Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) is to step up the promotion of Ghanaian Chocolates in a move to harness the untapped potential of the industry. GEPA has identified chocolates and the entire processed cocoa value chain as one of the priority products in the National Export Development Strategy (NEDS). Dr …
Read More »NPP polls: One arrested for impeding ballot counting
One person has been arrested by the Police for impeding the election process at the ongoing national executives elections of the New Patriotic Party in Accra. The suspect reportedly embarked on his activity during the counting of the polls at the Accra Sports Stadium. “The Police have arrested one person …
Read More »NPA shuts down fuel stations in Western Region for cheating consumers
The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) as part of its routine exercises, has clamped down on some fuel stations that have tampered with their fuel pumps in Western Region. The exercise, which is being spearheaded by the Consumer Services department at the Head office and the Western regional office of the …
Read More »PHOTOS: Hundreds filing up Accra Sports Stadium for NPP National Elections
As early as 4 am, delegates of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) had started pulling up their cars into the precincts of the Accra Sports Stadium. The stadium is going to be home for the party for the next two days as they elect new national executives. Reports coming in from GhanaWeb …
Read More »KMA Boss unveils classrooms for Fankyenebra, Apraman communities
The Mayor for the Kumasi, Hon Samuel Pyne has commissioned two classroom block facilities for the Fankyenebra and Daaban-Apraman communities in the Nhyiaeso Sub-Metro. At the Fankyenebra community, the Mayor cut the tape to officially unveil a six-unit classroom block with an office for the Fankyenebra MA Basic School. The …
Read More »Wontumi sues Afia Schwar, UTV, McBrown, others for contempt
Bernard Antwi Boasiako, alias Chairman Wontumi, has dragged Afia Schwarzenegger and five others before court for contempt. The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, NPP, according to a court document sighted by GhanaWeb filed a July 14, 2022 notice at a Tema High Court. The suit titled: ‘Motion …
Read More »No transport fare increases for now – GPRTU, GRTCC
An attempt by some driver unions to maliciously increase public transport fares without the consent of the main union, GPRTU, and the Ghana Road Transport Coordinating Council (GRTCC), who per the administrative arrangement, have the mandate to negotiate public transport fares on behalf of all driver unions, has hit a …
Read More »Drunk driver blames Covid-19 for driving with missing tyres
A drunk driver travelled for 10 miles down the M4 with two tyres missing after a night out with friends. Despite being twice the limit and admitting to drink-driving, Laurie Rosser, 42, blamed Covid for making his mind “cloudy”. Swansea Magistrates’ Court heard Rosser, from Gorseinon, had two-wheel “blowouts” on …
Read More »Gambian ex-spies sentenced to death for Jammeh-era murder
A Gambian court on Wednesday sentenced five former members of the intelligence service to death for the murder of a political activist during the rule of ex-dictator Yahya Jammeh. High Court Justice Kumba Sillah-Camara pronounced the sentence against the former head of the National Intelligence Agency, Yankuba Badjie, after finding …
Read More »Details of how late MCE for Bibiani-Anwhiaso-Bekwai got involved in accident on Accra-Kumasi Highway
The Municipal Chief Executive for Bibiani-Anwhiaso-Bekwai in the Western North Region, Alfred Amoah died in an accident Tuesday, officials have confirmed. The accident said to have occurred at Apedwa, near Tafo on the Accra-Kumasi highway involved multiple vehicles, reported the Daily Graphic. Western North Regional Minister Richard Rocky Joojo Obeng …
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