The Vice President of the Republic, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, on Sunday, August 25, 2019 donated towards the completion of the Catholic priest’s rectorate at the Walewale Parish in the North East region. An indigene of Walewale in the West Mamprusi district, Dr Bawumia made a donation of GhC20,000 when the Catholic church reached out to […]
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UEW impasse: Avoke and team-presents petition to Minister-begs for Napo’s intervention
The former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) Prof. Mawutor Avoke has apologised to the Education Minister for undermining the process of resolving the impasse at the University. Prof Avoke who lead a six-member delegation to pay a courtesy call on Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh said their conduct of taking matters into their own hands when […]
How a Nigerian scammer conned a woman out of $200,000
The relationship between a Japanese woman and a U.S. Army captain stationed in Syria started online, through an international social network for digital pen pals. It grew into an internet romance over 10 months of daily emails. It ended with the woman $200,000 poorer and on the verge of bankruptcy after borrowing money from her […]
Bank of Ghana exposes lying Dr. Johnson Asiamah
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has utterly responded to the lies of the former Deputy Governor, Dr.Johnson Asiama regarding the banking sector cleanup. Dr. Asiama who is lobbying to be selected as running mate to John Mahama under whose era the banking crises reached its apex has been moving from one media house to the […]
ActionAid demands policies to reduce unpaid care work
ActionAid Ghana, (AAG), an affiliate of ActionAid, a global justice federation working to achieve social justice, gender equality and poverty reduction is calling on government to initiate policies to reduce Unpaid Care Work (UCW) done by individual women for economic and societal benefits. This, according to the NGO, can be done by government through the […]
Contracts for sale: CHRAJ confirms receipt of President’s petition to investigate PPA Boss
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has confirmed receipt of a petition from President Nana Addo-Dankwa Akufo-Addo requesting it to look into breaches of conflict of interest by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA), Mr Adjenim Boateng Adjei. The President sent the petition to CHRAJ soon after […]
Former NDC MP’s V8, house seized to settle ¢1.5m judgement debt
A house and a Land Cruiser vehicle belonging to a former Member of Parliament, Ibrahim Dey Abubakari, has been seized to satisfy a 1.5 million-cedi judgment debt in favour of a former National Security Advisor, Alhaji Baba Kamara. Court officials and auctioneer on Thursday, August 22 went to the house located at Adenta in Accra […]
Chief remanded for two weeks for attempted murder
The chief of Dodou, near Sarpeiman in the Ga West municipality of the Greater Accra Region, has been remanded by a magistrate court in Accra for attempted murder. Nii Ayitey Anumle Oyanka I who shot a 40-year-old man multiple times near his palace, pleaded not guilty to attempted murder, abduction and assault. He is expected again […]
COCOBOD CEO warns against child labour in Cocoa farms
The Chief Executive of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Joseph Boahen Aidoo has sternly cautioned cocoa farmers across the country to desist from child labour practices and from bringing their children to farms even for mundane tasks that can be misconstrued as child labour. He said COCOBOD has taken a stance against the use of […]
Just in: Martin Amidu invites suspended PPA Boss over corruption allegations
The Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu has invited the suspended Chief Executive Officer of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA), Agyenim Boateng Adjei for questioning in relation to corruption allegations against him. The embattled PPA boss was handed a suspension by president Akufo-Addo following the airing of investigative piece, ‘Contracts for Sale’ by Manasseh Azure Awuni. The […]
Just in: President Akufo-Addo fires PPA Boss
Information available to BestNewsGH.com confirms the suspension of the Chief Executive Officer of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA) Agyenim Boateng Adjei by Presudent Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. A statement signed by the Director of Communications at the Office of the President, Eugene Arhin announcing the suspension of Mr. Agyenim Boateng Adjei read in part that […]
Rawlings gifts former MP brand new vehicle
Former member of Parliament for Hohoe North, Patience Esi Pomary was on Tuesday presented with a re-conditioned KIA Sorento Sports Utility Vehicle by former President Jerry John Rawlings at a short ceremony in his office at Ridge in Accra. Describing Madam Pomary as a true patriot who has dedicated most of her life to the […]