Commercial Bank of Ethiopia glitch lets customers withdraw millions
Ethiopia’s biggest commercial bank is scrambling to recoup large sums of money withdrawn by customers after a “systems glitch”. The customers discovered early on Saturday that they could take out more cash than they had in their accounts at the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE). More than $40m (£31m) was withdrawn or transferred to other […]
Air Force Helicopter carrying 21 makes emergency landing near Agona Nkwanta
A Ghana Air Force helicopter with registration number GHF 696 today [Tuesday, March 19, 2024] made an emergency landing at Bonsukrom near Agona Nkwanta in the Western Region. It is unclear what caused the incident. However, a statement signed by the Director General in charge of Public Relations of the Air Force, Brigadier General E […]
Green Ghana 2024 gears up to plant 10 million trees
By Felix Cofie The 2024 Green Ghana Day will be observed on the 7th of June. This year’s Green Ghana day is targeting 10 million trees. Speaking during a courtesy call on the Chief Of Defence Staff, Lieutenant General Thomas Oppong-Peprah Minister of Lands and Natural Resources Samuel Abu Jinapor touted the collaboration between the […]
Parliament holds stakeholders’ engagement on Property Rights of Spouse Bill
By Edzorna Francis Mensah Some Female Members of Parliament held stakeholders’ engagement on the Property Rights of Spouse Bill, 2024 and the need to pass the Bill into an act to give proper meaning to Article 22 of the 1992 Constitution of the Republic. The Bill that is seeking to regulate the property rights of […]
Refrain from transmitting Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill to Akufo-Addo – Presidency instructs Parliament
By: Franklin ASARE-DONKOH The Office of the President has officially asked the House of Ghana’s legislature to refrain from transmitting the Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, tagged as the Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill, to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for his assent. The instruction was contained in a letter signed by the Secretary to […]
FGM is difficult to eliminate because it is rooted in culture- Judith Kafui Darkey
Member of Global Projects and Campaign Committee, Young African Women Congress Network, Judith Kafui Darkey has said that Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a cultural institution, making its eradication a difficult one. ”Some women hold this culture practice dear to their heart and practice it as a way of passing it down to the next […]
Ledzokuku MP donates desks, roofing sheets to schools within constituency
By Edzorna Francis Mensah The Member of Parliament for Ledzokuku, Benjamin Ayiku presented the 200 sets of both dual and mono desks to 14 schools, both Senior and Junior High Schools in his Constituency to promote teaching and learning as well as some quantity of roofing sheets. The donations were made in fulfillment of a […]
AU hosts Second Forum on Unconstitutional Government Changes
By Jeremiah Nutsugah The African Union (AU) convened the Second Reflection Forum on Unconstitutional Changes of Government (Accra II Process on UCGs) in Accra, Ghana, from Monday, March 18th, to Tuesday, March 19th, 2024. Under the theme “Robust Response, Deepening Democracy, Sustainable Security,” the forum was officially opened by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo at […]
Lack of medicines hit Nabdam District health facilities
By Peter Agengre Thirty-two health facilities serving eighty-four communities with a population of Fifty-four thousand, coupled with the lack of medicines and other medical supplies is certainly a recipe for disaster in healthcare delivery. This is the story as told by Peter Agengre when the Nabdam District Directorate engaged the media during its 2023 Annual […]
Parliament corrects misrepresentations during SONA
Parliament has corrected misrepresentations published by some media houses during the recent State of the Nation Address delivered by His Excellency President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Tuesday, February 27, 2024, in Parliament. According to a press release issued by the Media Relations Department, a light-hearted comment about the Chief of Staff, when she was […]
