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President Nana Akufo-Addo on Wednesday shrugged off threats from the chiefs and people of Nkoranza and named Techiman as the regional capital for the newly created Bono East Region. Issuing the constitutional instrument (CI 113) to give effect to the 13th region in Ghana, the President assured that he would ensure fair and equitable distribution of wealth and development across the entire Bono East Region. Brong Ahafo Regional Minister, Evans Opoku-Bobie will act as caretaker Minister for the new region until a substantive Minister is appointed by president Akufo-Addo in the coming days. The chiefs and people of Nkoranza on…

Controversial Member of Parliament for Assin Central Ken Ohene Agyapong who described Ghana’s parliament as “cheap and useless,” has been found guilty for contempt, and is to be suspended by the House. The privileges committee which investigated the matter concluded in its report that “Mr. Ken Ohene Agyapong is indeed in contempt of parliament for the remarks he made that ‘Parliament is cheap’ and ‘parliament is useless’”. Members of the entire House will in few minutes determine whether to accept the recommendation of the privileges committee and accordingly suspend the firebrand who is currently facing another contempt charge. ‘Cheap, useless…

Construction and installation work will soon begin on an ultramodern wastewater treatment plant to solve the perennial faecal waste disposal problem in Kumasi and surrounding communities. The 1,000 cubic metre plant is a joint project between Ghana and Hungary and will be executed by Sewerage Systems Ghana, a subsidiary of the Jospong Group and Pureco Limited of Hungary. A 130-acre land has been provided by the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II for the 130 million-euro plant to be sited at Adegya which will have the capacity to turn waste water into compost for agricultural use. To be funded by Hungary’s…

There was a wild and spontaneous jubilation as the 13-year old Grade Eight pupil of DPS International Ghana,   Kwabena Adu Darko-Asare, emerged the overall winner of the 12th edition of the national Spelling Bee contest held on 2nd February 2019.   It was much more joy for the DPS International Ghana as a Grade Four student from the school named Jeremy Baffour Agyei , aged 9 was declared the 2nd runners up.   It was a thrilling experience for the fraternity of DPSI to lift the trophy and bring it back home after the hiatus of three years. It is the…

There was a wild and spontaneous jubilation as the 13-year old Grade Eight pupil of DPS International Ghana,   Kwabena Adu Darko-Asare, emerged the overall winner of the 12th edition of the national Spelling Bee contest held on 2nd February 2019.   It was much more joy for the DPS International Ghana as a Grade Four student from the school named Jeremy Baffour Agyei , aged 9 was declared the 2nd runners up.   It was a thrilling experience for the fraternity of DPSI to lift the trophy and bring it back home after the hiatus of three years. It is the…

The arrest of seven persons over the burning of the East Gonja New Patriotic Party office in the newly created Savannah Region has heightened tension in Salaga as some angry youth have besieged the municipal police headquarters to demand the release of their fellows. Angered by the naming of Damongo as the regional capital for Savannah, the youth of Salaga on evening of Tuesday February 12 torched the NPP constituency office, leaving various party documents and property destroyed. [Video] Salaga youth set ablaze NPP offices over regional capital, MCE residence next Police in the area in the wee hours of…

Seven persons have been arrested in connection with the burning of the Salaga South New Patriotic Party Constituency Office by a section of the youth Tuesday February 12,2019. The youth also pulled down an undisclosed number of party bill boards in the town. The youth had indicated their next point of attack was the office of the Municipal Assembly and then residence of the Municipal Chief Executive Mohammed Tamimu but that was truncated by the swift move by the East Gonja Police Command. The arrest was contained in a police report signed by the Northern Regional Police Public Relations Officer…

The Evangelical Presbyterian College of Education, Amedzofe, in the Volta Region is calling on government to come to its aid in meeting its infrastructural needs. It is the expectation of the College that the government will hear its call and come in handy to support the construction of its girls’ hostel, which has been under construction for quite some time now. At the College’s matriculation ceremony, Principal Dr. Dickson Tsey appealed to the government for its intervention through the GetFund. “It is our hope that the government will come to our aid through the GETFund to complete the four-storey Girls…

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) says the cedi has relatively been stable against the major international trading currencies on the world market, contrary to the impression created by some Ghanaians. Over the last few days, the cedi has depreciated particularly against the dollar, which was on February 12 pegged at 4.9981 cedis and 5.0031 cedis per dollar for buying and selling respectively, figures from BoG showed. The popular online currency converter XE pegged the cedi-dollar exchange rate at 5.18502 cedis on the same day. The Minority in parliament fear the situation could be worse in the coming months, predicting the…

Manchester United must mount a miraculous recovery operation to keep their Champions League campaign alive after they were overpowered by Paris St. Germain at Old Trafford. Second half goals from Presnel Kimpembe and Kylian Mbappe secured victory for the French champions, with Paul Pogba sent off for two yellow cards late on. United’s revival with 10 wins in 11 games under interim manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer raised hopes that this was the night they could reclaim their place in Europe’s elite. Instead, they were outclassed by PSG to suffer their first European home defeat by a margin of more than…