AMA Endorses Alfred Asiedu As PM
Assembly Members of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly, (AMA) at its special meeting last Tuesday, overwhelmingly endorsed Alfred Asiedu Adjei as Presiding Member (PM) for the Assembly. The newly elected PM, who is the Assembly Member for the Avenor Electoral Area secured 52 votes, representing 96% of the 54 votes cast by Assembly Members present during […]
Perry Okudjeto is the new Deputy Minister for Youth and Sports
Mr. Perry Curtis Kwabla Okudjeto, has been appointed as the new Deputy Minister for Youth and Sports (MOYS), following a ministerial reshuffle on Thursday, August 9. Mr. Okudjeto, was the Deputy Minister for Information has now swapped with Pious Enam Hadzide, who was the former Deputy Minister for Youth and Sports, according to a press […]
Government Urged To Fast Track Fertiliser Coupon Distribution
Government and for that matter the Ministry of Food and Agricultural, MoFA, have been urged to fast track the release of fertilizer coupons for farmers for them to purchase fertilizers on time for their farming activities. The Chairman of the Northern Region Farmers Association, Mohammed Adam Nashiru, who made these remarks, said the raining season is […]
Lift Ban On Curfew – Bimbilla Residents Appeal To Government
Participants at a Town hall meeting at Bimbilla, the capital of the Nanumba North Municipality have appealed to government to lift the curfew in the area to pave the way for development. According to them, the six (6) to six (6) hour curfews which is being imposed on them has not only affected their business […]
Mina completes €30m Everton move as Barcelona team-mate Gomes joins on loan
Barcelona have confirmed agreements with Everton that will see Yerry Mina and Andre Gomes join the Premier League side. The Toffees will pay Barca an initial €30.25m (£27m/$35m), plus potentially another €1.5m in variables for Colombian defender Mina. The Catalan side also have a buy-back option on the 23-year-old, who joined from Palmeiras in January. Mina, a […]
Jordan Ayew completes Crystal Palace loan move from Swansea
The Ghana international has finally swapped the Championship side for a season-long loan deal at Selhurst Park Crystal Palace have signed Jordan Ayew in a one-year loan deal from Swansea.
President Akufo-Addo makes changes to his Government
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reassigned some government appointees in his first reshuffle. John Peter Amewu, former Minister for Lands and Natural Resources and acting Minister for Energy, is now Minister for Energy, whilst Kwaku Asomah-Cheremeh, former Bono-Ahafo Regional Minister, is now Minister for Lands and Natural Resources. Kofi Adda, Member of Parliament for […]
President Akufo-Addo reshuffles appointees
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reassigned some government appointees in his first Ministerial reshuffle. A statement signed and issued by Eugene Arhin/Director of Communications at the Presidency on Thursday said John Peter Amewu, former Minister for Lands and Natural Resources and acting Minister for Energy, is now Minister for Energy. Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has […]
"Govt committed to decongesting prisons" – President Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has reiterated the commitment of his Government to decongesting the prisons across the country. Speaking at the graduation ceremony of Officer Cadet Course Intake 25 of the Ghana Prisons Service, at the Prisons Officers Training School, on Friday, 9th August, 2018, President Akufo-Addo noted that the country’s prisons, built to […]
Woman arrested for asking hubby for money before she breastfeeds their baby
A 25-year-old woman was on Tuesday arrested for allegedly refusing to breastfeed her baby unless she was paid by her husband. Faith Nyokabi abandoned her 4-month-old baby at her matrimonial home in Kiganjo Estate, Thika, Kenya, over a week ago and refused to return unless she receives Ksh.100,000 in cash from her husband, Charles Kiiri, […]
Atletico boost strike force by signing Kalinic from AC Milan
MADRID – La Liga runners-up Atletico Madrid announced on Thursday they have signed Croatia striker Nikola Kalinic from AC Milan for an undisclosed fee, bolstering their already fearsome strikeforce of Antoine Griezmann and Diego Costa. “Our club has reached an agreement with AC Milan for Niko Kalinic,” said a statement from Atletico. “The Croatian, 30, […]
La General Hospital lacks essential equipment at its NICU
The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at the La General Hospital, located at South La Estate of the La Dadekotopon Municipal Assembly in the Greater Accra Region is under serious pressure as many of its equipment are either outmoded or babies born per day are more than the equipment needed to support them. The Unit, […]
SPEECH BY PRESIDENT AKUFO-ADDO AT THE 2018 SYNOD OF THE GLOBAL EVANGELICAL CHURCH
SPEECH BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC, NANA ADDO DANKWA AKUFO-ADDO, AT THE OPENING OF THE 2018 SYNOD OF THE GLOBAL EVANGELICAL CHURCH, ON THURSDAY, 9TH AUGUST, 2018, AT THE PRESBYTERIAN BOYS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, LEGON. I am happy to be able to be with you at this all-important gathering of the Global Evangelical Church. […]
Local gun manufacturing shop destroyed by police in Upper West
Upper West Regional Police Command has uncovered and destroyed a local gun manufacturing shop at Charia, a village near Wa, the regional capital. The police also seized 36 single barrel guns from the house of the manufacturer, Bartholomew Daryenkye, who is now on the run. Briefing the media at Wa, Deputy Regional Police Commander, ACP […]
