The First Lady Mrs. Rebecca Akuffo-Addo was in Japan to represent Ghana at the enthronement ceremony of Japan’s Emperor Naruhito, at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Tuesday, October 22nd. During the solemn and elaborate ceremony, Emperor Naruhito, 59, who officially began his reign in May, after the abdication of his father, then Emperor Akihito, […]
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has dissociated itself from comments made by the Bantama constituency chairman of the party, Fiifi Mensah. Fiifi Mensah had urged Ghanaians not to sabotage the good policies of the ruling administration by voting YES in the upcoming referendum. “I’m appealing to all the good people of Ghana, especially homes that […]
The Millenium Challenge Corporation (MCC) of the United States of America has truncated Ghana’s Power Compact following the decison by the Ghanaian government to terminate the contract of the Power Distribution Services (PDS) over certain fundamental breaches. A statement issued by the US Embassy said the “United States of America notes this decision [termination of […]
South Africa’s embattled state power firm, Eskom, is taking legal action to reclaim $14m (£11m) from multinational consultancy Deloitte, accusing it of being awarded contracts improperly. Eskom said Deloitte charged five times more than its competitors for work undertaken in 2016. Deloitte said it did nothing wrong, and would fight the claim in court. South […]
The Youth Employment Agency (YEA) in collaboration with the Ghana Education Service (GES) are due to recruit some 7, 730 youth across the country under the YEA School Support Programme. To this end, the two organisations yesterday, Monday, October 21, 2019 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which marks the official commencement of the programme. […]
The Akufo-Addo government has released GHS2.2 billion through the Ministry of Finance for onward payment of debts owed road contractors “The good news does not end here”, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said on Monday, 21 October 2019 when he cut the sod for the construction of the Obetsebi-Lamptey Interchange located on the Obetsebi-Lamptey roundabout. […]
Vice-Chancellors of Technical Universities in the country are appealing to striking members of the Technical University Teachers Association of Ghana (TUTAG) and Technical Universities Administrators Association of Ghana (TUAAG) to go back to their posts. The appeal was made in a statement from their association, known as Vice-Chancellors of Technical Universities of Ghana (VCTU-G), after […]
The ruling New Patriotic Party has set April 25, 2020 to hold its Presidential Primaries and Parliamentary Primaries in constituencies with NPP Member of Parliament. In a press statement sighted by Awake News and signed by the General Secretary, Mr. John Boadu said “ahead of these primaries, the party is cautioning prospective aspirants to DESIST from […]
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Monday, 21st October, 2019, cut the sod for the construction of the Obetsebi-Lamptey Interchange, located on the site of what is the famous Obetsebi-Lamptey roundabout. The construction of this Interchange, according to President Akufo-Addo, will help address the congestion being faced by commuters at the […]
Minister of Communications, Madam Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has described persons complaining that the current New Patriotic Party (NPP) has done nothing as witches who deserved to be exorcised. According to her, only persons with witchcraft will be lamenting they have not seen anything meaningful being embarked on since the Akufo-Addo government took over the reins of […]
The Coalition of Unemployed Nurses (CUN) has called for the immediate release of six of its members who they allege were picked up by the police at the Ministry of Health when they went to demand for employment earlier today. According to a statement issued by the group, their convener, Abdul Rafiq Sugri was arrested […]
One of the world’s leading Smartphone brands, Huawei has invested one-billion-dollar to support global developers accessing Huawei Mobile Services ecosystem code name “The Shining-Star Program”. The Shining-Star Program brought together more than 250 app developers and partners in Dubai during the Gulf Information Technology Exhibition, (GITEX) Technology Week at Dubai World Trade Center. […]
