Police in Tamale have arrested 7 persons for allegedly possessing two AK 47 assault rifles and 18 spent ammunition shells of same. Northern Regional Police Public Relations Officer (PRO) ASP Ebenezer Tetteh who confirmed the incident to ultimate1069.com, said Mahama Saani Mustaf and Issah Suale both in their early 30s, traveled to Jantong Dabuase near […]
The Coalition of unpaid Nurses and Midwives group has stated emphatically that their outstanding salary arrears have not been paid by government as reported in media circles, describing it as a monumental strategic deceit on Ghanaians, and a hoax. According to the group, members of the Coalition who have been paid are not more than
Ghana’s main opposition leader Nana Akufo-Addo has described 2015 as a “very difficult year for Ghanaians”.However, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer is optimistic Ghana will “rise up” again “where every Ghanaian child, no matter the circumstances of their birth, has a fair chance to strive for a happy and dignified life.”In a Christmas message
Somalia has issued a ban on Christmas celebrations in the Muslim-majority country after the Southeast Asian sultanate of Brunei announced a similar prohibition earlier this month with the threat of five years in jail.Sheikh Mohamed Khayrow, director general of Somalia’s religious affairs ministry, said on Tuesday that Christmas and New Year celebrations threatened the country’s
Ghana’s Transport Minister Dzifa Attivor has resigned voluntarily over the GHS3.6 million bus branding scandal. She tendered her resignation on Tuesday December 22, 2015. She conveyed her resignation to the President through the Chief of Staff Julius Debrah.Her personal assistant Egypt Kudoto told the media on Wednesday that Mrs Attivor resigned upon sober reflection. Mr
The ‘Mansa’ crooner’ Bisa Kdei has promised his numerous fans across the country to deliver stimulating performance on December 25, in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region.He called on Ghanaians to join him to part, as they send 2015 away. ‘On December 25, at True Vine Hotel, I am coming with fire to Kumasi,I am expecting
The flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Nana Akufo-Addo has said although suspending the party’s national chairman and general secretary Paul Afoko and Kwabena Agyepong respectively was “regrettable”, it is about time the Elephant family moved on.The Danquah-Busia-Dombo tradition has suspended some of its national executives including its second vice chairman Sammy Crabbe over
Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini have been banned from football for eight years by FIFA’s Independent Ethics Committee.The committee said in a statement that Blatter’s assertion that there had been an oral agreement between him and Platini over a £1.35m payment was not convincing.As a result, it was determined that he had breached the rules
The Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) Programme Manager at Ministry of Gender Children and Social Protection, Dzigbordi Kofi Agbekpornu, has remarked that 144,980 people in 188 districts across the country have benefitted from the programme. ‘The LEAP programme now has 144,980 beneficiary households, individual accounts we have 579,920 individuals on the programme. The programme is
Government has rubbished allegations by the opposition New Patriotic Party that it is dubiously inflating contracts to the detriment of the state.Flagbearer of the NPP Nana Akufo-Addo in an address at the just ended Conference of the party in Sunyani in the Brong Ahafo region accused the Mahama-led administration of corruption and poor governance.Reacting to
