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Some residents of Atima within the La-Nkwatan Madina municipality of Accra have complained of high toilet charges, claiming it has become expensive for them to use public toilets in the area. Within this year alone, they claim the charge for public toilet use in the area has gone up from 50 pesewas to 80 pesewas and now one cedi. Though they admitted the public toilet facilities are cleaned, the one cedi being charged them is not something most of them can afford. The residents made the complaint on Accra-based local radio station, Onua FM, as part of Media General’s sanitation…

Nigeria is set to finally sign onto the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) this week, after initial agitations by the country’s labour unions, sources have confirmed to TV3 Business. It will become the 53rd country on the continent to subscribe to the agreement that will create a single market for goods and services facilitated by the free movement of persons in order to deepen the economic interest of the continent in line with the pan African vision. Currently, Nigeria, Eritrea and Benin are the only countries yet to ratify the agreement. Nigeria, which is one of the continent’s economic…

Nigeria is set to finally sign onto the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) this week, after initial agitations by the country’s labour unions, sources have confirmed to TV3 Business. It will become the 53rd country on the continent to subscribe to the agreement that will create a single market for goods and services facilitated by the free movement of persons in order to deepen the economic interest of the continent in line with the pan African vision. Currently, Nigeria, Eritrea and Benin are the only countries yet to ratify the agreement. Nigeria, which is one of the continent’s economic…

The second edition of Connect FM’s Street Rap Battle took off at Effiakuma in the Western Region with great performances from 14 underground rap artistes. After close to three hours of performances, Effiakuma proved to be the cradle of rap music in Sekondi-Takoradi as the competitiors put up feet-tapping and head-nodding performances. The underground rap artistes stepped up to show what they are made of. Four of them participated in the first edition with one – Yaw King – even making it to the finals. With rap beats of their choice, the artistes dazzled the crowd with one lyrical bar…

Vivo Energy Ghana, the exclusive marketers and distributors of Shell branded products and services, has handed over two newly constructed hand-pump boreholes to the people of Hiamankyene, a community in the Ashanti Mampong municipality of the Ashanti Region. For decades, the people who are settlers from the Upper East Region, have not had access to potable water, and were forced to resort to unclean sources of water for drinking and other domestic purposes. This led to several deaths and sicknesses in the community, but the timely intervention by Vivo Energy Ghana has helped to address the water challenges in the…

Vivo Energy Ghana, the exclusive marketers and distributors of Shell branded products and services, has handed over two newly constructed hand-pump boreholes to the people of Hiamankyene, a community in the Ashanti Mampong municipality of the Ashanti Region. For decades, the people who are settlers from the Upper East Region, have not had access to potable water, and were forced to resort to unclean sources of water for drinking and other domestic purposes. This led to several deaths and sicknesses in the community, but the timely intervention by Vivo Energy Ghana has helped to address the water challenges in the…

Vivo Energy Ghana, the exclusive marketers and distributors of Shell branded products and services, has handed over two newly constructed hand-pump boreholes to the people of Hiamankyene, a community in the Ashanti Mampong municipality of the Ashanti Region. For decades, the people who are settlers from the Upper East Region, have not had access to potable water, and were forced to resort to unclean sources of water for drinking and other domestic purposes. This led to several deaths and sicknesses in the community, but the timely intervention by Vivo Energy Ghana has helped to address the water challenges in the…

As part of efforts to ensure that the country weans itself from the importation of rice based on the vision of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, the Member of Parliament for Twifo-Atti-Morkwa Constituency in the Central Region has raised an amount of GH¢40,000 from his “social investment fund” to support rice and cocoa farmers in his constituency. Abraham Dwuma Odoom made this known at a ceremony to demonstrate a new method of technology namely Ecogrow Organic Liquid Fertilizer. The technology was introduced by experts from BioGrow Africa Ltd. District Manager for Cocoa Health Extension Division Felix Kwame Quianoo called…

The High Court will today [July 3] decide whether to find the Inspector General of Police, David Asante Apeatu, the Director General of the Police CID, Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah and other guilty of contempt of court. The three have defied a court order to grant a murder suspect, Gregory Afoko, bail, and allegedly refused to appear before court to justify why they have continuously detained the suspect in custody. Afoko is being tried for the murder of the former Upper East Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Adams Mahama. He was granted bail three months ago by the…

A local steel manufacturing company, B5 Plus Group of Industries, which is part of government’s 1-District-1-Factory initiative, has been adjudged the ‘Super Brand’ in the steel industry. This is according to a three-month national research conducted by the African Brand Warriors, a licensed holder for the Super Brands UK in Ghana and Nigeria. The research covered various brands and key products in the consumer market, including banks, projects, and government offices, fast-moving items in various categories like perishable and non-perishable goods; white goods and brown goods, as well as steel. Chairman of the B5 Plus Group of Companies Mukesh Thakwani,…