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Mahama wishes Lordina 55th birthday with beautiful family photo

Ghana’s immediate past First Lady, Lordina Mahama turned 55 on Tuesday, March 6 same day that Ghana turned 61. To mark the important day, former President John Mahama shared two photos, including that of his family on Instagram and on Facebook to wish his wife a happy birthday. “Happy birthday to a wife and a mother. May God return to you, ...

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Rector of Cape Coast polytechnic rejects suspension from NCTE

The Rector of Cape Coast Polytechnic Professor Lawrence Atepor has rejected a letter of suspension from the National Council for Tertiary Education (NCTE) and has vowed to stay in office. According to him, the NCTE did not appoint him and has no right to order his suspension. Prof. Atepor’s suspension follows an allegation of impropriety levelled against him. The allegation ...

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Kingsley Sarfo arrested again over fresh rape charges

Ghana international Kingsley Sarfo has been arrested again in Sweden after fresh rape charges were levelled against him. Graphic Sports can exclusively reveal that the Malmo FF offensive midfielder was apprehended by Swedish Police in Malmo on Monday morning and he is behind bars as investigations over the fresh defilement charges against him continue. The District Court of Gavle recently ...

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Akufo-Addo outlines policies for ‘Ghana beyond aid’

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says the realisation of his vision of Ghana Beyond Aid “requires a deliberate, qualitative change in all aspects of our lives; especially, in the structure of our economy, the nature of our infrastructure, the education of our young people and acquisition of skills, and, above all, in our attitudes and holding firm to the values ...

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Ghana’s 2018 Economic Outlook Positive – World Bank

Ghana’s macroeconomic performance improved in 2017 after a difficult 2016, according to the World Bank. The country’s economy expanded for the fifth successive quarter in September 2017, at a rate almost double that of 2016, according to a World Bank report released Monday. The 3rd edition of the Ghana Economic Update, which focuses on agriculture as the engine of growth ...

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‘Kitchen stool sex’ case moved to Accra

The case involving the headmaster, who recorded a video of himself having sex with a senior high school (SHS) student on a kitchen stool in January this year, has been transferred to the Greater Accra Regional office of the Ghana Education Service (GES). This follows a crunch meeting among the headmaster, Robert Sepey, the Greater Accra Regional branch of the ...

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uniBank takes over ADB

In an unexpected move that could be the beginning of a restructuring of the local banking space, a consortium of financial institutions that control majority shares in agric-focused bank, Agricultural Development Bank (ADB), have pledged their shares, proceeds, entitlement and voting rights to uniBank, a leading local bank. The consortium, led by Belstar Capital–a turnkey project finance and implementation institution–also ...

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Social media users ‘mock’ Buhari’s offer to help in Ghana’s corruption fight

Ghana’s social media space is reacting to the speech by Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari that he will help Ghana in its fight against corruption. Ghanaians and some Nigerians following the speech have taken to social media to question the rationale behind President Buhari’s offer of help for Ghana’s anti-corruption fight when he was yet to finish with his own unending ...

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RTI Bill Will Be Law Before Parliament Rises – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has served notice he will give impetus to his fight against corruption by impressing on Parliament to pass the Right to Information Bill (RTI) before it goes on recess. The RTI Bill has been gathering dust since 2013 when it first went to Parliament. The right to information is a fundamental human right guaranteed by ...

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