Abuakwa North MP Joseph Boakye Danquah Adu has been killed. The opposition NPP MP died of multiple stab wounds Tuesday dawn. Unknown assailants stormed his residence at Shiashie and killed the politician. Reports say the hitmen gained access to the MP’s bedroom by climbing onto a ladder, where, after a brief struggle with the lawmaker, […]
The Bank of Japan has slashed interest rates to minus 0.1 per cent in a move that shocked markets and adds a new dimension to its record monetary stimulus. Its decision reasserts the BoJ’s willingness to take aggressive action to drive inflation to 2 per cent and highlights its concerns about the economic slowdown in
Ghana took away three awards at this year’s West African edition of the Ernst and Young (EY) World Entrepreneur of the Year Awards held in Lagos, Nigeria on Friday night February 5, 2016. Two of the awards were competed for whilst the third one was a Lifetime Achievement Award conferred on Sir Sam Jonah. The
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has written to Ghanaian President, John Dramani Mahama to urge him to fulfill his promise to take action against his top aide who assaulted a journalist last year. Following the incident, the MFWA on October 14 2015, mobilized 155 journalists from over 40 media organisations across Ghana to
It is Alhaji Karim Gruzah who introduced the current crop of Fulanis to Agogo, Kontihene of the Agogo Traditional Area, Nana Kwame Nti, has said. According to Nana Kwame Nti, Alhaji Gruzah, who owns King Faisal Football Club, was granted permission by the Traditional Council four years ago, to rear his cattle in Agogo, upon
The new US Ambassador to Ghana, Robert P. Jackson, has reiterated the commitment of his county to ensure that this year’s elections are credible. According to him, the US is ready to work with the Electoral Commission and civil society in supporting the elections, which are highly likely to be held on November 7. Mr
The Member of Parliament for Kwabre East, Kofi Frimpong, has said some structures springing up in his constituency suggest Fulani nomads and herders, are moving towards his area. He has, therefore, issued a stern warning that his constituents will do everything humanly possible to forestall the nomads and their cattle herds from pitching camp in
The Chief of Army Staff Major General Poku Adusei has assured the armed forces will do all within their powers to flush out Fulanis from the Agogo area. According to him, the military will stand by the regional Security Council’s decision to move the nomads from the community in order to instill peace and tranquility.
The Ashanti Regional Security Council (REGSEC) has deployed more military men as reinforcement for the police to drive away Fulanis in Agogo. The nomads have been at loggerheads with the locals following the killing of over three people recently in the area. There is an uneasy calm in Agogo following the latest development. The outgoing
Three years after the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) declared the Upper East Region as leading in the country in open defecation, it appears the situation is still the same― or probably even worse. This is because all thirteen municipalities and districts in the region have been awarded zero in the bad practice on the
