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ECG Workers‘Rejects’ New MD

May 23, 2022

There is a simmering tension mounting among the general staff of the state-owned Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG),following the appointmentof Mr. Samuel Dubik Masubir Mahamaby the Presidency as the new Managing Director (MD) of the company. Theydescribed the appointment as retrogressive, considering the challenges bedeviling the company which required more experienced Continue Reading

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¢700 Million Alleged Bribery Scandal Hits Lord Commey’sOffice

May 23, 2022

A ¢700 million bribe scandal has hit the Director of Operation at the seat of government, the Jubilee House, Lord ObliteyCommey, a onetime National Youth Organizer of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP). According to information intercepted by The Anchor, the said money paid last year by one Barfuor, was given to Chris, one of […]Continue Reading

Business

Cedi depreciation pushes Ghana’s debt to over GH¢390 billion in April; 78% of GDP

May 23, 2022

Recent data released by the Bank of Ghana put Ghana’s total public debt stock, as of March 2022, at US$ 55.1 billion or GH¢391.9 billion. In Dollar terms, the debt dropped by over $3 billion in the first 3 months of the year, from $58.4 billion in January to $55.1 billion in March. In Cedi […]Continue Reading

Crime

Accra: Police arrests errant motorcyclists, warns them to ‘go and sin no more’

May 20, 2022

The Motor Traffic and Transport Department of the Ghana Police Service on Thursday May 19, 2022, arrested scores of motor riders as part of the Police Action Against Rider Indiscipline (PAARI). The suspects were cautioned, sensitised and released to go and sin no more after interaction with some senior police officers. The riders were arrested […]Continue Reading

Business

BoG Governor confident inflation has peaked; expects rate to start declining

May 20, 2022

Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Ernest Addison, has described as baffling the sustained rise in the rate of inflation in the country. According to the governor, the Monetary Policy Committee, which is meeting to review developments in the economy, will need to decide on the current policy rate, which stands at 17%. The […]Continue Reading

HEALTH

IT Consortium’s fundraiser app Chango, raises GHS 67,500 for National Cardiothoracic Center

May 20, 2022

  IT Consortium, one of Ghana’s premier Fintech companies, has used its Chango app, a crowdfunding platform, to raise an amount of GHS67,500 cedis in support of the National Cardiothoracic Centre at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra. The Chango app, which is available on the PlayStore and Apple Store, allows individuals and organizations […]Continue Reading

HEALTH

98% of calls to emergency centre are pranks – Ambulance Service

May 20, 2022

The Emergency Medical Technologists Association of Ghana, EMTAG, has charged the public to desist from pranking the emergency dispatch call centre. According to the head of the National Ambulance Dispatch Centre, Madam Matilda Nartey, 98 percent of daily calls received at the centre are prank calls. Madam Matilda Nartey made this known in a Citi News […]Continue Reading

HEALTH

Ghana Medical & Dental Council celebrates Board Chairman Prof. Nyame on his 82nd birthday

May 20, 2022

The Medical and Dental Council (MDC) has sent a special message to the Chairman of its 10th board, Prof. Paul Kwame Nyame, on the occasion of his 82nd birthday on Friday, May 20th, 2022. The MDC’s Registrar, Dr. Divine Banyubala, signed the message on behalf of the council to celebrate Prof. Nyame for his contribution […]Continue Reading

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Applaud Gov’t for doing the right thing with Achimota forest’ – Benito

May 20, 2022

A Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Benito Bio-Owusu, has justified the government’s decision to remove the reserve status from parts of the Achimota forest. “What the government has done is to do the right thing. hen we do the right thing by being transparent as a government, we must be applauded for that. […]Continue Reading

HEALTH

Family of pillion rider shot wants police to pay for her medical bills

May 20, 2022

The family of Talata Kologo, the pillion rider shot by a police officer on the Tamale-Bolgatanga road, has bemoaned the attitude of the Upper East Regional police towards her treatment. They say the police must support the payment of her medical bills after shooting her. The Brother of the victim, Godwin Kologo, told Citi News […]Continue Reading