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Ghana has dropped in the latest ranking of best investment destinations in Africa, the Rand Merchant Bank’s seventh edition of Where to Invest in Africa Report says. The country’s slide to fifth position from fourth last year was mostly due to perceptions of worsening corruption and weaker economic freedom. The RMB’s …
Read More »LEAVE OBIRI BOAHEN ALONE, HE’S NOT THE ONLY PERSON TO FAULT- FINDERS FORUM
A think tank, Finders Forum has admonished members of the New Patriotic Party to pardon its deputy general secretary. Nana Obiri Boahen, a deputy general secretary of the ruling NPP has come under intense criticism after an audio of a conversation he had with someone went viral. Some officers of …
Read More »45 DRIVERS FINED FOR ABUSING SIREN
A total of 45 drivers have been fined for abusing use of sirens. In a statement issued by the Director-General, Public Affairs of the Ghana Police Service, ACP David S. Eklu also stated that “any person who contravenes the regulation is liable to a fine of not more than 25 …
Read More »ONE DISTRICT, ONE FACTORY SET TO TAKE OFF- COORDINATOR
Mrs. Gifty Ohene-Konadu, National Coordinator of 1D1F, has given a brief up to date on the project at the ongoing 22nd International Trade Fair Business Seminar in Accra. The programme organized by the ministry of trade and industry, the International Trade Fair with sponsorship from Ecobank is dubbed ” Financing …
Read More »BBC launches 2018 Komla Dumor Award
The BBC is seeking a rising star of African journalism for the BBC World News Komla Dumor Award, now in its fourth year. Journalists from across the continent are invited to apply for the award, which aims to uncover and promote fresh talent from Africa. The winner will spend three …
Read More »President Akufo-Addo Launches 10-Year Cashew Development Plan
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Tuesday, 20th February 2018, launched the 10-year Cashew Development Plan, in Wenchi, in the Brong Ahafo Region, a plan aimed at diversifying Ghanaian agriculture. Recounting a commitment he made on 19th March 2016, at Suma Ahenkro, in the Jaman North …
Read More »Mass failure justifies calls to scrap law school exams – Concerned Law Students
Leader of the Concerned Law Students, Kenn Addor Donkor, has said the mass failure recorded in the final bar exams at the Ghana Law School is a testament to the calls for the abolishment of the entrance examination used in selecting students for admission. For him, the entrance examination has …
Read More »One Dead, Two in coma, 200 injured in Kasoa, Amanfrom Disaster after heavy downpour.
Residents of Ngleshie Amanfrom near Kasoa in the Ga South Municipality early hours of today experienced a heavy downpour of rain with a severe storm that leads to so many houses having their roofing ripped off including a cluster of schools. This led to a 38-year-old man meeting his untimely …
Read More »Parliament approves Amidu as Special Prosecutor today
Parliament is expected to approve the nomination of ‘Citizen Vigilante’, Martin Amidu, as Special Prosecutor on Tuesday. A report of the Appointment Committee of Parliament which has reportedly approved Mr Amidu’s nomination, but the report will have be debated by legislators on the floor of the House. Only one MP on the …
Read More »Traders desecrate as soldiers storm Mallam market, destroy some bags of salt
Angry traders at the Mallam market in Accra have accused the Sanitation Minister, Kofi Adda of masterminding an attack on them by soldiers last Thursday. The women allege the soldiers, on the said day, ordered them to leave the area where they sell but their refusal was met with beatings and destruction of …
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