The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has declared as void parcels of lands at the Achimota Forest and the Ramsar Site, Sakumono, contained in an alleged will of the late Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie. He has subsequently directed Lands and Forestry Commission to take the appropriate actions in that regard. A statement signed by the Minister and issued in Accra yesterday said preliminary inquiries revealed that there were no records of ownership at the Lands Commission by Kwadwo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has called on African leaders to deal with the canker of tax evasion and illegitimate commercial transactions by multi nationals, which account for over US$50 billion of illicit flows from the continent annually. “We must also deal with “tax-dodging” and illegitimate commercial transactions by multinationals, which account for sixty percent (60%) of the eighty-eight billion dollars (US$88 billion) of illicit financial flows from the continent annually

There are barrels of tears and degrees of destructions anytime rains visit the country, particularly, the capital, Accra. This year was not spared, as misery and grief have decorated the faces of victims of the recent floods. From the weekend through to yesterday, many companies and individuals are still counting their loses, amidst being rendered homeless. The emotions cannot be described, as one victim posted on her Facebook page that she had lost everything to the flood after “15 years of my

Government has made a passionate appeal to citizens to get involved in the fight against terrorism and violent extremism. It follows the increasing terror attacks and worrisome intelligence reports in neighboring countries. The West African Region has in recent weeks been inundated with attacks by extremist elements, some of which have occurred as close as 50 kilometres from Ghana’s northern frontiers. Within the first quarter of 2022, out of the 346 terrorist attacks in various African countries,

The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has held a day’s sensitisation workshop for commercial drivers aimed at equipping them with the requisite knowledge on petroleum pricing and quality. The day’s event comes on the back of the recent continuous hike in petroleum prices on the global market due to the rippling effect of the Russia-Ukraine war. Opening the forum, the Chief Executive Officer of the NPA, Dr Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, said the government has instituted a number of measures to ensure

Nana Ama Adutwumoah, the founder of Touching the Lives of Girls Foundation (TLGF) said she had to sell off her car in 2020 to buy sanitary pads for female students in some second-cycle schools. That was after she had realized that most female students in their early puberty stages in most schools in the Greater Accra Region absent themselves or sometimes quit school when they start their menstruation. This is because they do not know how to hygienically take care of themselves or do not have money

A monarchical historian in Kumasi, Osei Bonsu Sarfo-Kantanka, alias Professor, has said President Akufo-Addo’s applause to the Dormaahene as a good historian is in bad taste. According to the history teacher, Dormaahene Osagyefo Oseadeyo Agyemang Badu II spews out inaccurate, incorrect, false and untrue history. Teacher Kantanka’s position is in obvious reaction to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s commendation of the Dormaahene’s vast knowledge in history, for which reason he (President)

The usual heavy downpour of rains in the southern part of the country has started in earnest and wreaking havoc. With its accompanying concomitant effects, the perennial flooding in parts of the country, particularly in Accra, has been devastating, to say the least. Several people have become victims of the devastating floods with accompanying destruction of properties. However, we could perhaps take solace in the fact that unlike some experiences in the past, no human casualty has been recorded

The District Chief Executive for Kintampo South in the Bono East region, Mr. Opoku Nyame, has handed over 249 school furniture to the District Director of Ghana Education. The presentation was made on behalf of Mr. Alexander Gyan, Member of Parliament for Kintampo South, who through the GETFund donated the said furniture to the directorate. Mr. Nyame, during the short presentation, noted that the Member of Parliament took that giant step aimed at reducing the number of students who sit on the floor

The Tano North Municipal Chief Executive, Mr Ernest Kwarteng, has commissioned a girls’ dormitory block for the Boakye Tromo Senior Technical High School in Duayaw Nkwanta in the Ahafo Region. Addressing the gathering, the MCE stated that the infrastructure is part of government’s agenda to promote free and quality education in the country. He further reiterated the government’s commitment to ensuring that the Free Senior High School policy continues to be a success and thus encouraged

