The Deputy Director of Public Health at the Upper West Regional Health Directorate, Dr Richard Wodah-Seme has called on stakeholders to support the Ghana Health Service (GHS) to eradicate unsafe abortion in the region. The Deputy Director enumerated that between 2017 and 2021, the region recorded 1,750 incomplete unsafe abortions …
Read More »Deputy Majority Leader confirms receipt of $2.4m refunded by Sheikh Al Maktoum
Deputy Majority Leader in Parliament, Alexander Afenyo Markin, has confirmed that the United Arab Emirates-based agent, in the botched attempt to procure Sputnik V vaccines, has refunded the sum of $2.47 million to government. Sheikh Al Maktoum was due to supply about 300,000 Sputnik V vaccines in an agreement signed …
Read More »Police Deputy Chief Inspector found dead in room at Flagstaff House Barracks
A police officer identified as Deputy Chief Inspector Emmanuel Kofi Nunekpeku has been found dead in his room at Jubilee House Barracks Block. He died on Friday, 18 June 2021 at Block E Room 35. Sources said his wife, Faustina Nunekpeku who is also a police officer visited and found …
Read More »Tema Oil Refinery MD, deputy fired
The Managing Director (MD) of Tema Oil Refinery (TOR), Francis Boateng, has been sacked from his post, together with his deputy, Ato Morrison. The duo, who had been at the helm of the troubled state-owned refinery since May 2020, were reportedly served with their dismissal letters last Friday June 11, …
Read More »Deputy Roads and Highways Minister-nominee weeps before Appointments Committee
• The deputy minister-designate weeps before the Appointments Committee • He was asked why he could not write his secondary school final year exams • The nominee became emotional as he recounted how violence disrupted his secondary level education at Damongo Stephen Pambin Jalula, the deputy minister-designate for Roads …
Read More »Akufo-Addo names 39 deputy ministers, appoints Minister of State at Finance Ministry
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Wednesday, 21 April 2021 submitted to the speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin the names of persons he has appointed as minister of state and deputy ministers in his second term. Charles Adu-Boahen has been appointed as the Minister of State at the Ministry of …
Read More »Akufo-Addo retires NLA boss Osei Ameyaw, fires deputy
President Nana Akufo-Addo has asked the Director-General of the National Lottery Authority (NLA), Mr. Kofi Osei Ameyaw, to go on his compulsory retirement. The President has also terminated the appointment of Mr. Osei Ameyaw’s deputy, Mr. Yaw Amoakohene Baafi. The correspondence from the President to the two men was signed …
Read More »Deputy YEA boss beats girlfriend to death
A deputy director of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) Philip Caezar Kumah has allegedly beaten his girlfriend to death at Akatsi North in the Volta region. According to the Volta Regional Police PRO, Sgt. Prince Dogbatse, the victim Elizabeth Yesutor, complained to her friends about the constant abuse by her …
Read More »Deputy District NADMO Director Killed By Unknown Gun Men
The Deputy Director for the National Disaster Management Organisation (NaDMO) in the Nabdam District has been murdered by three unidentified armed men in the Upper East Region. The gruesome incident is said to have occurred at the Pelungu market on Saturday, February 27. Mr Dominic Kulkong, 31, was shot during …
Read More »Deputy Clerk of Parliament, Robert Apodolla dead
Ghana’s parliament has lost one of its serving deputy clerks, Robert Apodolla. Apodolla passed away on Friday, February, 19, 2021 after a short illness. The deceased is respected by MPs in Ghana’s legislature as he was well versed with parliamentary rules and procedures. He’d the experience of working with all …
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