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NLA Outlines Programmes For 60th Anniversary

October 3, 2022

The National Lottery Authority (NLA) has outlined programmes to mark the three-month-long celebration of its 60 years of existence. The authority, which is counting its successes, said it has made tremendous strides, made patrons millionaires and helped provide massive support for the national economy, despite the challenges over the years. The celebration, which starts Continue Reading

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NAME & SHAME POLITICIANS, KINGPINS BEHIND GALAMSEY

September 29, 2022

The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources has tasked the media to name and shame politicians, influential people and others suspected of financing illegal mining, notoriously known as galamsey, in the country. Mr. Samuel Abu Jinapor said he will be more than willing and ready to take down such names for the necessary action, reiterating […]Continue Reading

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NLA Launches 60 Years Anniversary

September 29, 2022

The National Lottery Authority (NLA), under its current director-general, Mr. Samuel Awuku, has officially launched the 60th year of its establishment and plans to celebrate this milestone. The launch, which takes place today, September 29, at Fortune House at the company’s headquarters in Accra, is expected to be heavily attended by media celebrities, government Continue Reading

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Invisible Hands Plotting Sammy Gyamfi’s Removal

September 29, 2022

A move to have Mr. Sammy Gyamfi, the current national communications officer of the opposition National Democratic (NDC),  stand unopposed in the upcoming national executive elections slated for this December appears to have crash-landed. Even before the party could officially open nominations, one Kwasi Godwin Ametowogo has suddenly emerged, ready to challenge the young Continue Reading

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MASLOC SECURES FUNDING FROM AfDB

September 29, 2022

The management of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) has secured funding, through the support of the Ministry of Finance, from the African Development Bank (AfDB). The funding from the AfDB, it is expected,  will resource MASLOC to complete its loan management software (LMS), digital infrastructure to support efficient loan disbursements and collections, Continue Reading

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Animals Take Over Dilapidated Classrooms At Bosome-Freho

September 27, 2022

Students and teachers of the Nkwantapong D/A Primary School,in BosomeFreho, adistrict in the Ashanti Region, are struggling with animals for space, as a result of the dilapidated state of classroom structures. Some of the classrooms, The Anchor gathered, have become the playing ground and sleeping place for stray animals, like goats, sheep and fowls, because […]Continue Reading

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Volta Youth Demands Apology from Asogli Palace

September 27, 2022

A group calling itself ‘Volta Youth Democratic Governance and Development’ has warned the Asogli State Council to, as a matter of urgency, render an unqualified apology to the Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong,for disgracing him publicly during their just-ended Yam festival. The group, in a press release, noted that, it […]Continue Reading

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Massive Reforms At MASLOC Yielding Results

September 27, 2022

After a year of relentless efforts, massive reforms made by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) are yielding impressive results. Since her appointment as the CEO in September, last year, Hajia Abibata Shanni Mahama Zakariah has been on a mission to transform the centre and strengthen its ability […]Continue Reading

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No Textbooks, Capitation Grants Two Weeks After Schools Re-Opened

September 27, 2022

Basic schools across the country are yet to receive textbooks and capitation grants for teaching and learning, two weeks after schools have re-opened, The Anchorhas learnt. Dr. Clement Apaak, adeputy ranking member on Education Committee of Parliament, who dropped the hint in a write-up,saidthis has been the case since Tuesday, September 13,this year,when the 2021/2022 Continue Reading

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300 River Guards Begin Training Against Galamsey

September 26, 2022

At least, 100 persons drawn from various parts of the country have begun a-month-long training as part of efforts to protect the country’s river bodies from illegal mining, otherwise called ‘galamsey.’ The 100 personnel, which comprise 97 males and three females, were officially  handed over to the Eastern Naval Command by the deputy chief executive […]Continue Reading