ABC News Ghana can authoritatively report that the US Embassy in Ghana has dismissed a request by the Minority in parliament for a separate probe into issues of alleged fraud in the PDS-ECG concession arrangement. The Minority in a letter signed by its leader, Haruna Iddrisu, and submitted to the …
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Man, 35, arrested for power theft in Kumasi
A 35-year-old unemployed man, Mr Ebo Larry, has been arrested by officials of Power Distribution Services (PDS) at Tafo Mile 3, a suburb of Kumasi, for stealing power over the last two years. He allegedly reconnected his electricity mete after he was initially disconnected for owing electricity bills. Despite persistent …
Read More »Soldiers, Police seize placards against Akufo-Addo in Navrongo
Military and police personnel have seized placards bearing anti-government messages from protesters in Navrongo during President Nana Akufo-Addo’s tour of the Upper East Region Wednesday. Ahead of President Akufo-Addo’s visit to the Kasena Nankana Municipal Assembly, which is located few meters away from the former NDC constituency chairman’s residence, some …
Read More »Greedy criminals sabotaging my government – Akufo-Addo
President Nana Akuffo-Addo has issued a firm directive to the police and all other security agencies in the Upper East Region to deal ruthlessly with individuals or groups who are engaged in the smuggling of subsidised fertiliser meant for Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) programme. Since the inception of …
Read More »Apologise if you now accept free SHS – Napo to NDC
The Minister of Education, Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh, also known as Napo has called on the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to apologise to Ghanaians for speaking against the government’s flagship free Senior High School policy.Addressing the chiefs and people Saboba as part of President Nansa Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s …
Read More »Election of MMDCEs: EC sets referendum for December 17
The Electoral Commission (EC) has now settled on December 17, this year for the referendum on the election of metropolitan, municipal and district chief executives (MMDCEs). Earlier, the EC had fixed December 10, 2019, for the referendum. The Director of Electoral Services at the EC, Dr Serebour Quaicoe, announced the …
Read More »Savannah Region: Death toll now 2 in Thursday’s communal violence
At least two persons are dead three others wounded after communal violence broke out Thursday evening between two rival groups at Lakula near Daboya in the Savannah Region. The death toll moved to two on Friday after one of the injured persons referred to the Walewale hospital failed to respond to treatment. …
Read More »Savannah Region: One dead, four injured after communal violence
At least one person is feared dead and four others wounded after communal violence broke out Thursday evening between two rival groups at Lakula near Daboya in the Savannah Region. An eye witness in Mankarigu, a nearby community, confirmed to Joy News that the violence was triggered by a misunderstanding …
Read More »A Letter To Mahama Over His Pretentious U-Turn On Free S.H.S
Dear Mr Mahama, Your pretentious u-turn on President Akufo-Addo’s Free Senior High School implementation has been exposed by the affable and competent Vice President of the Republic, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia. You and your surrogates, since 2012, have caused for over forty advertisements to be made against President Akufo-Addo’s Free S.H.S …
Read More »Zoomlion And Stakeholders To Use WHO Recommended Biological Agent for Mosquito Control
The Vector Control unit of waste management giant, Zoomlion Ghana limited in collaboration with the ministry of Health is set to use Bacillus thuringiensis var israelensis (Bti) which is a biological agent recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) as efficient to control out door mosquitoes. BTI is a bacterial …
Read More »Give Me The Nod As NPP Candidate To Win The Seat – Dramani Salifu
An aspiring Parliamentary candidate for the NPP in the Salaga North Constituency of the Savanna Region has appealed to delegates to give him the nod to lead the party in the constituency as the Parliamentary candidate to lead the party to win the seat from the NDC in the constituency. …
Read More »Builsa: Akufo-Addo enskinned ‘chief for poor, vulnerable’
The Chiefs and people of the Builsa South, in the Upper East Region, have conferred the title Aniwoba Nab, meaning Chief for the Poor and Vulnerable on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.According to the Paramount Chief of Fumbisi, Nab Clement Akanko Anyatiuk, the decision taken to confer the title on …
Read More »GES directs 3rd-year SHS students to report to school on August 19
