NCCE launches National Dialogue on Survey Report on tackling violent extremism
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), has launched a National Dialogue on a Survey Report aimed at tackling violent extremism. The report is dubbed Preventing Electoral Violence and providing Security to the Northern Boarder Regions of Ghana. Speaking at the launch, the Chairperson of the NCCE, Josephine Nkrumah said although Ghana has held eight […]
President Akufo-Addo unveils 101 waste management trucks, 25 disinfection trucks
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has unveiled 101 waste management trucks and 25 disinfection trucks secured by Zoomlion Ghana Ltd, at a ceremony at Independence Square. The trucks, according to President Akufo-Addo, are going to be used to cart waste from our business districts and communities to landfill sites and waste treatment facilities, and […]
Ghana’s greening project on course
Weeks after the promulgation of the Green Ghana programme yet to be launched nationally, the agenda is spreading like wildfire across the country. While launching the programme in Tema last week, the Greater Accra Regional Minister, Mr. Henry Quartey said it was a wake-up call. The First Lady Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo in the programme launch […]
GNAT raises concern about promotion scheme for teachers
The Ghana National Association of Teachers has raised concerns about the nature of the current promotion scheme for teachers. Public Relations Officer of the Association, Peter Korda, questioned the rationale for asking some Teachers who took Aptitude Tests for promotion to present their particulars after the test but still denied promotion. To this end, the […]
Businessman on ¢1 million bail over fraud
An Accra Circuit Court has granted a 55-year-old businessman a GHS1,000,000.00 bail with four sureties, one to be justified with a title document for allegedly defrauding another of GHS1,000,000.00 under the pretext of investing his money. In addition, the Court presided over by Mrs Ellen Ofei Ayeh, ordered that Samuel Nana Mensah, alias Samuel Kwaku […]
LPG shortage in Takoradi following leakage at Ghana Gas Processing Plant
Ghana Grid Company says a reported leakage by Ghana Gas on its processing plant at Takoradi, has curtailed gas supply to a number of thermal generating plants in the country. A Statement by the Corporate Affairs Unit said a number of Gas-Fired generating plants were therefore shut down yesterday which led to power outages in […]
Apple pays millions in iPhone-repair explicit photo case
Apple has paid a multi-million dollar settlement to a woman whose photos and videos were shared online by technicians repairing her iPhone. Explicit images and videos were uploaded to Facebook and other places, and made to look as if they had been posted by her. Apple was not named in the lawsuit but its involvement […]
Indian hemp farming to be permitted in Ghana
Ghana is to permit the farming or cultivation of Indian hemp (weed) under license for industrial or medicinal purposes. The Head of Communications and Media Relations at the Narcotics Control Commission, Francis Opoku Amoah made this known in a statement. In 2020, some countries in Africa through their national legislations decided to permit the cultivation […]
US imposes visa restrictions over Cameroon violence
The United States has imposed visa restrictions on people accused of inciting violence in English-speaking western Cameroon. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the US was “deeply concerned by the continued violence in the Anglophone regions of Cameroon”. “We condemn those who undermine peace through engaging in or inciting violence, human rights violations and abuses, […]
Second-hand underwear banned in Zambia
A non-profit organisation in Zambia has called for a ban on the importation and selling of second-hand underwear. The national co-ordinator of Zambia National Men’s Network for Gender and Development, Nelson Banda, said that the clothes, which are popular with men and women, were a health hazard. Despite being banned in 2017, officials never implemented […]
