The management of Ghana National Service Scheme (NSS) has organised a stakeholders’ conference under the theme: “Strengthening NSS Database for Effective Deployment” for private and public accredited tertiary institutions. The conference, which was held at the Executive Conference Centre of GIMPA, was to discuss the database of students who are...
MTN Ghana, the largest telecommunications company in the country with about 15million subscribers, have submitted its prospectus to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) to float 35 percent of its shares on the local bourse. “Let me say MTN have submitted their prospectus to...
For over a decade now, the once vibrant textile industry in Ghana, has been on life support and is on the verge of taking its last breath. The industry used to employ over 25,000 people in the early 1990’s; but today, the industry is said to only employ about 2000...
Government has up to September 6, to select a concessionaire to manage the state-owned Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) under the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Compact II. Mr. Kenneth James Miller, the Resident Country Director of the MCC, said: “We have September 6 this year for the Government of Ghana...
The Registrar-General’s Department recorded about GH¢75.2 million in revenue for the 2017 calendar year. The department registered about 86,914 new companies in 2017 as against 60,000 in 2016. Of the total business registrations, online transactions at the Registrar-General’s Department (RGD) saw a tremendous growth, with more than 12,400 transactions recorded last...
Nominee for the Office of the Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu believes the one of the surest ways to reduce corruption and become a self-reliant country is to block leakages and slippages at public institutions. According to him building a strong public institution coupled with curbing corrupt practices at these places...
Special Prosecutor nominee, Martin Amidu, has said he discharged his duties fully and distinguished himself creditably when he was the Deputy Attorney General and Minister of Justice under the National Democratic Congress. At his vetting Tuesday morning, Mr. Amidu admitted he studied for a certificate from an institution in Ohio...
Former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Martin B.K.A Amidu has observed that corruption is the country’s number one enemy and it must be fought with the wherewithal. “Fighting corruption is important than protecting the Constitution”, he told members of Parliamentary Appointment Committee during vetting during his vetting on Tuesday. According...
Liberia's ex-president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, has won the $5m (£3.6m) Ibrahim prize for African Leadership. Mrs Sirleaf, who stepped down last month, became Africa's first elected female president in 2006. She was praised for her work rebuilding the nation after civil war and leading a process of reconciliation. The prize committee admitted...
Pockets of crime, hooliganism and what have you across the country in recent times have thrown the whole nation into a feeling of insecurity and the need for the police to step up their efforts in providing security to the populace, a duty they have sworn an oath to,...