In contravention of the Public Finance Management Act 2016, Act 921 and international best practice, some 45 public enterprises have failed to submit mandatory financial reports to the Ministry of Finance since 2016. The composition of the defaulting companies are: one State Owned Enterprises (SOEs), 34 Owned State Enterprises (OSEs) …
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Owusu Bempah’s lawyer warns him to lie low
• Rev. Isaac Owusu Bempah must avoid the media as his case in court is heard • His lawyer, Gary Nimako, wants all followers to also follow suit • Nimako has also dismissed reports of government complicity in Owusu Bempah’s predicaments Lawyer for controversial preacher, Reverend Isaac Owusu Bempah, has advised his …
Read More »MMDCEs list: Four arrested for leading anti-Accra Mayor protest
Four people said to have led a protest at Jamestown in Accra on Saturday, September 18, have been arrested, an official statement said. They have been identified Salaami Abubakar, 36; Daniel Opare Oman, 43; Edward Holm, 38 and Daniel Clottey 41. The protest was in response to the alleged removal …
Read More »Yaa Asantewaa was Gyaasehemaa of Besease, not Ejisu Queenmother – Historian
• Yaa Asantewaa was not a Queenmother but once acted as Omanhene of Ejisu • She joined the then Asantehene’s War Council meeting because Ejisu did not have an Omanhene • The current narrative about her is a creation of white historians Professor Baffuor Agyemang Duah, a historian and former senior …
Read More »BREAKING NEWS: Ama Benyiwa Doe is dead
• Former Regional Minister for Central Region has been confirmed dead • Ama Benyiwa Doe served as an MP and a minister under the ticket of the NDC • She died on September 19, 2021 Ghanaian politician and one of the founding members of the National Democratic Congress(NDC), Ama Benyiwa Doe, …
Read More »Selection of trends and stories on Twitter this week: SarkodiexGrammy, new Black Stars Coach
Don’t miss out on any latest news. Check out what’s happening and what people are talking about right now on Twitter. Ghana Hunts for a new Black Star Coach #BlackStars was also trending as the Ghana Football Association (GFA) named a three-member committee made up of its Vice President Mark …
Read More »Afro-Arab Microfinance will continue to empower women & youth- Group Chairman
The Chairman of Afro-Arab Group of Companies, Alhaji Salamu Amadu has emphasized that Afro-Arab Microfinance, a subsidiary of the Afro-Arab Group will continue to empower women and youth in the country. According to the Chairman, the concept behind the establishment of the Microfinance was to provide support to youth and …
Read More »Sunyani Tech University student killed by sex worker
The young man who was murdered by some prostitutes at Sunyani Newtown in the Bono Region on Thursday has been identified as Abubakari Issaka according to Nnimdie FM, a local radio station. Issaka is a final year Auto-Mechanical student of Sunyani Technical University. The man was attacked by the prostitutes …
Read More »Our ballooning, unsustainable debt level topping 80% of GDP – Mahama
Former President John Mahama Ghana’s debt level is unsustainable and the cause of the current hardship that ordinary citizens are suffering, former President Jon Mahama has said.“Our debt has ballooned to unsustainable levels – topping 80% of GDP – exposing us to very high risk of debt default“, the 2020 …
Read More »You’re fired; can’t hold yourself Nkosuohemaa of Upper Axim – Erzah Nkrumah II told
The Upper Axim Traditional Council has revoked the appointment and enstoolment of the Nkosuohemaa of the Upper Axim Traditional Council, Nana Erzah Nkrumah II. She was destooled over her deceitful nature, arrogance, and gross disrespect to the traditional authority. A statement signed and released in Axim by the Acting President …
Read More »ECOWAS communicates 6 months constitutional rule demand to Guinea military junta
The Guinea military junta who seized power from President Alpha Conde, in a coup on the 5th of September 2021, have assured the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), that they are prepared to respect the regional bloc’s six-month demand to restore constitutional rule as theirs is only a …
Read More »PHOTOS: Nursing mother on Okada crushed to death at Kasoa
A Nursing mother on a motorbike has been crushed to death at Kasoa Free town Junction on the Kasoa – Obom Road in the Awutu Senya East Municipality of the Central Region. The deceased known as Magasuba Mariam was returning home after buying some foodstuff at the Kasoa New Market …
Read More »Suspected robber shot dead in failed bank robbery
A suspected armed robber has been shot dead in a failed robbery attack on the Adonteng Rural Bank branch in Abomosu in Atewa West District in Eastern Region. The deceased armed robber was part of a robbery gang that attempted to attack the bank at about 1:55 am Friday, September …
