Veteran Broadcaster, Cyril Harry Kwasi Acolatse, has died at age 77. Mr Acolaste worked with the national broadcaster, GBC Radio and GBC Television. He passed away on Monday in Tema in the Greater Accra Region, family sources told Myjoyonline.com. Among the programs he hosted on Ghana Television were Focus, Searchlight, Insight, Topic, …
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NABCo beneficiaries picket at head office over delayed allowances
Some unpaid Nation Builders Corps (NABCO) trainees on Monday picketed at the NABCO head office over their delayed allowances. The trainees earlier petitioned their employer to release the allowances which had not been paid since November 2018. Efforts by the beneficiaries over the period to retrieve their locked up stipends …
Read More »Photos: OTEC School holds annual graduation and matriculation ceremonies
OTEC School of Journalism and Communication Studies (OSJCS) on Sunday October 28, 2019, held its 2nd congregation and matriculation ceremonies for two group of graduating students, who completed their studies in September and December 2018 respectively. The Grandaunts with their Lecturers and School Administrators The colorful event which took place …
Read More »Mahama is shameless ‘old man without sense’ – New Danquah Institute Boss
While various campaigns are being waged to promote civil discourse in Ghana politics, newly-appointed Executive Director of Danquah Institute, Mr. Richard Ahiagbah has started his new job with a direct attack on the person of former President John Mahama calling him senseless and without shame. Mr. Ahiagbah in an interview …
Read More »American Embassy reacts to Chronicle’s ‘Nyate, Nyate’ headline
The Embassy of the United States of America, in Accra, has reacted to our Wednesday’s banner headline – American ‘Nyate, Nyate’ Girl Orders Ghana To Restore PDS. In a telephone conversation with some of the editorial team members of The Chronicle, the embassy said Ms Kyeh Kim is not a …
Read More »JOSPONG GROUP, Dr. Agyepong et All Win APSCA Awards in Ghana
The Africa Public Sector Conferences and Awards (APSCA) has awarded the Jospong Group of Companies (JGC), the Executive Chairman of JGC and Zoomlion Ghana Limited, Dr. Joseph Siaw Agyepong and the District Common Fund Administrator Naa Torshie Addo among others at its Second Africa Public Sector Awards night in Accra. …
Read More »3 killed in devastating floods, property destroyed in Builsa South
Recent floods in the Upper East Region have claimed three lives and caused considerable damage to personal and public property as well as farm produce in the Builsa South District. A school building has had its roof ripped off partially by the winds that accompanied the heavy rains, forcing pupils …
Read More »Floods kill 11 children in Ashanti region
Eleven children have lost their lives to floods in the Ashanti Region within a month-and-a-half, the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) has said. The Regional Director of NADMO, Mr Kwabena Nsenkyire who made the disclosure on Monday, 28 October 2019 said the latest casualty was a nine-year-old boy, whose body …
Read More »Closure of Benin border a big blow to ECOWAS – Akufo-Addo
President Akufo-Addo has observed that the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has a lot on its table to do in order to achieve the desired integration indicating that there is a delicate period ahead of the regional bloc. Addressing an eight-member delegation of the First Bank of Nigeria …
Read More »Mahama commends Akufo-Addo for completing Adaklu SHS
Former President John Dramani Mahama has commended President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for completing the Adaklu Senior High School at Adaklu-Waya in the Adaklu District of the Volta region. He said education remained the key to opening up societies for rapid development and praised the government highly for finishing construction …
Read More »Rabies scare hit Assin Fosu Municipality
The Assin Fosu Municipal Veterinary Officer, Dr Robert Asare, has cautioned residents of Assin Atonsu in the Assin Fosu Municipality to be wary of possible cases of rabies in the area. He urged them to be extra careful in dealing with dogs, cats and other pets while lovers of dog …
Read More »6yr-old primary school pupil dies after downpour
Reports from the Ashanti Region indicate that a 6-year-old primary school pupil has drowned in Moshie Zongo, a suburb of Kumasi following a 30-minute downpour on Monday afternoon. The incident, which has been confirmed by the Ashanti Regional Director of the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), Kwabena Nsenkyire, adds up …
Read More »Demolish Aburi hills structures – Parliamentary road committee demands
