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Ghanaian television and radio presenter, Paa Kwesi Asare has won the 2023 BBC News Komla Dumor Award. Paa Kwesi is currently a TV and radio presenter with Ghanaian television station, TV3, where he has worked since 2016. Previous winners include Dingindaba Jonah Buyoya (Zambia), Victoria Rubadiri (Kenya), Solomon Serwanjja (Uganda), Waihiga Mwaura (Kenya), Amina Yuguda (Nigeria), Didi Akinyelure (Nigeria) and ...

The Chief of Staff of the deposed President of Niger, Djibo Takoubokoye Daouda has arrived in Ghana. According to TV3’s Portia Gabor who reported on the mid-day news on Friday, August 18, it is unclear why Daouda is in Ghana. However, it comes at a time the President of Niger, Mohammed Bazoum, has been taken hostage by the army in ...

The Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Abdel-Fatau Musah says the Community is going to Niger with its resources and any organisation willing to help is welcome. “The request for Chapter VII is often done in order to secure resources, access contributions from the UN coffers. The Heads of State ...

The CEO and Director of 21st Century Company Limited, popularly known as Millennium City in the Gomoa East district of the Central Region, Mr. Kofi Asmah, says he has secured a court order to demolish more than 5,000 structures and houses put up on his sprawling property by encroachers. LEARN AND TRADE FOREX WITH GOLIGFX WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW: He ...

Army chiefs from West African countries have been urged to remain loyal to their heads of state and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) during discussions aimed at restoring democracy in crisis-hit Niger. Addressing an extraordinary meeting of army chiefs in Accra on Thursday and Friday, Ghana’s Minister of Defence, Dominic Nitiwul asked the military leaders to send ...

Former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has expressed his disagreement with the decision by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to deploy a standby force for military intervention in Niger following the recent coup. Speaking to the Youth Bridge Foundation’s Communications and Advocacy Manager, Thomas Adotei Pappoe, during the 15th African Youth and Governance Convergence in Mankessim, Ghana, President ...

A professor at the University of Ghana Ransford Gyampo has been elected President of the University of Ghana (UG) branch of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG). He was elected with 93.3 percent of the total valid votes cast. LEARN AND TRADE FOREX WITH GOLIGFX WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW: “In the driving seat myself, I’ll champion the interest of ...

Organised Labour has voiced its rejection of the government’s proposal to implement a Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) during next year’s salary negotiations for public sector employees. COLA, an interim measure designed to offer relief when immediate salary adjustments are unfeasible, has been met with scepticism by Organised Labour, which argues that it would not positively impact pension disbursements and ...

The Bank of Ghana has said the Public Procurement Authority (PPA) approved all its processes and documents before the commencement of the construction of its GHS250-million headquarters. According to the Head of Research at the Bank, Dr. Philip Abradu-Otoo, all the necessary approvals were obtained from the PPA. “We broke no procurement law”, Dr Abradu-Otoo insisted. Dr Abradu-Otoo indicated that ...

The Executive Director of the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers Ghana (COPEC) Duncan Amoah has said that the prices of fuel in Ghana are pointing upwards. Some oil marketing companies have increased the prices of petroleum products as the second pricing window of August has begun. LEARN AND TRADE FOREX WITH GOLIGFX WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW: Goil has also increased the ...