African Development Bank Group’s Board of Directors has approved 24, fast-track programs to help Africa mitigate rising food prices and inflation caused by Russia’s war in Ukraine, climate change, and the Covid-19 pandemic. The first round of approvals is part of the Bank’s $1.5 billion African Emergency Food Production Facility, established in May to boost...
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Ignore fake fuel subsidy promo – GOIL
The Ghana Oil Company Limited (GOIL) has said it is not running any fuel subsidy promotion. The company has, therefore, urged the general public to disregard any fuel subsidy promotion scheme with a link being circulated on social media. A statement issued by the Company on Wednesday, 20 July 2022, said: “The promotion encourages unsuspecting...
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Agric better under Akufo-Addo than Mills, Mahama combined – Ex-Minister sector minister
A Former minister for food and agriculture in the erstwhile Mahama administration, Alhaji Mohammed Muniru Limuna, has debunked claims by the NPP government that agriculture today under the Nana Akufo-Addo government is far better than agriculture under President Mills and President Mahama combined. Responding to a newspaper publication on Thursday, 21 July 2022, Alhaji Limuna...
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Islamic SHS chaos: Defence C’ttee accuses police of fabricating lies
The Defense and Interior Committee of Parliament has recommended that Speaker Alban Bagbin set up a bi-partisan committee to further investigate the chaos that occurred at the Islamic Senior High School in Kumasi. The Committee, which the Speaker tasked to fact-find the issue, has accused the Police of fabricating lies. Speaking to journalists on Thursday,...
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23year old shot dead in the Ashanti Region.
A student of Oyoko dispensing optics who’s aged 23 has been shot dead by unknown gunmen in Kumasi, on Tuesday evening. The victim, Kwabena Asumadu met his untimely death shortly after dropping a friend at sofoline around 11pm. His car which was an unregistered Mercedes-Benz. He was shot multiple times through the driver’s seat by...
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Over 15.7million Ghana Cards issued so far – NIA Boss.
Approximately 15.7million Ghanaians have received their Ghana cards, the executive secretary of the National Identification Authority, prof Kenneth Agyapong Attafuah has disclosed. Prof. Attafuah said information gathered to him reveals that 16,969,034 persons have registered for the Ghana card, with about 16,535,623 cards printed as of today. Prof. Attafuah further said that about 15,702,719...
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Deplorable roads ; Constituents of Kwabre East indicate hostility and readiness to fight against their MP.
Constituents of Kwabre East in the Ashanti Region express hostility and anger against their MP over poor roads. Despite the important contribution of Kwabre East constituency, which is in terms of casting votes for the ruling party NPP, has got the most deplorable roads. Aside the main Kumasi-Mampongten and Kumasi-Kenyase roads, the entire Kwabre East...
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More bribes are paid at health institutions – GII Prog. Dir.
The Programmes Director of the Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), Mary Awelana Addah, has observed that hospitals and health centers, in general, have become places where bribes exchange hands in Ghana. She said though the Ghana Police Service ranks high among institutions perceived most corrupt, the health sector is also becoming known for the canker. Ms...
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Bread makers in Nigeria start four-day strike
Bakers in Nigeria are turning off their ovens at midnight in a row over the rising cost of wheat flour and other products like diesel that are having an impact on their profits. Members of one of the bakers’ unions are demanding government subsidies. Emmanuel Onuarah, the president of the Premium Bread Makers Association, told...
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Gov’t to fight galamsey with speed-boats
In a bid to solve the incessant pollution of water-bodies by illegal mining activities, also known as ‘galamsey’, government says in the coming days it will introduce the use of speed-boats and river guards to clamp down on the perpetrators of such activities. River-bodies have been officially declared ‘Red Zones’ for mining, and authorities have...