The managers of the Kejetia new market attempted to postpone the facility’s closing, but the Joint Traders Association of Kumasi City Market rejected their plan. The traders have sworn to oppose any attempt by the Management to end trading after the previously determined time. Following a fire that broke out …
Read More »Kejetia Market closure extended for another one week
The Kumasi City Markets Limited board of directors has ordered that the new Kejetia Market remain closed for an additional week. This comes after a fire on March 15, 2023, completely destroyed the market and destroyed goods worth millions of Ghana cedis. After the incident, the facility was reopened after …
Read More »Boot for boot and do-or-die comments was meant for Ashanti region – John Mahama
Former President John Dramani Mahama has emphasized the importance of the Ashanti region to the party’s success to delegates in the Nhyiaeso constituency. He asserts that despite the party’s normal denial that it is their region, past elections have demonstrated their ability to win more votes than two regions can. …
Read More »Ghana needs “default settings” to enable the economy to turn around – Mahama
According to Ghana’s former president John Dramani Mahama, “default settings” are required for the economy to recover. The leading opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate highlighted that under Akufo- Addo’s rule, businesses are failing as well as people are suffering. The government, he claimed, is also pestering business owners with …
Read More »Efficient running of BOST, other SOEs vital for national dev’t – VP Bawumia
Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, vice president, has pushed state-owned businesses to aggressively assess their operations in order to fulfill the goals for which they were created and also to make a contribution to overall national development. A well-focused and -managed SOE is crucial to sustained national development, and it’s important that …
Read More »Otumfour commissions new Police Station at KNUST
As part of celebrations for the 56th Congregation of the institution, His Royal Highness Otumfour Osei Tutu II the Asantehene officially opened the Jericho Wall Police Station at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) yesterday, March 17, 2023. The police station, which is meant to assist the …
Read More »NUGS petition Parliament over capping GETfund
In opposition to proposals to cap the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund), the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) has submitted a petition to Parliament. Before submitting the petition to the House’s Education Committee, the petitioners—led by NUGS President Mr. Dennis Appiah Larbi Ampofo protested with signs in front of …
Read More »When it comes to managing the economy, NDC is utterly incompetent – Majority leader
Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, the majority leader, asserted that the NDC administration is ineffective at managing the country despite the current economic crisis it is experiencing. Without taking into account COVID-19, he claimed that the Akufo-Addo administration was reforming Ghana’s economy, which saw growth of 7.0 percent in terms of ECOWAS …
Read More »Illegal miners attack the Golden Star Wassa Mine, leaving one person dead and several injured
The ensuing confusion between illegal miners and workers at the Golden Star Wassa mine in Benso, western region, left one person dead and many others injured to varying degrees. , illegal miners exploited at a former company mine. This caught the attention of company authorities, who traveled there to sack …
Read More »Christian Atsu Twasam laid to rest
Today, March 17, was the funeral for Christian Atsu, a former player for Newcastle United and Chelsea who perished in the Turkish earthquake in February. Christian Atsu, who made his international début for Ghana in 2012, was buried in Accra, Ghana’s capital, in a festival-style manner. Key figures including President …
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