A student from the Banda Islamic School in the Banda District of the Bono region emerged the best in the Girls in ICT competition held in the region for young females. Fourteen-year-old Hawao Omoro beat 99 other students to emerge the overall best in the regional competition which was keenly contested among the participating schools in the twelve districts of the region. Hawao Omoro took home GHC3,000 cash prize, a laptop and the establishment of an ultramodern Computer Laboratory for the school,

The Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) is holding a-five-day training in export marketing fundamentals for exporters to help meet the non-traditional exports target of $25.3 billion in the next 10 years. The workshop aims to support the export community to acquire managerial, technical and trade capacity as well as understand the current global export trends to give Ghana a competitive edge. Mr Albert Kassim Diwura, the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of GEPA, speaking at the opening session,

Fear is that unpleasant emotion caused by the threat of danger, pain or harm. Being afraid or the word fear emanates from how you feel and perceive a situation which all begins from the mind. Our mind is a very powerful part of every human being where our every action and reaction is first recorded in our minds before anything else. What you think about is what you gradually become since your mind comes forth thoughts and thoughts translated into positive or negative action is dependent on you. Discipline

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has voted unanimously to raise the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) to 13 per cent. CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, announced this on Tuesday while briefing reporters at the end committee’s meeting at the apex bank’s headquarters in Abuja. It is the first time in two and a half years that the policy-setting committee of the nation’s financial regulator would increase the MPR, which measures the interest rate. The MPR is the baseline

The Kogi State Government has warned civil servants in the state to steer clear of partisan politics. The Head of Service, Mrs Hannah Odiyo, gave the warning on Tuesday while reacting to a statement credited to the Chairman, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), in Kogi State, Comrade Onuh Edoka, who in his address to the members of the newly constituted political steering committee urged them to drive Labour Party membership in the state. Odiyo charged all public or civil servants to stay completely out

An All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential aspirant, Rochas Okorocha has allegedly been held hostage. Okorocha made the remark in reaction to the presence of operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in his Abuja residence. On Tuesday, EFCC operatives besieged the Imo West Senator’s residence in the Maitama area of Abuja. Okorocha in reaction to their presence claimed the men of the anti-graft agency invaded his residence without a warrant of arrest. Speaking with Channels

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has dissolved the state executive council. Mr Wike also sacked his Chief of Staff, Emeka Woke and his Senior Special Assistant on Protocol, Harold Koko. This was contained in a statement by the special assistant to the governor on media, Kelvin Ebiri, Tuesday morning. “Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has dissolved the State Executive Council with effect from Tuesday, May 24, 2022. “The chief of staff to the governor and senior special assistant

She’s not two-faced, let alone 12-faced. Khloé Kardashian said in a new interview that she can take the scrutiny she gets online, but one rumor that offends her is that she has had multiple face transplants. “It did use to bother me when people were [saying] I’ve had 12 face transplants. I’m like, ‘Oh, my God, I have?’ I was like, ‘That’s crazy,’” she said on Amanda Hirsch’s “Not Skinny But Not Fat” podcast Tuesday. Kardashian, 37, could not figure out where the rumor

Produce and star in a globetrotting, stunt-heavy action movie in the middle of a global pandemic. That was Tom Cruise’s mission … and he chose to accept it. The Top Gun: Maverick star and his regular collaborator, director Christopher McQuarrie, started working on the two-part Mission: Impossible adventure just as COVID-19 shut down film productions across the world. But Cruise & Co. soldiered on (with some controversy and a run-in with the virus), and the fruits of their labor

The CEO of Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC), Yofi Grant, led a delegation from Ghana to visit Tyler Perry Studios at Atlanta in United States of America. The delegation included the CEO of Ghana Export Promotion Authority, Dr Afua Asabea Asare, executives from the Ghana International Chamber of Commerce (GHICC), and the Ghana Council of Georgia members. The delegation, after their tour, held a meeting with Elon D. Johnson, Senior Creative Executive of Production and Development at the Tyler