Author Archives: larryehu

Kojo Yankah chides government over job allocations

A former Minister of State and the Former Editor of the Daily Graphic, Kojo Yankah, has launched a blistering outcry against the penchant of governments to dismiss public office holders and appoint persons of their own stock to fill vacant positions. He questioned what he called “merry-go-round joke in Ghana”, where one government appoints and the other lays them off, ...

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Mahama in India to speak at AfDB annual meeting

Former President John Dramani Mahama is in India to attend the 52nd Annual Meeting of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group. The meetings under the theme: Transforming Agriculture for Wealth Creation in Africa, which begins today Monday, May 22, will end on May 26, 2017. A statement from the office of the former president and signed by his aide, Joyce ...

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4 climbers die near top of Mount Everest in tragic weekend

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — The body of an Indian climber was spotted on Mount Everest on Monday, the fourth fatality on the mountain during a busy and tragic weekend on the world’s highest peak. Sherpa rescuers spotted the body of Indian climber Ravi Kumar, but it was impossible to retrieve the body, said Thupden Sherpa of Arun Treks and Expedition. ...

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15 ‘corrupt’ customs officers fired

Officers of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) have been interdicted for allegedly causing a huge financial loss to the state. The interdiction of the officers, comprising four females and eleven males followed their purported connivance with certain companies to evade duties and taxes. President Akufo-Addo’s government has been waging war against pilfering at the port carried ...

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Cyber-attack: Stop downloading free software – Experts

Businesses in Ghana have been advised to invest in quality software to protect them from potential cyber-attacks. This comes in the wake of the WannaCry ransomware attack which affected over 10,000 organizations and 200,000 individuals in over 150 countries last weekend. A cyber-security expert and an ethical-hacker, Dr. Peter Tobin charged corporate organizations using “free and cheap software that you ...

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Prince’s siblings are named his heirs

More than a year after the death of the superstar musician Prince, his sister and five half-siblings have been declared his legal heirs. The singer died in April 2016 at his Paisley Park studios, from an accidental overdose of the painkiller fentanyl. He did not leave a will and did not have any children. Reports place the value of his ...

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