Vice President Mahamadu Bawumia paid a surprise visit to the Public Procurement Authority today [Thursday] to familiarize himself with the Autority’s operations. Mr Bawumia explained that the visit was borne out of government’s desire to chart a new course and tackle challenges facing the authority. ” If you look at corruption in the sector, I ...

The Center for Democratic Development (CDD), has implored President Akufo-Addo to cut down on the size of his government especially through the list of deputy ministers presented to parliament for approval. According to the center, Akufo-Addo’s 110 ministers and deputies is ‘unprecedented’ and ‘obscene’ and likely to have a negative impact on the public purse. ...

A pregnant aspiring model was killed by a freight train after she became stuck between two railroad tracks while posing for a photo shoot. Fredzania Thompson, 19, died on Friday afternoon after being struck near the intersection of Hollister and Lee Street in downtown Navasota, police said. The teen had been standing between two sets ...

Some 234 vehicles out of the list of over 700 vehicles presented to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), are missing, Chairman of the Asset and Vehicles Committee for the NPP’s side of the transition team, Ayikoi Otoo has confirmed. Speaking to journalists at the Jubilee House on the missing ...

The Electoral Commission (EC) on Wednesday [15th March] commended STAR-Ghana; a donor pooled funding organization, for playing a significant role in Ghana’s 2016 general elections. Speaking at the STAR Ghana “End of Elections 2016 Call Partners’ Learning Event,” the Chairperson of the EC, Mrs. Charlotte Osei, thanked STAR-Ghana for helping to ensure a peaceful election. ...

Stanbic Bank Ghana has donated an amount of ten thousand Ghana cedis (¢10,000) to the Students’ Aid Fund (SAFund) of the Students’ Representative Council (SRC) of the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ). The donation on Wednesday, March 16, 2017, was in fulfillment of a promise made by Mr. Alhasaan Andani, the Managing Director of Stanbic ...

Mr. Boakye Agyarko, the Minister of Energy, has stated government’s desire to ensure that Ghana develops legally and socially binding commitments to start the treatment of human excreta and other forms of waste by 2019 to boost the country’s energy needs. Mr. Agyarko said this would address the country’s huge sanitation and health problems, as well ...

In the wake of reports of suicide cases across the country, the Wenchi Methodist Hospital has revealed that, it has recorded over 15 attempted cases between January and March 2017. A psychologist at the hospital, Reverend Kyei Baffour, who spoke to Citi News, described this as alarming, though he noted that suicide has always been a ...

Marwako Fast Foods Limited will soon have a civil lawsuit on its hands following the alleged incidence of assault by a supervisor on a Ghanaian employee at its Abelemkpe branch. Lawyer for the assault victim, Francis Xavier Sosu, told journalists he intends to file a civil lawsuit against Mawarko Fast Foods after an Accra Magistrate Court on ...

If she thinks that he’s “The One”, women tend to stay with a man regardless of his behavior. I’m a professional Matchmaker at Matchmakers In The City, and I date coach a lot of women who have been through it with a guy who they thought was “The One”. One of the Bachelorettes who I date coached, ...

A delegation from Heritage Theatre Series, producers of the WogbeJeke theatre show, has paid a courtesy call on Former President Kufuor at his residence in Accra to formally inform and seek his support for the project. Speaking at the meeting, Chief Moomen, writer and producer of the series, said his team has been working hard over ...

Some foot soldiers of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Eastern Region, on Thursday prevented their regional party executives from engaging in a scheduled meeting at the Koforidua Eredec Hotel. The irate foot soldiers blocked the entrance of the hotel with logs, stones and motorcycles, which caused some regional party executives to flee the ...

Four office of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) will represent the party in a congress of the African Liberal Network (ALN) in Nairobi, Kenya next week. They are Ms. Belinda Bulley, the 2nd Vice Chairperson, Richard Nii Amarh Nkunim, the Executive Secretary, Emmanuel Osei, the Coordinator of the PPP Volunteer Group and Faruk Azaah, an ...

Reviewing the high-interest rates on loans, improving ATM services as well as reducing the turnaround time at banking halls have emerged as some key concerns for customers of banks. They believe banks should be able to attract more clients and maintain existing ones in the wake of increased competition in the industry. Following the World ...

A tweet from McDonald’s verified Twitter account took aim at President Donald Trump on Thursday. The tweet, which has since been deleted, said: “@realDonaldTrump You are actually a disgusting excuse of a President and we would love to have @BarackObama back, also you have tiny hands.” McDonald’s later said its account was “compromised” but has ...

The Africa Center for Energy Policy (ACEP) wants the government to revise the hundred million dollars allocation to the stabilization fund. ACEP argues that the allocation is inadequate and must be reviewed upwards. The fund which was capped at a hundred million dollars by the erstwhile government was however not captured in the 2017 budget. ...

A Human Rights Division of the High Court has for the second consecutive time deferred judgment in the case involving a former Senior Police Officer, DSP Gifty Tehoda. The Presiding Judge, Justice Gifty Adjei Addo, who set Thursday, March 16, 2017,  for the judgment after deferring during the last sitting, failed to deliver the judgement ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo has inaugurated a board of trustees to oversee the construction of a national cathedral in the national capital, Accra. The President said the cathedral will among others, serve as a venue for national religious events. The Board will be chaired by the former Head of the Methodist Church, Rev. Asante Antwi., with Rev. ...

It appears most of the Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) have not reduced the prices of their petroleum products for the first pricing window in March. This is contrary to predictions that fuel prices will be reduced for the period. The Institute for Energy Security (IES), early this week, indicated that prices for petroleum products are ...

A former minister of Information in the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government, Fritz Baffour, has said he finds nothing wrong with President Akufo-Addo appointing many ministers to serve in his government. According to him, it is within the president’s constitutional mandate to appoint as many ministers as he wishes, hence he must be allowed to ...