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5G Should Drive Progress, Not Compromise Data Security – President Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has called on Ghanaians, especially the youth, to adopt 5G technology responsibly, ensuring it fuels Ghana’s digital advancement without risking data security. Speaking at the official launch of Ghana’s high-speed 5G internet service on November 1, 2024, in Accra, President Akufo-Addo stressed the importance of using 5G to empower key…
Spanish floods: Former Valencia footballer, 28, killed in Spain’s devastating floods as death toll hits 158
A former Valencia player Jose Castillejo has tragically been killed in the recent floods in Spain. The country has been rocked by the disaster, with 158 dead so far and many fearing those numbers will continue to rise in the coming days, with the army called into assist. Emergency teams are carrying out…
Ghana’s cocoa farmers file complaint over prices and child labour
Cocoa growers in Ghana filed a complaint with state regulator Cocobod on Thursday listing key environmental and social issues, including a demand for a “living income” for farmers. The complaint, which was signed by 30 farmers, also raised concerns over continuing deforestation, child labour and the use of pesticides by the world’s second largest cocoa…
Bawku Conflict: Death Toll Rises to 19 as Two More Killed in Escalating Violence
The ongoing conflict in Bawku has claimed two additional lives, raising the death toll to 19 amid rising violence and unrest. The recent victims were attacked while traveling by truck from Bawku, ambushed by unidentified assailants who fired upon the vehicle, leading to fatal injuries. One of the deceased was identified as a Mamprusi,…
Bawku Conflict: Chief Justice Justifies Court Closures in Upper East Region Amid Security Risks
Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo has defended the recent closure of seven courts in Ghana’s Upper East Region due to rising security threats linked to the Bawku conflict. Speaking at the launch of the fifth edition of the Manual on Election Adjudication on October 31, 2024, at the Law Court Complex in Accra, she stressed that…
A-G accuses Speaker Bagbin of flouting PPA Act in hiring Thaddeus Sory as parliamentary lawyer
The Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has accused Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin of violating procurement laws by hiring Thaddeus Sory as a lawyer for the Parliamentary Service without the necessary approvals. A letter from the Public Procurement Authority (PPA) recently emerged, rejecting a request to single-source Sory@Law, Thaddeus Sory’s firm, as…
Russia fines Google $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
Russia is seeking an unfathomable sum of money from one of the world’s biggest tech companies. Google reportedly owes the Kremlin more than 2 undecillion rubles — a 2 followed by 36 zeroes — after refusing to pay fines that are now accruing for blocking pro-Russian channels on YouTube. The virtually unpronounceable penalty amounts to…
Spanish floods: 95 confirmed dead as year of rain falls in a day in Valencia
At least 95 people have been killed in possibly the deadliest flooding to hit Spain in its modern history after torrential rain battered the eastern region of Valencia, sweeping away bridges and buildings, local authorities said on Wednesday. Meteorologists said a year’s worth of rain had fallen in eight hours in parts of Valencia on…
KTU Staff to Picket SIC Head Office Over Unpaid Provident Fund of GH¢9 Million
Members of the Technical University Senior Administrators Association of Ghana from Koforidua Technical University (KTU) will gather today, Thursday, October 31, to picket outside the State Insurance Company (SIC) headquarters in Accra. Since 2010, over 500 staff, comprising both junior and senior personnel, have participated in a provident fund managed by SIC. However, due…
“Judicial Hypocrisy”: Franklin Cudjoe Condemns Supreme Court Over SALL Disenfranchisement
Franklin Cudjoe, founder of IMANI Africa, has openly criticized the Supreme Court, accusing it of hypocrisy and bias in handling disenfranchisement cases. His comments follow a recent ruling favoring four constituencies whose MPs allegedly neglected their constituencies, contrasting starkly with the Court’s inaction on the SALL (Santrokofi, Akpafu, Likpe, and Lolobi) constituency case. Mr.…