AfDB to support Ghanaian women in agribusiness
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is to offer Ghana a $20-million loan facility to support women entrepreneurs in agriculture and agribusiness in the country. The fund will be channelled through the Ghana Incentive-based Risk-sharing System for Agricultural Lending (GIRSAL), which leverages lending to people in agriculture and agribusiness through a risk-sharing scheme. The facility, which […]
Man, 38, busted at KIA with $1.4m dollars
Operatives of the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) have busted a member of a money laundering syndicate in the country. The suspect, Darwich Hussein, 38, a Lebanese, who was travelling to Beirut, Lebanon, was arrested with $1.4 million and 256,000 euros in his carry-on bag at the KIA in Accra […]
Drunk dad rapes daughter after mistaking her for his wife
The 59-year-old dad came home “stinking of alcohol” and crawled into his daughter’s bed thinking she was his wife. He heraped his own 15-year-old daughter after mistaking her for his wife – and the victim has forgiven him and hit out at a social worker, a court heard. The 59-year-old dad came home “stinking of […]
Government bans importation of excavators in Ghana
Cabinet has placed a temporary ban on the importation of excavators in efforts to combat illegal mining. The ban takes effect from May 1, 2019, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Transport and signed by the sector minister, Mr Kwaku Ofori Asiamah in Accra. According to statement, the ban will remain in […]
Ecobank Ghana and GN Savings signs partnership deal
Ecobank Ghana and GN Savings have signed an agreement for the establishment of a partnership between the two financial institutions. The agreement was signed on Friday, 29th March 2019 at the offices of GN Savings. The agreement will see the two institutions work together in areas that will be mutually beneficial to both entities. The […]
Quarry activities disrupt water supply in Sekondi-Takoradi, Shama
Water supply to residents of and industries in Sekondi/Takoradi and the Shama District in the Western Region is likely to be disrupted because of the activities of a quarry company in the area. Activities of commercial sand winners and the quarry company have affected the water quantity and quality of the River Anankori, which is […]
Growing Okada business: to legalize or not to legalize?
The use of motorbikes for commercial purpose, popularly called ‘okada’, has become the new-found trade for many young people across the country. What used to be just a means of transport for rural folks in particular, is now a viable source of livelihood for many Ghanaian youth. Motorbikes have been the preferred means of transport […]
Prank calls challenge police emergency operations
More than 750,500 prank calls were recorded at the three Police Emergency Command Centres (PECCs) between midnight of January 1, 2019, and midday of March 27, 2019. Out of the 761,101 calls made to the three PEECs in Accra, Kumasi and Tamale, 751,217 were prank calls, while only 9,884 were genuine calls. A prank call […]
Cape Coast Hospital threatens to suspend NHIS card holders health care
The Cape Coast Teaching Hospital (CCTH) in the Central Region is likely to suspend its services to National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) cardholders following the non-payment of health insurance claims running into millions of Ghana cedis to the hospital. The Daily Graphic gathered that the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) owes the CCTH GH¢6.175 million […]
157 foreign trained Ghanaian doctors fail Medical, Dental Council exams
A total of 157 out of 225 foreign trained Ghanaian doctors have failed the Medical and Dental Council (MDC)’s examination which grants them the licences to practice in Ghana. Only 68, representing a 30.2 per cent pass rate, were able to prove their mettle in the examination conducted from February 22, 2019 to March 2, […]
Mahama to address global conferences in South Africa
Former President John Dramani Mahama will address the Power & Electricity World Africa 2019 which opens today in Johannesburg, South Africa. A statement on his official website said Mr Mahama is the keynote speaker for the Power & Electricity World Africa 2019, which opens on Tuesday, and will be interacting with a gathering of players […]
Thirty-five accident victims buried in mass grave
Thirty-five accident victims, who were burnt beyond recognition in last Friday’s gory accident on the Amoma Nkwanta road in the Kintampo South District of Bono East Region have been buried in a mass grave at Jema, near Kintampo. The Kintampo South District Chief Executive (DCE), Alexander Gyan, and his counterpart for Garu-Tempane, Emmanuel Asore Avoka, […]
Ghana Police to deploy body cameras in May
AS part of efforts to enhance police transparency and accountability, the Police Administration will deploy its first body cameras in May this year. Police body cameras are small-lensed devices, often worn on officers chest to capture images. It has a microphone to record sounds and internal storage for data or footage for later review and […]
Speaker of Parliament denies selling vehicles to friends
Ghana’s Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Michael Oquaye, has denied media reports which suggest that he has sold buses to his friends and cronies in Parliament. A statement signed by the acting Director of Public Affairs of Parliament, Kate Addo, and issued in Accra, Wednesday, March 20, 2019, said Parliament would like to put on […]
