The Individual Bondholders Association of Ghana (IBHAG) has withdrawn from the Technical Committee of the government’s Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP) due to concerns that the deliberations are not in the best interest of its members. The group argues that the process is causing pain to its members and deviates from promises made by the […]
The Ghanaian government has stated that 76 of its citizens in Sudan are being evacuated due to the ongoing conflict. The group comprises 73 students and three footballers including former Real Tamale United star David Sandan Abagna who joined Al Hilal SC in January. The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Dr. Kwaku […]
The occasion was the inauguration of a barracks facility for the Ghana Police Service at Kwabenya in the Ga East District of the Greater Accra Region. And since that place is located in her Dome-Kwabenya constituency, as a Member of Parliament for the area, Sarah Adwoa Safo, recently touted by some of her colleagues and […]
The Catholic Archdiocese of Accra now has two auxiliary bishops. The two, both Catholic priests, the Most Rev. Anthony Narh Asare, Titular Bishop of Castellum in Numidia, and the Most Rev. John Kobina Louis, Titular Bishop of Fessei, had their episcopal ordination at the Holy Spirit Cathedral in a solemn but colourful ceremony yesterday. It […]
The Ga Traditional Council has announced a ban on drumming and noise-making for a month-long period, from May 15 to June 15, 2023, as part of preparations for this year’s Homowo festival. The ban applies to all forms of noise-making, including the use of loudspeakers, drums, tambourines, funeral rites, and roadside evangelism. The Public Relations […]
Mr Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, a prominent member of Ghana’s ruling New Patriotic Party, has criticized former Minister for Environment, Science, Technology, and Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, over allegations made against him in a report from March 2021. Otchere-Darko was accused of interfering with the work of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM) in the […]
The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) is calling for the immediate reinstatement of the headmaster of Ghana Senior High School (GHANASCO) in Tamale, Douglas Haruna Yakubu, by the Ghana Education Service (GES). This comes after Mr. Yakubu and the school’s senior housemaster were instructed to step aside for further investigation into a viral video […]
The Headmaster of Fijai Senior High School, Kenneth Agbomadze, has been interdicted by the Ghana Education Service (GES) over allegations of collecting illegal fees from students. The interdiction, which takes immediate effect, was announced in a press statement issued by the GES on Tuesday, April 18, 2023. According to the GES, Mr. Agbomadze is to […]
The Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCo) yesterday cut power supply to two educational institutions in the Upper East Region over their indebtedness to the company. The affected schools are the Bolgatanga Technical University (BTU) and the Bolgatanga Nursing Training College (NTC). As of February 2023, the BTU owed NEDCo more than GH¢1 million, while the […]
Dr. Nsiah Asare, a Presidential Advisor on Health, has revealed that construction work on the demolished La General Hospital will soon begin. The disclosure was made on Citi FM following protests by residents of the La community and surrounding areas against the stalled project. In the interview, Dr. Asare addressed the residents’ concerns, urging patience […]
The Managing Director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has disclosed that the company has been able to retrieve in excess of GH¢2billion from debt in the last one month following the debt retrieval exercise the company embarked upon. The ECG MD, Samuel Dubik Mahama disclosed this in separate radio interviews monitored by Graphic Online on […]
The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) have bust a syndicate of 13 foreigners allegedly engaged in the manufacture of explosives in Tarkwa in the Western Region. Over 20,000 pieces of illegal explosives were seized from the suspects, made up of eight Chinese, three Togolese, an Ivorian and a Nigerian. The explosives, which were seized on the […]
