SSNIT to respond to Auditor General’s report over $11.79m loss
By Pascaline Adadevoh The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has told GBC News that it will soon officially issue a statement in response to the Auditor General’s Report that stated that it had lost $11.79 million from the liquidation of three of its investments, with a total cash outlay of $14.768 million. The […]
UN says Anti-LGBTIQ+ Bill is recipe for conflict and violence
By Yvonne Atilego UN human rights experts have urged the government of Ghana to reject a proposed ‘Family Values’ Bill, which seeks to establish a system of State-sponsored discrimination and violence against the LGBTI community in the country. A statement from the UN office said the consideration of this legislation by a country that is […]
Scrap Dealers go scavenging, as unauthorized structures are demolished at Odorkor Post Office
By Rachel Kakraba. The Ablekuma North Municipal Assembly and personnel from the Police Service have demolished unauthorized structures around the Odorkor Post Office, in Accra. The exercise took place at dawn, and the Assembly said it was to get rid of criminals who have taken over the area in the last two years. At the […]
Prices of eggs increase effective Tuesday
The Ghana National Association of poultry Farmers has increased the prices of eggs with effect from Tuesday. Speaking to the media in Accra, the association attributed the increment to high cost of raw materials and other inputs for the poultry. More updates soon..
Cryptocurrency heist hacker returns $260m in funds
The hacker behind one of the largest cryptocurrency heists to date has returned almost half of the $600m (£433m) stolen assets. On Tuesday, the firm affected, Poly Network wrote a letter on Twitter, asking the individual to get in touch “to work out a solution”. The hacker then posted messages pledging to return funds, claiming […]
Court sentences landlord for renting out facility without toilet
Abdulai Maman, a landlord, has been sentenced for renting out his building without a toilet facility to tenants. Maman pleaded guilty with an explanation that he gave a mason some amount of money to construct a toilet for him, but he ran away to Accra. The court presided over by Madam Edith Lucy Dzormeku said […]
“Fixing Ghana is a collective responsibility” – Chief of Chiraa to Ghanaians
The Chief of the Chiraa Traditional Area in the Sunyani West District of the Bono Region, Nana Afari Mintah, has told Ghanaians that Ghana can only be “fixed” if all the citizens come together to play their respective roles. Nana Afari Mintah expressed these sentiments on Wednesday, 11th August, 2021, when President Akufo-Addo called on […]
Koku Anyidoho says he is still ‘full blooded NDC Member’
By Yvonne Atilego. The Former Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Koku Anyidoho, is demanding an official letter from the Party hierarchy showing his expulsion in order to advise himself. According to him, until that is done, he remains a full blooded member of the NDC. Speaking on GTV’s Breakfast Show, Mr. […]
Dubai-based businessman, Sheikh Al Maktoum, refunds $2.4M to Ghana after botched Sputnik V deal
Sheikh Ahmed Dalmook Al Maktoum, the Dubai-based businessman whom the Ministry of Health contacted for the procurement of 300,000 doses of the Sputnik V vaccine, has refunded $2,470,000 to Ghana. In a letter dated August 11, 202,1 and signed by Sheikh Al Maktoum, he noted that no funds had been drawn under the Letter of […]
Tema Homowo commemoration starts with durbar
The commemoration of the 2021 Tema Homowo festival has started with the government donating assorted food and beverages to support the festival. The donation to the people of Tema Newtown includes bags of maize which forms the key ingredient for the preparation of the Ga sacred food ‘Kpokpoi’ to signify the hooting at hunger; alcoholic […]
