The first batch of Ghanaian pilgrims have returned to Accra after partaking in this year’s Hajj in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Flynas Boeing 747-400 flight which carried the 472 pilgrims from Jeddah touched down at 2.55am Sunday dawn at the Kotoka International Airport. The visibly exhausted but excited pilgrims then proceeded to the […]
The Clerk-elect of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana (PCG), Rev. Dr Godwin Nii Noi Odonkor, has said it is just and fair for the government to tax churches on the businesses they do. Churches, he argued, were not islands in the running of the State and once they engaged in profit-making […]
A new concept in public libraries in Ghana, e-Ananse Libraries, which is the initiative of WestBlue Consulting, a world-class business and IT-consulting and technology firm, has opened a branch at the University of Ghana-Legon. This makes it two as the first library was opened at Osu in Accra. The company, through its corporate social responsibility […]
The National Identification Authority (NIA) has designated a total of 143 centres for the mop-up registration exercise across the Volta Region. The Volta Mop-up registration exercise starts on September 02 to 14. Assistant Commissioner of Immigration (ACOI) Francis Palmdeti, Head of Corporate Affairs at NIA said the mop-up registration centres, which were crafted alongside the […]
Efforts by the Pharmacy Council in the Northern Region to stamp out the illegal sale and abuse of tramadol have been given a major boost with the arrest of the main architect behind the illicit business. Abdulai Issahaku, a 40-year-old chemical seller at Changli in Tamale, was arrested by a joint police and Pharmacy Council […]
Confidential information gleaned from Bank of Ghana (BoG) correspondence of 12th May, 2016 reveal how the former deputy governor of the Bank approved needless liquidity supports to UT bank to cover up for huge indebtedness of MBG limited and Holman Brothers Ghana Ltd, all being companies owned by Ibrahim Mahama. In the letter herewith attached, […]
The Vice President of the Republic H.E Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has donated a 32 Seater Bus to TI Ahmadiya Senior High School (T. I Amass), Kumasi on Friday, 30th August, 2019. The presentation was done on behalf of Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia by the Second Lady, Hajia Samira Bawumia. The donation was in fulfillment of a […]
The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has indicated that construction of the Pwalugu dam will be the single largest investment made by any government in Northern Ghana since independence. Addressing a gathering of family members, friends and sympathizers at the 40 day Adua of the late Upper West Regional Chief Imam, Alhaji Yakubu Issahaku, at […]
North Korea’s legislature approved changes to the constitution to solidify leader Kim Jong Un’s role as head of state, elevating him to the status of his grandfather – the communist nation’s founder. The move comes after Kim was formally named head of state and commander-in-chief of the military in a new constitution in July that analysts […]
Ghana has opened an application centre in Tokyo, the capital city of Japan, as part of efforts to improve passport acquisition by Ghanaians living in the Diaspora. Addressing a ceremony on the sidelines of this year’s Tokyo International Conference on African Development (Ticad 7) Ghana’s Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration Minister Shirley Ayorkor Botchway said […]
The prime suspect who is said to have killed two police officers in Gomoa Buduburam near Kasoa has been arrested. Eric Kojo Duah, who has been declared wanted by the police was on his way to the Volta region en route Akosombo in the Eastern region when he was nabbed. According to the information from […]
A farming community, Adumasa in the Nkoranza North District of the newly created Bono East Region was thrown into a state of shock when a swarm of bees attacked and killed an Italian volunteer on Monday. The deceased Francesco Ruini, 66, an expert in beekeeping, and a volunteer of the Africa Liberal, an Italian NGO, was in the […]
