US Ambassador praises Appointments Committee’s vetting process
US Ambassador to Ghana, Mrs. Stephanie Sullivan, has congratulated the Appointments Committee of Parliament for the conduct of its business during the vetting of ministerial nominees. According to her, the process sent a strong signal that Parliament’s work will not be business as usual and that Parliament now takes its scrutiny duties very seriously. Mrs. […]
IT Manager jailed 8 years for stealing GH¢159,300 from bank
The Tamale High Court has sentenced a 32-year-old system administrator to eight years imprisonment with hard labour for stealing GH¢159,300 from the coffers of his former employer, the Buuwulonso One Stop Rural Bank at Damongo in the Savannah Region. Cephas Agbodo, who had moved on to Borimanga Rural Bank at Savelugu in the Northern Region […]
Nigeria primary school children abducted in Kaduna state
Gunmen have abducted students and teachers from a primary school in northern Nigeria’s Kaduna state, an official and eyewitnesses have said. This is the first time a primary school has been raided by gangs suspected to be carrying out abductions for ransom. Since December about 800 secondary school students have been seized. All of them […]
Ethiopia’s Tigray crisis: Hospitals ‘vandalised and looted’
Nearly 70% of health facilities in Ethiopia’s conflict-hit northern region of Tigray have been vandalised and equipment looted, a report by medical charity MSF has found. Only 13% of 106 facilities that teams from Médecins Sans Frontières visited were operating normally. The situation was having a “devastating” impact on the population, the organisation said in […]
Tear gas fired as Uganda police arrest Bobi Wine
Ugandan politician and former presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has been arrested in the capital, Kampala. He was leading a team of MPs from his party, the National Unity Platform, in a protest against arrests and disappearances of supporters in the period leading up to, during, and after the highly contested […]
Somalia receives first doses of Covid-19 vaccine
Somalia has received 300,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine under the Covax scheme, the first batch the country has received. People at highest risk of contracting the virus will be the first to receive vaccines – including frontline workers, the elderly and those with chronic health conditions – the heath ministry says. The country […]
There’ll be no ‘dumsor’ – Power utilities assure
Heads of companies in the power generation and distribution sector have assured the nation of reliable power supply to meet its demands. They also stressed that the recent power outages and the total blackout experienced last Sunday were not a return to the regime of irregular power supply, popularly known as ‘dumsor’. The Chief Executive […]
Nigeria launches ‘naira for dollar’ scheme
The Central Bank of Nigeria has introduced a scheme that would offer a reward of five naira for every $1 sent by Nigerians living abroad through international money transfer operators in the country in what it calls “naira for dollar”. It is a step that shows Nigeria’s reliance on diaspora remittances, which has dipped over […]
Mahama Ayariga’s corruption case still at management stage – Office of Special Prosecutor
One of the corruption cases involving the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga, which is being handled by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) is still at the management stage. Mr. Mahama Ayariga together with Kenderick Akwasi Marfo are in court for corruption-related offences. The OSP investigated the case jointly with […]
Winner-takes-all: Gyimah-Boadi calls for Constitutional amendment
The Executive Director of Afrobarometer, Professor Emmanuel Gyimah-Boadi, has advocated the amendment of Ghana’s 1992 Constitution to reduce the executive powers of the President, as part of efforts to address the “Winner-takes- all” syndrome. “We are not going to get rid of crazy partisanship and winner-takes-all, unless we do a fundamental restructuring of our politics […]
Noguchi did not falsify COVID-19 result – NIB, NMIMR investigation shows
An investigation conducted by the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) and the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) has shown that no COVID-19 test result was falsified at the institute in January this year. According to the investigation, there was no evidence in the claim by a Ghanaian resident in the United Kingdom (UK), Mr. […]
Policeman disarmed, unspecified money taken in Baatsona robbery
The Accra Regional Police Command is searching for a gang of robbers who on Monday disarmed a policeman escorting a mobile banking van and stole an unspecified amount of money at Baatsonaa on the Spintex Road. Deputy Superintendent of Police Effia Tenge, Head of Public Affairs Unit of the Command, told the Ghana News Agency […]
GNAT condemns attacks on members
The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has condemned attacks on members and warned that it will withdraw its services in communities where they were physically assaulted by the people. The association expressed concern about the silence of society over the attacks and said “the uncouth and barbaric attacks of teachers need to stop else […]
Five women in coastal Volta acquire alternative livelihood skills
Five women, aged 18-35, have undergone a five-day training programme in bakery and pastry to empower them to become self-reliant. The women, selected from Ketu South, Keta and Anloga in the Volta Region, were also presented with equipment to enable them to practice their newly acquired skills. The training and presentation of tools formed part […]
