President Akufo-Addo virtually stripped John Dramani Mahama naked by disclosing to the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II that he cannot see the infrastructural projects the former president touted ahead of the 2016 polls. Addressing Otumfuo and his chiefs at the Manhyia Palace, the President stated that Mr. Mahama openly boasted about the significant gains that his administration made in infrastructure ...
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Christians standing with Mensa Otabil are stupid – Lawyer
Lawyer Chris-Vincent Agyapong Febiri who doubles as the Founding Editor of GhanaCelebrities.Com has described Christians sympathising with Dr. Mensa Otabil as stupid. In a long Facebook post which was also shared on his website under the heading Ghana’s 610 Million Cedis, the Man of God Called Dr Mensa Otabil and the Stupid Christians Who Stand With Him, Chris-Vincent said Otabil ...
Read More »AG indicts Ministry of Finance for forging loan receivable balance
The Auditor General has indicted the Ministry of Finance (MoF) for fudging loan receivable balance in its 2016 financial statements. The 2016 financial statement reported an amount of GH¢1, 988,361,506 as the total loan recoverable balance. The Auditor General’s review of the schedule on loans recoverable, however, disclosed that loans totalling GH¢97,485,166, granted to some 170 companies and SOEs (State ...
Read More »Ghana Post GPS charging GHC50, GHC100 to tag properties
Ghana Post has embarked on a nationwide digital property address generation and property tagging exercise. Its field agents are moving from house to house with valid identification cards and branded Ghana Post GPS costumes to generate digital property addresses and tag properties. Generation of the digital address is free, but tagging of properties attracts a fee. Ghana Post is charging ...
Read More »Woyome settles ¢4.6m of ¢51m debt
The Controller and Accountant General, Eugene Ofosuhene has confirmed that businessman Alfred Agbsei Woyome has paid ¢4.6 million of the debt owed the State. The revelation was made at Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee sitting where the 2016 Auditor General’s report on the Consolidated Fund was scrutinised. Members of Parliament (MPs) on the Committee wanted to know the progress made so ...
Read More »President hints of law to make SHS least qualification for every Ghanaian child
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo exchanging pleasantries with the people of Beposo in the Ashanti region President Nana Akufo-Addo has hinted of plans to introduce a new legislation that would ensure that every Ghanaian child acquires at least senior high education. He explained the move is aimed at ending school dropouts at the basic level as well as ensuring that ...
Read More »Government should establish efficient food distribution enterprise – Food scientist
For efficiency in the distribution of root and tuber food crops, government is being urged to establish a body for their improvement and marketing. In an interview with Goldstreet Business, Dr. Felix Engman, a Senior Lecturer and Food Scientist at Kumasi Technical University opined that, due to the high perishability of these food crops, resulting from their high moisture content, ...
Read More »VRA out! Gov’t to engage third party to manage Ameri plant despite first failed attempt
It has emerged government will go ahead to find a third party to operate and maintain the 250-megawatt Ameri power plant as cabinet has resolved to wean the Volta River Authority (VRA) off thermal plant operations. The first attempt by the government, which criticised the 510 million-dollar deal while in opposition, hit a snag culminating in the removal of the ...
Read More »GHC500m for Ashanti roads – Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has revealed that his administration has set aside, for 2018 alone, an amount of GHS500 million to construct new roads, as well as give a facelift to some existing roads in the Ashanti Region. Speaking at the Akwasidae celebrations, on Sunday, 12th August, 2018, at the Manhyia Palace, President Akufo-Addo noted that, despite the “unprecedented ...
Read More »Defiled by her father at 12, raped by a police officer: The story of a 36-year-old prostitute
She had sex with pastors and businessmen to earn a living but that was after her biological father defiled her under the guise of ‘letting her know how it feels so she’s not surprised when any man does it to her’. For nine years, Adwoa [not her real name] has been a prostitute and despite her desire to stop, she’s ...
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