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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Wednesday, 19th August 2020, cut the sod for the commencement of construction of the Operational Headquarters of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation. This, is in fulfillment of a key manifesto pledge made by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to the people of the Western Region, in the run-up to the conduct of the December ...

A total of about 200 acres of farms have been submerged by flood waters in Kwahu Afram Plains North District of the Eastern Region as a result of the spillage of the Bagre dam in neighboring West African country – Burkina Faso. The Afram River is swelling causing serious flood in ten (10) Communities such as Dwarf and Digya Islands, ...

Eight more persons have succumbed to the deadly COVID-19 in Ghana, taking the country’s death toll to 256. The total case count of the highly infectious disease now stands at 43,094 with a total of 40,963 people either recovered or discharged. The current active cases has dropped slightly from 1,949 to 1,875 with 101 new cases recorded, the Ghana Health ...

Popular Ghanaian spiritualist and herbalist Nana Adu Boafo claims the majority of Ghanaian musicians who consult him for spiritual powers (juju) are gospel singers. According to him, out of the many artistes who consult him, Gospel artistes form the majority. He made this damning claim during an interview on Showbiz A to Z, hosted by George Quaye. “They [Gospel artists] ...

Members of the Ghana First Contractors Association are angry with government for laying claim to some toilet projects in the country. It follows Tuesday’s presentation by Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia on government’s infrastructure record. The over two-hour event saw the vice-president list a number of completed and ongoing projects that the administration has delivered. According to government, the purpose of ...

The Divisional Chief of Apremdo Traditional Area, Nana Egya Kwamena XI, has lauded the leadership and policies implemented by the President Akufo-Addo since the latter came into office on 7th January 2017. Speaking at the sod-cutting ceremony for the construction of an integrated recycling and compost plant and wastewater treatment plant, at Asakae in the Effia-Kwesimintsim Municipality on Wednesday, 19th ...

Dr Gideon Boako, the Economic Advisor and Spokesperson to Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, as part of measures to secure a landslide victory for President Akufo-Addo has donated motorbikes to constituencies in the Ahafo region. Dr Boako, who has been appointed as a campaign team member for the region donated 10 motorbikes to five constituencies in the region at the inaugural ceremony ...

Residents in the New Zango community in the Asokore Mampong Municipality can now enjoy potable water with the construction of the first mechanized water system in the town. Until this intervention, residents had to travel distances to adjoining suburbs like Akwetia Line and Aboabo, to fetch water for domestic and economic use with its attendant health risk of consuming unwholesome ...

Over 500 members of the Ghana National Tailors and Dressmakers Association have received loans from the Government’s GHS 1Billion Coronavirus Alleviation Programme Business Support Scheme (CAP BuSS) managed by the National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI) in collaboration with Participating Financial Institutions (PFIs) and selected telecommunication companies. The CAP Business Support Scheme launched by His Excellency, President Nana Addo ...

President Akufo-Addo says his promise to construct more roads this year is not propaganda. “I told Ghanaians that this is the year of roads. Ghanaians can testify to this. We are not doing ‘green book’ propaganda roads, we are doing genuine roads on the ground for all to see. All my roads are ‘feeli feeli’ roads, not green book roads,” ...