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The Minister for Works and Housing has disclosed that the government has decided to sell the controversial Saglemi Housing Project. Mr Francis Asenso-Boakye says the project will be sold to a private sector entity. According to him, the decision was taken after assessment and the necessary consultations. Speaking at a press conference on Sunday, Mr Asenso-Boakye said the project currently covers 1,506 housing units. “After a painstaking period of assessment, verification and consultations, Government has decided to – Explore the possibility of selling the Saglemi Housing Project, covering the 1,506 housing units, at the current value to a private sector entity…

The president of the Garden City University College wants private universities in Ghana to find their competitive advantage to stay recognized. Prof. Anthony Apeke Adimado observes the tertiary education space shares similar programmes thereby giving especially public counterparts more advantage. He was speaking at the GCUC’s 17th matriculation at Kenyase. The University College admitted 1,450 students across its various disciplines and learning centers. Prof. Adimado observed a plethora of business programmes running in the various tertiary institutions nationwide. He believes GCUC’s focus on health has been crucial in increasing enrollment. He therefore urged private tertiary institutions to be innovative to stay…

The Accra International Conference Centre has stopped investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas from screening his latest ‘galamsey economy’ exposé, Tiger Eye P.I said in a statement on Sunday (13 November 2022). “Tiger Eye P. I. hereby informs the public that it has been stopped from screening its latest undercover investigative piece titled ‘Galamsey Economy‘ at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC) which is scheduled this Monday and Tuesday (14 &15) of November 2022,” the statement said. The documentary uncovers the kingpins behind illegal mining in Ghana. “Tiger Eye has already fulfilled every requirement of AICC to use the place including payment for the…

Artisanal fishermen at the Lower Prampram Beach area of the Ningo-Prampram District are resorting to the use of super (petrol) mixed with other oils, including engine oil, as alternative to premix fuel. This is due to the shortage of premix fuel, which fishermen use to power their fishing boats and canoes. There have been some concerns and agitations from fishers across the country over challenges in the supply of premix fuel to the various landing beaches, which the National Fisheries Association (NAFAG) has stated that it was engaging the authorities on. Nii Tetteh Nartey III, the Prampram Chief Fisherman, in…

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a police officer to 12 years imprisonment for assisting an ex-convict, Harold Davies Johnson, to travel abroad without serving his jail term at the Nsawam Prisons. This was after Detective Lance Corporal Kwame Adu Asabereh was found guilty by the court at the end of the trial. The officer was said to have allowed himself to be corrupted by Johnson, an ex-convict, to assist him to travel abroad and escape serving his jail term. He was charged with forgery of official document, abetment of crime, and corruption by a public officer. The facts of…

Benjamin Ayidzoe, a Photo Laboratory Technician has been arrested by the Police for possessing bundles of fake local and foreign currencies at Adenta, Accra. During a search in Ayidzoe’s house, the Police found a Toyota Saloon car with registration number GR 1830-22, which had money printing machine, three “Ghana Must Go” bags full of Ghanaian currency of different denominations suspected to be fake, a large quantity of suspected fake $100 notes, and a blue safe that was showed to the complainant. They also retrieved 22 shining metals suspected to be fake gold and black pieces of paper cut in the…

Prof Kwamena Kwansah-Aidoo, Rector, Ghana Institute of Journalism, has urged Bloomberg-trained financialjournalists to report accurately in the wake of the global economic hardship.He said with the seemingly global economic meltdown, the populace needed accurate information. The populace needs you to report on the current trends in very basic language, with all the things you have learnt here, please get them informed.”Prof Kwansah-Aidoo said this at the graduation of 88 journalists, who were presented with certificates and awards after undergoing six months Bloomberg Media Initiative Africa (BMIA) Financial Journalism Training in Ghana.The BMIA is a Pan-African programme designed to accelerate the…

Rashid Saminu of the University of Ghana (UG) emerged winner of the men’s 100 meters race at the ongoing GhanaUniversity Sports Association (GUSA) Games at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) with a time of 10.25 seconds. The athlete broke Benjamin Azamati’s 10.60 record at the 2020 GUSA Games after competing in a fierce race to emerge victor. He told the GNA Sports after the race that he had been looking up to national record holder, Benjamin Azamati and was poised to give off his best for his school to achieve the height of the former GUSA…

An Accra Circuit Court has varied the bail terms of Patricia Asiedu a, aka Nana Agradaa, who is being held over alleged money doubling scam. The court presided over by Mrs Samuel Bright Acquah had admitted Nana Agradaa, also known as Evangelist Mama Pat to bail in the sum of GHC50,000 with three sureties, who are to be public servants earning not less than GHC2,000 a month. But counsel for the founder of Heaven Way Champion International Ministry, Mr Paul Asibi Abariga on Thursday, prayed the court to review his client’s bail terms because she was unable to meet them.In…

This is Peter Mensah, a Ghanaian-British actor, From the Brong Ahafo Region. His most prominent roles was as Oenomaus in Spartacus. He was a gladiator trainer in Batiatus’ Ludus, traditionally referred to only by the title of ” Doctore”. Many didn’t know he was Ghanaian. He has had roles in Avatar, Kevin Hart what Now, Tears of the Sun, Hidalgo, 300, and Dead Space, and more recently on the Starz original series, Spartacus: Blood and Sand, Spartacus: Gods of the Arena, and Spartacus: Vengeance.