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Former Deputy Health Minister, Rojo Mettle Nunoo, a former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Prof. Ernest Aryeetey and one Prof. Aaron Nii Lante Lawson have been accused of registering the newly built 650-bed University of Ghana Health Facility in their names. According to a Deputy Minister of Health, Kingsley Aboagye-Gyedu, checks from the Registrar General’s Department indicates that the ...

A Senegalese-based reporter with AFP, Jennifer O’Mahony has taken to Twitter to hail Ghana’s President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for being punctual during yesterday’s investiture of former football star, George Oppong Weah as Liberian President. An image of Akufo-Addo surrounded by empty seats on his left and to his right have been circulating on various social media platforms. Elements within ...

Former Minister of Lands and Forestry and Member of Parliament (MP) for Tamale Central, Ahaji Inusah Fuseini, says Vice President Bawumia is a public property and that Ghanaians deserve to know his health status. The presidency on Saturday announced that, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia had been flown to the UK for further medical treatment after he was reported unwell Friday. The ...

A 60-bed capacity ultra-modern Bank of Ghana Hospital which was completed in 2017, is yet to be put to use although all major equipment and hospital material have been duly installed. The facility, located at Cantonments in Accra, was part of a GH¢445.8 million capital expenditure commitments of the bank to major projects including the construction of a data centre ...

Leaking gas from a fallen taker at Ofankor-White House in Accra on Monday evening, brought back unpleasant memories of the fatal Atomic Junction gas explosion that hit last year. A tanker which fell off its truck at the area close to the Rev. John Teye Memorial School, completely blocked traffic both the Achimota and Amasaman ends of the busy Accra-Kumasi road. No lives ...

It has emerged that the three top officers accused of misappropriating GHC480,177.87 of the Endowment Fund of Staff of Electoral Commission (EC) have been cleared by the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO). Georgina Opoku-Amankwaah, Deputy Commissioner in-charge of Finance and Administration; Kwaku Owusu Agyei-Larbi, Chief Accountant and Joseph Kwaku Asamoah, Finance Officer, were hounded out of office by the ...

Antigraft crusader and former Member of Parliament (MP) for Esikuma-Odobin-Brakwa, Mr. P C Appiah Ofori has revealed that he is yet to be given an appointment in the current New Patriotic Party (NPP) government more than a year it took over power. According to the outspoken former lawmaker on Tamale-based Diamond FM, the President is yet to fix him in ...

A Deputy General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Koku Anyidoho, has accused the Inspector General of Police (IGP) of sleeping on the job. According to him, the state of insecurity in the country has gotten to an alarming level, for which reason the IGP must be proactive in discharging his duties effectively to ensure the citizenry are ...

The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) on Sunday arrested a 34-year-old nursing mother at Dabala Customs checkpoint in the Volta Region for allegedly possessing 44 compressed parcels of suspected cannabis. The items, concealed in two ladies bags and weighed 34.83kg was discovered by Customs officials when a check was done on the vehicle on which the suspect ...

Renowned Ghanaian diplomat, Kwaku Baprui Asante, has died at age 93. This was confirmed to Citi News by a family member on Monday morning, who said a further statement will be released. Born on March 1, 1924, K.B. Asante was the Secretary to Ghana’s First President Dr. Kwame Nkrumah and served under a number of Heads of States in Ghana. ...