Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has commissioned a number of projects undertaken by government through the Zongo Development Fund (ZDF) in the Ashanti Region. At separate ceremonies at Asokore (Asokore Quranic Islamic School), Effiduase (Hamdaniya Islamic School), both in the Sekyere East District, and at Bantama in the Kumasi Metropolis, Vice President Bawumia commissioned furnished classroom blocks, a water system and a Community Sports and Social Centre as part of his two day visit to the Region. A substantial portion of the over 300 projects undertaken by the ZDF across the country can be found in the region, the Vice President...
BREAKING News: Citi FM’s Bernard Avle loses wife Justine Avle
Award-winning Journalist and General Manager of Citi FM and Citi TV Bernard Koku Avle has lost his wife Justine Avle. Mr. Avle who is the host of the Citi Breakfast Show on Citi FM and Point of View Show on Citi TV married Justine in a beautiful ceremony in 2011. The two are blessed with 4 kids. While details of her death are sketchy, reports suggest Justine Avle died in the evening of 3rd August 2022 after a short illness. The unfortunate incident happened while the journalist was readying himself for Point of View. Sources indicate she collapsed and was...
Suck breast and stop sitting at base-Mallam Daud advises married men
Mallam Alhassan Dawud an Islamic scholar on Wednesday 3rd August 2022, has shared his displeasure on most young men who waste time by sitting at ‘base or ghettos’. Speaking on Baina Tv morning show Tsarin Safiya, the Islamic scholar said the habit of most married men who sit at the ‘base or ghettos’ is the cause of lots of societal vices in zongo communities today. Mallam Alhassan Dawud advised married men to stay home and have fun with their wives rather than wasting their time sitting at ‘bases’ doing nothing. ”It’s better for you to stay home with your...
NPP is a self- centered political party- Nazir Iddris
Director of research for Ayawaso East of National Democratic Congress Mr. Nazir Iddris, has described the New Patriotic Party as a self-centered political party, who do not have the interest of Ghanaians at heart. He made this statement on Baina tv’s morning show, Tsarin Safiya ealier today during the political segment. According to Mr. Nazir, members of the New Patriotic Party are selfish people who are solely concerned about their own desires and interest. His comment comes as a result of the stress many Ghanaians are going through to get their Ghana Card in order to register their sim cards....
You can’t reluctantly extend the date for SIM card registration, it’s a must- Mallam Fary
Issahaku Yusif (Mallam Fary), a journalist and regular panellist on the newspaper review segment of Tsarin Safiya, has chided the Minister of Communication, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful for saying she ‘reluctantly’ extended the initial deadline for SIM registration from 31st July to 30th September 2022. She made this statement in a press briefing on her Sunday, 31st July 2022 to address the challenges being faced by Ghanaians in the ongoing SIM registration exercise. In a special editorial presentation by Mallam Fary on Baina TV’s morning show, Tsarin Safiya, on Monday, 1 August 2022, he said the Minister had no right to...
Nduom calls for a ban on foreign foods at state functions
The bankroller of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), Dr Paa Kwesi Nduom has called for the protection of locally manufactured food items in the country. According to the failed presidential aspirant, there is a need for the government to take a look at placing a ban on many of the imported food items that have flooded Ghanaian markets. The PPP’s presidential candidate made this suggestion in a letter addressed to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. He mentioned food items such as sugar, chocolate, and fruit juice among other items that need to be banned to protect local producers. He said...
Follow the rules in your attempt to remove Adwoa Safo as MP – Lecturer to NPP
A political Science lecturer at the University of Cape Coast (UCC) has called on the leadership of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) to abide by the rules in having the embattled Member of Parliament (MP) for Dome-Kwabenya Constituency in the Greater Accra Region, Sarah Adwoa Safo, removed from parliament. The NPP MP per the rules in the legislature has absented herself from 15 sittings of the house without permission from the Speaker of Parliament hence the calls from within the party to have her removed from the house. The MP in assigning a reason for her long absence from...
Bawumia commissions Phase 1 of 100km Rehabilitation and Auxiliary Infrastructure of Kumasi Inner Ring Road
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has commissioned Phase I of the 100km Rehabilitation and Auxiliary Infrastructure of Kumasi Inner Ring Road and Adjacent Streets Project – Phase 1 on Monday August 1. He cut the sod for this construction on 13th December 2019 at Kentenkrono in the Oforikrom Municipality. Dr Bawumia during the commissioning, emphasized that currently a lot of road works are at various stages of completion in the Asahnti region. “We intend to ensure that they are all completed. I also indicated Parliament has approved the construction of the Suame Interchange- Phase1. “Works are expected to start by September...
Police grab five for vandalism at NDC’s Bono East regional office
Five persons are currently in the grips of the Ghana Police Service for “unlawful harm” and “damage” at the Bono East Regional office of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). The five – Kojo Agyei, Illiasu Sulemana, Andrew Kemire, Fatau Abdallah and Alhaji Nuhu – were said to be allegedly involved in attacks at the party’s regional headquarters on Thursday, July 28. According to the police, all the five suspects will be put before court on Monday, August 1 “to face justice”. The statement signed by ASP Bosie Dankwa Amponsa of the Public Affairs Unit of the Bono East Regional Police Command urged individuals...
Inflation could be harder to bring down than anticipated due to war in Ukraine – World Bank
The World Bank has said that in 2023, disinflationary monetary policy is expected to bite, with global output growing by just 2.9 percent. The risks to the outlook are overwhelmingly tilted to the downside, the World Bank said. It added that the war in Ukraine could lead to a sudden stop of European gas imports from Russia; inflation could be harder to bring down than anticipated either if labor markets are tighter than expected or inflation expectations unanchor; tighter global financial conditions could induce debt distress in emerging market and developing economies; renewed COVID-19 outbreaks and lockdowns as well as...