DAMBAI: NDPC Holds Consultations
A two-day regional consultation on the Medium-Term National Development Policy framework, 2022-2025, has ended at Dambai, in the Oti regional capital. The meeting was organized by the National Development Planning Commission, NDPC, to seek the views of key development partners to set in motion the process of developing a successor policy framework for the current […]
Cape Coast: Schools get busy as new students arrive, begin registration
Registration is underway in Secondary Schools across the country for first year students. In Cape Coast, Correspondent Kingsley Nana Boadu visited some Senior High Schools and reports that parents and guardians from far and near have trooped to the city to ensure their wards are safely placed in schools of their choice. Reports indicates the […]
Ghana Year Book relaunched
After over forty years off the shelves, the Graphic Communications Group, has relaunched the Ghana Year Book in Accra. The book chronicles happenings in the past year, with comprehensive information on politics, government institutions, academia, and security among others. First introduced in the 1950’s by the Graphic Corporation, the Ghana Year Book (GYB) curated all […]
Parliament by 137 majority vote approves 2021 Budget
Parliament by majority vote of 137 to 134 has approved the budget statement and economic policy of the government for the year ending 31st December, 2021. The motion for the debate was moved on Friday 12th March, 2021 by the Minister of State responsible for the Ministry of Finance, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu and seconded on Tuesday, […]
Samia Suluhu Hassan sworn-in as Tanzania new president
Tanzania’s soft-spoken Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Friday was sworn in as the East African country’s first female president after the sudden death of John Magufuli from an illness shrouded in mystery. “I, Samia Suluhu Hassan, promise to be honest and obey and protect the constitution of Tanzania,” said Hassan, dressed in a black […]
Maritime Safety in Gulf of Guinea
The Gulf of Guinea has encountered an increasing number of attacks in the last few years, a trend continuing also in 2021. More alarming is the rise in kidnapping incidents further away from shorelines, which demonstrates the increasing capabilities of pirates in the region.The Director of the Faculty of Academic Affairs & Research at the […]
Baby harvesting and trafficking syndicate investigation
The Economic and Organized Crime Office, EOCO, has in its custody three babies following investigations into the baby harvesting and trafficking syndicate. According to the Executive Director, DCOP Frank Adu-Poku RTD, those implicated in the crimes have all been placed on EOCO Inquiry bail. Meanwhile, the licenses of the two medical doctors involved have also […]
EWE HISTORY: Ghana Publishers Association renders apology
The Ghana Publishers Association has apologized to Ghanaians for what it describes as “poor work” done, on the “History of Ghana – Textbook 3”, by Badu Nkansah Publications, which portrays Ewes in a derogatory manner”. The Association is, therefore, calling for calm and is assuring the public that it will apply its internal disciplinary mechanisms […]
Supreme Court to rule on SALL on March 30
The Supreme Court has set March 30, 2021, to rule on the Santrokofi, Akpafu, Likpe and Lolobi, (SALL) review application, which gave the Electoral Commission the go ahead to gazette Mr. John Peter Amewu, as the Member of Parliament for the Hohoe constituency. The Seven-member panel presided over by Justice Yaw Apau fixed the date […]
Government committed to complete Saglemi Housing Project
The Government says it will complete the Saglemi housing project, in the Prampram district of the Greater Accra region, despite some challenges. The new Minister for Works and Housing, Mr. Francis Asenso Boakye, said this when he paid a working visit to some government projects sites in Greater Accra. The working tour of the Minister […]
