Alhaji Abdulai Abubakari, the Coordinating Director of Upper West Regional Coordinating Council (RCC), has called on Ghanaians to accept to live up to their tax obligations to enable the government realise its goal of moving Ghana Beyond Aid. He said the only way the government could achieve its developmental agenda and bring progress to everybody was for every Ghanaian to [...] The post ‘Pay
Deputy Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Dr Ziblim Barri Iddi has expressed displeasure about the high prevalent rate of children working as porters in the country. He said research indicates that more than 30,000 children were believed to be working as porters (kayaye) which he described as worrying. The Deputy Minister expressed the sentiment on Friday in [...] The post Minister
The Upper East Regional Chairman of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Alhaji Hussein Ibrahim, has urged the government of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government to preserve the legacies and revamp all defunct factories constructed by Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, first President of Ghana. According to him, the legacies and factories when revamped would create more jobs for the youth and [...] The post CPP:
The 2016 presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Nana Akufo-Addo promised to change Ghana in 18 months when elected president which has been contradicted by the General Secretary of the party, John Boadu who is insisting 40 years is what is needed to transform Ghana. “I am promising you within 18 months of a new government of the [...] The post NPP needs
The Kasoa chapter of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Loyal Ladies, yesterday organised a free health consultation and screening exercise for women and children at Kasoa. The exercise which was held to celebrate the founders’ day offered free medication to mothers and traders at the Kasoa market, while the children were also dewormed. Beneficiaries were screened for malaria, diabetes, and [...] The post NPP
Local governance expert at the Institute of Local Government Studies, Dr. Eric Oduro Osae, has called for the awakening of the masses to hold politicians responsible and make them accountable for every little resource entrusted into their hands. “We need to hold our politicians accountable for management of resources and vote them out if they fail, thus, governments are not [...] The post ‘Hold politicians
Aspiring National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu Ampofo has parried accusation that he let the party down in his job as the Director of Finance of the party during the 2016 elections which saw the NDC losing power. According to him, he can’t be held responsible when the party poorly resourced the Election Directorate. The NDC [...] The post NDC
Aspiring National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu Ampofo has parried accusation that he let the party down in his job as the Director of Finance of the party during the 2016 elections which saw the NDC losing power. According to him, he can’t be held responsible when the party poorly resourced the Election Directorate. The NDC [...] The post NDC
Patriotic Front Movement of Ghana (PAFMOG), a civil society organisation focusing on the political landscape has called on all political parties particularly the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC), to disband all political vigilante groups or face them in court. Political vigilantism has been a major security issue in the country with the advent of the [...] The post CSO
Pirates have kidnapped 12 crew members from a Swiss cargo vessel in Nigerian waters. Massoel Shipping said its vessel, MV Glarus, was carrying wheat from Nigeria’s capital to Port Harcourt when it was attacked on Saturday. “The pirate gang boarded the Glarus by means of long ladders and cut the razor wire on deck,” the firm told AFP. The intruders [...] The post Nigeria pirates
A man has been rescued from a ferry that capsized on Lake Victoria, Tanzania, two days after it overturned with the loss of at least 207 lives. The engineer, named locally as Alphonce Charahani, reportedly survived in an air pocket inside the MV Nyerere ferry, which capsized near Ukara Island on its way from Bugorora on Thursday. He is said [...] The post Man rescued from air pocket in shipwreck
There is heavy security at Abura-Dunkwa in the Central Region as angry youth burned down five houses to retaliate against the alleged killing of a security guard on Saturday. Police have tried to calm the agitated youth, assuring them on Sunday morning that they had launched a murder investigation and a manhunt for those responsible for the killing of the [...] The post Irate youth
The news media at the weekend published two important news items bordering on corruption that must not pass without comments. The news which must be of grave concern to anti-corruption activities are that the office set up of the office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) may not function properly in its quest to combat corruption in the country. [...] The post Resourcing
The police have arrested another person connected to the murder of Lance Corporal Nicholas Duku which took place in Bogoso four months ago. Corporal Duku was allegedly murdered whilst on duty when armed robbers stormed the Plates and Plummes at Bogoso in the Western Region. Narrating his arrest, Director-General of Police Intelligence, Commissioner of Police, Christian Tetteh Yohuno said on [...] The post Police
The Northern Regional Police Command have commenced investigation into the killing of a sub-chief during the celebration of the Fire (Bugum) festival on Thursday night at Kumbungu. The Northern Regional Police Public Relations Officer (PRO) Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Mohammed Yussif Tanko who disclosed this to the Ghanaian Times in an interview yesterday said the deceased identified as [...] The post Northern
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