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has directed that all Senior High School (SHS) third-year students are to report to school on Monday, August 19, to begin the first term of the 2019-2020 Academic Year. The directive brings forward, the re-opening date initially set for September for the third-year students, the …
Read More »(Video) Navrongo: Soldiers, police seize anti-Akufo-Addo placards from protesters
Some armed military and police personnel were seen on Wednesday wrenching anti-Akufo-Addo posters and placards from ordinary citizens of Navrongo, who had lined up the streets with the intention of raising them in protest to the president’s failure to fulfil certain campaign promises. Some of the placards read: “Mr President, stop …
Read More »Every pastor loves big buttocks; we’ll all lose if there is a test – Rev. Obofour
Controversial founder and leader of Anointed Palace Chapel, Reverend Obofour has made a startling claim of ‘all Pastors loving women with big buttocks’ . The pastor stated that he is always stunned when people accuse Pastors of womanizing, when everyone “loves big buttocks”. Rev. Obofour also took a swipe at …
Read More »15-year-old Boy Drowns While Fishing- Police Confirm
The Nigeria Police, Delta State Command, has confirmed the death of a 15-year-old boy who drowned in a stagnant river in Osubi, Okpe Local Government Area The missioner of Police in Delta, Adeyinka Adeleke, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Warri. “It is true, the boy …
Read More »Pastor, 2 others on trial for GH¢2m fraud
The General Overseer of Liberty Vineyard International Ministries, Rev. Edward Buabeng, and two others have appeared before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly defrauding over 100 people of various sums of money totalling over GH¢2 million. The 48-year-old pastor and his two accomplices, Wilfred Brown, a 55-year-old accountant, and one …
Read More »GES suspends ‘compulsory’ insurance programme for teachers over agitations
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has for the second time suspended the GES-SIC insurance policy program for public school teachers across the country. It said the suspension is only temporary until the end of August when it will be lifted. In 2018, teachers in public basic and senior high schools …
Read More »Gov’t pays GHS198m allowance to nurses
The government of Ghana, through the Ministry of Health (MoH), has paid the final tranche of allowance to nurse trainees for the 2018/19 academic year.The ministry, in a statement, said each trainee nurse received GHS400 for 10 months in each academic year to support their academic and clinical works.In all, …
Read More »A/R: Road crashes kill 240, injure 2,309 in 6 months – Police
In the first half of 2019 (January to June), 240 people died in road crashes while 2,309 sustained injuries within the same period as a result of road accidents in the Ashanti Region, the police command has said.“From these figures, we deduce that our region records about 10 accidents each …
Read More »Empress Gifty abandons music to cook on TV?
Several years after pursuing a career in music, Gifty Adorye, popularly known as Empress Gifty, is turning the tables to TV hosting. She has been announced as the new hostess of a new cooking and talk show dubbed ‘Aben W?ha’ on Media General’s Onua TV. The show, according to producers, …
Read More »Kotoko announce gate fees for Kano Pillars clash
Asante Kotoko have announced the ticket prices for their CAF Champions League first qualifying round second leg against Kano Pillars at the Baba Yara Stadium on 25 August, 2019. The cheapest ticket will be selling at GH?15 while the VIP stand will be selling GH?50. For the centre line, the …
Read More »Sudan’s ex-spy chief banned from the US
The former head of the Sudanese intelligence service, Salah Gosh, has been banned from entering the United States because of his alleged involvement in human rights violations. In a statement, the US State Department said it had credible evidence that Mr Gosh was involved in torture when he was in …
Read More »Free WiFi for schools
Government is to provide free WiFi (Internet) service in all tertiary and secondary schools across the country to aid teaching and learning. It is in fulfilment of the campaign pledge of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration to pursue free WiFi for certain categories of educational institutions. “I’m happy to …
Read More »I will bounce back – NAM1
Embattled Nana Appiah Mensah, aka NAM 1, Chief Executive of Menzgold Ghana Limited, has said he will break his silence on issues that have led to his incarceration on August 19. He posted on social media yesterday hinting that his companies would see a ‘possible rebound’. “I will address the …
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