Former First Lady Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings has explained why it is very unusual to see her wearing foreign designer clothes. According to her, it is her personal decision to keep wearing local fabrics to, among other objectives, promote the local textile industry. She made the revelation in an acceptance speech after receiving an honorary award at the 2019 Fashion Connect ...
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Chinese illegal miners take over Oda forest reserve
Government is expected to deploy about 60 soldiers to prevent the Oda Forest Reserve from further degradation resulting from alleged illegal gold mining activities by some supposed Chinese nationals. Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Kwaku Asomah-Cheremeh, made this known to journalists at a ‘galamsey’ site inside the Oda Forest Reserve, on Thursday, January 16, 2020. Some two Chinese Illegal ...
Read More »Akufo-Addo leaves for UK-Africa summit in London
President Akufo-Addo has left Accra on Friday to attend the UK-Africa Investment Summit being held in London, in the United Kingdom. The UK-Africa Investment Summit, being hosted by British Prime Minister, Rt. Hon. Boris Johnson, MP, on Monday, 20th January, will bring together “businesses, governments and international institutions to showcase and promote the breadth and quality of investment opportunities across ...
Read More »EC set for new voters register
The Electoral Commission (EC) is on track to compile a new voters’ register to replace the blemish-fraught roll. This came to light during the EC engagement with some civil society organisations (CSOs) at Alisa Hotel in Accra yesterday to justify the need for the compilation ahead of the 2020 general elections in December. The determination of the commission could not ...
Read More »Dompoase accident: Driver detained in police custody
The driver who is believed to have caused Tuesday’s fatal accident at Dompoase has been remanded in police custody for two weeks pending investigation. Kasapa FM’s correspondent Yaw Boagyan reported from the Central region Friday. A government delegation led by Roads and Highways Minister Kwaku Amoako Attah today visited the accident site and the survivors at the Cape Coast Teaching ...
Read More »Beige Bank founder Nyinaku admitted at Police Hospital
The embattled Chief Executive Officer of defunct Beige Bank Mike Nyinaku has been admitted at the Police Hospital in Accra after he fell ill Thursday, police prosecutors have told the court. Mr. Nyinaku is being prosecuted by the state over his role in the collapse of the bank. He was denied bail after he was arraigned on Monday. Beige Bank ...
Read More »Mahama weeps at launch of Electronic Fund-raising Platform
Tears run down the checks of former president John Dramani Mahama yesterday, January 16, 2020 during the launch of NDC’s Electronic Payment Platform held in Accra. The former president who mounted the podium to address the crowd ended up weeping for close to two minutes. Though the reason for his tears is not clear, it could be seen from all ...
Read More »Banks collapse: Dr. Kwabena Duffour runs to court for ‘cover’ after BNI invitation
The founder of the UniBank, Dr. Kwabena Duffour, is seeking an interlocutory injunction from the court to restrain the Ghana Police Service over what he describes as “unlawful threats and harassment” following an invitation from the Crime Investigation Department (CID) last week. According to the embattled businessman cum politician, he was summoned with a letter from the Special Investigation team ...
Read More »Update: Court grants bail to ‘sick’ Beige founder Nyinaku
The Circuit Court hearing the case against the CEO of the defunct Beige Bank Mike Nyinaku has granted him bail. The bail condition was set at GHC352 million with two sureties who are public servants earning not less than Ghc 2,000.00. The accused person is to submit his passport to the registrar of the Court and will be required to ...
Read More »18 CSOs reject EC’s plan for new voters’ register
A coalition of major Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and key individuals under the Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC) have collectively rejected the decision of the Electoral Commission (EC) to compile a new voters’ register ahead of this year’s general elections. The coalition, numbering about eighteen (18) CSOs are the latest to join several groups to criticize the EC’s plan to introduce ...
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