President Akufo-Addo has appointed the 2016 Flagbearer of the People’s National Convention (PNC), Edward Nasigri Mahama as an Ambassador-at-Large. He was among 21 others who have been appointed to represent Ghana as diplomats in other countries. They were all sworn in by the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Monday. An ambassador-at-large is an ambassador ...
An attempt to confirm President Akufo-Addo’s Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) nominee for the Yilo Krobo Assembly in the Eastern Region on Monday, turned chaotic and was suspended abruptly. This was after some unidentified men claiming to be working with the National Security, stormed the venue to take away the ballot boxes. The assembly members had ...
Scientists in Zurich are removing the blinders and letting drones figure things out for themselves. Using “vision algorithms” a group of researchers were able to teach inexpensive off-the-shelf drones to fly autonomously and map surrounding areas. The algorithms used are a “dense surface reconstruction” data-set designed to teach drones to understand their environment. Using a ...
Policy Think Tank, IMANI Africa, has questioned the viability of government’s biggest agricultural policy dubbed ‘Planting for Food and Jobs.’ IMANI decried that the policy failed to address key concerns such as the lack of access to finance, unavailability of water and lack of mechanization drive. The concerns contained in a report commissioned by the ...
Twelve public sector labour unions have given government up to the end of July 2017, to pay their tier two pension contributions. According to the unions, their contributions have been held at the Bank of Ghana since 2010, a situation they describe as unlawful. The unions include the Ghana Medical Association, the Civil and Local Government Staff ...
Manchester United have announced the signing of Romelu Lukaku from Everton. Lukaku has signed a five-year contract, with the option of a further 12 months, after completing a medical in Los Angeles over the weekend. Sky sources say the fee could eventually rise to £90m, and United held off late competition from Chelsea for the ...
The Winneba High Court, presided over by His Lordship Justice George Atto-Mills, today [Monday], dismissed a motion for interlocutory injunction on the Governing Council of the University of Education, Winneba. On June 16 this year, counsel for the University and the Ministry of Education, Peter Zwennes, prayed the court to dismiss the suit, because in their ...
The 2001 year group of the University Primary School (UPS), now University Basic School (UBS) was last Monday crowned champions of the 5th edition of the UPS Alumni Games, aimed at raising funds for their ‘Alma mater’. In a keenly contested competition, the 2001 year group dumped opponents like the 2002 and 2001 year groups ...
Dozens of patients who reported at the Pantang Hospital on Monday, July 10, were turned away as the staff of the facility embarked on a sit-down strike. Some of the patients were left helpless as they loitered the premises of the hospital, hoping to be attended to. The staff of the Hospital are on strike to demand ...
The Coalition of Unemployed Private Nurses has described as improper, government’s decision to prioritize the employment of nurses trained in public institutions over them. According to the group made up of over three thousand qualified nurses from accredited private Nursing training schools, government’s continuous preferential treatment defeats the constitutional provision of equal opportunity for all ...
In an effort to maintain its lead in developing global citizens for individual excellence, Webster University (Ghana), has introduced two new undergraduate programs for the 2017/2018 academic year. The new programs, Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Bachelor of Science in Finance, have been added to the existing Bachelor of Arts program in Management, Media ...
The Akuapem School for the deaf situated at Mampong Akuapem in the Eastern Region of Ghana, on Saturday, July 8, 2017, received a vital donation from the Ghana Association of Chinese Societies (GACS) as well as the Chinese chamber of commerce. The support came to the disadvantaged school for the deaf in the form of ...
Members of the Kenyan Parliament who will be elected to the 12th Parliament will not benefit from the Sh5,000 allowance their predecessors enjoyed for sittings. This is after the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) scrapped it after members of the public raised concerns that their representatives were misusing it. SRC Chairperson Sarah Serem said Kenyans ...
The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu, has said that he is not “too surprised” about the discovery of a hidden audio visual device in his office at the Ministry. “It is quite shocking. It is a caution for us to be careful in the environment we are working in. I am not ...
Flood waters from River Tano and other tributaries in the Western Region on Friday [7th July, 2017], displaced over a 1,000 residents of Samreboi and other communities in the Wassa Amenfi West District. While some residents are temporarily seeking shelter in churches and schools, others are seeking refuge with relatives on higher grounds. Affected communities in ...
An audio visual device believed to have been secretly planted in the office of the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Peter Amewu has been discovered. Mr. Amewu confirmed to Citi News that the devices were found through a screening process at the Ministry. It is however unclear who planted the device there, when it ...
Fruit juice processing factories have threatened of an imminent collapse of the industry should the government fail to intervene and address the challenge of unavailability of raw materials. They argue that the development has compelled them to underutilize their respective installed capacities. The processors are also unable to produce to meet demand due to rising ...
The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has said government has not given up on the fight against illegal mining also known as galamsey. A former Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Kwabena Mintah Akandor, had accused the government of losing the fight against galamsey because it was not using the right approach to fighting the ...
Iraqi security forces are clearing the final pockets of resistance by Islamic State militants in the city of Mosul. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi went to Mosul on Sunday to congratulate his troops on “liberating” the city, but he stopped short of declaring victory. The militants were said to hold an area about 180m (590ft) long ...
North London Premier League football club Tottenham Hotspur has said that it is not in any discussions relating to a takeover offer. Media reports had said US firm Iconiq Capital was preparing an offer. Spurs are currently in the process of building a new stadium, and will play games at Wembley Stadium next season. The ...
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