Новости за 04.02.2020

President Akufo-Addo, on Tuesday, 4th February 2020, cut the sod for the construction of two solar power plants in Kaleo and Lawra, all in the Upper West region, under the 17-megawatt peak solar power project. According to President Akufo-Addo, this project reaffirms the commitment of his Government to diversify the country 39;s energy generation portfolio, and, thereby, help increase the renewable energy component of Ghana 39;s energy mix, and contribute to her fight against th ...

The Majority Leader, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu has disclosed that a brother of former president John Mahama was involved in the procurement of the two Airbus C-295 aircraft between 2009 and 2015. He said Mahama rsquo;s brother was with the then Minister for Defence, Lieutenant General Joseph Henry Smith and other officials who visited Airbus offices overseas as part of processes to procure the aircraft. ldquo;Some of us raised these matters even then in 2011, that how come his [ ...

Some youth groups within the Ashanti Region have vowed to stop the mining of bauxite in the Nyinahin forest reserve over what they say is lack of transparency by the Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation (GIADEC) in its dealings with the host communities. The groups have also called for the immediate dissolution of the GIADEC Board. According to the group, the leadership of the host communities have no representation on the recently constituted board. In Janua ...

Ex-President Jerry John Rawlings has distanced himself from comments associated to him on the latest Airbus bribery scandal. A statement from the office of the former president also described as false, media reports that Mr. Rawlings has spoken about last week rsquo;s distribution of ambulances to the 275 constituencies as well as the election ruling controversies in Malawi. ldquo;We wish to advise members of the public that the former President has issued no statement on the ...

The Criminal Investigations Department of the Ghana Police has picked up a top executive of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), over his alleged role in the missing excavators seized from illegal miners. The NPP Central Regional Vice Chairman, Horace Ekow Ewusi was arrested on Monday It will be recalled that during the height of the fight against illegal mining between 2017 and 2018 about five hundred earthy moving machines were seized by the Lands and Natural Resources Min ...

Scientists have found evidence to support long-standing anecdotes that stress causes hair graying. Researchers found that in mice, the type of nerve involved in the fight-or-flight response causes permanent damage to the pigment-regenerating stem cells in the hair follicle. The findings advance knowledge of how stress impacts the body, and are a first step toward blocking its negative effects. For a long time, anecdotes have connected stressful experiences with the phenomenon of hair g ...

Assin Central MP, Kennedy Agyapong has issued a staunch warning to a Ghanaian based radio broadcaster and a devoted supporter of former President John Mahama, Salifu Maase a.k.a Mugabe to desist from verbally attacking President Akufo-Addo or face his wrath. The MP during an interview on a London based Ghanaian radio station, Hot digital radio today, said, he will subject Mugabe to severe beatings to shut him from his incessant, unmitigated and unwarranted guff he unleashes on the Pres ...

Ghana rsquo;s Ambassador to China, Edward Boateng has said the Ghana Mission in China is working to ensure that every Ghanaian in China is fully protected from the deadly novel Coronavirus. In a statement to allay the fears of relatives of Ghanaians in China, Ambassador Boateng, said ldquo;We are in constant touch with the leadership of the Ghanaian community and the student leadership across China and working together to ensure that every Ghanaian in China is fully protected at ...

President Akufo-Addo on his tour of the Savannah Region, on Monday, 3rd February commended the Ghana Water Company Ltd (GWCL) for completing the rehabilitation of the Salaga water system project. It will be recalled that in 2017, during a tour of Salaga, which was then part of the Northern Region, President Akufo-Addo announced, at a durbar of Chiefs, that Salaga had outgrown the community management of their water supply system, as, as such, directed that the Salaga water supply ...