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The daughter of Ghana’s first President says her father’s vision to see a united Africa is relevant today as it was some six decades ago. “’Africa must unite.’ Not ought to, not should; a must. Africa must unite,” said Samia Nkrumah in reference to three words that describe her father. Samia was speaking Friday on the Super Morning Show on ...

The immediate-past Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) under previous Mahama administration is likely to face prosecution for alleged corruption. Sedina Tamakloe Attionu, according to a forensic audit report, allegedly misappropriated GH¢3,193,592 and is therefore expected to account for the huge amount of money. Ms Attionu and other former heads of six state-owned agencies have ...

The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has accused the opposition National Democratic Congress in Juaboso in the Western region of bussing minors to register for a referendum. Director of Elections Evans Nimako posted pictures of a pick-up with registration number GX 696-16 with a number of young people on board, one of them in school uniform. “They are just bussing ...

First President Kwame Nkrumah delivered the first independence speech on March 6, 1957, to hundreds of participants including representatives from the British monarch. “We have won the battle and again rededicate ourselves,” he had said, adding “Our independence is meaningless unless it is linked up with the total liberation of Africa.” Today, Ghana celebrates Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Day (a.k.a Founder’s ...

The Minority National Democratic Congress [NDC] in parliament, will from October 2018, roll out a national outreach program to engage Ghanaians on their position on the recent fuel price hikes. This according to them, is an attempt to explain the issues plainly to the citizenry, and further press home their demand for the scrapping of the special petroleum tax. The ...

Ghana’s roads are to undergo a major reconstruction with modern all-season road network linkages to spur economic and social development through easier access to and from rural areas to the main population centre. The $10 billion project will include undertaking a thorough assessment of the current road network in Ghana to identify and build roads, from scratch, expand some existing ...

Prices of some petroleum products have gone up by 11 percent for the first pricing window in January. Checks by Citi Business News indicate that the price of a litre of petrol has gone up between 8 and 11 percent while the same quantity for a litre of diesel has gone up between 9 and 11 percent. A litre of ...

Politieagenten gaan van vrijdagavond 14 september tot zondagnacht 16 september staken en uitsluitend werk met spoed oppakken en ander werk laten liggen. Daartoe roepen de verschillende politiebonden vandaag op in het slepende conflict rondom het cao van de politie. ,,Het is de heftigste politieactie ooit”, aldus Jan Struijs van de Nederlandse Politie Bond (NPB). ,,We hebben nog nooit eerder in de ...

De vreemdelingenpolitie in West-Brabant heeft de handen vol aan de toestroom van Albanese ‘gelukstoeristen’ die op de parkeerplaatsen rond Moerdijk stiekem in vrachtwagens richting Engeland proberen te klimmen. ,,Het fenomeen kost ons heel veel tijd. Het gaat ten koste van ons eigenlijke werk: het opsporen van criminele en overlast gevende illegalen.” Overuren De dienst draaide vorige week overuren, niet alleen ...

The Bank of Ghana is to set up a GHC500 million fund to support agriculture in the country, President Akufo-Addo has announced. Speaking as part of a Heads of State and Governments high level panel discussion at the 2018 African Green Revolution Forum in Kigali, Rwanda, President Akufo Addo said one of the major difficulties that Ghanaian farmers have is ...