Read More »Jinapor hands over impounded Rosewood to National Cathedral board
The Minister for Lands and Natural, Resources, Samuel Jinapor, has turned in 18 impounded containers of Rosewood to the Board of Trustees of the National Cathedral for the construction of the Cathedral Project. The presentation was done on Friday, 17th September, 2017 at a short ceremony at the Forestry Commission’s …
Read More »Two dead, 11 injured in Ekumfi road accident
Two people have been confirmed dead while eleven others are in critical condition following an accident at Ekumfi Esaakyire on the Winneba-Cape Coast High way. The accident happened Saturday morning around 6:20 am between a Toyota Fish vehicle with registration number CR-748-17 and a Sprinter bus with registration number GT-5860-20. …
Read More »WAEC releases dates for cancelled papers
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released dates for the papers cancelled in the ongoing West African Senior Schools Certificate Examinations (WASSCE). The papers – Physics 1 & 2 and Business Management 1& 2 – were cancelled as a result of widespread leakage. They were cancelled on Wednesday, September 15. In a …
Read More »Nat’l Security issues nationwide alert over MMDCEs announcement
The National Security Coordinator has issued security alerts to all security councils across the nation ahead of the announcement of metropolitan, municipal and district chief executives (MMDCEs). The alert, captured in the form of a memo, has the subject: ‘ANTICIPATING OF POSSIBLE VIOLENCE AHEAD OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF MMDCES’. It was …
Read More »Collapsing Akyem Oda’s Chief Palace demolished
The one-storey palace belonging to the Omanhene of Akyem Kotoku Traditional Area at Akim Oda in the Birim Central Municipality of the Eastern Region which was gradually collapsing has been demolished. This was after the intervention of the Member of Parliament (MP) for Oda, Alexander Akwasi Acquah, who led a …
Read More »Girls Excluded As Afghan Secondary Schools Reopen
The Taliban have excluded girls from Afghan secondary schools, after they ordered only boys and male teachers to return to the classroom. A statement from the Islamist group saying secondary classes would resume made no mention of girls or women. One Afghan schoolgirl told the BBC she was devastated. “Everything …
Read More »PHOTOS: Former defender Godfred Yeboah goes home in boot-shaped Kotoko casket
Former Asante Kotoko defender Godfred Yeboah who died some months ago will be interred today Saturday, September 18, 2021. The defender will be buried in a Kotoko designed football boots with TV3 logo his nickname embossed on the casket. He died in the wee hours of Tuesday, August 3, 2021, …
Read More »Parents agitated following GES’ interdiction of Aburi Girls’ headmistress
Parents of students of Aburi Girls’ Senior High School are least enthused about a decision taken by the Ghana Education Service (GES) to interdict the headmistress, Alice Prempeh-Fordjour. The parents and guardians have, therefore, started agitations to get Mrs Prempeh-Fordjour reinstated as they consider the decision rash and uninformed. According …
Read More »One suspected armed robber shot dead in cross-fire
One suspected armed robber has been shot dead after an exchange of gunfire with security personnel at Adonteng community bank at Abomosu in the Atiwa West District of the Eastern region. Police report says, on Friday noon, three armed men in masks with guns attacked security personnel at the bank …
Read More »Over 5,000 farmlands destroyed by floods, food shortage imminent – NADMO
The Upper West regional coordinator of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) Ahmed Mustapha has warned of a possible food shortage if the Ministry of Food and Agriculture fails to institute interventions immediately to deal with the effect of floods in the Upper East region. He revealed that some five …
Read More »Presidential Staffer dragged to CHRAJ over ‘questionable wealth’
A Ghanaian citizen and a member of the opposition National Democratic Congress(NDC), Eric Adjei has petitioned the Commissioner on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to investigate Mr. Dominic Oppong-Adjei aka Konkonsa over what he has described as “questionable acquisition of luxurious property”. Mr. Eric Adjei in his petition said …
Read More »Fisherman arrested for stabbing 71-year-old to death
Yao Senya, a 27-year-old fisherman, has been arrested by the Anloga Police for allegedly stabbing one Dumega Heletsi Akpakudzo, 71, to death at Atito, a suburb of Anloga. He was arrested on September 15, this year, and is currently in police custody assisting with investigation. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), …
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