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Some senior officers of the Ghana Immigration Service have been reassigned as part of administrative changes aimed at realigning ranks of senior officers who have been promoted. A statement signed by the Head of Public Affairs for the Service, Supt Michael Amoako -Atta said the changes are intended to make the Immigration more dynamic and responsive to current challenges. Below ...

After four X-Ray examinations and a CT scan, doctors have now concluded that Joy News’ Latif Idrissu has a fractured skull. Latif was brutalized at the police Criminal Investigation Department Headquarters when he went there to report on the arrest of Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Koku Anyidoho. Latif explains he has been referred to a ...

A male nurse of the Damongo Government hospital in the Northern Region has sexually assaulted a debilitated malaria female patient under his care at the facility, after allegedly giving her an overdosed medication. The victim, an Italian national, accused Ernest Green, 28, of having unprotected sex with her on Friday dawn, few hours after she was admitted at the hospital ...

It is obvious that former President John Dramani Mahama is still reeling in pain over the incompetent tag the then opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) used on him during the 2016 electioneering campaign. As a result of that Mr Dramani Mahama at the weekend hit back at President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, describing him, (President Akufo-Addo), as “super-incompetent.” According to ...

An investigative team has been formed by government to probe the collapse of a Newmont tunnel that killed six miners at the Ahafo Mills Expansion project on Saturday, 7 April, Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Benito Owusu-Bio, has said. In a statement, Newmont Ghana said it was “deeply saddened” by the accident, adding that: “Emergency response crews immediately ...

GN Bank Ghana Limited, a Groupe Nduom company has obtained $20 million funding from the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) to support its $27 million expansion project. The project which began some three years ago has already helped to address the challenges of access to safe banking and finance for poor and rural people across Ghana through the provision of ...

Cocoa farmers and agro-chemical dealers in the Western region, according to checks, have huge stocks of Lithovit Foliar fertiliser which they say is being well-patronised by cocoa farmers due to its effectiveness. Lithovit Foliar comprises ingredients which work well on cocoa. It contains Calcium Carbonate which releases Carbon Dioxide – a substrate for photosynthesis on cocoa. It also has primary ...

Invigilators supervising the on-going West African Senior High School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), have been urged not to be harsh on candidates. Mrs Grace Akosua Manu, the Headmistress of the Twene Amanfo Senior High and Technical School who gave the advice said the candidates needed to feel comfortable to write the examination well. In an interview with the GNA on the ...

The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), is urging the swift passage of the Witness Protection Law to safeguard the rights and security of persons who reveal information on crime. CHRAJ maintains that it will be difficult to pursue criminal cases if informants are not assured of adequate protection by the state. The comments follow claims by an ...

Former COCOBOD Chief Executive Officer, Stephen Opuni, has through his lawyers filed a motion at the High Court seeking to be granted copies of documents prosecutors will rely on to prove their case against him. In the motion, which was sighted by citinewsroom.com, he said “I also do not have copies of any of the letters and or documents mentioned ...