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Suspended chief executive of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA) Adjenim Boateng Adjei has been charged by the Office of the Special Prosecutor for allegedly selling government contracts. Mr Adjei was charged Thursday together with the chief executive of Talent Discovery Limited (TDL), Francis Arhin, but was granted self-recognisance bail to appear again on Friday for further investigations into a case of corruption and abuse of office. The PPA boss was suspended following an investigative documentary by Manasseh Azure Awuni, which revealed a company he co-owned, has been selling government contracts it won through single source and restrictive tendering, to the…

All officers of the police Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) across the country will now be armed in a new move by the Ghana Police Administration to ensure the protection of its personnel who have recently come under attack. Five police officers have been killed in the last 30 days, something that has brought to the fore, the issue of safety of law enforcers in the country. “From today, we will give MTTD officers weapons,” the Inspector General of Police, James Oppong-Boanuh, announced Thursday, indicating it was a directive from the Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery. Three arrested for killing…

Nine Ghanaians with innovative products that promote green innovation will on Sunday, September 1 vie for the Green Innovation Award, a fully sponsored return trip to Israel for capacity building in their area of expertise. The Green Innovation Award is an award scheme to honour individuals that come up with innovative ideas related to the growth of the floriculture industry in Ghana. It is a partnership between the Israeli embassy in Ghana and the Ghana Garden and Flower Movement to encourage green innovation in Ghana. The nine shortlisted contestants went through a rigorous selection process beginning with writing about their…

The President and Chief Executive Officer of Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Ichiro Kashitani, has assured President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to expect the first Toyota vehicle to be assembled in Ghana to be outdoored by August 2020. Thanking the government of President Akufo-Addo for its help and support towards the realization of this project, Mr. Ichiro Kashitani stated that “we consider the project of the assembly plant a marriage. It lasts for life, and it is a long-term project.” The President and CEO of Toyota Tsusho made this known on Thursday, August 29, when the Government of Ghana and Toyota Tsusho…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says his government, over the course of the last two and a half years in office, has succeeded in restoring fiscal discipline in the management of the economy, resulting in the macroeconomic indices pointing in the right direction. According to President Akufo-Addo, the favourable macroeconomic situation prevailing in the country is a firm indication of his government’s commitment to the creation of a conducive business atmosphere needed for the private sector to flourish. Speaking at the plenary session of the 7th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) on Wednesday, August 28, the President noted…

Residents, customers, traders and shop owners at a portion of the Ghana’s spare parts hub, Abossey Okai in the Ablekuma Central Municipality of the Greater Accra Region, can no longer cope with the stench from a rented police barracks which houses some personnel of the SWAT Unit of the Ghana Police Service. The stench, which emanates from a leaked manhole of the rented barracks, splashes the entire area anytime there is a flush of the water closets in the barracks. This, according to the traders and residents, has led to the closure of their shops since it started on Friday,…

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has dismissed reports that it has contracted a foreign firm to design the new school uniforms to be used in junior high schools from the 2019/2020 academic year. It said “it has not imported, neither, has it contracted any individual, locally or internationally to bring in new uniform for the Junior high schools”. Earlier this year, the Service announced that new uniforms will be donned by pupils, scrapping the existing one which has been in place for more than three decades. Gov’t introduces new uniform for JHS pupils after 30yrs A statement signed by the…

The Ministry of Education says the community day senior high schools begun under the erstwhile John Dramani Mahama administration have not been abandoned as alleged. In a statement dated Wednesday, August 28, the Ministry said 25 have been completed so far since the Akufo-Addo-led government took office in January, 2017. According to the statement, 14 were completed single-handedly by the government while 11 were sponsored by the World Bank through the Secondary Education Improvement Project (SEIP). This is in response to allegations made by former president John Dramani Mahama that the schools have been abandoned. “It appears former President Mahama…

A popular and controversial Egyptian television talk show host has been suspended from appearing in the media for a year over remarks she made on-air about obesity among Egyptian women. Egypt’s media regulator said Reham Saeed breached professional standards by using words and phrases that were clearly offensive to women in Egypt. Ms Saeed’s programme on a private television channel, Al-Hayah TV, had already been suspended after saying overweight Egyptian women were‘‘burdens to their families and the state’’. Her remarks were in line with a recent anti-obesity drive by the Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, but they set off a…

A popular and controversial Egyptian television talk show host has been suspended from appearing in the media for a year over remarks she made on-air about obesity among Egyptian women. Egypt’s media regulator said Reham Saeed breached professional standards by using words and phrases that were clearly offensive to women in Egypt. Ms Saeed’s programme on a private television channel, Al-Hayah TV, had already been suspended after saying overweight Egyptian women were‘‘burdens to their families and the state’’. Her remarks were in line with a recent anti-obesity drive by the Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, but they set off a…