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Legalization of okada a political move to win votes – Accra Mayor
The National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) intention to legalize okada is a political move aimed at amassing votes during the 2020 polls, the Mayor of Accra, Mohammed Nii Adjei Sowah has ...
23 September, 2020
Mahama truncated Bono tour over ‘poor’ reception – NPP Communicator
A member of the New Patriotic Party’s Communications team, Lawuratu Musah-Saaku has alleged that former President John Dramani Mahama truncated his tour of the Bono Region due to poor reception ...
23 September, 2020
How Accra tackled complex challenges in an urban slum
When I first heard about the community of Old Fadama in Accra, Ghana, I recognised something. A Ghanaian Catholic sister who visited the green market weekly in that neighbourhood told ...
23 September, 2020
3,400 Allied Health professionals granted financial clearance – Oko Boye
The Ministry of Health has secured financial clearance for about 3,400 Allied Health professionals across the country, according to Deputy Health Minister, Dr. Benard Oko Boye. This means that soon ...
23 September, 2020
Keyboard Idol’s Chris Tamakloe dies in tragic motor accident
Chris Tamakloe, one of the star performers on Citi TV’s Keyboard Idol talent competition, met his untimely death on Saturday, September 19, 2020, when a vehicle in which he and ...
23 September, 2020
CalBank implements ECOFRIDGES Green On-wage financial mechanism
Environmentally friendly refrigerators and ACs will soon become widely accessible in Ghana through the Green On-wage (GO) financial mechanism under the ECOFRIDGES program with CalBank PLC. The ECOWAS Refrigerators and ...
23 September, 2020
Installation of smart streetlights to be completed by March 2021 – MiDA
Work on over 14,000 smart streetlights to be dotted across the capital, Accra, spanning a distance of about 440km of roads, is expected to be completed by March 2021, according ...
23 September, 2020
20,000 ghost names expunged from YEA payroll – Oppong Nkrumah
20,000 ghost names have been expunged from the payroll of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) over the past three years. An audit conducted by the Agency further revealed that the ...
23 September, 2020
NDC’s Jirapa parliamentary candidate angry over missing names on register
The National Democratic Congress’ parliamentary candidate for Jirapa, Cletus Adakpla has complained about some missing names on the voters’ register in the Nandom District of the Upper West Region. Speaking ...
23 September, 2020
Sexual harassment, others to be addressed in Labour Act – Ministry of Employment
Ghana’s Labour Act 651 is to be reviewed to address sexual harassments and other emerging trends of violence against women at places. Mrs. Ruth Ferkah Kyere, Head of International/Gender Desk, ...
23 September, 2020
Global Finance Magazine names Standard Chartered ‘Best Consumer Digital Bank 2020’
Standard Chartered Bank Ghana Limited has been named the Best Consumer Digital Bank in Ghana by the Global Finance Magazine for the 8th consecutive year. This was announced as Global ...
23 September, 2020
No case of COVID-19 recorded during voter registration exercise – EC
The Electoral Commission (EC) says none of the 17 million voters captured in the just ended voters’ registration exercise and the 45,000 registration officers, contracted COVID-19 during the nationwide exercise. ...
23 September, 2020
Citi Breakfast Show: Wednesday, 23rd September, 2020
The Citi Breakfast Show host, Bernard Avle and the team discussed the demarcation of roads in Ghana for various road users, the strike action by Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives ...
23 September, 2020
‘John Mahama is a man of his word’ – Prof. Opoku-Agyemang
Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, Vice-Presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has appealed to residents of Assin in the Central Region to vote massively for John Dramani Mahama in ...
23 September, 2020
