Новости за 19.09.2019

The main suspect in the murder of the Tamale policewoman, Agatha Nana Nabin, Issahaku Yakubu has been remanded into prison custody by the Tamale Magistrate Court for allegedly attempting to kill one Tominu Yussif. He made the murder attempt in Tamale in May 2018. The Tamale Magistrate court presided over by Amadu Seidu, declined a bail request by the suspect rsquo;s lawyer, Abdul Rauf. According to the judge, only the Attorney General rsquo;s advise will determine if the suspect s ...

Ghana Railway Company Limited (GRCL) has refuted claims by Ghana Manganese Company (GMC) GMC that it is has donated $10 million to the Ministry of Railway Development to do some work on a portion of the western rail line but GRCL has failed to do so. During a recent visit by the Parliamentary Select Committee on Mines and Energy to the premises of GMC at Nsuta in the Western Region, the Chief Operating Officer of GMC, Benjamin Atsu Quarshie, indicated that in 2017, GMC donated $10 millio ...

The third Nigerian suspect in the Takoradi Kidnapping case, Chika Innoidim John, has been repatriated to Ghana for further action. According to Citi News sources, the suspect was brought to Ghana yesterday by some Nigerian Security operatives. The suspect was arrested in August by Nigerian security services and their Ghanaian counterparts triggered repatriation processes. It however delayed because the suspect Chika Innoidim John was been investigated by Nigerian poli ...

The National Council of Parent-Teacher Associations (NCPTAs) has laid blames at the doorsteps of the Ministry of Education (MOE) and the Ghana Education Service (GES) for the woes parents and students have to endure in this year rsquo;s Computerized School Selection Placement System. In a statement, it said the MOE and GES are to blame for the chaos that characterised the process and implementation of the CSSPS. ldquo;Nonetheless, we trace footprints of this unfortunate fiasco of th ...

The Coalition for National Sovereignty has defy an order from the Ashanti Regional Police Command to proceed with its planned demonstration against government dubbed Yeewu Demonstration in Kumasi, Ashanti Region. The group are protesting what they describe as insecurity, corruption and economic hardships that has bedeviled the country under the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP). Meanwhile, the Ghana Police in the region earlier in the morning issued a letter restricting the group fr ...

The Sawla District police (in the Northern Region) have in their custody two men suspected to be highway robbers. Mustapha Mumuni and Ali Bukari were arrested along the Sawla-Tuna road on Wednesday by a police operation team lsquo;Conquer. rdquo; According to a police situational report, ldquo;a search conducted on them revealed assorted monies in separate wraps rdquo; and four mobile phones. At the District Commander 39;s office, one Abass Gumah of Bole who on September 13 reported ...

Aite Group , a global research and advisory firm, has recognized Cassava Smartech and Comviva as the winners of the 2019 Digital Wallet Innovation Award for EcoCash in the lsquo;Market Adoption rsquo; category. The awards, announced at the Mobile Payment Conference in Chicago, recognize innovation achieved by digital wallet providers that are changing the way that commerce is done. Winners were selected by a global panel of five external experts on digital payments and wallets. L ...

Invest in Africa (IIA), a not for profit organization committed to creating prosperous African economies, has in response to current challenges facing the procurement sub-sector in Ghana, partnered the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS), the world rsquo;s largest organization dedicated to the profession to build the long -term procurement capacities of 50 high potential SMEs under its Home Grown Buyers (HGB) project. IIA rsquo;s HGB project is aimed among others ...

Students of Wa Center for Distance Studies, a branch of the University of Education Winneba situated in Nusrat Jahan have questioned why they are being asked to pay Ghc20 at their center by some executives when it has not been stated in their documents. According to the students, a young man introduced as the DESA Secretary for the branch Mr. Nashiru Yunus accompanied by one Miss Florence also introduced as The DESA President went around classrooms demanding Students to pay Ghc20 each ...

The President of the Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs 39; and the entire members of the House have commended and expressed their gratitude to the government for the role it played in ensuring peaceful and very successful Homowo festival this year. The President of the House who also doubles as the Paramount Chief for the Osu Traditional Area, His Royal Majesty, Nii Okwei Kinka Dowuona VI, made the commendation at the induction and swearing in ceremony of the President of Shai Tr ...

The Chief Executive Officer of Pals Africa, Mr. John Bawuah has bemoaned the dwindling nature of the poultry industry in Ghana calling for concerted efforts between Government and poultry farmers to improve and expand the livestock industry. He says the poultry and livestock industry has more to offer than what is currently being seen and stronger collaboration between the sector, government, and importers of livestock and poultry products would greatly enhance it. Addressing journ ...

The President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has promised he would look into the lingering case of the State possibly owing David Kotei, Ghana's first World Champion. I'm making no promises but we'll look into it, promised His Excellency Nana Addo, today, when he met with a delegation of former World Champions, led by author, Ekow Asmah, whose book, GHANA BOXING: Celebration of Our Champions was endorsed by the President's esteemed signature. The former Wor ...

The Ashanti Regional Police has arrested the main suspect in the murder of Nana Kwadwo Afoduor, the Otumfuo 39;s Asamponhene. According to a police statement, the suspect, Anumwar Sadat Mohammed, was arrested in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on Monday, September 16, 2019 ldquo;through a collaborative effort of the Ashanti and Upper East Regional Police Command, the Ghana Embassy in Burkina Faso and the Interpol Ghana and Burkina Faso. rdquo; ldquo;He is in currently in ...

Government has officially declared Monday, September 23, 2019 as public holiday. It is in commemoration of the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Day which falls on Saturday, September 21, 2019. ldquo;However, in view of the fact that 21st September, 2019 falls on a Saturday, His Excellency, the President of the Republic of Ghana has by Executive Instrument declared Monday, 23rd September, 2019 as an Additional Public Holiday to be observed as Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Day throughout the co ...

In what appears to be impossible for thousands of rail transport patrons due to its collapse under the erstwhile NDC administration has been a thing of the past since the assumption into office of H.E Nana Akufo-Addo as President of Ghana and Hon Joe Ghartey as Minister for Railways. Expectant residents of the Western Region, particular of the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipality could not hide their joy upon seeing the ten passenger train coach arrived at the Tarkwa railway terminal on Tuesday, S ...

The 10% increase in Transport fares as announced by Road Transport Operators in Ghana which was to cover intra-city transportation and inter-city or long-distance travels, took effect on Monday, 16th September, 2019. As a result of this, the Obuasi office of the Information Services Department sampled the views of Stakeholders in the transport business on their reaction to the new fares. The Welfare Chairman of GPRTU of the Obuasi Municipal branch, Nana Asante said, the increment in transp ...

Mr. Charles Paintsil, the District Director of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has urged all citizens to collaborate in the fight against corruption which is subtly destroying the socio-economic and political fiber of the country. According to him if the phenomenon is left unchecked could derail economic progress and undermine the Rule of Law and social cohesion which will further promote insecurity in society. He, therefore, called on everyone to join in the fight by deman ...

Police have arrested the prime suspect in the murder of Nana Kwadwo Afodour, the Asamponhene of Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II. The late traditional leader, who lived in Kumasi, was surprisingly found dead in his vehicle on the Ejura-Nkoranza road in the Ashanti Region on Sunday evening. He had been stabbed multiple times at the back of his neck, his chest and other areas on his body, thereby heightening suspicion that he was murdered. Anumwar Sadat Mohammed, also known as Alhaj ...