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The National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) in the Prestea Huni-Valley area, has started registering displaced residents of the Bogoso-Apiate explosion in the Western Region. This is to make way for the relocation of the affected persons to a new site. The residents were rendered homeless after the explosion ransacked the whole area, leaving 14 dead and about 60 persons injured. ...

The Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto says the recent outbreak of transborder animal diseases, including Bird Flu, has negatively impacted the progress of the government’s flagship Rearing for Food and Jobs programmes. He said the outbreaks “threaten government’s agenda of attaining self-sufficiency in meat production by 2025 as envisioned under the rearing for food and jobs programme.” Available ...

For the United Nations’ Secretary General, Brigadier General Constance Emefa Edjeani-Afenu, who passed away this week in her home country, Ghana, was “a true pioneer.”  In a heartfelt statement released on Tuesday night, António Guterres said Brigadier Edjeani-Afenu “made history in peacekeeping as the first female Deputy Force Commander in the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO).” Through a ...

The Ministry of Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs has directed that trainees under the Nation Builders Corps (NABCo) be allowed to leave post. This follows the completion of the programme back in October 2021. NABCO was introduced by the Akufo-Addo led administration in 2017 as part of measures to address graduate unemployment in the country. In November 2021, the NABCO secretariat ...

Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng, has commenced investigations into alleged corruption and corruption-related offences perpetrated by officials of Bank of Ghana, banks, specialised deposit-taking institutions and financial holding companies. These institutions have been accused of corrupt-related offences during the banking and financial sector crisis. In a press statement dated January 25, Mr Agyebeng noted that: “The Office of the Special Prosecutor ...

The Center for Social Impact Studies (CeSIS) says it is saddened by the loss of precious lives and property as a result of the explosion that tragically occurred at Appiatse, near Bogoso in the Prestea Huni-Valley Municipality of the Western Region last Thursday. So far a number of people are reportedly dead with many more injured and receiving treatment at ...

As at 5pm. yesterday, Thursday, January 20, a total of 17 people had been confirmed dead in the Appiatse explosion, in the Bogoso District of the Western Region, according to the Ministry of Information. The incident which occurred as a result of an accident involving a truck conveying explosives for a mining company, a motorcycle and a third vehicle close ...

A regional health minister has come under fire in South Africa for telling schoolgirls to “open your books and close your legs”. Phophi Ramathuba made the comment during a visit to a secondary school in a bid to encourage abstinence and reduce teenage pregnancy rates. Social media users criticised the remark and questioned why it was only directed at girls. ...

Commercial and Private vehicle drivers plying the Adeiso-Bawjiase trunk road have expressed satisfaction over the swift completion of the highway. According to them, the current seamless state of the road has enhanced their economic fortunes as they extol the government and the construction company for the exceptional work done.    Funded by the Government of Ghana and executed by General ...

The planned meeting between the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) and the National Labour Commission (NLC) has been rescheduled for Thursday, January 13, 2022. The meeting, which was earlier scheduled for Wednesday, will consider the legality or otherwise of the three-day-old strike by UTAG. It is also expected to discuss the conditions of service demanded by UTAG, the failure ...