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Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has urged Muslims across the country to continue to embrace tolerance and cooperation with members of other religious divide, to maintain the peace the country is enjoying. Dr Bawumia said this over the weekend when he joined the National Chief Imam and the Muslim Ummah in Accra for the 2021 National Maulid, which is the ...

The Ghanaian delegation at the 2021 Africa Oil Week in Dubai, UAE has met with Maersk Drilling, a drilling company with presence in Ghana’s upstream petroleum industry. At the meeting, leader of the delegation and Deputy Minister for Energy, Andrew Egyapa Mercer tasked the company to among other things increase their contribution to Ghana’s local content and local participation drive ...

Gabby Otchere-Darko has said he is against the anti-gay bill that is before Parliament at the moment. In a tweet, the former Executive Director of the Danquah Institute said “I am against the anti-gay bill & not shy to say so. I am a proud Ghanaian who cherishes all that is good about our value systems, including tolerance. “And, I ...

The Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources in charge of Forestry, Benito Owusu-Bio, has challenged the Ghana Boundary Commission to make their relevance apparent in the Ghanaian media space. According to the Minister, despite the crucial role the commission plays in the protection of Ghana’s boundaries, it’s presence and importance is unknown to a significant number of the populace ...

The Veterans Association of Ghana (VAG) has bemoaned the fallen standard of training for military personnel in the country. According to the association, the fallen standard of training is accountable for the decline in the discipline that the military is noted for. Speaking on the sidelines of the 76th Remembrance Day Service held in Kumasi on Thursday, 11 November, 2021, ...

The Ga Mantse, His Royal Highness, King Tackie Teiko Tsuru II has pledged his commitment to support the Accra Metropolitan (AMA) and its sister Assemblies in the quest to ensure a clean Accra. According to him the sustainable collection and disposal of plastic waste in Accra had persisted over a decade and to ameliorate the menace, he would collaborate with ...

The General Agricultural Workers Union (GAWU) has warned Ghanaians to brace themselves for increments in food prices in the country. The General Secretary of GAWU, Edward Kareweh, said Ghana is in a harvest season but food prices are high on the market. He projected the prices to increase in the month of January and February 2022. The General Secretary was ...

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the Ghana Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors, Senyo Hosi, has described Ghanaian politicians as ‘very myopic’ over their inability to create a mass transportation system for citizens. “The money we have spent in the last ten years wasting around petroleum would have transformed our mass transportation sector. Politicians in our country under our current ...

Former President John Dramani Mahama has described President Akufo-Addo as disrespectful and insensitive for continuously flying luxurious private jets with taxpayer’s money despite several complaints by Ghanaians. “The misuse of scarce resources on the avoidable creature comforts of the President and other leading officials must come to an end…it is an unpardonable show of disrespect and insensitivity to the plight ...

The Ghana Police Service on Wednesday, November 10, 2021, met with the Creative Arts Industry players to deliberate on measures to help shape policing. Speaking at the meeting, the Director-General of Police Public Affairs Directorate, ACP Kwesi Ofori, stated that entertainers can help the security agency to protect the country. He said, “You are a tool for social change, movers ...