News of Wednesday, 23 September 2020

YEA saves GH¢82.5 million from 'ghost names' detection

‘4 more for Nana’: Young govt appointees urged to continue making difference

Make coronavirus vaccine available to all – Akufo-Addo urges world powers

NLC gives nurses, govt four weeks to resolve impasse

Akufo-Addo sacks Sekyere East DCE

Duker narrates his version of events that led to brawl with Bissue

Mahama to address nation on voters register anomalies Thursday

224 Chinese apps banned in India, Ghana still exposed

How a WhatsApp group in Ghana is creating awareness about drug abuse

I'm still NPP's communication director - Yaw Buaben Asamoa clears air

3,400 health professionals get clearance to apply for postings

A fatal misjudgment - Juaben Traditional Council reacts to Kontihene’s petition to National House of Chiefs

Aggrieved customers of Gold Coast Fund Management on street protest

Politicians have branded themselves as thieves – Agyinasare

Internal audit reveals 20,000 'ghost names' on YEA payroll

NDC manifesto is bold, ambitious - Coach Opeele Boateng

NLC to terminate court action against nurses, midwives after suspending strike

'Let’s show appreciation by voting to retain Akufo-Addo' - Katakyie

Let My Vote Count chides EC for voter register anomalies

Your response is petty, childish - STRANEK kicks back at Martin Amidu

3,717 schools disinfected in Greater Accra ahead of reopening

Okada rider leading Mahama’s convoy crashes into coma

IGP visits Western North Regional Police command ahead of election 2020

NIA is a useless venture, it has nothing to show - Hassan Ayariga

Bluegrass Group delivers first consignment of maths sets

'You touch any nurse, midwife, you touch all of us' – GRNMA warns hospitals

I have a good relationship with Akufo-Addo, Mahama - Agyinasare

Explainer: These are all the allowances the striking Ghanaian nurses are demanding

Akufo-Addo puts out voter registration details

NDC accuses EC of planning to 'rig' December 7 elections

Socialist Forum celebrates Kwame Nkrumah

NYA to sensitize JHS, SHS graduates for next academic levels

Prove that you are not a puppet – Agyinasare to Jean Mensa

Coronavirus testing: Noncompliant airlines face US$3,500 fine per passenger

We welcome all political parties - GUTA President on alleged secret meeting with Mahama

How Australia described Ghana in its grim travel advisory

IES compares 2020 manifesto promises of NPP, NDC on renewable energy

Extend voter exhibition exercise for the sake of peace – Catholic Bishops to EC

Why will govt hold a memorial for J.B Danquah, George Floyd, and not do the same for Nkrumah?

Even the name mortuary is bad – Chief Imam shoots down NDC's promise

No politics in police barracks – Inspector-General of Police declares

Incompetent Martin Amidu exposed as an overhyped citizen vigilante - ASEPA

Tourism Ministry unveils busts in honour of Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey, Ferdinand Ayim

Agyapa deal: Osafo-Maafo’s son fit for the job – Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu

Striking Nurses to resume work Thursday after receiving court injunction

Prof Opoku-Agyemang has not added anything to NDC – Kwamena Duncan

The Dominica-registered company behind Kotoka’s $150 coronavirus test

Agyapa Deal: Haruna Iddrisu lied – Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu

Sakawa projects: Kweku Baako exposes NDC again

RE: Petition to disqualify Prof. Wilson Agyei Agyare from contesting Pro-Vice Chancellor in KNUST

People use wrong measuring rods to access MPs – Majority Leader

Akufo-Addo to embark on a tour of Western North Region

Today in history: BNI, CID foil coup plot on Jubilee House; three arrested

Polling stations with over 700 registered voters to be split into two - EC

7,000 ‘ghost names’ cleared from govt payroll in 2020

Disturbing photos of NPP’s Charles Bissue emerge after bloody fight with MP

Flaws in new voters register normal – EC justifies irregularities

Akufo-Addo’s appointees economical with truth - Blackshield Management

Flashback: Government ready to pay DKM victims - Asiedu Nketia

Flashback: We have rejected you - Akufo-Addo’s hometown barks at NDC

People use wrong measuring rods to access MPs – Majority Leader

Govt has been good to you, resume work - Buaben Asamoa to striking Nurses, Midwives

'Okada legalisation a threat to livelihoods; drop it or we drop you' – Drivers to Mahama

Struggling U.S. advises citizens to ‘reconsider’ travel to Ghana over coronavirus

