A joint team of military and the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) has gone on a rescue mission after torrential rains hit the capital around 10:30 pm on Monday through to the early hours of Tuesday. The Public Relations Officer for the National Disaster Management Organisation, George Ayisi in an …
Read More »Lands Commission head office flooded; documents and computers destroyed
By: Franklin ASARE-DONKOH Hundreds of documents, computers, and scanners at the Head Office of the Lands Commission in Cantonments, Accra, have been destroyed by floodwaters. The basement of the new building was heavily submerged in water after Saturday night’s downpour, leading to the flooding of the Records Room, Files Room, and I.T. …
Read More »Western Region: “Operation Halt 2” arrests 26 illegal Miners
By Desmond Cudjoe A team of Military Personnel under “OPERATION HALT 2” on May 23, 2022 arrested 26 illegal mining including four Togolese operating along River Tano bodies and other areas at Patase near Wassa Dunkwa in the Central Region. The illegal miners have defied the ban placed on their …
Read More »Cedi depreciation pushes Ghana’s debt to over GH¢390 billion in April; 78% of GDP
Recent data released by the Bank of Ghana puts Ghana’s total public debt stock as of March 2022, at US$ 55.1 billion or GH¢391.9 billion. In Dollar terms, the debt dropped by over $3 billion in the first 3 months of the year, from $58.4 billion in January to $55.1 …
Read More »‘We’re dying of hunger; pay our 7-months arrears’ – NABCO trainees to gov’t
The Nation Builders’ Corps (NABCo) Trainees Association of Ghana is appealing to the government to pay up allowances of its members which have been in areas for the past seven months. The trainees in a statement said “they have been plunged into a point of no hope as the government …
Read More »Government partners private companies to mine abandoned iron ore in Oti Region
Ghana’s iron ore and steel industries are set to receive significant boosts following the initiative by the government, and some potential investors to mine an abandoned ore reserve in the Oti Region. The reserve, which holds about 500 million tonnes of iron ore, will boost steel production in the country …
Read More »Our church not shrouded in mystery — Latter-Day Saints
The leadership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in West Africa has debunked the assertion that the church is a mystical entity stressing that it is a normal church like all other denominations in the country. It, therefore, urged Ghanaians to regard the church as a place …
Read More »Accra West ECG recovers GH¢3.2m from power theft
The Accra West Region of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) recovered six gigawatt hours (GWh) of stolen power, amounting to GH¢3.2 million last year. The amount is GH¢700,000 higher than the GH¢2.5 million recoveries it made in 2020 of four GWh. “What it means is that we identified culprits …
Read More »‘Tigers at Wonda World Estates pose no danger’ – Wildlife Division
Officials of the Wildlife Division of the Forestry Commission say the two tigers belonging to business mogul, Nana Kwame Bediako, popularly known as Freedom Jacob Caesar, pose no threats to the inhabitants of the estate. Some residents at Wonda World Estates, Avenue Lincoln near the British High Commission at Ridge …
Read More »I bought my tigers for tourism, not to endanger public – Businessman
SOURCE: GRAPHICONLINE Ghanaian businessman Nana Kwame Bediako aka Freedom Jacob Caesar has responded to the public outcry over his ownership of two tigers and their housing at a private estate. According to him, he acquired the animals for tourism purposes and not to endanger residents of his Wonda World Estates, Avenue Lincoln …
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