A signing ceremony to finance the establishment of a tractor and a backhoe loader in Ghana was yesterday signed between the Ministry of Finance and the Export and Import Bank of India. The project which also involved the construction of an assembly plant to fabricate agriculture implements would be executed by Action Construction Equipment (ACE) […]
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Bolgatanga — The Circuit Court in Bolgatanga, has remanded into police custody, an 18-year-old farmer, for allegedly inflicting cutlass wounds on a colleague at Kwarania, in the Kassena-Nankana Municipal in the Upper East Region. Nicholas Webaduah, inflicted wounds on Emmanuel Aduah, also a farmer, when they clashed over fishing net. Webaduah, who pleaded not guilty […]
Bolgatanga — A circuit court in Bolgatanga has remanded into police custody, five Nigerians, for allegedly selling counterfeit and unwholesome products to unsuspecting customers in Zebilla in the Upper East Region. Anthony Okereke, 22, a sales person, Jeremiah Oti, 17, a sales person, Emmanuel Sunday Chinemerem, 23, an engineer, Eric Ogbonna, 21, Chemist Apprentice, and […]
Parliament has postponed all businesses related to the Ministry of Finance over the failure of the Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, to appear before the House and respond to questions asked of him by lawmakers. By a directive of the Speaker, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, the Finance Committee of the House is to suspend work on requests […]
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Ghana: GAF Begins ‘Operation Boafo’
The Ghana Armed Forces has begun a rescue programme to save persons affected by the recent floods in Accra. The programme dubbed “Operation Boafo” is also aimed at assisting the efforts of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) during Wednesday’s downpour in some parts of the Greater Accra and Central Regions. The areas included Adabraka, […]
A ‘Flair Portal’ has been introduced by the National Service Scheme (NSS) as its new vision to move away from the previous mandate of deploying NSS personnel. This was disclosed by the Executive Director of the NSS, Mr Osei Assibey Antwi, last Friday in Accra during a user agency stakeholder meeting on the Flair Portal […]
The Medical and Dental Council (MDC) will next month launch a scope of practice to guide Physician Assistants (PAs) in the country following years of tango with the professional body. The guidelines were expected to ensure that PAs practise within the competency level conferred on them by their training to advance healthcare delivery across the […]
The Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Ms Claudia Turbay Quintero, has commended the Forestry Commission for taking good care and nurturing the tree seedlings planted by the diplomats last year. According to her, such commitment from the commission was ample evidence that the country’s Green Agenda was on course and would succeed. Ms Quintero made […]
Automotive technology company, Autochek has launched the Autochek Elite Dealer Programme set for high performing dealers interested in accelerating their business growth in partnership with the outfit. The programme would see Autochek supporting the dealers with adequate technology to boost their businesses. The Elite Dealers already signed to the programme were Nabus Motors, Secure Motors, […]
Civil Society Organisations have lauded the government for its yet to be launched YouStart programme expected to address the unemployment situation in Ghana. Addressing the media after a sensitisation workshop for Civil Society Organisations on the YouStart Programme held in Accra yesterday, the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Chamber of Young Entrepreneurs, Mr Sherif […]
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Ghana: Rains Inundate Parts of Accra
Parts of Accra again saw large swamps of running water on roads, heavy vehicular traffic, and disruption to work yesterday, following hours of downpour. Areas like the Kwame Nkrumah Interchange, Kaneshie, North Kaneshie, Alajo, Adabraka, Accra Central, Tema, Tema station-Accra, Osuand Kasoa were all heavily affected after close to six hours of rainfall. The situation […]
The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has launched the GhanaPay mobile money service, an electronic payment platform to enhance financial services and promote financial inclusion. The GhanaPay is a mobile money service, the first bank-wide solution in Ghana, providing an opportunity for users to have access to unlimited banking services in addition to existing mobile […]
Members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Ashanti Region have pledged to work hard in unity and in harmony to consolidate the party’s gains to enable it to recapture power in the 2024 general election. It noted that it had delivered in terms of infrastructure for the people of the Ashanti Region and […]
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Ghana: Nabus Motors Wins Automobile Award
Nabus Motors, a leading automobile company, has been adjudged the Best Automobile Dealer Company of the year for 2021. NabusMotors won the dealer of the year category, for recording the highest number of car sales on the Autochek market place platform, by providing customers with alternative payments options via Autochek Autoloan option. The award was […]
Kenyan philanthropist, Mary Wangu Maina, has donated golf clubs and 100 golf balls to Captain One Golf Society to support its kid’s project currently running at major golf clubs in the country. Madam Maina, who is currently based in Dallas, USA and a member of the Zimusa Golf Dallas Chapter said, she was moved to […]
More than 500 residents of La Dade-Kotopon Municipality in Accra last weekend benefited from a free health screening exercise organised by the Member of Parliament (MP) for La Dade-Kotopon Constituency, Ms Rita Naa Odoley Sowah. With support from the La Dade-Kotopon Municipal Health Directorate, the exercise was meant to offer residents the opportunity to seek […]
Head Coach of Accra Great Olympics, Mr. Daniel Annor Walker says there has been no official contact from Accra Hearts of Oak to take over the technical reins of the club. The former FA Cup winner with Division One side Nania FC has a few months left on his contract with the Wonder Club and […]
Updated earphones boast Snapdragon Sound for wired-like performance Bookshelf speaker specialist Edifier has updated its noise-cancelling wireless earbuds, NeoBuds Pro, with a new version: the NeoBuds Pro S. The biggest different is that they bring Qualcomm’s much-touted Snapdragon Sound tech to the party. The original NeoBuds Pro made a bit of a stir with their […]