Uganda’s Museveni mourns ‘great son of Africa’

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has eulogised President John Magufuli as a “pragmatic leader who believed in and worked for the economic empowerment of East Africans”. “We join Tanzania in mourning the passing of a great son of Africa,” he tweeted. I have, with great sadness, learnt of the death of His Excellency John Pombe Magufuli. […]

6 drown in Volta Lake

Six persons, made up of four females and two males, drowned when the canoe in which they were travelling on the Volta Lake capsized at Adzamansu, a village in the Biakoye District in the Oti Region, last Tuesday. Four others managed to swim to safety. One of the victims was identified as Evelyn Gadagoe, a […]

Fifth Volta Region Trade and Investment Fair targets more than 500 exhibitors

The fifth Volta Regional Trade and Investment Fair has been launched in Ho to harness the economic potential and propel industrialization of the Region. The two-week fair slated for 15th to 28th November at the Ho Sports Stadium, will focus on Promoting Sustainable Trade and Investment with special attention on agribusiness, tourism and ICT. It […]

Former Minister of Finance Seth Tekper asks government to open up on budget gaps

Former Minister of Finance, Seth Terkper has described the 2021 Budget as an Austerity Budget since it lacks Management of Expenditure Statement, which has been missing since the 2018 budget. Speaking on GBC’s Current Affairs Programme, ‘FOCUS’, Mr.  Terkper, said challenges with the economy started before the outbreak of COVID-19, and asked Government to be candid […]

Tema Traditional Council cancels 2021 Kplejoo festival

Amidst growing concerns of public safety for the Chiefs and people of Tema due to the impact of COVID-19, the area’s Traditional Council, has unanimously cancelled the celebration of this year’s Kplejoo Festival. The Chiefs and people of Tema have celebrated the festival for ages. Speaking to the media, the Shippi of the Tema Traditional […]

18th March, 2021

Daily Graphic expresses worry about growing lawlessness and manner in which the inefficiencies of the district assemblies and regional ministers are turning Accra into a slum. The paper observes that even in high class residential areas such as Airport, Ridge, Dansoman estates among others, squatters have found spaces to put up structures as places of […]

Tributes pour in for Tanzania’s President Magufuli

Tributes have been pouring in for Tanzania’s President John Magufuli who died on Wednesday aged 61. He died from heart complications at a hospital in Dar es Salaam, Vice-President Samia Suluhu Hassan said in an address on state television. The US State Department has expressed condolences to Tanzanians and added that “we hope that Tanzania can […]

GNFS to sanction facilities that ignore fire safety requirements

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) says it will sanction facilities or companies that failed to comply with fire safety requirements. Assistant Director of Safety at the GNFS, Doi Michael Ato Korsah, in an interview with the Ghana News Agency, said the Service had trained over 100 fire inspectors to access public facilities at random […]