Today March 6, 2016 marks Ghana’s 59th independence anniversary. President John Mahama will review a national parade of school children, voluntary organisations, and security services at the Independence Square in Accra. In attendance will be Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and President Mário Vaz of Guinea Bissau. Ghana gained independence from British colonial rule on 6th […]
President John Mahama has said his government will bridge the gap between the south and the north through development projects in the Savannah Accelerated Development zone. Speaking at the 20th Ghana International Trade Fair in Tamale on Saturday March 5, he said government was investing in the health sector to transform the lives of the
Uhuru Kenyatta and Jose Mario Vaz – presidents of Kenya and Guinea Bissau respectively – will join President John Mahama at the Black Star Square today as Ghana marks its 59th Independence Day anniversary. The two African leaders were welcomed into Ghana by Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur on Saturday. The duo will join Mahama to
Fire this Friday afternoon razed down the top floor of the conference hall of the Yegoala Hotel belonging to former ace football player Tony Yeboah at Ahodwo -Nhyiaso a suburb of Kumasi in the Ashanti Region. It is unclear what caused the inferno. According to the Ashanti regional director of the National Health Authority, Bawa
The Resident Engineer of at Asokore-Mampong Government Affordable Housing Project, Richard Adjei has revealed that the houses upon completion may not be affordable as government propagandists are making it look like. Modula Grup is currently set to begin work on the project which was abandoned and squatters took advantage of the situation and occupied the
Contractors working on Ghana’s second Military Hospital at Afari in the Atwima Nwabiagya District of the Ashanti Region, sub-contracted to M. Barbisotti & Sons by Euroget De-Invest s.a have given firm assurances that the project will be completed by December this year as originally scheduled. The second Military Hospital is among the eight hospitals being
A Former Presidential Spokesperson in the erstwhile President John Agyekum Kufour government, Mr. Andrew Awuni has reiterated that it is only by miracle that the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) will emerge victorious in the November 7 polls. According to him, the popularity of the NPP keeps waning by the day creating rather a bleak
Bob Diamond, the forceful former Barclays chief executive, is approaching investors to back a takeover bid for a swath of the UK bank’s African empire that he helped to construct. His audacious move comes after Barclays announced plans to sell its African operations, which date back almost a century. The retreat has raised concerns among
The Manhyia North Constituency Deputy Secretary of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Madam Patricia Arthur has vowed to resist any attempt by the Ashanti Regional Chairman, Bernard Antwi Boasiako alias ‘Chairman Wontumi’ to impose a Parliamentary candidate on the constituents. She has thus charged Chairman Wontumi to desist from influencing the upcoming election in
