Tag Archives: GHANA

There is opposition and ruling party in football administration in Ghana – George Afriyie

George Afriyie, a former Vice President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) has surmised that there is a semblance of ruling party and opposition in the running of football. “That is how I see it…,” he responded when asked by the host of a sports programme on Kumasi-based Sompa TV. …

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Nigerian trader jailed for six years by Ghana court over human trafficking

A Nigerian trader who trafficked two Nigerian women to Ghana and compelled them to engage in prostitution has been sentenced to six years imprisonment by an Accra Circuit Court. Favour Chikadia, charged with two counts of human trafficking, pleaded not guilty. The court, however, found Chikadia guilty at the end …

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Ghana first to approve ‘world-changing’ malaria vaccine: All you need to know

Ghana has become the first country in the world to approve a new malaria vaccine – R21. The vaccine has been described by the scientists who developed it as a “world-changer” citing its effectiveness in combating the disease. According to the BBC, the Food and Drugs Authority, FDA, have assessed …

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Why UK can no longer ‘recruit’ health workers from Ghana – Bright Simons explains

The vice president of IMANI Africa, Bright Simons, has given some clarification on reports that the government of the United Kingdom (UK) has barred the recruitment of health workers from Ghana and 53 other countries. According to Simons, Ghanaian health workers have not been barred from travelling to the UK as …

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WATCH: God has blessed me, I have occupied every possible office in Ghana – Mahama

Former president John Dramani Mahama has counted the blessings of God in his life relating it to his political journey from an assembly man to occupying the office of president. Speaking as an invited guest at an Easter Sunday service of the Holy Hill Faith Cathedral in Accra, Mahama used …

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Norway Supreme Court dismisses appeal against Ghana

The Supreme Court of Norway has, in a unanimous preliminary determination by a panel of three (3), refused to grant leave to appeal to Messrs. Jongsbru AS, party to a judgment of the Norway Court of Appeal previously given in favour of the Government of Ghana on November 2, 2022. …

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Ghana stoic over South Africa visa waiver agreement

Ghana is yet to act in respect of a 90-day visa-free arrangement for ordinary passport holders with the Republic of South Africa (RSA), despite the challenges businesses and individuals currently have to go through to acquire a visa to travel to the Southern Africa nation. AviationGhana sources close to the …

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Why Effia Tenge resigned from Ghana Police Service – Report

Superintendent of Police, Effia Tenge who announced her resignation from the Ghana Police Service on April 1, 2023, is set to start a new job at Parliament House, MyNewsGh.com can confirm The popular police officer who served mainly in the Public Relations Department of the Ghana Police Service for eighteen years grabbed the juicy post at …

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Parliament unanimously rejects EC’s Ghana card-only-for-voter registration C.I.

Both sides of parliament have rejected the Electoral Commission’s constitutional instrument that aimed to make the Ghana card the only document for the registration of voters. In its report, the Committee of the Whole, before which the EC, National Identification Authority and the Finance Ministry appeared to speak on the …

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Ghana to take delivery of passport printing machines from World Bank

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration is about to receive two giant industrial printing machines in three weeks from the World Bank under the Public Sector Reform for Results Project (PSRRP). Madam Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, said the arrival of these …

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