Parliament to amend COCOBOD PNDCL 81
Parliament has taken The Ghana Cocoa Board (Amendment), Bill 2017 through the second reading to amend PNDCL 81 that established Ghana Cocoa Board. The Bill is seeking to amend Section 39 of PNDCL 81 to vest ministerial responsibility over the activities of COCOBOD in the Minister responsible for Food and Agriculture. Officials of the Board […]
Fidelity Bank unveils virtual WhatsApp banking assistant platform
Fidelity Bank Ghana Limited, has introduced a virtual WhatsApp banking assistant platform to make online banking easier and convenient for customers. The platform, christened “kukua” is to empower customers to conduct personalised online transactions from any location. The 24-hour WhatsApp Banking Assistant, fully conversant with the Bank’s suite of offerings to answer questions through cutting […]
UFP endorses Agyenim Boateng as Flagbearer
The United Front Party (UFP) has endorsed Nana Agyenim Boateng, founder, and leader of the party, as its presidential candidate for the 2020 general elections. The party also out doored its national executives and manifesto at the national delegates’ conference held in Kumasi on Tuesday. Speaking at the conference, Nana Agyenim Boateng said the party […]
GUM pladges jobs, accountability and transparent governance
The Ghana Union Movement(GUM) has pledged massive job creation, industrialisation, accountable and transparent governance as its triumph card for winning the December 2020 polls. GUM remain committed to its pledge of massive job creation, tourism development, accountable and transparent governance to drastically reduce the endemic poverty and joblessness, while improving the living standards of the […]
“I am not interested in any crooked results” – President Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Tuesday said he wants to win the December Presidential polls on merit and not through an election that did not reflect the will of Ghanaians. “I am not interested in any crooked results and I do not want to be a President elected by deceit,” he said when he formally […]
Duapa Africa to hold Ghana-China Economic and Cultural week
Duapa Africa, a social enterprise in China, is to organize a Ghana-China Economic and Cultural week festival to mitigate the socio-economic impact of the Novel Corona Virus. The weeklong event on the theme “60 years of great friendship; building back stronger and better, a shared Ghana-China future beyond COVID-19,” is aimed at strengthening the friendship […]
Ghanaian elected President of the International Advertising Association
A Ghanaian Mr Joel Nettey, CEO, Innova DDB, is the new Chairman and World President of the International Advertising Association (IAA). He takes over from Srinivasan Swamy and becomes the first African to lead the IAA, the global compass for marketing and communications. Srinivasan Swamy handed over the baton of the Chairman and World President […]
EPA injects professionalism into LPG operations
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has rolled out a nationwide educational and sensitisation mechanisms aimed at injecting professionalism into operations of the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) sector and reduce the associated risk. Mr. Henry Kwabena Kokofu, the EPA Executive Director explained that the training would cover stakeholders within the industry including owners and dealers, station […]
President approves refund of $45,000 loan to D.K Poison
The President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has instructed the Ministry of Finance to settle the $45,000 loan owed to former World Champion, David Kotey popularly referred to as D.K Poison. The Boxing legend back in 1976 lent to the state the aforementioned amount to the Ignatius Kuru Acheampong led adminstration which was used to purchased […]
More World leaders wish Donald Trump speedy recovery after contracting coronavirus
World leaders have sent best wishes to President Donald Trump since he and the First Lady Melania, tested positive for coronavirus. Russia’s President Vladimir Putin said President Trump’s “vitality, good spirit and optimism” will help him cope with the virus. German Chancellor Angela Merkel also sent good wishes hoping they recover well from the corona […]
Road safety Authority launches “Arrive Alive” Campaign
The National Road Safety Authority, NRSA in its quest to reduce road crashes ahead of the Christmas festivities and during the electioneering has launched the ARRIVE ALIVE campaign in Takoradi in the Western Region. It seeks to influence positive behavioral change among the driving public and compliance with road traffic regulations. Statistics from the National […]
President Akufo Addo Calls on Okyehene
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo has disclosed that 768 projects have been completed by his government in the Eastern Region in the past three and half years out of 1,481. Calling on the Okyehene, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin at Kyebi on the second day of his Eastern Regional tour, the president said, 730 […]
Murder of Legon Law Lecturer: Main suspect makes new confessions
The Police has dispatched a team to retrieve items used in murdering and stolen from Law lecturer Professor Yaw Benneh after the main suspect James Nana Womba, made a new confession today Friday 2nd October. The suspect, confessed he had another accomplice and that they had gone to the scene to rob the professor, but […]
Beyond the Return: Virtual Master Class on the “Return Conversation” premiered
Mrs Barbara Oteng Gyasi, Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture has reiterated the call for Africans to tell their stories from their own perspectives. She said “Telling our story as black people means we are bridging the gap in creativity between Ghana and the world.” Mrs Oteng Gyasi made the call at the premiere of […]
