GRIDCo appoints Ebenezer Essienyi as new Chief Executive
The Board of Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) has confirmed Mr Ebenezer Essienyi as Chief Executive of the company, following his nomination by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Mr Essienyi, who is a member of the Senior Management team of GRIDCo, succeeds Jonathan Amoako-Baah, whose successful tenure as Chief Executive ended in July. Before his […]
37 Military Hospital halts 2021/2022 nursing and midwifery admissions
The Nursing and Midwifery Training College of the 37 Military Hospital Thursday announced that it would end the sale of online admission application vouchers for the 2021/2022 academic year next week. A statement issued in Accra on Thursday by the Ghana Armed Forces Public Relations Directorate said the sale of E-Vouchers would end on Monday […]
CID forms team to investigate betting scandal in Ghana football
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has formed a strong team to investigate the match-fixing and bribery allegation that hit the Ghana Premier League (GPL) Match day 34 clash between AshantiGold SC and Inter Allies FC. This follows an earlier meeting between President of the Ghana Football Association Kurt Edwin Simeon-Okraku […]
Farmers in Sissala West hopeful for rebound despite drought
Farmers in the Sissala West District say they are hopeful their crops will rebound after the resumption of rainfall in the area. The farmers say prior to the recent rains, the area experienced an extended dry spell. Some of the farmers who spoke to GBC explained that the dry spell lasted for more than 14 […]
Man shot dead in the middle of Facebook Livestream
A 24-year-old man was shot dead by a masked gunman who barged into his home in Puerto Rico while he was streaming live on Facebook. Julio César Castillo was singing and drinking from a bottle in the living room of his residence in the Carolina housing development Eduardo J. Saldaña in Puerto Rico on Monday […]
Kim Kardashian West credits Kanye West for boosting her confidence
Kanye West is not lacking at all in confidence and according to Kim Kardashian West, he passed some of that on to her. The couple may be in the midst of getting divorced, but the love train keeps a running with Kardashian West talking glowingly about the rapper/producer/entrepreneur. Kardashian West appeared on a recent episode […]
Stakeholders tasked to act now to mend damaging cocoa slavery slur on West Africa
By Rebecca Ekpe A roundtable on cocoa hosted by Solidaridad West Africa has ended with a call on the governments of Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire to take urgent steps to mend the reputational damage that has arisen from the deliberate anti-slavery marketing approach used by chocolate manufacturers in Europe. The call was made by Nico […]
Police launch Horse Patrol Operations
As part of efforts to strengthen the resolve to fight crime, the Acting Inspector-General of Police (Ag. IGP) Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, has launched the Horse Patrol operations at the National Joint Operations Headquarters-Accra. The patrol, which is part of the Ghana Police Service’s method of crime prevention and detection, will provide security in a […]
Chelsea break club transfer record to re-sign striker from Inter Milan for £97.5m
Romelu Lukaku returns to Chelsea 10 years after he first joined the club; £97.5m signing eclipses the Blues’ previous record purchase of Kai Havertz; Lukaku was the second top scorer in Serie A last season. Lukaku, who initially moved to Stamford Bridge as a 17-year-old from Belgian side Anderlecht in 2011, returns to Chelsea on […]
Crime Check Foundation appeals to CHRAJ to visit prisons and cells unannounced
By Seth Eyiah. An appeal has been made to the Commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Joseph Whittal, to let the commission pay regular and unannounced visits to the country’s prisons and cells to know at first hand the human rights abuses and inhumane treatment being meted out to vagrants […]
