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The Ghana national ambulance service has in a Release rectified claims on a viral video of an ambulance in Dubai belonging to the government of Ghana purported to be on sale. They stated that, the ambulance in question is one of the 26 Toyota hiace ambulances being procured by the government through the ministry of health and being funded by …

The government, media, academia, industry, and the general public, will discuss the state of Ghana’s nuclear power programme on May 30, at the Nuclear Power Forum at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC). Ghana is in phase II of its Nuclear Power Programme (NPP), and the forum seeks to provide stakeholders with an update on the status of Ghana’s nuclear …

Management of the Judicial Service is expected to meet with the leadership of the Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG) today, May 29, 2023 to appeal to them to call off their indefinite strike. This meeting is coming off ahead of a planned meeting between the Ministry of Finance and the JUSAG on Wednesday May 31, 2023. JUSAG on …

The Ministry of Energy has a US$1.7 billion bill for a Floating Oil Production Storage Offloading (FPSO) vessel which the Norwegian company Aker Energy Ghana Limited, purchased for US$35 million as part of a Plan of Development (PoD) to the government of Ghana. “Even though Aker has sold their interest in Ghana, they are scheming to stay on the Pecan development through …

The National Food Suppliers Association says its members won’t back down on their decision to picket at the premises of the National Food Buffer Stock Company (NAFCO) if their 2 years of outstanding arrears are not paid. This comes after they met with the Minister of Education over the demands, of which NAFCO has indicated that plans are underway to …

Member of Parliament for Ododododiodio Constituency Edwin Nii Lante Vanderpuye has charged Assin North constituents in the Central Region to remain resolute ahead of a possible by-election. He said the New Patriotic Party (NPP) will soon bring some of the funds from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to Assin North just to influence votes. He, therefore, charged the constituents to take the …

A flagbearer aspirant of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, will pick up his nomination forms today at the party’s Head Office in Asylum Down to begin the process of filing to contest the Presidential Primary of the UP Tradition. Persons familiar with the campaign activities of Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto said the exercise will be done …

President Nana Akufo-Addo has assured Ghanaians that they will soon start experiencing a significant improvement in their living standards and that of the economy. Speaking in a national broadcast on Sunday evening, President Akufo-Addo said the same way the country got out of the COVID-19 pandemic, his government will ensure that the country overcomes the economic difficulties sooner rather than later. “We got …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says he finds no problem with the Chinese involvement in the Ghanaian economy.  President Akufo-Addo remarked that China has proven to be a reliable partner in times of difficulty.  His comment comes after an IMF report on Ghana for the year 2023 says China may take control of the country’s natural resources and electricity revenues following Ghana’s inability to …

The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) in collaboration with the Ghana Police Service have apprehended a human trafficking syndicate in Accra. The human trafficking syndicate was nabbed after an intelligence-led operation led to the arrest of forty-nine Nigerian nationals. EOCO in a statement disclosed that the suspects, consisting of forty-seven males and two females, aged between 18 and 34, …