44-year old Alhaji Mashud Mohammed has been adjudged the National Best Farmer for 2021.
He succeeds Solomon Kwadwo Kusi who took last year’s award.
Alhaji Mashud Mohammed, from the Mion District of the Northern Region, received GH₵600,000 from the Agricultural Development Bank, 500,000 worth of insurance cover from GLICO Insurance, and a study trip to Israel sponsored by Broadspectrum Limited. He...
The Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) has announced the detection of 34 cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 in the country.
In a tweet to announce the new cases, the NMIMR said the imported cases were detected in 120 samples collected between November 21 and 25.
“The Omicron variant was detected in 28% (34 out of 120) of...
The Minority Leader in Parliament, Haruna Iddrisu, has said his side will readily accept a reduction of the proposed e-levy to 1% from 1.75%.
According to him, this is for the good of the country.
“A week ago, we said no, we won’t accept e-levy but having listened to officials in government, including the Minister of Finance, I am convinced to...
Parliament has apologised to Ghanaians for the chaotic scenes that characterised proceedings on Wednesday.
There was near fisticuffs between members of the Majority and Minority Caucuses during deliberations on the constitutionality or otherwise of the approval of the 2022 Budget.
According to the legislature’s Director of Public Affairs, Kate Addo, the Parliamentarians, no matter how divided, are working with the interest...
The leadership of Parliament has set up a 20-member Committee to resolve the stalemate over the 2022 Budget.
According to the leadership, the recent developments in the House do not augur well for the country’s parliamentary democracy and the need to build consensus.
The Committee will therefore see to a speedy resolution of the impasse.
Members of the Committee include; Deputy Majority...
An Accra High Court has awarded Yvonne Nelson GH500,000 in a defamation case against Mona Gucci for malicious statements she made about the award winning actress on Accra-based Neat Fm.
Mona who is a socialite and presenter was not in court when the judgement was passed.
The Court presided over by Justice John Eugene Nyante Nyandu ordered Mona to pay GH¢500,000...
Broadcast journalist Blessed Godsbrain Smart, popularly known as Captain Smart, has been arrested by one of the Security Agencies.
In an audio recorded on his show on Onua TV, Captain Smart is heard inciting the Ghana Armed Forces against Members of Parliament and also calling on them to stage an uprising. “Where we have reached, we require an uprising with...
The Central Regional Police Command has arrested nine Burkina Faso nationals at Abura, a suburb of Cape Coast, in connection with the kidnapping of one Salmane Tchaboutchou.
The arrest followed a complaint from the Chief of the Zombrama Community in Central Region and resident of Abura, Osman Dawda, that Salmane Tchaboutchou had been kidnapped by some unknown persons at Pedu...
It appears the Minority in Parliament is not giving up anytime soon on the matter of whether Dome Kwabenya MP, Sarah Adwoa Safo, was physically present in parliament on Tuesday November 30, 2021 or not.
Despite the MP and Minister clarifying in Parliament on Wednesday, December 1, 2021 on the floor of Parliament that she was the one in the...
The Economic Fighters League (EFL) has accused the Minority in Parliament of conniving with the Majority to impose the controversial 2022 budget on Ghanaians.
Parliament on Tuesday reversed an earlier rejection of the budget and approved it after the National Democratic Congress’ MPs staged a walkout.
Although the Minority has openly described the act as unconstitutional, the group says it is...
