Sunyani: NABCO trainees unhappy over unpaid allowances
Some aggrieved trainees with the Nation Builders Corps (NABCO), in the Sunyani Municipality are yet to receive their stipend weeks after the Chief Executive Officer of the scheme, Dr Ibrahim Anyars, promised payment during a nationwide tour. According to the trainees, the situation has made it difficult for them to meet their financial obligations, making […]
French environment minister, quits over spending allegations
France’s Environment Minister François de Rugy has announced his resignation after being accused of extravagant spending, including on private dinners. He lashed out at what he described as a “media lynching”, saying the energy he had spent defending himself had hampered his work as minister. An investigative website said he had spent large sums of […]
Brazil cocaine haul: Shoppers find drug stash in their soap powder box
Shoppers in Brazil found they had unwittingly bought cocaine when they opened soap powder they had purchased at a supermarket in Sao Paulo. At least 80kg (176lb) of the drug was found in the store in the Ermelino Matarazzo district, police said. Tweeting a picture of the cocaine packages, police said they were “cleaning the […]
2 jailed, 8 fined ₵3,840 for sanitation offences
Two persons namely Charles Asante and Emmanuel Oduro have been sentenced to ten months in prison for contravening provisions in the Public Health Act, 2012 (851) and the Accra Metropolitan Assembly’s Bye-laws 2017. This follows the inability of the two to pay a fine of GH₵600.00 cedis each after a sanitation court presided over by […]
EC to compile new voters’ register ahead of 2020 polls
The Electoral Commission (EC), has announced that it will compile a fresh Voters’ Register next year to be used for the 2020 Presidential and Parliamentary elections. The Director of Electoral Services at the EC, Dr. Serebuor Quarcoo who made this known to GBC’s Radio Ghana in Kumasi, explained that the decision is necessitated by several […]
Martin Amidu: Special Prosecutor vents anger at Institutional Heads for interference
The Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu says his work is being hampered greatly by heads of some government institutions in the country. He said if such hindrances are not checked, the fight against corruption may not be won by the government and the purpose for which the Office was set up will be defeated as little […]
Ministries, public institutions without Tender Committees to face Special Prosecutor – Minister
Ministries and public institutions without Entity Tender Committees would face the Special Prosecutor as it constitutes a breach of the procurement Act. The Minister of State responsible for Procurement, Miss Adwoa Safo disclosed this at a training programme in Koforidua, Eastern region. To this end, twenty three Ministries have received letters from the Ministry of […]
South Africa ex-leader Zuma ‘received death threats’
South African former President Jacob Zuma says he and his family received death threats after his testimony at an inquiry into corruption under his rule. He told the judge-led inquiry on Tuesday that the threats had followed his testimony on the previous day. In the earlier testimony, he said he had been the target of […]
UN REPORT: State of the World Food Security and Nutrition 2019
Click below for Full Report on State of the World Food Security and Nutrition 2019. Food Security & Nutrition Report 2019 There were 821 million chronically undernourished people in the world last year, up from 811 the previous year says the new edition of the annual State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World […]
South Africa’s Zuma, back at inquiry, says his life is in danger
Former South African President Jacob Zuma said on Tuesday he had received a death threat after his testimony the previous day to an inquiry on corruption. Zuma told the inquiry on Monday that he had been the victim of a plot to get rid of him and that he could trace that conspiracy to foreign […]
