The Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) has expressed disappointment over the poor execution of some projects funded with petroleum revenue in the Ashanti Region. Vice Chairman, Kwame Jantuah, has questioned, in particular, the quality of work on an ongoing 3-unit classroom block at Akpenkro, as well as construction of the Bremang UGC road, which … Read more
The head of Chemical Engineering at the Kumasi Technical University, Professor Osei-Wusu Achaw, is hopeful the conversion of polytechnics into technical universities will curb youth unemployment and alleviate poverty in the country. Speaking in an interview with TV3, Professor Osei-Wusu Achaw, pointed out that, the focus of technical universities is to produce people with medium … Read more
Analysts want the Central Bank to aggressively intervene in the currency market to quell increased demand and panic-buying, a situation that puts pressure on the cedi. Although the Bank of Ghana Governor, Dr. Ernest Addison, has indicated that the central bank will have “minimal interventions” in the market, currency experts are of the view that … Read more
A search and rescue exercise turned real for a US Coast Guard crew who found six Tongan fishermen missing at sea for a week, New Zealand officials said Friday. New Zealand Rescue Coordination Centre officer Greg Johnston said Tongan police raised the alarm as the US Coast Guard C-130 Hercules was preparing to return to … Read more
Zambia is considering a proposal to move its capital from fast-developing Lusaka to a nearly uninhabited marshland district in the centre of the country, a minister said Thursday. Lusaka has been the national capital since 1935 when Zambia was known as Northern Rhodesia under British colonial rule. “Within the next 10 years, you will not … Read more
The Ghana Revenue Authority has retrieved 15 million out of 40 million cedis from Sinopec International Petroleum Services Corporation, that was engaged in the construction of the gas processing plant at Atuabo. The company was found to have inflated the cost of the processing plant by about 40 million cedis. Co-chair of Ghana Extractive Industries … Read more
The Australian High Commission has announced that its Commonwealth Games Gala Dinner, which welcomed the Queen’s Baton to Ghana on 19 March 2017, successfully raised over GH¢50,000 for the Ghana Olympic Committee and the Azumah Nelson Foundation. The gala dinner featured four exciting boxing bouts infront of 200 guests under the patronage of Ghana’s Vice-President … Read more
Bechem United President Kingsley Owusu Achau has reciprocated the kind gesture of Emile Heskey for his club by honouring the former England international on his visit to Ghana. Heskey and Ghanaian born Dutch international George Boateng are in Ghana for holidays,yet they took time off their water-tight schedule to pay a visit to the secretariat … Read more
India has redrafted a law to allow politicians to be forcibly removed from official homes within three days of leaving office, to end the practice of squatting by powerful figures. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s cabinet approved an amendment to an existing law Wednesday permitting authorities to use force to remove former ministers, lawmakers and retired … Read more
Foreigners will be barred from attending Singapore’s annual gay-pride rally, its organisers said, as the city-state tightens rules against the involvement of non-Singaporeans in protests. Singapore’s Pink Dot rally, which started in 2009, has attracted crowds of up to 28,000 despite a backlash from conservative groups in a state where protests are strictly controlled. However, … Read more
The Minister of Aviation, Mrs Cecilia Abena Dapaah, has expressed the hope that air travellers would experience more comfort and international standard treatment upon the completion of ongoing projects at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA). She has, therefore, urged contractors working on the new Airport Terminal three project to ensure that they “revise their notes” … Read more
The Koforidua Circuit Court B has adjourned to May 23, 2017 for trial to begin in a case involving three Chinese nationals and three Ghanaian illegal miners arrested at Denkyira near Nkawkaw in the Eastern region. The Court has also asked Prosecution to get Chinese interpreter for trial to begin on the adjourned date. The … Read more
Three Students Unions; the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS), the University Students Association of Ghana (USAG), and the Ghana Union of Professional Students (GUPS), have in three separate open letters to the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu, appealed to him to reconsider his decision to close down the Ghana School of … Read more
Incidents of pirate attacks in the Gulf of Guinea has come down, following the acquisition of a modern Vessel Traffic Management Information System (VTMIS), Captain Inusah Abdul Nasir, Deputy Director in charge of Environment and Ship Safety at the Ghana Maritime Authority has said. According to him, piracy is one of the illicit activities that … Read more
A report by the Committee on Communications of Parliament shows that the National Identification Authority (NIA) is yet to register and issue a national identification card to 83percent of the country’s estimated 27million population. According to the report, only 4.5million resident Ghanaians, representing 17percent of the population, have National IDs. “Presently, the Authority is managing … Read more
Phizbarz is only 23 but hopes to become the next Nigerian Afropop star to be famous across Africa — and to get himself known and earn a living, he’s using his mobile phone. The young performer from the country’s commercial and entertainment capital, Lagos, floods social networking sites Twitter, Facebook and Instagram with clips of … Read more
Sri Lanka has taken the unusual step of clearing thousands of wasps from a tea plantation to ensure Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not stung during his upcoming visit. Police in Hatton, 125 kilometres (78 miles) east of Colombo, hired a private company to remove the wasps from its picturesque tea fields which Modi … Read more
A Deputy Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has reminded that Right to Information Bill, when passed, will benefit the general public and is not focused on press freedom. He noted that the law will seek to provide members of the public with information to empower them towards improved participation in the democratic process. “Freedom … Read more
A Deputy Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has reminded that Right to Information Bill, when passed, will benefit the general public and is not focused on press freedom. He noted that the law will seek to provide members of the public with information to empower them towards improved participation in the democratic process. “Freedom … Read more
Artiste of the Year at the 2017 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards, Joe Oscar Mettle, has told the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) that the gospel music industry in Ghana has matured. When he was asked by host Akwasi Sarpong how he would rate the gospel music industry beyond its spiritual fulfillment, he said the genre is … Read more