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3,394 The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has resolved to introduce a fine of GH¢500 for the release of tricycles that will be impounded for flouting its ban on the use of tricycle activities within the Central Business District. Several tricycles were impounded, and the owners were arrested during the implementation of the ban by the […]
1,427 A leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Otchere-Darko says there was no corruption and corruption-related activities in the government’s Agyapa deal. He said it is intriguing to observe the silence from Transparency International, Ghana Integrity Initiative and the CSOs who pursued the Agyapa case in the West Africa regional court in […]
1,735 The National Identification Authority (NIA) has dismissed 10 staff members following investigations into allegations of misconduct, extortion of funds from Ghana Card applicants, and violations of NCA’s Standard Operating Procedures and applicable public service rules in the course of their duties as public officials responsible for registration activities. The decision by management to dismiss […]
1,458 The Accra Circuit Court will on September 5 this year resume hearing a stealing case involving a secretary of the Ministry of Energy and the Agricultural Development Bank. Regina Abanga, a secretary at the Ministry of Energy is accused of manipulating ATM machines belonging to ADB and withdrawing sums to the tune of GHC […]
1,460 By I.F Joe Awuah Jnr A SUSPECTED baby thief has escaped death by a whisker after she was beaten by an angry mob at Aboabo Extension in Kumasi, in the Ashanti Region. The suspect, Auleta Mohammed, a resident of Abirem was, reportedly, caught in possession of a boy of about two years old, whom […]
1,345 Actor-turned-politician, John Dumelo has lost his mother. Announcing the passing of his mother, known as Mrs. Antoinette Ama Ampomah Dumelo in a Facebook post, the multifaceted actor said the incident occurred on Tuesday, August 15. She was 71. “My heart is broken. My dear mother passed away yesterday…my number one supporter. Heaven has gained […]
1,511 At least 27 people were killed and 106 others injured, when clashes broke out between two powerful armed factions in the southern Libyan capital of Tripoli, the country’s emergency services, said in a statement Tuesday. Fighting began Monday after the detention of the commander of the 444 Brigade, Mahmoud Hamza, as he attempted to […]
3,104 Twenty-two local assemblies have been indicted for inefficiencies in revenue collection. This is contained in the Auditor-General’s Report on the audit of the metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (MMDAs) for last year. While the assemblies paid GH¢2.4 million as salaries to 129 revenue collectors, they collected GH¢1.3 million as revenue between January 2022 and […]
1,401 Source: Felicia Osei The Ranking Member on the Foreign Affairs Committee of Parliament, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa says management of the various passport offices including its directors must answer questions relating to the allegations of bribery, extortion and corruption within the agency. This according to Mr. Ablakwa is because they have failed to live up […]
1,310 Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo says Africa needs a new generation of farmers on the continent to resolve the yawning gap of food insecurity. He decried the current situation where approximately 40 million Africans according to a U.N report go to bed without food even though the continent has the largest population of youth […]