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CSIR to offer 12 acres of land to support govt’s Agenda 111 project

June 24, 2022

Management of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Animal Research Institute has moved to give 12 acres of its lands to the government for the construction of a district hospital under the Agenda 111 program. This comes after the Greater Accra Regional Security Council demolished several unauthorized structures built on about 200-acre land belonging to Continue Reading

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Journalists begin voting to elect new GJA executives

June 24, 2022

Delegates of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) across the country have begun voting to elect new executives to run the affairs of the association for the next three years. In Accra, voting started at 8am at the Ghana International Press Centre, with some security presence at the voting centre. Outgoing GJA president, Roland Affail Monney […]Continue Reading

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Ghanaian pharmaceutical companies to distribute COVID-19 vaccines produced in Africa – Nana Addo

June 24, 2022

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced a consortium of Ghanaian pharmaceutical companies ready to package and distribute COVID-19 vaccines that will be produced by BioNTech in Africa.   The German manufacturing giant, BioNTech on Thursday, June 23, 2022, cut sod for the construction of a vaccine production plant in Kigali, Rwanda, which will have […]Continue Reading

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Godfred Dame assures Krobo residents of fairness in installation of prepaid meters

June 23, 2022

The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Godfred Dame has assured chiefs and people of Manya and Yilo Krobo that he will use his good office to ensure a fair treatment in the raging impasse between residents of Krobo land and the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) over the installation of prepaid meters. The recent […]Continue Reading

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We can’t release lands for community mining in Obuasi – AngloGold Ashanti

June 23, 2022

AngloGold Ashanti Ghana says it cannot grant the request of aggrieved youth in Obuasi for a release of some of its concessions for community mining as part of efforts to reduce the high levels of unemployment in the area. This comes after some youth, on Tuesday, demonstrated to push for jobs while accusing the mining […]Continue Reading

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UK watchdog fines Ghana International Bank for poor anti-money laundering systems

June 23, 2022

Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Ghana International Bank (GHIB) 5.8 million pounds ($7.1 million) for failings in its anti-money laundering controls. The FCA said the bank provided correspondent banking services to other lenders, allowing them to provide products and payment services they would otherwise be unable to provide. Between January 2012 and Continue Reading

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Yagaba-Kubori: Residents protest alleged police brutality after mass arrests

June 23, 2022

Residents of Kubori in the Yagaba-Kubori District in the North East Region on Wednesday poured onto the streets to demonstrate against what they say is the continuous police brutalities in the community. According to the residents, the police invaded the Kubori community at 2 am on the 18th of June and arrested about 25 people […]Continue Reading

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School Feeding caterers leader removed as gov’t appointee at AMA

June 23, 2022

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has terminated the appointment of the President of the Greater Accra School Feeding Caterers Association, Juliana Cudjoe as a member of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly. A letter dated June 17, 2022, signed by the Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey, noted that “H.E. the President…has revoked your appointment as a […]Continue Reading

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Chereponi residents protest poor state of roads, dilapidated schools

June 23, 2022

Some residents of Chereponi in the North East Region are protesting the poor state of roads and dilapidated schools in the district. The lack of motorable roads in the area has forced many farmers to illegally export soya beans and other grain-related products to neighbouring countries. According to a spokesperson for the Anufor Students, Latif Alhassan, it […]Continue Reading

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Girl found dead in drain at Ablekuma Manhean with hands tied

June 23, 2022

The lifeless body of a teenage girl has been found in a drain at Ablekuma Manhean in the Ga West Municipality of the Greater Accra Region. Some residents say the body was discovered early Thursday morning. One of them, who spoke to the press, said the deceased’s hands were tied at the time the body […]Continue Reading