
The Management of Multimedia Group, operators of Accra-based Asempa FM has suspended one of its on-air staff, Nana Akua Acheampomaa Sarfo-Adu for making ‘derogatory and insulting’ utterances against Former President John Dramani Mahama, ABC News can report. An internal memo announcing her suspension, sighted by ABC News suggests that the …
Read More »Just In: NPP Hopeson Adorye captured, Accused of Robbery (Photos)
Two female Ghanaians who lives in abroad has accused the national communication team member of the NPP and current Parliamentary candidate for Kpone Akatamanso Constituency Mr. Hopeson Adorye of plotting a robbery attack on them which took away their belongings and huge sums of money and almost their life’s. One …
Read More »Armed Police storm town to free kidnapped ECG worker
Armed Police personnel numbering over twenty (20) have been deployed to Poponya fantem, a farming community in Yilo Krobo District of the Eastern Region over an alleged attack on workers of Electricity Company of Ghana(ECG) and Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) The armed Policemen stormed the community Saturday to rescue …
Read More »2 dead, 14 sustain injuries in gory accident at Gomoa Antseadze in Central region
Two people have died while fourteen others sustained varying degrees of injuries in a gory accident which happened at Gomoa Antseadze on the Kasoa-Winneba highway in the Central Region. The sad incident occurred Friday evening when the driver of a Ford passenger bus lost control and run into a ditch. …
Read More »Fire razes tissue paper manufacturing factory in Budumburam
Fire has ravaged K.T Investments, a tissue paper manufacturing company located at Gomoa Budumburam in the Central Region. The incident which occurred Saturday afternoon, completely burnt down the facility including its warehouse, Adom News Seth Ankomah Adjei reported Saturday. Three fire tenders called to the scene could not bring the …
Read More »Minority demands withdrawal of new GHC100, GHC200 notes
The Minority in Parliament is demanding the immediate withdrawal of the new denominations of the Ghana Cedi introduced by the Bank of Ghana (BoG). A member of the Finance Committee, Benjamin Komla Kpodo, in questioning the timing for the issuance of new notes, insisting BoG withdraws it for further consultations. …
Read More »I’m so disapointed in NDC – Kweku Baako
Editor-In-Chief for the New Crusading Guide Newspaper, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako, has expressed disappointment over the National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) interference in the row between the Auditor-General and the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO). The veteran journalist sees the NDC’s interference in the Auditor-General and EOCO ongoing tussle as …
Read More »Rev. Obofour fights back
The Founder of Anointed Palace Chapel, Francis Antwi, aka Rev. Obofour, claims his church members did not assault officials of the Tema West Municipal Assembly. He said it was rather the assembly that sent about 23 heavily-built men to attack his members. Reacting to last Wednesday’s fracas that ensued on …
Read More »London Bridge attacker had terror conviction
The man who carried out Friday’s stabbing attack at London Bridge was a former prisoner convicted of terrorism offences. The attacker, named by police as 28-year-old Usman Khan, was out of prison on licence at the time of the attack, in which a man and a woman were killed and …
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