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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has cut sod for a 12 million-cedi 5.2 kilometre Kumawu town roads project in the Ashanti Region, in fulfilment of his promise to the people and chief of Kumawu, Barima Sarfo Tweneboah Kodua I. Minister of Roads and Highways, Amoako Atta recalled that upon assumption of office in January 2017, Barima Kodua petitioned the President through the Ministry to rehabilitate Kumawu township roads. “I am happy to inform [you] and the people of Kumawu that, government has released funds for the project and it is commencing now” he said. Barima Kodua touted President Akufo-Addo’s achievements…

Former Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) Alex Mould has accused Energy Minister John Peter Amewu of not meeting performance targets in key areas of his job. Speaking to Nuong Faalong on TV3’s Hot Issues, Mr Mould said Mr Amewu failed abysmally in rolling out tender bids for the country’s oil blocs. “We had over 40 people interested in the blocs, we had 16 people or so who took the actual tender forms and only 3 people bid for two blocs when we had about 6 or so blocs out there,” he said. “I don’t know…

Former Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) Alex Mould has accused the Akufo-Addo-led government of state capture in the agreement with Hess Ghana. He said GNPC signed an agreement with Hess Energy to pay for 10 percent of the shares once the legal tussle with Ivory coast over the countries’ maritime boundary was over. Ghana was required to pay $40 million to earn the accruing revenue of $2 to $3 billion. But Ghana failed to pay for the shares thereby forgoing the revenue. Alex Mould argues that since Ghana did not pay for the shares, the…

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia left Accra, Ghana on Friday, October 11 for London, United Kingdom, to attend the 2019 edition of the Financial Times Africa Summit. Among other planned engagements, Dr Bawumia will deliver a keynote address on Ghana’s Digital Transformation Agenda, and participate in a number of plenary sessions. He will also meet with a number of world and business leaders to deliberate on ways to accelerate Ghana, and Africa’s socio-economic development. The FT Africa Summit brings together stakeholders and decision-makers to deliberate on Africa’s challenges and brainstorm to find lasting solutions. According to the organisers, the 2019…

Karpowership Ghana together with the Ghana Education Service and the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection marked the International Day of the Girl Child on Friday, October 11 with 10 basic and senior high schools from the Sekondi and Takoradi metropolis. As part of the celebration, the company organized a sensitization programme for 200 students from Sekondi-Takoradi. The objective of the programme was focused on this year’s theme ‘Empowering Girls for a Brighter Tomorrow’. The Corporate Communications Specialist of Karpowership Ghana, Sandra Amarquaye, explained that one objective of their CSR projects is to strive to achieve gender (e)quality, which…

TV3’s match making game show, Date Rush continues with its exciting plot as 10 ladies battle it out for an eligible bachelor for a date. For most of the ladies on the show, it comes down to preference, a convincing story or physical looks. These ladies give varied reasons for rejecting or accepting to go on a date with a bachelor. Last Friday’s show saw the rejection axe landing on Derrick who appeared on the show with high hopes of walking away with one of the ten ladies. Most often than not, people turn down relationship proposals without giving a…

TV3’s match making game show, Date Rush continues with its exciting plot as 10 ladies battle it out for an eligible bachelor for a date. For most of the ladies on the show, it comes down to preference, a convincing story or physical looks. These ladies give varied reasons for rejecting or accepting to go on a date with a bachelor. Last Friday’s show saw the rejection axe landing on Derrick who appeared on the show with high hopes of walking away with one of the ten ladies. Most often than not, people turn down relationship proposals without giving a…

The Happy School Girls Project has called on government to abolish taxes on sanitary towels and any material used for sanitary pads. In a statement released to mark International Day of the Girl (IDG), the gender advocacy group noted, menstrual hygiene was an integral part of hygiene, cleanliness and reproductive health to which every woman and girl has a right. High cost of sanitary pads on the market, it said, was making it difficult for many females to get access to them. Currently there is a 20% tax on imported sanitary pads. International Day of the Girl Child, mark October…

Global ride-hailing firm Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] on Friday launched a pilot test of a boat service in Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos to attract commuters seeking to avoid the megacity’s notoriously congested roads. The United Nations predicts that Nigeria’s population will more than double to 400 million by 2050, which would make it the third most populous country in the world after China and India. The combination of population growth and congestion has made Nigeria, and more broadly West Africa, attractive to foreign transport companies. Uber’s chief business officer told Reuters in June the company planned to launch the service…

A boat is seen at the five cowries terminal as Uber launches boat service in Lagos, Nigeria October 11, 2019. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja[/caption] Global ride-hailing firm Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] on Friday launched a pilot test of a boat service in Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos to attract commuters seeking to avoid the megacity’s notoriously congested roads. The United Nations predicts that Nigeria’s population will more than double to 400 million by 2050, which would make it the third most populous country in the world after China and India. The combination of population growth and congestion has made Nigeria, and more broadly…