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The last surviving member of Kwame Nkrumah’s cabinet has passed on

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Franklin Adubobi Jantuah, the only surviving member of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah’s regime has died. He died at the age of 91. Franklin Adubobi was a Ghanaian lawyer and politician. He was a minister of state in the first republic and in the Provisional National Defence Council. He served as Read More

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NDC plots against EC on a farm at Afram Plains – Kennedy Agyapong

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The Assin Central Member of Parliament (MP), Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, has said the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is hatching diabolic plans to disorganise the activities of the Electoral Commission (EC) ahead of the 2020 general election. The NDC’s main objective, according to him, is to work in secret and destroy the vital information of […]Read More

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Moody’s analysts ‘were moody’ while rating Ghana – Adongo

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The Member of Parliament for Bolgatanga Central, Isaac Adongo, has stated that officials at Moody were moody while rating Ghana, thus, their change of Ghana’s economic outlook from stable to positive. The opposition MP tweeted: “Analysts at Moody’s were, indeed, moody in their latest PR to sway investors from significant due diligence concerns on Ghana’s Read More

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Ahwoi brothers lose mother

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Mother of the Ahwoi brothers, Charlotte Hanson, passed on peacefully at her residence in Lashibi on 20th January, 2020. She died at the age of 97. Kwesi Ahwoi, former minister for Food and Agriculture and Ghanaian High Commissioner to South Africa, announced the demise of his mother on his Facebook wall. “Mum and I, she […]Read More

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Swear by Antoa you’re not galamsey kingpins – A Plus dares NPP big men

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Political activist and satirist Kwame Asare Obeng, better known as A Plus is peeved over the ‘indulgence’ of some bigwigs of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) in illegal mining, daring them to swear by a deity to exonerate themselves. “Go to any galamsey community and they will give you their names. I want the […]Read More

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Akufo-Addo has failed woefully in fight against corruption – Gen Mosquito

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General Secretary of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia has described as woefully pathetic, the Akufo-Addo led government’s commitment to the fight against bribery and corruption in the country. According to him, the recent Corruption Perception Index (CPI) report has shredded into pieces President Akufo-Addo’s Read More

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Don’t be intimidated by Sammy Gyamfi’s arrest- Asiedu Nketia to NDC communicators

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General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, says party Communicators should not be coward despite the arrest of their Communications Director, Sammy Gyamfi. Sammy Gyamfi was picked up by officials of the Police Criminal Investigations Department(CID) on Monday, January 27, 2020, after a program on UTV. Asiedu Nketia has Read More

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SHSs risk closure over lack of funds and food

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Senior High Schools in the country risk closure over lack of funds and shortage of food. Funds have not been disbursed to the schools since the beginning of the 2019/2020 academic year affecting the smooth running of the schools. Starr News checks in the Eastern region reveal most schools have run out of food. Some […]Read More

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I prefer to die – Teacher without 13-year salary payment cries

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If it is about the question of how life is after retirement, then the expected answers from majority of workers who have retired from the public sector will not be pleasant. It stems from delayed payment of benefits to part payment of benefits or even none of the above. But the story of Mr. William […]Read More

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I’d love to see Ghana consumed by chaos like Syria, Afghanistan – Allotey Jacobs

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A cadre in the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Bernard Allotey Jacobs, has wished doom for Ghana in the coming years positing that he would like to see the country in the state like Syria. In a media interview monitored by MyNewsGh.com, the former NDC’s Central Regional Chairman emphatically stated that the country will only […]Read More

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90% of galamseyers have stopped – Frimpong-Boateng

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The Minister of Environment, Science, Technology & Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng has said that about 90% of illegal small-scale miners (galamseyers) have ceased operations since the Operation Vanguard Team was established almost three years ago. “I can say 90 per cent, by and large, [of] those who are doing galamsey, I can say about 90 […]Read More

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Ken Ofori-Atta ‘plotted’ uniBank collapse – Dr Asiama

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Embattled former Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr Johnson Asiama is blaming the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta for the collapse of uniBank. According to Dr Asiama, the finance minister refused to save uniBank during its liquidity crisis. In a statement issued by lawyers of Dr Asiama, the former official of the central bank […]Read More

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Commissioning of ambulances: Akufo-Addo now celebrating mediocrity – A Plus

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Ahead of the commissioning and distribution of some 307 ambulances by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo today in fulfilment of his promise prior to the 2016 elections, some critics of the government have been sharing their views on the matter, notably singer Kwame Asare Obeng, known widely as A Plus, who thinks that the act […]Read More

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Sammy Gyamfi speaks after bail by police

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The Communications Officer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi has spoken after he releases from police custody. The NDC official was arrested by the Police Criminal Investigations Department (CID) Monday, January 27 after a program on UTV. In his interaction with the media after he was granted bail, the outspoken NDC communicator […]Read More

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Cabinet didn’t support HIPC initially – Kufuor

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Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has said that the decision of his government to declare Ghana an insolvent state, thus a Highly Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) was due to the firm assurance of debt cancellation he received from two female British politicians, Baroness Valerie Amos and Clare Short. According to former President Kufuor, “not even […]Read More

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I’ll not appoint you as a minister if you are above 53 – JOY

