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Some 280 farmers have been trained by the Lands and Natural Resources Ministry in a special livelihood enterprise programme in the former Brong Ahafo region. The farmers, drawn from selected forest communities such as Susuanho, Yamfo, Bomaa, Bechem, Adentia, and Kwetire were trained in beekeeping. They also received logistics to help them begin the journey of developing what is expected ...

The Omanhen of the Nsein Traditional Area in the Western Region, Awulae Agyefi Kwame II, has described as unfortunate the statement by the president of the National House of Chiefs that Nananom were in support of a ‘No’ vote in the upcoming referendum. Awulae Kwame II, who is a pioneer member of the National House of Chiefs, stated that the ...

Former President John Dramani Mahama has appealed to the government of Nigeria to open its Seme-Krake, Igolo and Idiroko borders it unilaterally closed since August to some West African Countries. According to Mr Mahama “the total closure of, especially, the Benin border is having a significant toll on many small and medium businesses especially in Togo, Ghana and Cote D’Ivoire that ...

A State Prosecutor, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Sylvester Asare, yesterday pleaded with an Accra Circuit Court, presided over by Mrs Jane Harriet Akweley Quaye, for an extension of time to amend the charges against the embattled Chief Executive of the defunct Menzgold, Nana Appiah Mensah aka NAM1. According to the Prosecutor, they need more time because they have made ...

The Board and Management of Student Loan Trust Fund (SLTF) has taken a decision to release the full list of defaulters of the Government of Ghana Student Loan Trust Fund scheme before going to court to retrieve the money, MyNewsGh.com has learnt. The list which captures defaulters as far back as 2010 features loan defaulters from the University for Development ...

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Staff of the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) will on Friday, 29 November 2019 stage a demonstration over some GHS1.2 billion owed the company by key stakeholders in the energy sector. The workers said they will march to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Volta Aluminum Company (VALCO) and the Ministry of Finance in demand of their unsettled debts. The workers, ...

A senior statesman and former local government administrator Ernest Asamoah Yaw has described as comic and unconscionable the conception of the Nana Akufo-Addo administration to construct a national shrine. The Minister of Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs Samuel Kofi Dzamesi has disclosed that a project of the sort was being seriously considered on the request of some traditional priests. The minister ...

Atinka Media Village, organisers of the plus size women reality show, ‘Di Asa’ has reacted to news that winner of the 2019 contest, Precious Mensah (PM), was kicked out of Emirates’ aircraft to Dubai because of her size, alleging that the airline ticketing agent exhibited “unfair treatment, unprofessional and discrimination” against the dance queen. Emirates in an earlier press release ...

The Auditor-General, Mr Daniel Yaw Domelevo has filed a suit against the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) for investigating him over certain procurement discrepancies at the Audit Service. In an application filed Wednesday, November 20, 2019, at the Human Rights Division of the Accra High Court, the Auditor-General contested EOCO’s right to investigate him over those alleged breaches. The ...