Muslims deserve a running mate not mortuaries – NPP’s Abdul Aziz tells NDC

Man goes on rage-fueled tirade as dying father is abandoned at hospital

Akufo-Addo’s approval rating on the slide, Ghana Election Poll finds

Ghana records 54 new cases of coronavirus

We’re not regarded as essential workers – Striking Nurses

Reduce unconscionable filing fee with immediate effect - Think Tanks to EC

Government has collapsed PBC, cheated cocoa farmers - NDC

'I haven't taken over my good friend Buaben Asamoa's job' – Akomea

Dr Ayisha Baffoe-Ashun: KNUST’s first female holder of PhD in Architecture

Legon to run re-sit courses for all Undergrads who failed to graduate since 2000

Public Universities’ Bill incontestable – President Akufo-Addo

Today at the news stands

That time when Ghana, Guinea and Mali tried to become one nation

Young CEOs praise Akufo-Addo for ‘unprecedented’ youth empowerment

TUTAG threatens strike

Fighting crime must be a collective responsibility - IGP rallies citizens

‘They can use the law to force us to the workplace but they can’t force us to work’ – GRNMA to NLC

‘Intemperate’ Amidu was picked to spite NDC – Kwakye Ofosu

Akufo-Addo highlights his achievements as elections get closer

Security Personnel, Casual Workers take up nurses minor roles in hospitals

BPA constructs US$480 million-dollar solar energy plant

Expert calls for review of Labour law

People I trusted let me down – Abdul Hayi Moomen speaks 6 years after interviewing fraudster

Amidu’s letter lambasting a petitioner astonishing, will discourage whistleblowers – Azar

Labour Commission to serve GRNMA with order for compulsory arbitration

Statistical Service extends deadline for Census trainee recruitment

No case of coronavirus recorded during voters registration exercise – EC

Africa should hold climate polluters liable - VALD

Address needs of striking nurses, midwives to avoid needless casualties – Hospital Administrator

Nurses to resume work today - Labour Commission

Selection of BECE candidates into SHSs begins

€20.6m GrEEn project to create 5,000 jobs

GPM set to be launched October 3

36 Ghanaian students benefit from ERASMUS scholarships to study in European universities

Mahama presided over the mess - Nana Akomea

Sexual harassment, others to be addressed in Labour Act

Okoe-Boye sends message to nurses over ongoing strike action

Muslims are forbidden to keep dead bodies in morgues - Baba Jamal

Police arrest three GCFM demonstrators

Jilted Taxi driver commits suicide after stabbing girlfriend to death at Elmina

Inside story: How $10m worth of cocaine was trailed, busted at Tema

NDC manifesto is bold, ambitious — Coach Opeele Boateng

NPP is the most disciplined political tradition in Ghana - Council Chairman

Election 2020: Mahama’s call on international community is 'foolish talk' – John Boadu

NDC exaggerating disparities in voter registration exhibition- Obiri Boahene

We’re not fighting, let sleeping dogs lie and come back to Kokrokoo – Peace FM to NDC

Ghana's debt stock is GH¢250 billion, how can striking nurses be paid? - Kwesi Pratt asks

Rev. Prof Asante admonishes NDC and NPP to stop creating fear and panic

Filing fee: 'Rich dunderheads' can now run for Presidency instead of competent people - Ayariga

Emulate Otumfuo by wishing political parties well – Maurice Ampaw tells 'endorsing' chiefs

Chiefs have only one vote, subjects know what they want – Maurice Ampaw to politicians

Withdraw from Presidential race if you cannot pay GH¢100,000 filing fee - Osofo Kyiriabosom

You've disobeyed Otumfuo, stop endorsing political parties now – Maurice Ampaw to chiefs

‘Secret’ printing of voter cards: EC’s incoherent response gave them away – NDC

All card-bearing members should vote in parties’ primaries – Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu

The time is coming, we will rise up - Yvonne Nelson on political thievery

NPP has failed to fulfil its Manifesto promises, pushes road projects to Akyem Abuakwa – NDC

2020 polls: 'We need you in Ghana now' – Mahama tells international election observers

Ghanaians need jobs and I’ll deliver just that – Mahama

We recognise your crucial role in governance – Bawumia to chiefs

Osofo Kyiriabosom’s house burgled

NDC spinning issues surrounding the exhibition because of their impending defeat - NPP

NDC will not accept any intimidation from security services - Minority Leader

NDC generated its register and knows the names omitted in the voters' register – Afriyie Ankrah

