President of the Scouts and Guide Fellowship-Ghana (SGF-Ghana), Mr Prosper Bani, has reiterated the need for the government and its development partners to remain mindful of the increasing effects of climate change and its effects on livelihoods. According to him, though efforts were being made globally to mitigate the impact of climate change, more needed […]
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National water volumes continue to decline, water users urged to save water The Department of Water and Sanitation’s weekly status of dams demonstrate that the country’s water levels are on a continual decline albeit moderately when compared to the same period last week. This week, the overall storage capacity of the country’s reservoirs is at […]
In a statement to set the records straight, the Central Bank said the amount of ¢22.04 billion represented net claims on government, and not new currency printed to support the government’s budget. The Minority Ranking Member on the Finance Committee in Parliament, Cassiel Ato Forson on Monday alleged that the Bank of Ghana had printed […]
Kwame Agbodza, the Ranking Member for the Roads and Transport Committee of Parliament, is not enthused about the government’s intent to charge road tolls after the completion of expansion works on the Tema Motorway Road. He described the move as annoying, the Minister of Finance should probably resign for introducing unfavourable policies and his attempt […]
The National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) has called on the public to report any act of misconduct by staff of the Authority including bribery to the Road Safety Information Centre for appropriate redress. It asked the public to do so by calling 194 on all networks as a whistle-blowing tool adding that it would not […]
Special counsel to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Aloy Ejimakor has warned that the Federal Government of Nigeria risks diplomatic conflicts with the United Nations (UN) if it refuses to release Nnamdi Kanu unconditionally as demanded by the UN Working Group (UNWG). Recall that the UN Human Rights Council Working Group […]
Lagos State government yesterday said the four days- work free days for its workers to obtain their Permanent Voters Cards (PVC) has been misconstrued. The state’s Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Gbenga Omotoso who stated this in a statement noted that the approval by the state governor Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has been given political […]
A company known as Malawi Israel Gold has been allocated 11 hectares of land in Lilongwe where a drug manufacturing factory will be constructed. There will be a cannabis farm on the land, a warehouse and the factory that will be manufacturing drugs from medicinal cannabis. Malawi Israel Gold is in partnership with Kamuzu College […]
Cape Town Cape Town Bureau — OVERSEAS visitors are already booking their December holiday trips to South Africa, after over two years of limited travel. According to a report by Sojern, international travellers are planning further in advance in 2022 in comparison to 2019, before COVID-19 struck. Sojern, a provider of digital marketing solutions for […]
Lagos — NIGERIA has recorded a 7,7 percent increase in internet subscriptions over the past year. Latest data released by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the industry regulator, show that internet subscriptions stood at 151 million in June 2022. This represents a month-on-month increase of 0,4 percent or 650 000 new subscriptions. The figure implies […]
Lusaka, Zambia — ZAMBIANS are divided over the warning by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Victoria Falls could lose its world heritage site status. The agency attributed the likely loss of the status to development of a golf course, lodges and a hydroelectric dam near the natural wonder that is between […]
The honeymoon is over for all corrupt individuals across all sectors. This is the message, which President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera sent on Tuesday at the closing of a two-day National Anti-Corruption Conference held in Blantyre from Monday. The President, in his address to participants to the conference, warned individuals who are still practicing corruption or […]
Chikwawa District Council has gone an extra mile in incorporating youth and children to have a voice in a bid to participate actively in governance and development that the district intends to achieve. The District’s Director of Planning and Development Thokozani Munthali said this on Tuesday when the council gathered various implementing partners for the […]
Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development Sam Dalitso Kawale has described the Land Information Management System (LMIS) the ministry has developed as timely in addressing challenges that indigenous Malawians used to face to access land in their own country. The ministry is implementing LMIS with support from the World Bank under the Agricultural Commercialization […]
The judge, who ordered the journalist’s arrest, sent a human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, to prison for alleged contempt of court. The PREMIUM TIMES reporter, Saviour Imukudo, who was detained on Wednesday, on the order of the Akwa Ibom Chief Judge, Ekaette Obot, has been released. Mr Imukudo was released at about 5 p.m. Wednesday […]
The Confederation of African Football (“CAF”) Annual Club Licensing Continental Seminar successfully kicked off in Cairo, Egypt. The seminar is being attended by the 54 CAF Member Associations, FIFA and sister confederation representatives, FIFPRO Africa, Club Licensing Instructors and Leagues representatives from around the continent. The seminar takes places as majority of Leagues around the […]
With terrorist attacks rising in the nation’s capital city and across the country without tangible measures to contain them, Nigerian senators have served President Muhammadu Buhari with a notice of impeachment. The senators, who cut across party lines, yesterday, issued Buhari a six-week ultimatum to resolve the worsening insecurity in the country or face impeachment. […]
Hours after senators threatened to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari if the current security situation did not improve, the president summoned an emergency meeting of the National Security Council for today. Senate Minority Leader, Philip Aduda (PDP, FCT), who led a walkout after Senate President Ahmad Lawan vetoed a move to debate the recent security challenges, […]