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Independent candidate, Jacob Osei Yeboah has outlined his vision ahead of the 2020 presidential election. The independent candidate who contested the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections said his slogan for this year’s election is “Your vote is your freedom; Your vote is your prayer”. He told Uncle Bright on ‘Ghana Kasa’ on Rainbow Radio 87.5FM […]Read More

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Alex Mould to bury daughter on January 30

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Former CEO of Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), Alex Mould, will lay to rest his daughter, Elvina Nah Densua Mould, on January 30. The interment will preceed a Mass burial service at the Christ the King Roman Catholic Church in Accra at 9 am. The family will have a private burial for the late Elvina […]Read More

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Sammy Gyamfi threatens ‘mass actions’ against EC

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Communications Director for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi has threatened “mass actions” against the Electoral Commission. The NDC Communications Director, speaking on Citi FM News, noted that the Inter-Party resistance against the EC’s decision to compile a new voters’ register will soar up and that the group will mobilize Ghanaians to Read More

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Case against Sammy Gyamfi won’t go anywhere – NDC Vice Chairman

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Vice-Chairman of the National Democratic Congress, Alhaji Said Sinare has said that the basis for the arrest of the communications officer of the party is not substantive, at least not enough to taint Sammy Gyamfi’s reputation. He said security agencies who gave no firm basis for Sammy Gyamfi’s arrest will be bound to release him […]Read More

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Akufo-Addo picks nomination forms to contest NPP presidential primary

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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has picked nomination forms to contest the New Patriotic Party’s flagbearer position. Director of Research at the Presidency, Victor Newman picked the forms on behalf of the President on Monday. General Secretary of the party, John Boadu said the president is the only one who has so far declared his […]Read More

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Slave masters still running our affairs – Duncan-Williams

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The slave masters left Africa a long time ago but they are still “running our lives”, Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams has observed. Speaking in church on Sunday, 26 January 2020 about how Ghana and Africa are blessed with brilliant people who are sidestepped in favour of foreigners, the founder of Action Chapel International singled out Bui […]Read More

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Flagstaff House can’t intimidate me – Sammy Gyamfi breaks silence after bail

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The Communications Director of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi has been released after an earlier arrest by the Police on Monday morning. The Outspoken NDC stalwart was picked up by the officers at the premises of Despite Media, after making an appearance on UTV’s morning show. Addressing the media after his release, […]Read More

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Apart from Nkrumah, Mills is the only good president Ghana has had – Nunoo-Mensah

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Former National Security Adviser and an ex-serviceman, Brigadier (retired) Joseph Nunoo-Mensah has said that successive governments that have come after Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s first president have all performed abysmally. He accused the current crop of political leaders in the country blaming both present and past governments (NDC, NPP) of doing little to ameliorate Read More

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IMANI exposes massive conflict of interest at EC

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A Vice-President of Policy Think Tank, Imani Center for Policy & Education, has delivered the biggest blow yet to the ongoing discussion on the prudence in spending GHC400 million to compile a new voters’ register by the Electoral Commission (EC) led by Jean Mensah, by exposing a selfish agenda of one of those pushing the […]Read More

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Sammy Gyamfi released from CID ‘grips’

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Information reaching www.ghanaweb.com indicates that Communications Director of the opposition National Democratic Congress, Sammy Gyamfi has been released after an earlier arrest by the police Criminal Investigations Department (CID) Monday morning. He has been granted bail with two leading members, Elvis Afriyie Ankrah and Ras Mubarak serving as sureties. Sammy Gyamfi Read More

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Ghana’s Foreign Minister holds bilateral discussions with Saudi counterpart

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Madam Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration on Sunday paid a courtesy call on her Saudi counterpart, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud in Riyadh. During the meeting the two ministers discussed bilateral relations between Ghana and Saudi Arabia. The duo, announced that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo would be paying […]Read More

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COP Maame Yaa Tiwaa now a Queen Mother at Aflao

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The Director General of Police Welfare, COP Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah has been conferred on a chieftaincy title by the chiefs and people of Aflao in the Volta Region. According to the Paramount Chief of Aflao, Fiator Hukportie her stool name shall be Ngoorgbeyiyi Fia Mamaga Adzakpa. He said this at the Perez Dome in […]Read More

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Moody’s positive rating sign of EMT’s hardwork – Oppong Nkrumah

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The Minister for Information Kojo Oppong Nkrumah says government welcomes the change in the nation’s economic outlook from stable to positive by the Moody’s rating agency. He told Journalists at a briefing in Accra on Sunday that the Economic Management Team is very pleased with the outlook change and commits to doing more. “The change […]Read More

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Israel is for ‘Ghana beyond aid’ – Ambassador

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Ms Shani Cooper, Ambassador of the State of Israel to Ghana, Liberia and Sierra-Leone has reiterated Israel’s support for Government’s “Ghana beyond aid” agenda and investing in making the local economy resilient. She said, “apart from government to government, business to business and people to people cooperation,” the State of Israel Read More

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African Women Lawyers Association hold seminar on access to justice

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The African Women Lawyers Association (AWLA) has held a two-day seminar on access to justice through the introduction of the Court Users Committee (CUC) in the Akatsi South District of the Volta region. The seminar, with support from STAR-Ghana with funding from the European Union, attracted representatives from traditional rulers, religious leaders, Social Welfare Read More