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Former Minister of Communications, Dr Edward Omane Boamah, has denied reports claiming he was behind the circulation of pictures of a white V8 purportedly belonging to Information Minister Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, with a customised plate “HAMID1 18” on social media. Mr Abdul-Hamid has come out to deny owning that V8 and described the plate as fake. “I do not own the ...

Chief Executive Officer for the Youth Employment Agencies (YEA), Justin Kondua, has revealed that the agency will help in finding permanent jobs for the youth whose services have been engaged in the various modules under the YEA. According to him, Act 887, which established the YEA, states that the agency can engage the services of the youth in any of ...

The Seven Great Princes Academy has topped all basic schools in the country in the 2017 BECE Results as the best for the second year running. A research by the media found out that the school located in Ablekuma Central and North Constituency scored a grand aggregate total of 351 points on the Accra Metropolitan Education Directorate 2017 BECE Results ...

The Fulani Association of Ghana has appealed to President Nana Akufo-Addo to ensure that individuals whose cattle have been shot and killed by personnel of Operation Cow Leg, are adequately compensated. Addressing a press conference in Accra on Friday, 19 January, Chairman of the Association, Professor Sheikh Osman Baro appealed to the president to intervene in the manner in which ...

The Acting General Secretary for the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu, has come under fire for claiming that his government through the Youth Employment Agency (YEA), has recruited over 60,000 youth under various modules of the Agency, as part of the government’s efforts of solving the unemployment situation in the country. Speaking on OTEC FM’S flagship programme ‘’Nyansapo’’ ...

Over five hundred youth from Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipality and adjoining communities in the Western Region have taken to the streets to demonstrate against Goldfields Company Limited. Addressing the demonstrators to present a petition to President Akufo-Addo, leader of the demonstrators, Frank Woode, said mining communities especially those in Tarkwa have been taking for granted for too long hence their call ...

A private legal practitioner, Mr. Asante Nnuro, says he is finding it very difficult to believe why the deputy Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana in charge of Corporate Services, Ms. Georgina Opoku Amankwaah, could resume work without following due process of the law. In his view, once the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has not concluded ...

Police at Asokore Mampong in the Ashanti Region; have arrested four persons believed to be behind the disappearance of two short guns and a pump action gun belonging to the Kumasi Academy. It is unclear why school authorities were keeping the weapons in the school. Citi News understands that one of the suspects, the store keeper of the school, and ...

African leaders have been urged to accept the comment by the United States President, Donald Trump, describing Africa as a “shithole” as the bitter truth which should propel them to do more to change the African situation. Dr Kwebena Sarfo Sarfo-Kantankah, a Political Analyst, who made the call said the comment should encourage African leaders to put in place pragmatic ...

The Petroleum Commission said it has no intention of shutting down Saltpond oil fields. The area which has been described as one of the oldest oil fields in the country has witnessed some significant drop in oil production in recent times. The Director of Special Services at the Petroleum Commission, Kweku Boateng told JoyBusiness some companies have expressed interest in ...