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The Ellembelle Public Health and Emergency Committee, has called on residents in Ellembelle district of the Western region to adhere strictly to the Covid-19 prevention protocols to ensure their safety. The district chief executive for Ellembelle who also doubles as the Chairman of the Ellembelle Public Health Emergency Committee, hon Kwasi Bonzoh made the call in a media interview during ...

Motions for bail filed by some 17 persons accused of participating in a prohibited organization dubbed Western Togoland Restoration Front have been adjourned to August 19 and 26. The cases called separately in three groups of seven, six, and four were adjourned for the parties to put their houses in order. This was after the High Court in Accra presided ...

United Nations Human Rights experts have urged Ghana’s Government to reject a proposed ‘family values’ bill, saying it seeks to establish a system of State-sponsored discrimination and violence against the LGBTI community. The first reading of the bill took place on 2 August 2021, and its consideration is expected to resume in October 2021. In a statement, the experts stated ...

The Bank of Ghana is “one of the most secure central banks in Africa, as far as technology is concerned”, the CEO of Intercom Programming & Manufacturing Company Limited (IPMC), Mr Amardeep S Hari, has said. Speaking in separate interviews with Accra100.5FM’s Ghana Yensom and Class91.3FM’s Class Morning Show about plans by Ghana to introduce a BoG-backed digital currency, Mr ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has presented GH¢20,000 to the bereaved families of the late Gabriel Kwame Awuah, a founding member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Bono Region. He made the presentation when he joined mourners at the one-week funeral observation rite of the late Awuah, who was also the Chairman of the Council of Elders of ...

Twenty-four members of the same family have died after consuming a suspected poisoned meal in northwestern Nigeria. The incident happened in Danzanke village – a remote community in the northwest Sokoto state. The state’s health commissioner, Ali Inname, told journalists that the family mistakenly used fertiliser chemical that looked like salt in preparing a meal on Monday. He said medical ...

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has announced that this year’s edition of the popular annual street art festival, Chale Wote will be held virtually. This has become necessary due to the surge in the COVID-19 cases and in compliance with President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s 26th update on the COVID-19 protocols for people to avoid large gatherings to prevent the ...

The latest Auditor General’s report has revealed that management of the Ghana Aiport Company failed to transfer over seven million cedis of welfare deductions they made from staff to the various fund managers and SSNIT. “We noted that the Company had not transferred a total of GH¢7,553,997.10 as welfare and other insurance deducted on behalf of staff to the various ...

The Chief of the Chiraa Traditional Area in the Sunyani West District of the Bono Region, Nana Afari Mintah, has told Ghanaians that Ghana can only be “fixed” if all the citizens come together to play their respective roles. Nana Afari Mintah expressed these sentiments on Wednesday, 11 August 2021, when President Akufo-Addo called on him at his palace, as ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo has appointed former Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs Minister Samuel Kofi Dzamesi as the acting Chief Executive Officer of the Bui Power Authority (BPA). A letter communicating the appointment was signed by Chief of Staff Akosua Frema Osei-Opare dated 30 July 2021. “Pursuant to Section 9 (2) of the Bui Power Authority Act, 2007 (Act 740), I am ...