The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Akufo-Addo, has charged the Ministry of Energy, the Petroleum Commission, Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) and the Licensing Rounds Committee to co-operate and ensure that activities under the maiden oil and gas licensing round are carried out in a transparent and efficient manner. Speaking at the launch of the “Ghana Oil and Gas ...
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Part of $175m loan to build hospitals spent on NDC re-election research
Joy News’ investigations have revealed the Ministry of Health under the Mahama administration diverted part of a government loan facility on research into the chances of the then governing National Democratic Congress (NDC). The research was a sub-contract under a 175 million dollar project awarded to British infrastructure company NMS for the construction of seven district hospitals and an integrated ...
Read More »D66 en PvdA: Hersteloperatie na vrouwenbesnijdenis in basisverzekering
D66 en PvdA eisen dat hersteloperaties na vrouwenbesnijdenis vergoed worden via de basisverzekering. Het vorige kabinet zegde dat al toe, maar vier jaar later moeten vrouwen de operatie nog uit eigen zak betalen. De vrouwen die hier moeite hebben met plassen of iets vreugdevols als seks worden aan hun lot overgelaten Sjoerd Sjoerdsma, D66 Sjoerd Sjoerdsma (D66) © ANP Als ...
Read More »Python valt door plafond bij ochtendvergadering Chinese bank
Bankpersoneel uit de Chinese stad Nanning was afgelopen vrijdagochtend meteen goed wakker. Tijdens de ochtendvergadering viel er een python van anderhalve meter lengte door het systeemplafond, precies tussen twee werknemers in op de grond. Het dier schampt de schouder van een vrouw, die ineenkrimpt. Op een video die inmiddels wereldwijd massaal wordt gedeeld, is te zien hoe het dier op zijn ...
Read More »‘UNCTAD admits it made an error’ – Bawumia’s spokesperson alleges
Spokesperson for Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia says a list suggesting that Ghana sent the biggest delegation to the 2017 United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) conference in Geneva is not accurate. Dr Gideon Boako is quoted as saying that the UN agency has even admitted it made an error in the list published on its website. “UNCTAD ...
Read More »Ministry of Energy blasts John Jinapor; accuses him of signing expensive PPAs
The Ministry of Energy is angry over what it described as a deliberate attempt by the former deputy Minister of Power, John Jinapor, to throw dust into the eyes of Ghanaians so that they will not appreciate the sterling performance of the government in the energy sector. “It is obvious that John Mahama and his appointees, realizing that the achievements ...
Read More »More revelations in Opuni’s trial
The ongoing trial of former COCOBOD CEO, Dr. Stephen Opuni, and businessman Seidu Agongo on Wednesday, recorded yet another shocking moment, when it emerged that Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana (CRIG), had in several documents dating as far as 2013, described Lithovit Foliar Fertilizer, as a liquid fertilizer and not a powdery fertilizer. One of the documents which was signed ...
Read More »NPP depicting Rawlings as a ‘killer’ – Ade Coker
Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Joseph Ade Coker says the National Patriotic Party (NPP) is on a mission to portray former President, Jerry John Rawlings to Ghanaian youth as a murderer. According to Ade Coker the NPP is bent on staining the former president’s highly earned reputation and tarnishing his image before he makes ...
Read More »Saglemi housing project is ‘white elephant’- Atta Akyea
Works and Housing Minister Samuel Atta Akyea has described as “white elephant”, a 1500 housing unit built under the Saglemi Housing project at Tsopoli in the Ningo-Prampram District in the Greater Accra Region. According to him, the housing units which were inaugurated by former president John Mahama in 2016 were without basic amenities like water, electricity and drainage systems. The ...
Read More »Talks advance on Ghana-Burkina Faso railway project
Ghana and Burkina Faso are in advanced talks to select an investor for the construction of the approximately 1,200km railway project to link the two countries to promote intra-regional transit trade, Deputy Minister for Transport, Titus Glover, has said. An international competitive tender for potential contractors to submit bids has been opened for the project, which is expected to be ...
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