GRA impounds vehicle with uncustomed goods on Bolga-Bawku-Widana Highway
The Upper East Regional Command of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority, GRA, has impounded a Yutong Bus with registration number GN-2526-10 loaded with uncustomed goods smuggled from Togo. The goods were loaded in Widana in the Pusiga District and impounded by officials of the Customs Preventive Operation Unit on the Bolgatanga-Bawku-Widana road. […]
Govt must stop making excuses for corruption – Mahama
Former President John Mahama has urged the Akufo-Addo Administration to stop making excuses when it comes to fighting corruption. In a statement to mark International Anti-Corruption Day, former President Mahama said recent surveys have confirmed that the country is losing the fight against corruption adding that this is a worry to many Ghanaians. He gave […]
UN Sec Gen calls for investment in Central Emergency Response Fund
UN chief urges emergency fund support as one of the ‘most effective investments’ in humanitarian action The UN’s Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), is “one of the most effective investments you can make in humanitarian action”, Secretary-General, António Guterres told a high-level pledging event at UN Headquarters in New York on Monday. “It is the […]
Celebrity Golf Club to host MTN Invitational Tourney
Celebrity Golf Club in Sakumono-Accra is billed to host the final series of the MTN invitational Golf Tournament on Saturday December, 14 to wrap up the golfing activities of telecommunication giant MTN Ghana for the year 2019. The competition which is themed, ‘MTN Business, Your one-stop-shop for ICT needs’, is expected to see over 100 […]
French Development Agency and ECA sign collaboration Mo
French Development Agency and Economic Commission for Africa sign collaboration MoU The French Development Agency (AFD) – represented by its CEO Rémy Rioux – and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) – represented by its Executive Secretary, Vera Songwe today signed a memoranda of understanding between the two institutions. With this MoU, AFD […]
AfCFTA forum identifies key challenges Nigeria should tackle ahead of ratification & implementation
Nigeria’s national African Continental Free Trade Area Forum ended in Lagos last Friday with participants identifying key issues that need to be addressed at government and business levels ahead of AfCFTA implementation in July 2020 to ensure the country realizes benefits of the historic agreement. The Forum, which brought together representatives of the private sector, […]
Woyome in fresh fraud as investigators uncover new evidence
The distress of businessman Mr. Alfred Agbesi Woyome, who has been ordered to pay back the GH¢51 million he illegally received from the state, are far from over, as the Attorney-General’s (A-G’s) Department has found fresh evidence of fraud against him. Investigators at the A-G’s Department found that he allegedly fabricated evidence in court and […]
Experts meet to validate AfCFTA Business Index
Over the course of two days, Pan-African Trade experts will meet to validate the methodology to produce the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Country Business Index at the United Nations Conference Centre in Addis Ababa. The aim of the index is to provide an assessment of the extent to which businesses across Africa find […]
Media Practitioner and Human Rights activist advocates for more protection for marginalised as World observes Human Rights Day
Story by Razak Baba, a Journalist Human Rights Day (HRD) is celebrated annually around the world on December 10 every year. The date was chosen to honor the United Nations General Assembly’s adoption and proclamation on December 10, 1948, of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the first global enunciation of human rights and […]
Algeria prosecutor ‘seeks 20 years in jail for ex-prime ministers’
The Algerian prosecutor’s office has requested 20-year prison sentences for two former prime ministers in a corruption trial, AFP news agency reports. Ahmed Ouyahia and Abdelmalek Sellal are two of 19 defendants accused in a huge corruption investigation which was launched after ex-president Abdelaziz Bouteflika was forced from power by protests against him running for […]
