The Minister for Roads and Highways, Hon. Kwasi Amoako-Atta, has assured the people of Salaga, and, by extension, the people of the Savannah Region that the 138-kilometre Tamale-Salaga-Makango Road will be completed by the end of the year. Speaking at Kpalbe, in the Salaga North constituency of the Savannah Region, Hon. Kwasi Amoako-Atta, on Monday, […]
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GH¢10 million rehabilitated Salaga water system project completed; President Akufo-Addo commends GWCL
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Monday, 3rd February, 2020, on his tour of the Savannah Region, commended the Ghana Water Company Ltd for completing the rehabilitation of the Salaga water system project. It will be recalled that in 2017, during a tour of Salaga, which was then part of the […]
Airbus bribery scandal: Ghana indeed lost money-Manasseh asserts
Investigative Journalist, Manasseh Azure Awuni has described as untenable, suggestions that Ghana did not lose any money in the Airbus bribery scandal. According to him, assertions by Mr. Stan Dogbe, a former presidential staffer in the erstwhile John Mahama administration that Ghana did not lose any money in the Airbus transactions cannot be true. According […]
‘’Most movie producers owe actors including myself’’-Kofi Adjorlolo
Veteran Ghanaian Actor, Kofi Adjorlolo has accused Ghanaian movie producers of impoverishing actors in the country. According to him, most movie producers owe himself and his colleagues in the industry and are refusing to pay them, even when they are aware that they (the actors) are poor and suffering. BestNewsGH.com can report an angry Mr. […]
“Teach Africa’s young people smart solutions’’- says founder of Green Girls, at launch of 2020 African Economic Outlook
African governments must foster innovation and provide hands-on education solutions to young people if the continent is to beat the challenges of the next decade and meet global development targets. “Reality on the ground and the statistics do not meet, they are on parallel lines. There’s more of cram work in our educational system than […]
AfDB report urges new skills for young people to meet needs of 21st century labour market
“Youth must be prepared for the jobs of the future – not the jobs of the past,” African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina said on Thursday at the launch of the Bank’s flagship African Economic Outlook. “Given the fast pace of change, driven by the 4th industrial revolution – from artificial intelligence to robotics, machine learning, […]
Students of Buipe SHS sent home after fire gutted girls’ dormitories
About 290 students of the Buipe Senior High School in the Central Gonja District of the Savannah Region have been asked to go home after a fire outbreak on Monday morning razed part of the school’s girls’ dormitories. The incident started around 7 am when the students were in classrooms. The affected students who have […]
20 church members die with over 50 injured in rush to get Holy Oil from Pastor
It is reported that some church members numbering about 20 have joined their ancestor in a bid to secure a holy oil from their pastor. This sad incident is said to have happened in Tanzania where the Pastor identified as Boniface Mwamposa aka ‘The Apostle’ and also the leader of Arise and Shine Ministry is […]
Come clean on your interest in Airbus scandal – Buaben Asamoa to Martin Amidu
Member of Parliament for the Adentan Constituency, Yaw Buaben Asamoa has called on the Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu, to publicly declare his stance on the Airbus bribery scandal. On January 31, 2020, Ghana was cited as one of five countries in which global aerospace group, Airbus SE, allegedly bribed or promised payments to senior officials in exchange […]
CID arrests NPP Vice Chair Ekow Ewusi over missing excavators
The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has arrested the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP)’s Central Regional Vice Chairman, Horace Ekow Ewusi, over missing excavators seized in the clampdown on illegal mining (galamsey). The embattled Vice Chairman is being interrogated over his role in some missing excavators and other equipment seized from […]
Zoomlion to appeal High Court decision on Auditor General’s surcharge
Zoomlion Ghana Limited has served notice it will appeal the decision of the Accra High Court dismissing a case that challenged the validity of surcharges issued by the Auditor General against the waste management firm. “Much as Zoomlion welcomes the decision, it should be noted that the company is clothed with the right to seek […]
“Nobody eats GDP” says African Development Bank President as he calls for inclusive growth
Africa’s economies are growing strongly, but growth alone cannot meet the needs of the continent’s poorest citizens, because “nobody eats GDP,” the African Development Bank’s President, Akinwumi Adesina, said as he unveiled the Bank’s flagship economic report on Thursday. The 2020 African Economic Outlook (AEO) showed that the continent’s economies are growing well, higher than the global […]