Civil Society group, OneGhana Movement has reiterated its call for an independent investigation into allegations of torture made by the journalists from ModernGhana who were arrested, against the National Security. The group is also demanding the release of a video footage of the interrogation process as a way of ascertaining whether indeed the journalists were […]
The Management of the Youth Employment Agency has called on and presented the Agency’s new sustainable, employable and skill development initiatives to the Former President of Ghana, His Excellency John Agyekum Kufour. A delegation which included some ambassadors of the Youth Employment Agency explained the Job Centre Project, Artisan Directory and Regional Flagship programs to […]
Board Chairman of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA), Sammi Awuku has cautioned Ambassadors of the Agency to be professional in their approach to duty, by exhibiting the highest standards. Mr. Awuku who sounded peeved about the somewhat negative hype and feedback generated from the visit of the Ambassadors to former president John Agyekum Kufuor yesterday, […]
Two Chinese working with a glass and aluminium company have been reportedly abducted by gunmen in Benin, Edo State. The incident happened on Wednesday at the Utesi community along the Benin-Auchi Road. According to reports, the police orderly attached to the victims lost his life; he was caught down in a hail of bullets during […]
In the midst of rising public anger, Parliament has said it has not taken any “firm” decision on the controversial plan to build a new 450-seater chamber. Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu indicated that the interest of the public would be considered in the final determination on the planned construction of […]
A group known as the Economic Fighters is expected to picket at Parliament later today, Friday, in protest of the planned construction of a new Parliament complex. The picketing is a precursor to the planned demonstration on July 13 against the project, according She told Citi News the responses from Parliament to the concerns have […]
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has cut the sod for the commencement of work on the US$100 million military housing project and reconstruction of the Ghana Military Academy. The US$100 million project, which will be completed in thirty-six (36) months, will boast of 176 two-bedroom flats; 160 two-bedroom half compound houses; […]
A 43-year-old man has been shot dead in a hunting expedition gone bad at Jumapo, in the New Juaben North Municipality of the Eastern Region. The deceased identified as Yaw Foster is popularly known as Efo-Anyway, reportedly went to hunt in the company of three others but was mistakenly gunned down in their attempt to […]
Two registered input suppliers under the government’s flagship project Planting for Food and Jobs have been blacklisted for attempting to smuggle fertilizer to neighbouring Burkina Faso. The two companies are; Intercontinental Agro Group and Dematar Ghana Company. Security officials at the Paga border in the Upper East Region arrested the articulated trucks carrying the fertilizer […]
By: Concerned Students A final year student of the Wa Campus of the University for Development Studies (UDS) has attempted suicide because he was unable to repay a an amount of 300 Ghana Cedis he borrowed from a female student. Kofi Bless was found in his room lying unconscious and was rushed to the UDS […]
Veteran musician, Akosua Agyapong and her family were forced to leave their home Tuesday evening over death threats. According to Akosua Agyapong, around 2:30 pm, her house help alerted her about an inscription on her wall at Kasoa Tuba which read “I will kill Akosua Agyapong; she will die this evening.” The distraught musician said […]
The mother of an 11-year-old girl (name withheld) who was repetitively defiled by her father since she was eight years old, has threatened to kill her daughter if her father is jailed for the crime since she (the mother) says she has no means of taking care of the little girl. The victim’s father was […]
