Ga North Assembly executes development projects
In less than a year, the Ga North Municipal Assembly (GNMA) has executed a number of development projects that have given the municipality a facelift since the establishment of the assembly. Although the assembly was inaugurated in the middle of 2018, it has been able to embark on 13 physical and 65 non-physical projects, respectively, […]
Ghana up by three places to 49th on World Fifa Ranking; 5th in Africa
The Black Stars have moved up three places in the latest Coca-Cola FIFA rankings. Ghana move from the 52nd position to the 49th position after an impressive showing in the month of March. The senior national team defeated Kenya to finish top of Group F in the AFCON 2019 qualifiers before dispatching Mauritania 3-1 in […]
Online nursing licensing exam results out
Two hundred and thirty-five (235) out of the Two hundred and fifty (250) candidates who sat for the January 2019 Post Basic Nursing online licensing examination have passed. The figure represents 94 per cent of the total number of candidates. The number comprises 68 Critical Care nurses; 59 Ophthalmic Nurses; 75 Peri-Operative nurses and 48 […]
EU hands over Fort Amsterdam to contractors
The European Union (EU) has handed over the site of Fort Amsterdam in the Mfantseman Municipality in the Central Region for restoration work to commence. This follows the release of GH¢30 million by the EU for the full restoration and adaptive re-use of the fort in accordance with the guideline of the UNESCO convention. Fort […]
Parliament orders IEC to investigate mass failure Law students
Ghana’s Parliament has ordered Independent Examination Committee (IEC) to set questions from the subject manual as approved by The General Legal Council (GLC) to avert mass failure as recorded in 2017/2018 Professional Law Course Examination. This, and other recommendations are contained in a report of The Committee on Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs on The […]
Man, 24, in police custody for breaking into bank in Sunyani
A 24-year-old unemployed, Enoch Aboagye, is in the grip of the police for allegedly breaking into the building housing the main branch of the GCB Bank in Sunyani to steal GH¢40,000. The suspect broke into the building through the ceiling at about 1:40 p.m. last Tuesday and made away with the money. He was, however, […]
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 […]
