FIVE clearing agents at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) have been arrested for their alleged involvement in the export of five parcels of heroin weighing 1.2 kilograms.
Category: Africa
US Breaks Marathon Silence On Ghana, IMF Deal
THE United States of America (USA) has finally broken its marathon silence on the controversial International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout programme for Ghana.
FAO, Partners Call For Global Effort To Fight Deadly Banana Disease
THE Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations (UN) and its partners have called for a swift global effort to prevent the rapid spread of the deadly Fusarium wilt disease in bananas, which poses a severe threat to economic welfare and food security in developing countries.
MTN Ghana Subscribers Now Access Wikipedia On Mobile Phones
MTN Ghana with the support of the Ministry of Education, has become the country’s first mobile operator to offer free access to Wikipedia as part of the Wikimedia Foundation’s global Wikipedia Zero initiative.
IOM: Iraq Displacement Reaches 2.1 Million
THE International Organisation for Migration says from the beginning of January through 9th December, 2014, (IOM’s) Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) has verified 2,086,356 internally displaced people (IDPs) dispersed across 2,049 distinct locations in Iraq.
MPs: Probe Former Sports Minister Over Corruption Scandal
GHANA’S Members of Parliament (MPs) have called on the President John Dramani Mahama to institute a committee to investigate the former Minister of Youth and Sports, Elvis Afriyie Ankrah over a corruption scandal.
Ghana: Business Tycoon Okays Gov’t Ban On Christmas Gifts
THE Managing Director of the T.T. Brothers Limited, Mr. Isaac Tetteh has expressed relief over President Mahama’s directive which restricts the Ministries, Departments and Agencies as well as the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) from using government funds to purchase Christmas gifts and hampers during this Christmas.
Ghana: NDC Elects New Executives As Portuphy Wins Chairmanship Race
DELEGATES of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) have elected NADMO boss Kofi Portuphy as the new chairman of the party in the hotly contested Chairmanship race.
Ebola Leaves Thousands Facing Hunger In Three Worst-hit Countries
The number of people facing food insecurity due to the Ebola epidemic in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone could top one million by March 2015 unless access to food is drastically improved and measures are put in place to safeguard crop and livestock production, two UN agencies warned today.
Graphic MD’s Tyranny @ GCGL
— Kofi Yeboah Uses As A Scapegoat The declining sales and the desire of the Managing Director of the Graphic Communications Group Limited (GCGL), Ken Ashigbey to keep his high paying job at the state-owned media organisation have compelled him to persecute journalists and other workers of the company who cross his word(s).