Ghana has successfully launched its first satellite into space. GhanaSat-1, which was developed by students at All Nations University in Koforidua, was sent into orbit from the International Space Centre. Cheers erupted as 400 people, including the engineers, gathered in the southern Ghanaian city to watch live pictures of the launch. The first signal was ...
The Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) has called for fresh investigations into the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST) contaminated fuel saga. The Executive Director of the CDD, Professor Gyimah Boadi, told Citi News in an interview that the recent report by the BNI and National Security on the matter raised more questions ...
The General Legal Council is bent on organizing the upcoming entrance exams for potential students to the Ghana Law School despite a petition to them to scrap the exams. A group of law degree holders calling themselves Concerned LLB Graduates earlier petitioned the General Legal Council to facilitate automatic admissions into the Law School by ...
Investment fund managers are upbeat of the impact of the disbursement of the fourth tranche of the IMF’s extended credit facility, on the stabilization of the cedi. They believe the move should also bring some stability to the economy and bring respite to businesses. Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta has hinted of a meeting between ...
The National Service Secretariat has deployed 91,871 personnel to serve in various institutions as part of their 1-year mandatory service to the country. The acting Executive Director of the scheme, Ussif Mustapha made the announcement at a press conference in Accra to release postings for the 2017/2018 service year. According to him, about 76,908 (85%) ...
It appears the new Cape Coast Kotokuraba Market edifice will remain idle for a while longer as the political tussle over its allocation rages on between the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Central Region. Market women have been left stranded for a long time, not getting access ...
Ghana’s Black Starlets have been drawn in Group A along with hosts India, USA and Colombia in the FIFA U17 World Cup to be held in India later this year. The Starlets will be making their return to the tournament after a 10 year absence and qualified by virtue of finishing as runners up in ...
The Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Ocquaye has tasked the leadership of the House to within one week come up with a cogent approach towards dealing with an alleged bribery claims against Parliament Committees sittings outside the capital, Accra. The directive follows recent allegations that National Lottery Authority (NLA) paid over GHc150, 000 to facilitate ...
Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta has pledged that government would work with stakeholders in the economy for a clearer understanding on how the VAT Flat Rate Scheme functions. According to him, the rationale behind the policy is geared towards simplifying the tax system and does not impose double or cascading tax. The implementation of the ...
The Veterinary Services Department intends to ban the transfer of pigs following reports of an outbreak of Swine flu in parts of the country. According to the department, data available to them indicates that some pig farms in the Ashanti Region have been affected. There has also been a reported case of swine flu in ...
The Veterinary Services Department intends to ban the transfer of pigs following reports of an outbreak of Swine fever in parts of the country. According to the department, data available to them indicates that some pig farms in the Ashanti Region have been affected. There has also been a reported case of swine fever in ...
RB Leipzig have given the strongest indication yet that they intend to keep a hold of the players that helped them finish runners-up in the Bundesliga last season including, Liverpool target, Naby Keita. The Reds have been linked with a move for the highly-rated midfielder for most of the summer although he has previously indicated a ...
An International consultant and Activist for Social and Political Transformation(SJC), Dr. Nicholas Atampugre has urged Government to as a matter of urgency institute a National Integrity Award Scheme to help fight corruption in the country. Whilst acknowledging the government’s efforts of instituting measures including the Court systems , National Anti-Corruption Plan(NACAP), the proposed Special Prosecutor ...
The over 25 million Ghanaian populace who are expecting to enjoy 100 percent digital TV viewing experience this year, 2017 would have to wait as the deadline for the migration from analogue to digital broadcasting has been shifted to 2018. The erstwhile Mahama government promised to attain this feat by September 2017 but the current ...
A Senior lecturer and Dental Surgeon at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital has been found dead in a hotel room at Dansoman in Accra. A woman who checked in at the hotel with the doctor on Thursday is currently on the run. The cause death remains unknown but among the causes the Police are investigating ...
A Cape Coast Magistrate Court has convicted 3 persons for stealing seven car batteries valued at GH 3,500.00 at Ayikoayiko, a suburb in Cape Coast. Baba Alhassan, 18 and Edward Dixon, 20 were each fined GH¢600 and were convicted on their own plea of guilty. They would each serve two months imprisonment in hard labour ...
Hell is easy and getting there is easier. How difficult is it to give in to lust and commit fornication? Selfishness, hatred, greed, lying, fornication are all easy vices. Unconditional love, blind faith, acts of service, selflessness, on the other hand, can be very hard. Heaven, therefore, is hard to get into. You have to resist ...
A new report released by the United Nations (UN) documented a dramatic leap in African tourism. The report from the UN Conference on Trade and Development states that Africa’s international visitors increased on average by 6% every year between 1995 and 2014. Ghana’s tourist industry was classified as contributing somewhere between 5% and 9.9% to ...
Residents of Sherigu, a suburb of Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region have cautioned residents of Sumbrungu to remain calm and allow experts of the Aviation Ministry conduct feasibility studies into another proposed site for the Bolgatanga airstrip at Sherigu. According to them, the vilification of the Upper East Regional Rockson Bukari and the Aviation ...
First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo on Thursday visited the Lavender Hill Sludge Treatment Project in Accra to familiarize herself with the project. She pledged her support for current activities ongoing at the plant. The First Phase of the Lavender Hill project which is a partnership between the Accra Metropolitan Assembly and Danida is being constructed with ...
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