Survivor calls for justice for murdered Ghanaian migrants in Gambia
Mr Martin Kyere, the only surviving Ghanaian who escaped death at the hands of Gambian security personnel in 2005 when 44 Ghanaian migrants were killed, has questioned why after 13 years, no justice has been delivered on the matter. He said “why has our court system seemed to fail my departed colleagues and deny them […]
Ministry to delete ghost names from LEAP payroll
The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection has put in place measures to delete ghost names from the payroll of the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) programme. The Sector Minister, Mrs Cynthia Morrison, made this known when she led officials of the Ministry to pay monies to 209 LEAP beneficiaries at Agona Kwamang and […]
SHS closed down over student’s agitation
The Tempane Senior High School (SHS) in the Upper East Region has been closed down following student’s agitations. The third year students on Tuesday refused to write their third term examination and prevented the first and second year students from taking their lunch. They said they wanted the suspended Headmaster of the SHS reinstated. Mr. […]
Court directs state to provide more documents in SSNIT trial
An Accra High Court on Friday ordered the State to produce more documents relating to the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) Operating Business Suites (OBS) in court. According to the court the first one hundred and eleven pages of the OBS contract should be made available to the Counsel for Mr Ernest Thompson, […]
Ban on small-scale mining to be lifted on Monday
The ban on Small- Scale Mining will be lifted on Monday. This comes almost two years after government placed an indefinate ban on the activities of illegal mining in the country. Minister for Environment, Science and Technology, and Chairman of the Inter Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining, Prof. Kwabena Frimpong Boateng who announced this said […]
Ghana loses GH¢2.7m in agribusiness to malaria
Ghana lost in excess of GH¢ 2.7 million in Agribusiness investments to malaria infections in 2016, a joint research conducted by the National Malaria Control Programme and School of Public Health of the University of Ghana, has revealed. The study, which covered 62 businesses in the Northern, Brong Ahafo, Ashanti, Eastern, Greater Accra, Western and […]
Africa Trade Ministers discuss progress of free trade agenda
Mr Alan Kyeremanten, the Trade and Industry Minister, has joined his African counterparts to participate in the 7th African Union Meeting of Ministers of Trade in Egypt to discuss the progress made in the implementation of the free trade agenda. The meetings of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AFCFTA) Negotiating Institutions, which started on […]
Kumasi City Mall back in business after brief hold up
The Management of Kumasi City Mall (KCM) has confirmed that a portion of the protective canopy covering the ceiling at the Food Court section of the shopping centre dropped off. A statement issued in Kumasi by the Management of the Mall said the incident happened just after 07:00 hours, almost two clear hours before the […]
EC choose Yellow, Brown colours for referendum on new regions creation
The Electoral Commission (EC) has selected Yellow and Brown colours to represent YES and NO respectively on the ballot paper for the December 27, referendum on the creation of six new regions – Ahafo, Bono-East, Western North, North East, Savannah and Oti regions. A statement signed by the Deputy EC Chairperson, Dr. Bossman Eric Asare said […]
Targeting children in corruption prevention efforts is way to go – Stakeholders
Anti-corruption stakeholders say Ghana can only win the corruption battle when it conscientises its children, from an early age, to know, understand and shun corruption, while it puts in measures to remove opportunities that facilitate the canker. This was the consensus at a multi-stakeholder Business Integrity Breakfast Meeting, organised by the Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) […]
