An astute media practitioner and host of Starr fm’s morning show KafuiDey has noted that the idea to honor the founding fathers of the country needs to be corroborated by all Ghanaians. According to him the activities of people like Kwame Nkrumah, Dr Kwagyir Aggrey, and YaaAsantewaa amongst others contributed a great deal to the […]
The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social protection has announced the 38th cycle payment of the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty to about 150,000 households in 184 districts. The payments scheduled to begin Monday, 28 September, 2015 will see a total of GH¢8 million disbursed among beneficiary households. Announcing the start of the August payment at
The National Democratic Congress’ vetting of its Parliamentary primary aspirants in the Ashanti region has been rescheduled from tomorrow to next week Tuesday, the 29th of this month at a central location in Kumasi. The Ashanti Regional Communication Officer of the party, Samed Akalilu, told ghnewsnow Ashanti desk that the Constituency executives and aspirants have been
Residents of two farming communities; Fihini and Kpalguni in the Tolon District of the Northern Region have announced that they have henceforth severed relationship with politicians. They have accordingly served notice to politicians regardless of who is involved not to step foot in the two communities during the 2016 general elections or have themselves to
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA), Mr. Charles Abugri has revealed that the guinea fowls that reportedly flew to neighboring Burkina Faso in the infamous SADA guinea fowl project scandal have started returning home. It would be recalled that management of SADA last year made hilarious media headlines when they
The President of the Ghana Chamber of Commerce, Seth Adjei Baah, has said that the recent hike in policy rate by the Bank of Ghana (BoG) will further push up interest rates, which are already considered among the highest on the continent. The BoG on Monday increased the Monetary Policy rate (MPR) by 100 basis
Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference has commended Anas Aremeyaw Anas and his team of investigators for risking their lives and safety to carry out this investigation and for all previous efforts to help the nation to deal with the prevalence of bribery and corruption in Ghana. The conference is encouraging them to carry on with
The long-awaited video revealing how some 34 Ghanaian judges took bribes to throw away cases before them will premiere tonight, a High Court has ruled. One of the indicted judges Justice Paul Uuter Dery filed a suit to stop the premiering of the video at the Accra International Conference Centre. The suit was against the
Ashanti region to benefit from 3,700 metric tonnes of rice Ashanti region is expected to benefit from 3,700 metric tonnes of rice this year. This was as a result of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture’s (MOFA) ability to secure 2,474 acres of land for large scale production of rice. The project is said to
Political parties have up to the close of today, September 22 to make their proposals reach the electoral Commission (EC) on the debate for a new voters register ahead of the 2016 elections. The parties were given a September 22, deadline to make the submissions reach the desk of the EC in their final determination