The Roads and Transport Committee of Parliament is calling for the urgent demolishing of buildings along the Aburi hills as a solution to recurring landslides. This development is as a result of a landslide which induced flooding, displacing about 559 residents after four hours of rain on Monday. The affected …
Read More »VIDEO: NPP man cries uncontrollably over betrayal by Nana Addo, others
The saddest thing about betrayal is that it never comes from your enemies. It’s extremely surprising how most times the people you’d take a bullet for, are the ones behind the trigger. This is exactly the case of a Staunch member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), T.K. Aboagye …
Read More »Man curses wife for ‘cheating’ with 17-year-old nephew
A 29-year-old woman, Lucy Nkansah, has disclosed that she is on the verge of losing her marriage because her husband suspects she is intimate with his nephew. In an interview on Nhyira FM’s Obra show, monitored by Adomonline, Miss Nkansah said her husband, Asare Aikins became suspicious after he claimed …
Read More »Immigration Service warns Ghanaians against recruitment scam
The Western Regional Command of the Ghana Immigration Service says it is currently not undertaking any recruitment exercise as being speculated on social media. The Command is thus cautioning the general public against an ongoing recruitment scam through which several people have been duped. A statement signed by the Western …
Read More »Rotational nurses accuse govt of reducing their stipend
Rotational nurses doing their national service around the country are protesting the government’s delay in paying them their monthly allowances adding that the government is making a move to reduce their due stipends. The members numbering about 8000 said they are owed up to seven months of arrears with government …
Read More »Man curses wife for ‘cheating’ with 17-year-old nephew
A 29-year-old woman, Lucy Nkansah, has disclosed that she is on the verge of losing her marriage because her husband suspects she is intimate with his nephew. In an interview on Nhyira FM’s Obra show, monitored by Adomonline, Miss Nkansah said her husband, Asare Aikins became suspicious after he claimed …
Read More »Pay us our $1.5bn to avert dumsor – IPPs to govt
The Chamber of Independent Power Producers, Distributors and Bulk Consumers (CIPDiB) has called on the Akufo-Addo-led administration to pay the $1.5 billion debt owed them to guarantee uninterrupted power supply. The chamber, in a statement signed by its CEO Mr Elikplim Kwabla Apetorgbor, said its members expected the delays in …
Read More »Soldiers brutalise ‘stubborn’ Ada youth
Some youth of Kasseh, a suburb of Ada-Foah in the Ada East District in the Greater Accra Region, are nursing their injuries following an alleged brutality meted out to them by suspected personnel of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF). Scores of residents are reported to have sustained life-threatening injuries, with …
Read More »Video: Sex Worker Seizes Client’s Passport Over Payment
A sex worker reportedly went berserk, thus creating a scene in Benin city, Edo state after her client refused to pay after their transactional sex. Things got heated between the lovers, as they took their fight to the street, causing a commotion and creating a scene. The lady can be …
Read More »[PHOTOS]: Lady drowns in floodwater five days to her wedding
A lady identified as Farida Saminu, drowned in floodwater in Kaduna state (Nigeria) on Sunday evening October 27th. According to reports, Farida was scheduled to have her wedding on Friday November 1st. A relative of the deceased, Husaini K. who spoke to LIB this morning, said Farida went for a meeting with the …
Read More »Border closure: Nigeria provides respite for locked Ghanaian goods
The Nigerian High Commissioner to Ghana, Mr Olufemi Michael Abikoye has said that his country is working closely with Ghanaian officials to deal with the several truckloads of goods that have been grounded at the Seme border between Benin and Nigeria due to a temporary shutdown of Nigeria’s borders. Nigeria …
Read More »U.S Embassy justifies its insistence on Ghana keeping PDS deal
The US Embassy has explained why it insisted on Ghana keeping the Power Distribution Service (PDS) deal despite government’s claim that the consortium lacked a valid demand guarantee. Spokesperson at the Embassy Naomi Mattos told JoyNews’ Kojo Yankson that the first statement issued by the American government established that Meralco be maintained in the deal …
Read More »Mahama calls for Universal application of ROPAL
Former President John Mahama has called for a fair and universal application of the Representation of People’s Act (ROPAL). Speaking at the 40th Anniversary Dinner Dance of Ghana Union UK, the former President who is also the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress stated that, if the law is to …
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