KMA to demolish uncompleted three storey building at Duase
The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly is to demolish an uncompleted three storey building at Duase, in the Manhyia Sub metro as a result of structural defects and integrity. The owner of the building has been served with several warning notice to stop building, produce building permit and to ensure effective supervision by engineers at the KMA […]
European Union provides funds to support vegetable production
The European Union is funding a two-year project on horticultural production for selected farmers in the Ashanti region. The 600,000 euro project also targets the youth and women for economic empowerment. The beneficiary farmers have visited some demonstration farms at Boadi in the Oforikrom municipality of the Ashanti region. The Archipelago project is a partnership […]
Ghana Garden and Flower Show launched
The Ghana Garden and Flower Show began in 2013 with 14 exhibitors. It has since grown to about 140 exhibitors. The Garden and Flower Show is to create awareness among Ghanaians the commercial, aesthetic and health benefits of having gardens and flowers in homes, offices, etc. The annual gathering of garden enthusiasts is enjoying a […]
France President Emmanuel Macron slapped in the face
French President Emmanuel Macron has been slapped in the face on an official visit to the south-east of France. In a video circulating on social media, Mr Macron is seen walking up to a barrier on a trip to Tain-l’Hermitage outside the city of Valence. A man in a green T-shirt slaps Mr Macron in […]
EPA partners Obeng Mines to observe World Environment Day
The Tarkwa Regional Office of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in collaboration with Obeng Mining Company Limited at Wassa Japa in the Wassa Amenfi East Municipality of the Western Region have planted 200 trees to create awareness on the need to reclaim the land. The exercise which took place at the site of Obeng Mining Company […]
Ghana wins Maldives votes
The clock is ticking to Friday, June 11, 2021 for the election of Africa’s representatives onto the UN Security Council non-permanent seat. Ghana is working her way into the heart of many countries. The latest country to throw her weight behind Ghana is Maldives. Maldives, on Monday, June 7, 2021 won the UN General Assembly’s […]
Ghana pushes for UN Security Council seat
Ghana has stepped up her campaign for election for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council for the period 2022-2023. This was at a virtual meeting with Permanent Representatives of West African states at the UN in New York. All the 15 countries in the ECOWAS bloc pledged to support Ghana on Friday, June […]
Mozambique phone firm blocks thousands over fraud
Mozambique’s mobile firm Vodacom which oversees the money transfer platform, M-Pesa, says it blocks around 2,500 numbers a month linked to fraud. Some 80 people are swindled everyday in fraudulent mobile money transactions, according to Vodacom. Vodafone M-Pesa’s head of marketing, Daisy Madeira, said numbers from other mobile service operators were also involved in the […]
Supreme Court quashes High Court order preventing #FixTheCountry Development
A five member panel of the Supreme Court presided over by Justice Yaw Appau has quashed the High Court Order restricting the #fixtheCountry protesters from demonstrating. Per an exparte order of the High Court presided over by Justice Ruby Aryeetey, even though the order for exparte was to last for ten days for the protesters […]
Ghana remains Africa’s top gold producing nation
Ghana remains Africa’s top producing nation of gold despite the decline of gold production in 2020 due to issues related to the pandemic and others. In 2019 Ghana produced 5 million ounces of gold, surpassing South Africa’s production of 4.2-million ounces. With traditional companies and artisanal miners contributing to Ghana’s gold production, some of the […]
