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February 16, 2024February 16, 2024

Bawumia To Launch “Tap And Go” Digital Transport Payment System

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia is launchin a groundbreaking digital initiative for the transport sector in Accra. Dubbed “Tap and Go,” this innovative payment system aims to revolutionize the way Ghanaians pay for transport fares. Similar to the popular Oyster Card

February 16, 2024February 16, 2024

Minister Launches Education Booster

The Education Minister, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, has launched the Communities of Excellence Programme (CEP). The novelty aims at fostering collaboration between all stakeholders to improve the quality of education in the country. The initiative is to build a strong network

February 16, 2024February 16, 2024

Five Teenagers Grabbed With Narcotics

Five teenagers have been apprehended for possessing suspected narcotic drugs during a police swoop in Kumasi, in the Ashanti Region. The teenagers are part of a total of 18 suspects who were grabbed during a successful security operation, which took place

February 16, 2024February 16, 2024

Land Ministry Details Bawumia’s Small-Scale Mining Policy

Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, George Mireku Duker, has detailed the comprehensive vision of Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia for the mining sector aimed at regulating the industry effectively, supporting small-scale miners, and safeguarding the environment. Addressing a press

February 16, 2024February 16, 2024

Abesim ‘Killer’ Trial Begins March 14

A High Court in Accra would on March 14, 2024 commence the trial of Richard Appiah, a footballer who killed two boys and kept their body parts in a refrigerator at Alaska, a suburb of Abesim near Sunyani in the Bono

February 16, 2024February 16, 2024

99 Journalists Killed In 2023, 77 In Gaza War: Report

Killings of reporters would have dropped globally year-on-year had it not been for the deaths in that conflict, the CPJ said, although fatalities were stable in Somalia and the Philippines. The toll is the highest since 2015 and an increase of

February 15, 2024February 15, 2024

First Woman Appointed As Liberia’s Defence Minister

Liberia’s President Joseph Boakai has appointed a retired female brigadier general, Geraldine George, as the acting minister of defence after protests by the wives of soldiers forced the resignation of her predecessor. This is the first time a woman is serving in the post, though it

February 15, 2024February 15, 2024

Gov’t To Build 100 New Artificial Pitches In 2024 – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced that government will construct one hundred new artificial pitches across the country, before the end of the year. Akufo-Addo disclosed this during the official commissioning of the newly constructed Borteyman Sports Complex. ''Our government

February 15, 2024February 15, 2024

ECG Blames 80% Of GHS1.9bn Losses On Cedi Depreciation

The Managing Director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Samuel Dubik Mahama, has attributed approximately 80 percent of the company's financial losses to the depreciation of the Ghanaian Cedi. According to the Auditor General’s report, state power distributors generated a

February 15, 2024February 15, 2024

Timing Of Ministerial Reshuffling Problematic – Kwadwo Mpiani

A former Chief of Staff under the erstwhile Kufuor administration, Kwadwo Mpiani, has raised concerns about the timing of President Akufo-Addo's ministerial reshuffling with barely ten months to a general election. Mr Mpiani expressed reservations, noting that while the President has