Akufo-Addo urges NPP members to go and spread the NPP good story to Ghanaians

Our opponent is desperate to return to power and mismanage the economy – Akufo-Addo

Majority Leader calls for reforms in parties’ structure to stem monetization

Low voter turnout blamed on poor publicity

Kyire Abosom is a big fraud - CPP Youth Organiser

NDC will establish cashew processing factory at Wenchi – Mahama

Wa East to build the capacity of Area Councils

Zoomlion begins second phase of nationwide disinfection of schools

Labour Minister appointed member of International Advisory Board on Climate

Let’s make Zongo great again - Fatimatu Bintu Zahra

Field workers on child marriage advocacy call for a user-friendly toolkit

Minister implores stakeholders to promote domestic tourism

PWDs in Northern Region receive GH¢200,000 business support

Ketu South Municipal Hospital empty as GRNMA embarks on industrial action

NDC PC for Kumbungu Donate items to flood victims at Nawuni and Afayili in the Northern Region

NAPO donates 613 pieces of LED street light bulbs to his constituents

RE: Matters affecting the Wassa Fiase Paramount Stool

Coronavirus: MoE, GES and Zoomlion commence third phase of disinfection exercise in SHSs

Thank you for giving us identity - Oti chiefs to Akufo-Addo

‘Home no good’ – Eastern Region NDC scores Akufo-Addo 14.28%

Ex-Assembly members demand ex-gratia

‘Akropong-Akuapem has no omanhene’ - Sakyiabea Gate of Akropong-Akuapem

Nursing mothers plead with government to call back striking nurses

Development of Assemblies hinges on Unit Committees

Coronavirus impacts farming activities – Bankpama farmers

Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal Assembly to construct classroom block for Antwikrom

Aiyinasi South circuit supervisor advises JHS graduates to lead decent lives

Late Wa Chief Imam family makes peace with Bawumia, accepts new GH¢ 20k donation

Zongo communities need ‘proper’ morgues for befitting burial – Alhaji Naziru

International Day of Peace: The role of young people in shaping peace together

Muntaka Mubarak commends Mother of All Nations 'ReadCamp' initiative

If it is not an emergency, do not come – Eastern Regional Hospital Doctor to patients

Lydia Alhassan urges constituents to embark on frequent medical check-ups

Deputy Chief of Staff connects light to Soalepe

Anlo chiefs cancel 2020 Hogbetsotso festival amid public health concern

Rare humpback whale destroys nets of fishermen at Adafienu in Volta Region

Oforikrom MCE praises teachers for selfless service

Chief commends WVG for development in Kintampo South District

Clear drains and gutters to prevent flooding during rains - GMet

Validation workshop on the updated child marriage toolkit opens in Kumasi

Togbe Kotoku commends Peace Council, calls for more engagement

Bawumia inaugurates Oti Regional House of Chiefs

Panpansokroke launches four-year development plan

Patients, pregnant women in Western Region stranded over GRNMA's strike

Patients plead for striking nurses to return as Atebubu Hospital operates at half capacity

Government urged to improve funding for malaria control

Pregnant women find mercy with Keta nurses

Millennium Promise Alliance canvasses 1 million PPE for frontline health workers

NHIA Board interacts with Private Health Insurance Scheme operators

Govt has cheated you far too long but resume work - Kwesi Pratt pleads with striking Nurses

Nurses, Midwives to call off strike as NLC goes into compulsory arbitration

Miss Health Ghana Queen donates to Accra Psychiatric Hospital

I’m determined to end no-bed syndrome - Akufo-Addo

Hospitals in Takoradi record low OPD attendance

Health Ministry gets 10,000 hospital beds to improve health care delivery

International Day of Sign Language

Coronavirus Private Sector Global Facility announced at SDG Business Forum at 75th UN General Assembly

Excellent Council launches peace dance challenge

3rd African Youth SDGs invites virtual attendees to secure the 2030 Agenda

HP Inc., African Union Commission sign MoU to collaborate for development of entrepreneurial skills in Africa

The 2nd LiPF Training and Tradeshow opens September 25th in Accra

Achimota Retail Centre donates medical supplies to Achimota Hospital

Statement by Delegates of Young Diplomats of Ghana on the occasion of International Day of Peace

Major political parties to take part in 3Sports election debate

Nyaho Medical Centre donates brand new VW Polo Sedan to Ayawaso West Health District

Vodafone CEO charges KNUST Graduating Class of 2020 to be digitally literate

Puma Energy - First oil marketing company in Ghana to receive three ISO certificates