Author: GliveRadio Accra
The government is set to lease the Komenda Sugar Development Company Limited to the Indian-based firm West Africa Agro Limited for a renewable term of 15 to 20 years. Trade and Industry Minister K.T. Hammond explained that this initiative aims to revive the factory’s operations to meet domestic demand. Established in 1964, the Komenda Sugar […]
The Electoral Commission (EC) will open nominations for Presidential and Parliamentary candidates from Friday, August 2, to Friday, September 13, 2024. Presidential candidates must pay a fee of One Hundred Thousand Ghana Cedis (GHC 100,000) upon submitting their nomination forms. Female candidates and individuals with disabilities are required to pay Seventy-Five Thousand Ghana Cedis (GHC […]
The Ministry of Education (MoE) has been unable to recover a stolen Toyota Hilux that was taken at gunpoint from Kingsley Agyemang, the Central Regional Coordinator of the Free Senior High School Secretariat, in 2018. MoE officials reported that the theft occurred while Agyemang was driving home to Kumasi from a funeral. During a Public […]
The Assin Kyekyewere District Court has remanded Ebenezer Dwamena, the New Patriotic Party’s Parliamentary candidate for the Twifo Atti-Morkwa constituency, into police custody. Dwamena faces charges of conspiracy to defraud by pretence and false pretence, under Section 131 of the Criminal and Other Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29). According to the constituency communication officer for […]
A court in Guinea has sentenced former military leader Moussa Dadis Camara to 20 years in jail for crimes against humanity. Guinea’s criminal court announced its verdict on Wednesday after a two-year trial over the leader’s deadly suppression of an opposition rally at a stadium in the suburbs of the capital, Conakry, in 2009, which […]
The Interior Ministry has declared Monday, August 5, 2024, as a public holiday to observe Founders’ Day, which falls on Sunday, August 4, 2024. Interior Minister Henry Quartey announced in a statement on Wednesday, July 31, that while Sunday, August 4, is a statutory public holiday, it falls on a Sunday. Therefore, President Akufo-Addo has […]
Nigerian troops and police have tightened security in Lagos and the capital, Abuja, as nationwide protests over the rising cost of living kicked off and are expected to continue for 10 days. Africa’s most populous country is struggling with soaring inflation and a sharply devalued naira currency after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu introduced reforms a […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reaffirmed his commitment to ensuring a peaceful electoral process and a smooth transfer of power in the 2024 general elections. He underscored the importance of a peaceful process, noting that Ghana’s democracy serves as a beacon for Africa and the world. In his address at the Ghana Report Summit […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has dismissed the ‘Agyapadie’ document as a fabrication by his political opponents intended to undermine his career. Speaking at the Ghana Report Summit, themed ‘Dealing with Misinformation and Disinformation – Election 2024,’ the President emphasized the risks posed by false information in the democratic process. The ‘Agyapadie’ document claims that […]
The Deputy Ambassador of Denmark to Ghana, Vibeke Sandholm Pedersen, announced that the Danish government has invested approximately 600,000 Euros in equipment, tools, and software for the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) as part of the ‘Strengthening Borders and Migration Management in Ghana Project’ (SMMIG). SMMIG, proposed by the International Center for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) […]