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The governing board of the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) says Ms. Nana Yaa Jantuah is still a staff of the Commission despite her resignation in May this year. Ms. Jantuah who is the Director of Public Relations of PURC in May 2017 resigned her post in the midst of corruption allegations against some top officials of the Commission. READ: PURC staff locked out of their offices, want Samuel Sarpong sacked Resigned but on leave According to the board, though she has resigned, she remains a staff of the Commission until November 15. She is currently enjoying “her accumulated leave,”…

Deputy Trade and Industry Minister, Robert Ahomka-Lindsay, is being accused of perjury over his claim that the Komenda Sugar Factory has never fully processed raw sugarcane. Appearing before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on August 10 this year, the Minister in an answer to a question on the real status of the factory said it has never fully produced sugar since it was inaugurated in 2016. He told the Committee that government at the time bought semi-processed sugar, which the factory refined for people to taste at the inauguration by former President John Mahama. “The sugar you tasted at the…

Women seem to notice everything that is “wrong” with another woman. They can easily spot any makeup disaster, ugly hairdo or a tacky outfit. But what about men? Will those who understand nothing of fashion or feminine things also notice when a woman is ill-groomed? The answer is yes. Most men can tell when a woman is trying too hard. Here are 10 things they dislike the most: 1. Extreme hairstyles A woman with hair full of volumizing product and variously placed bobby pins walks into the room. You think she will attract the attention of all the men at…

Women seem to notice everything that is “wrong” with another woman. They can easily spot any makeup disaster, ugly hairdo or a tacky outfit. But what about men? Will those who understand nothing of fashion or feminine things also notice when a woman is ill-groomed? The answer is yes. Most men can tell when a woman is trying too hard. Here are 10 things they dislike the most: 1. Extreme hairstyles A woman with hair full of volumizing product and variously placed bobby pins walks into the room. You think she will attract the attention of all the men at…

A Ghanaian philanthropist has started a campaign to repaint police stations, psychiatric hospitals and special schools across the country as his widow’s mite to giving those institutions facelift. As a first step, Julius Atsu Yawlui, popularly known as Julius Mugabe, has repainted the offices of the Adentan-Abokobi Divisional Police Headquarters in Accra at the cost of GHC26,680. The main Adenta Police station was also repainted at the cost of GHC7,680 plus the Adenta MTTD and DOVVSU offices also costing GHC19,000 under the campaign being spearheaded by the philanthropist. The Adenta Mall Police station has been earmarked for the next exercise,…

The National Association of Local Authorities of Ghana (NALAG), in collaboration with the 216 metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (MMDAs), is to roll out a campaign to address streetism in the country. Dubbed “Streets Without Street Children “, the exercise ,which the association said would be launched soon, will remove thousands of children who are living and working on the streets, particularly in the cities and other big towns. According to NALAG the project will be its single biggest initiative to address a canker that continues to destroy the future of many Ghanaian children. This was made known by the…

Many young Africans drawn to extremist groups know “little to nothing” about religious texts and interpretations, a UN study has found. The survey, the first of its kind in Africa, profiled nearly 500 voluntary recruits to militant groups including al-Shabab and Boko Haram. Finding a job is “the most acute need at the time of joining a group,” the report finds. It also points to government action as a “tipping point”. Most of those surveyed reported unhappy childhoods and a lack of parental supervision. Researchers from the UN Development Programme (UNDP) spoke to recruits in Kenya, Nigeria, Somalia, Sudan, Cameroon…

Deputy Communications Director of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Fred Agbenyo, has described the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government’s ‘Free Senior High School Programme’ as “a wholesale education” “There are places parents cannot afford school fees and that government can come in and support but not every person in the society cannot afford, so why do you do wholesale things?”, he asked. The Ministry of Finance says it has released more than 50 per cent of the funds needed to finance the implementation of the free senior high schools (SHS) programme. Deputy Minister of Finance, Abena Osei-Asare, said on Thursday that…

Two motorbike accident victims, who had their legs amputated at the Central Regional Hospital in Winneba under what they termed questionable circumstances, are demanding a probe into the matter. The two, Jacob Mensah, 25, and Isaac Amankwaa Annor, 33, were sent to the Hospital on a referral from the Kasoa Hospital after their motorbike collided at Denkyira near Kasoa, and sustained leg injuries. According to their family members, a medical doctor who was on duty at the time, George Kwame Prah, told them the legs of the two would have to be amputated but they kicked against that decision. Albert…

Two motorbike accident victims, who had their legs amputated at the Central Regional Hospital in Winneba under what they termed questionable circumstances, are demanding a probe into the matter. The two, Jacob Mensah, 25, and Isaac Amankwaa Annor, 33, were sent to the Hospital on a referral from the Kasoa Hospital after their motorbike collided at Denkyira near Kasoa, and sustained leg injuries. According to their family members, a medical doctor who was on duty at the time, George Kwame Prah, told them the legs of the two would have to be amputated but they kicked against that decision. Albert…