General News of Thursday, 8 September 2022 Comments made by Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide newspaper, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako Jnr, in relation to the arrest of ‘galamsey’ kingpin Aisha Huang together with three other Chinese nationals in 2017 have resurfaced following her re-arrest. The veteran journalist who was contributing to a panel discussion on NewsFile, a Joy News ...
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Ashanti Airlines selected to partner government for Ghana’s home-based carrier – Report
Business News of Thursday, 8 September 2022 The Government of Ghana has selected Ashanti Airlines as a strategic investor to partner in the country’s quest to re-establish a home based-carrier. According to an Aviation Ghana report, the decision has firmly been finalised with Ashanti Airlines working to complete the final stages of its financial arrangements. The airline, which is owned ...
Read More »IMF new Mission Chief meets BoG Governor, Dr. Ernest Addison
Business News of Thursday, 8 September 2022 A 2-member delegation, led by the new International Monetary Fund (IMF) Mission Chief for Ghana, Stéphane Roudet, on Wednesday, September 7 paid a courtesy call on the Governor of Bank of Ghana, Dr. Ernest Addison and the Management of the Bank. This follows Stéphane Roudet’s appointment as the new IMF Mission Chief for Ghana, effective 1st September 2022. ...
Read More »Unregistered SIMs will be unable to use voice and Internet services – Ursula warns
Business News of Thursday, 8 September 2022 The Minister for Communications and Digitalization, Ursula Owusu has stated that those who have not fully re-registered their sim cards will not be able to use voice and Internet services henceforth. This is in addition to the punitive measures outlined by the National Communications Authority (NCA). According to her, aside the punitive measures, ...
Read More »comEconomic recovery largely depends on digitalisation – Osafo-Maafo«
Business News of Wednesday, 7 September 2022 Senior Presidential Advisor, Yaw Osafo-Maafo, has said Ghana’s economic recovery and transformation agenda hugely depends on the extent of government’s digitalisation drive’s permeation into the country’s public institutions. As a result, the Office of the Senior Presidential Advisor presented information technology equipment and accessories to three public sector institutions as part of efforts ...
Read More »Be careful with your comment and utterances – Jantuah cautions Mahama over judiciary comment
General News of Monday, 5 September 2022 Chairman of the Political Committee of the Conventions Peoples Party (CPP), Kwame Jantuah, has advised Former President John Dramani Mahama, to be measured in his utterances, particularly against the judiciary. According to him, the recent comment by the former president against the judiciary has the tendency to haunt him if he emerges as president ...
Read More »President Akufo-Addo leaves for Netherlands and France
General News of Sunday, 4 September 2022 President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, left Ghana, on Saturday, 3rd September, at the invitation of Ban Ki-Moon, 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations and Chair of the Board of Global Centre of Adaption (GCA), to participate in the African Adaptation Summit to be held on Monday, 5th September, 2022, at the GCA Headquarters in ...
Read More »We’re determined to reach an agreement with Ghana by end of 2022 – IMF boss
Business News of Monday, 5 September 2022 Managing Director of the IMF, Kristalina Georgieva, has said it determined that an agreement with the Government of Ghana can be reached by the end of this year. Ghana is said to be targeting an amount of $3 billion over three years from the Fund once an agreement on a programme is ...
Read More »Kumasi to get first Electric Light Rail Transportation system
Business News of Monday, 5 September 2022 Kumasi is set to become the first city in Ghana to have an Electric Light Rail Transportation (Tram System) as part of government’s effort to ease traffic congestion in the Ashanti Region’s capital. The Tram system is one of the sophisticated means of transport found mostly in Europe. This type of transportation system ...
Read More »‘Opuni judge’ retires, given limited time to conclude case
The Supreme Court Judge sitting on the Opuni-Agongo case has attained the Constitutional retirement age of 70 years for Justices of the Superior Courts of Ghana. Born on September 4 1952, Justice Clemence Jackson Honyenuga clocked the anniversary milestone on Sunday, September 4, setting him up for compulsory retirement after years of a climb on ‘the bench.’ Article 145 of the Constitution ...
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